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Top Birds at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in July
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 83 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in July. The difference in probability relative to other nearby locations is also shown, to highlight which birds are particularly likely to be found (or not found) at this specific location. The chart shows how many distinct species have historically been observed at this location for each month of the year.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   House Sparrow 55.9% 48.2% 7.7%
2   Rock Pigeon 34.2% 42.2% 8.0%
3   European Starling 54.7% 28.9% 25.8%
4   Laughing Gull 34.4% 28.9% 5.5%
5   Herring Gull 42.0% 24.1% 17.9%
6   American Crow 14.6% 15.7% 1.1%
7   Ring-billed Gull 27.2% 12.0% 15.1%
8   Great Egret 41.5% 10.8% 30.7%
9   Red-winged Blackbird 51.9% 7.2% 44.7%
10   Great Black-backed Gull 28.4% 7.2% 21.2%
11   Barn Swallow 49.9% 6.0% 43.8%
12   Double-crested Cormorant 45.2% 4.8% 40.4%
13   Canada Goose 40.1% 4.8% 35.3%
14   Common Tern 23.1% 4.8% 18.2%
15   Peregrine Falcon 5.5% 4.8% 0.7%
16   Osprey 28.4% 3.6% 24.8%
17   Snowy Egret 25.3% 3.6% 21.7%
18   Forster's Tern 17.8% 3.6% 14.1%
19   Least Tern 14.9% 3.6% 11.3%
20   Fish Crow 14.1% 3.6% 10.5%
21   Mallard 39.8% 2.4% 37.4%
22   Common Grackle 36.2% 2.4% 33.8%
23   Blue Jay 28.2% 2.4% 25.8%
24   Great Blue Heron 28.2% 2.4% 25.7%
25   Killdeer 20.0% 2.4% 17.6%
26   Mute Swan 14.1% 2.4% 11.7%
27   Black Skimmer 10.6% 2.4% 8.2%
28   American Kestrel 2.1% 2.4% 0.3%
29   American Robin 65.7% 1.2% 64.5%
30   Mourning Dove 51.2% 1.2% 50.0%
31   Tree Swallow 24.3% 1.2% 23.1%
32   Chimney Swift 21.8% 1.2% 20.6%
33   American Oystercatcher 16.8% 1.2% 15.6%
34   House Finch 16.7% 1.2% 15.5%
35   Brown-headed Cowbird 10.1% 1.2% 8.8%
36   Boat-tailed Grackle 7.7% 1.2% 6.5%
37   Willet 7.4% 1.2% 6.2%
38   Common Raven 1.6% 1.2% 0.4%
39   Brant 1.1% 1.2% 0.1%