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Top Birds at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 105 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in August. 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 49.1% 58.1% 9.0%
2   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 48.6% 12.7%
3   European Starling 49.3% 27.6% 21.7%
4   Laughing Gull 32.3% 22.9% 9.5%
5   American Herring Gull 37.8% 19.0% 18.7%
6   American Crow 13.7% 10.5% 3.2%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 40.2% 8.6% 31.6%
8   Barn Swallow 37.8% 7.6% 30.2%
9   Ring-billed Gull 30.9% 4.8% 26.1%
10   Snowy Egret 21.1% 4.8% 16.3%
11   Great Egret 32.8% 3.8% 29.0%
12   Great Black-backed Gull 25.3% 3.8% 21.5%
13   Forster's Tern 13.2% 3.8% 9.4%
14   Osprey 30.7% 2.9% 27.9%
15   Mute Swan 13.6% 2.9% 10.7%
16   Red-tailed Hawk 11.6% 2.9% 8.8%
17   American Kestrel 3.8% 2.9% 1.0%
18   Mallard 39.4% 1.9% 37.5%
19   Great Blue Heron 30.3% 1.9% 28.4%
20   Chimney Swift 23.8% 1.9% 21.9%
21   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.5% 1.9% 3.6%
22   American Robin 56.3% 1.0% 55.3%
23   Canada Goose 39.9% 1.0% 39.0%
24   Common Grackle 28.1% 1.0% 27.1%
25   Red-winged Blackbird 26.7% 1.0% 25.8%
26   Green Heron 10.9% 1.0% 10.0%
27   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.9% 1.0% 7.9%
28   Fish Crow 8.5% 1.0% 7.6%
29   Peregrine Falcon 7.0% 1.0% 6.1%
30   Monk Parakeet 1.8% 1.0% 0.9%
31   Lark Sparrow 0.2% 1.0% 0.7%