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

based on 77 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in September. 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 45.4% 44.2% 1.2%
2   Rock Pigeon 37.0% 40.3% 3.3%
3   European Starling 46.6% 35.1% 11.6%
4   American Herring Gull 29.6% 28.6% 1.0%
5   Double-crested Cormorant 30.9% 18.2% 12.7%
6   Ring-billed Gull 24.3% 16.9% 7.4%
7   Laughing Gull 18.7% 15.6% 3.1%
8   Mourning Dove 52.6% 13.0% 39.6%
9   American Crow 17.7% 11.7% 6.0%
10   Great Black-backed Gull 17.1% 11.7% 5.4%
11   American Kestrel 10.6% 9.1% 1.5%
12   Great Egret 18.9% 7.8% 11.1%
13   Peregrine Falcon 6.9% 6.5% 0.4%
14   Osprey 24.5% 5.2% 19.3%
15   Snowy Egret 11.5% 5.2% 6.3%
16   Brown-headed Cowbird 3.8% 3.9% 0.1%
17   Northern Harrier 3.3% 3.9% 0.6%
18   Canada Goose 37.3% 2.6% 34.7%
19   Song Sparrow 27.5% 2.6% 24.9%
20   Great Blue Heron 24.6% 2.6% 22.0%
21   Chimney Swift 20.7% 2.6% 18.1%
22   Common Raven 6.1% 2.6% 3.5%
23   Merlin 5.1% 2.6% 2.5%
24   Barn Swallow 4.2% 2.6% 1.6%
25   Black-bellied Plover 4.0% 2.6% 1.4%
26   Little Blue Heron 1.9% 2.6% 0.7%
27   Gray Catbird 60.2% 1.3% 58.9%
28   American Robin 59.4% 1.3% 58.1%
29   American Redstart 42.5% 1.3% 41.2%
30   Northern Mockingbird 31.0% 1.3% 29.7%
31   Red-tailed Hawk 18.3% 1.3% 17.0%
32   Mute Swan 10.9% 1.3% 9.6%
33   Greater Yellowlegs 8.2% 1.3% 6.9%
34   Turkey Vulture 7.9% 1.3% 6.6%
35   Semipalmated Plover 7.1% 1.3% 5.8%
36   Killdeer 7.0% 1.3% 5.7%
37   American Oystercatcher 4.9% 1.3% 3.6%
38   Bald Eagle 4.8% 1.3% 3.5%
39   Gadwall 4.4% 1.3% 3.1%
40   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3.8% 1.3% 2.5%
41   Common Tern 3.7% 1.3% 2.4%
42   Sanderling 2.6% 1.3% 1.3%
43   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 1.3% 0.0%
44   Boat-tailed Grackle 1.3% 1.3% 0.0%
45   Whimbrel 0.5% 1.3% 0.8%
46   Wilson's Phalarope 0.3% 1.3% 1.0%
47   Cliff Swallow 0.1% 1.3% 1.2%
48   Horned Lark 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%