Top Birds in January
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117
based on 16105 checklists in 408 hotspots
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of January. The change in probability from the previous month is also shown, to highlight which birds are coming and going. Rows with significant changes (< 0.5x or > 2x) are highlighted in red or green. Species that peak in January are indicated with a star. This is based on historical data from eBird, and does not include recently submitted checklists.
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| Rank | Info | Species | Chart | Peak | December | January | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina Wren |
|
67.8% | 60.4% | 7.4% | |||
| 2 | Northern Cardinal |
|
62.7% | 59.2% | 3.5% | |||
| 3 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
63.2% | 58.5% | 4.7% | |||
| 4 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
62.2% | 54.3% | 7.9% | |||
| 5 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
58.1% | 54.1% | 4.0% | |||
| 6 | American Crow |
|
58.0% | 52.9% | 5.0% | |||
| 7 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
56.5% | 51.3% | 5.3% | |||
| 8 | Song Sparrow |
|
54.3% | 50.8% | 3.6% | |||
| 9 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
49.5% | 44.7% | 4.9% | |||
| 10 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
49.1% | 43.9% | 5.2% | |||
| 11 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
50.4% | 42.0% | 8.4% | |||
| 12 | Great Blue Heron |
|
43.6% | 39.8% | 3.8% | |||
| 13 | Blue Jay |
|
44.9% | 38.3% | 6.6% | |||
| 14 | Turkey Vulture |
|
36.1% | 35.4% | 0.6% | |||
| 15 | American Robin |
|
37.7% | 35.0% | 2.7% | |||
| 16 | Canada Goose |
|
30.8% | 34.2% | 3.4% | |||
| 17 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
36.8% | 33.9% | 2.8% | |||
| 18 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
38.2% | 33.1% | 5.2% | |||
| 19 | Mallard |
|
30.3% | 32.8% | 2.5% | |||
| 20 | Brown-headed Nuthatch |
|
35.2% | 32.6% | 2.5% | |||
| 21 | Eastern Towhee |
|
36.4% | 31.7% | 4.7% | |||
| 22 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
34.1% | 30.4% | 3.7% | |||
| 23 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
31.3% | 30.1% | 1.2% | |||
| 24 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
29.7% | 30.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 25 | Mourning Dove |
|
23.4% | 29.1% | 5.7% | |||
| 26 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
31.4% | 28.7% | 2.8% | |||
| 27 | American Goldfinch |
|
40.2% | 28.5% | 11.8% | |||
| 28 | Northern Flicker |
|
38.1% | 27.9% | 10.2% | |||
| 29 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
33.9% | 27.0% | 6.9% | |||
| 30 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
28.6% | 26.4% | 2.1% | |||
| 31 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
30.6% | 25.3% | 5.3% | |||
| 32 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
30.8% | 24.6% | 6.3% | |||
| 33 | House Finch |
|
24.6% | 24.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 34 | Hooded Merganser |
|
18.9% | 21.7% | 2.7% | |||
| 35 | Pine Warbler |
|
17.6% | 21.6% | 4.0% | |||
| 36 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
24.2% | 20.3% | 3.9% | |||
| 37 | Hermit Thrush |
|
25.1% | 19.8% | 5.3% | |||
| 38 | Killdeer |
|
18.6% | 17.9% | 0.7% | |||
| 39 | Bald Eagle |
|
17.6% | 17.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 40 | Ruddy Duck |
|
16.0% | 17.4% | 1.4% | |||
| 41 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
21.0% | 16.7% | 4.3% | |||
| 42 | Bufflehead |
|
14.6% | 16.4% | 1.8% | |||
| 43 | Black Vulture |
|
17.1% | 16.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 44 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
18.2% | 16.2% | 2.0% | |||
| 45 | European Starling |
|
14.5% | 16.1% | 1.6% | |||
| 46 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
19.7% | 16.0% | 3.7% | |||
| 47 | Brown Thrasher |
|
18.1% | 15.3% | 2.8% | |||
| 48 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
15.3% | 14.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 49 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
15.5% | 12.8% | 2.8% | |||
| 50 | Field Sparrow |
|
16.4% | 12.6% | 3.8% | |||
| 51 | Winter Wren |
|
16.1% | 11.6% | 4.4% | |||
| 52 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
14.5% | 11.5% | 3.0% | |||
| 53 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
13.1% | 10.7% | 2.4% | |||
| 54 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
11.7% | 10.3% | 1.4% | |||
| 55 | Brown Creeper |
|
10.8% | 9.1% | 1.7% | |||
| 56 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
13.4% | 9.1% | 4.3% | |||
| 57 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
8.3% | 9.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 58 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
12.5% | 7.4% | 5.2% | |||
| 59 | Fox Sparrow |
|
7.1% | 6.7% | 0.4% | |||
| 60 | Rock Pigeon |
|
5.7% | 6.3% | 0.6% | |||
| 61 | Gadwall |
|
5.6% | 6.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 62 | American Herring Gull |
|
5.6% | 5.6% | 0.0% | |||
| 63 | American Kestrel |
|
5.6% | 5.2% | 0.4% | |||
| 64 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
5.3% | 4.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 65 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
3.7% | 4.6% | 0.8% | |||
| 66 | Lesser Scaup |
|
3.9% | 4.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 67 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
5.4% | 4.5% | 0.9% | |||
| 68 | Common Grackle |
|
5.1% | 4.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 69 | Horned Grebe |
|
6.1% | 4.2% | 1.9% | |||
| 70 | Pine Siskin |
|
7.2% | 4.0% | 3.2% | |||
| 71 | Purple Finch |
|
5.1% | 4.0% | 1.0% | |||
| 72 | Northern Shoveler |
|
4.2% | 3.9% | 0.2% | |||
| 73 | Fish Crow |
|
1.7% | 3.9% | 2.2% | |||
| 74 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
4.4% | 3.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 75 | Green-winged Teal |
|
3.2% | 3.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 76 | Barred Owl |
|
2.8% | 2.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 77 | Wood Duck |
|
3.2% | 2.8% | 0.3% | |||
| 78 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
3.0% | 2.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 79 | American Coot |
|
3.3% | 2.5% | 0.8% | |||
| 80 | American Pipit |
|
3.4% | 2.4% | 0.9% | |||
| 81 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
3.3% | 2.4% | 0.9% | |||
| 82 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
1.9% | 2.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 83 | Palm Warbler |
|
3.0% | 2.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 84 | Greater Scaup |
|
1.0% | 1.9% | 0.9% | |||
| 85 | Common Loon |
|
3.8% | 1.8% | 2.0% | |||
| 86 | Canvasback |
|
1.1% | 1.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 87 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
2.3% | 1.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 88 | House Sparrow |
|
1.3% | 1.7% | 0.4% | |||
| 89 | American Black Duck |
|
1.7% | 1.7% | 0.0% | |||
| 90 | Horned Lark |
|
1.7% | 1.6% | 0.0% | |||
| 91 | Great Egret |
|
1.2% | 1.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 92 | American Woodcock |
|
0.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 93 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
0.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 94 | House Wren |
|
2.6% | 1.2% | 1.4% | |||
| 95 | Redhead |
|
1.1% | 1.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 96 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
1.0% | 1.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 97 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
|
1.0% | 1.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 98 | Great Horned Owl |
|
1.2% | 1.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 99 | American Wigeon |
|
1.2% | 1.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 100 | Mute Swan |
|
0.8% | 1.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 101 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | |||
| 102 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 103 | Red Crossbill |
|
0.6% | 0.9% | 0.3% | |||
| 104 | Northern Pintail |
|
1.1% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 105 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
1.5% | 0.9% | 0.6% | |||
| 106 | Nashville Warbler |
|
0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | |||
| 107 | Common Goldeneye |
|
0.1% | 0.9% | 0.7% | |||
| 108 | Blue-headed Vireo |
|
1.2% | 0.8% | 0.3% | |||
| 109 | Gray Catbird |
|
1.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 110 | Muscovy Duck |
|
0.8% | 0.8% | 0.0% | |||
| 111 | Ross's Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 112 | Northern Harrier |
|
1.1% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 113 | Bullock's Oriole |
|
0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 114 | Common Raven |
|
0.9% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 115 | Common Merganser |
|
0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | |||
| 116 | Loggerhead Shrike |
|
0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 117 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 118 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 119 | Graylag Goose |
|
0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 120 | Varied Thrush |
|
1.5% | 0.4% | 1.1% | |||
| 121 | Merlin |
|
0.6% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 122 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 123 | Evening Grosbeak |
|
0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 124 | Clay-colored Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 125 | Pacific-slope Flycatcher |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 126 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 127 | Eared Grebe |
|
0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 128 | Long-tailed Duck |
|
0.3% | 0.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 129 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 130 | Virginia Rail |
|
0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 131 | American Bittern |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 132 | White-winged Scoter |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 133 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 134 | Great Black-backed Gull |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 135 | Snow Goose |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 136 | Red Phalarope |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 137 | Dunlin |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 138 | Prairie Warbler |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 139 | Green Heron |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 140 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
0.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 141 | American White Pelican |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 142 | Red-necked Grebe |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 143 | Surf Scoter |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 144 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 145 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 146 | Tree Swallow |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 147 | Red-throated Loon |
|
0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 148 | King Rail |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 149 | Iceland Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 150 | Least Sandpiper |
|
0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 151 | Osprey |
|
0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 152 | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 153 | Tundra Swan |
|
0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 154 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 155 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 156 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 157 | Sandhill Crane |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 158 | Black-headed Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 159 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 160 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 161 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 162 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 163 | Marsh Wren |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 164 | Great Cormorant |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 165 | Anhinga |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 166 | Rufous Hummingbird |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 167 | Glaucous Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 168 | Swan Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 169 | California Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 170 | Wood Thrush |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 171 | Laughing Gull |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 172 | Dickcissel |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 173 | Brown Pelican |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 174 | Common Redpoll |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 175 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 176 | Northern Parula |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 177 | Veery |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 178 | Forster's Tern |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 179 | Caspian Tern |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 180 | Western Kingbird |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 181 | Ash-throated Flycatcher |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 182 | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 183 | Little Blue Heron |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 184 | Blue Grosbeak |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 185 | Yellow-throated Warbler |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 186 | Sedge Wren |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |