Top Birds in February
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117
based on 14362 checklists in 408 hotspots
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of February. 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 February 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 | January | February | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Cardinal |
|
59.2% | 65.6% | 6.5% | |||
| 2 | Carolina Wren |
|
60.4% | 60.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 3 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
58.5% | 59.8% | 1.3% | |||
| 4 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
54.1% | 57.8% | 3.7% | |||
| 5 | American Crow |
|
52.9% | 57.0% | 4.1% | |||
| 6 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
54.3% | 53.0% | 1.3% | |||
| 7 | Song Sparrow |
|
50.8% | 50.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 8 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
51.3% | 49.9% | 1.4% | |||
| 9 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
44.7% | 48.7% | 4.0% | |||
| 10 | American Robin |
|
35.0% | 44.8% | 9.8% | |||
| 11 | Canada Goose |
|
34.2% | 44.3% | 10.1% | |||
| 12 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
43.9% | 43.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 13 | Pine Warbler |
|
21.6% | 40.0% | 18.3% | |||
| 14 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
33.9% | 39.6% | 5.7% | |||
| 15 | Turkey Vulture |
|
35.4% | 39.2% | 3.8% | |||
| 16 | Great Blue Heron |
|
39.8% | 38.2% | 1.6% | |||
| 17 | Blue Jay |
|
38.3% | 38.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 18 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
42.0% | 37.0% | 5.0% | |||
| 19 | Mourning Dove |
|
29.1% | 36.8% | 7.7% | |||
| 20 | Eastern Towhee |
|
31.7% | 35.6% | 3.9% | |||
| 21 | Mallard |
|
32.8% | 35.0% | 2.2% | |||
| 22 | Brown-headed Nuthatch |
|
32.6% | 34.3% | 1.7% | |||
| 23 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
30.1% | 31.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 24 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
26.4% | 31.8% | 5.3% | |||
| 25 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
33.1% | 30.6% | 2.5% | |||
| 26 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
30.4% | 28.9% | 1.5% | |||
| 27 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
28.7% | 26.5% | 2.2% | |||
| 28 | House Finch |
|
24.1% | 26.2% | 2.1% | |||
| 29 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
25.3% | 26.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 30 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
30.1% | 25.5% | 4.6% | |||
| 31 | Northern Flicker |
|
27.9% | 25.1% | 2.8% | |||
| 32 | American Goldfinch |
|
28.5% | 22.1% | 6.3% | |||
| 33 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
27.0% | 21.9% | 5.1% | |||
| 34 | Killdeer |
|
17.9% | 20.0% | 2.1% | |||
| 35 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
20.3% | 19.1% | 1.2% | |||
| 36 | Hooded Merganser |
|
21.7% | 18.8% | 2.9% | |||
| 37 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
16.7% | 18.1% | 1.4% | |||
| 38 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
24.6% | 17.9% | 6.7% | |||
| 39 | European Starling |
|
16.1% | 17.2% | 1.1% | |||
| 40 | Ruddy Duck |
|
17.4% | 16.5% | 1.0% | |||
| 41 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
11.5% | 16.1% | 4.6% | |||
| 42 | Hermit Thrush |
|
19.8% | 15.9% | 3.9% | |||
| 43 | Bald Eagle |
|
17.5% | 15.9% | 1.5% | |||
| 44 | Black Vulture |
|
16.2% | 15.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 45 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
14.8% | 15.6% | 0.8% | |||
| 46 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
16.2% | 15.3% | 0.9% | |||
| 47 | Fish Crow |
|
3.9% | 15.1% | 11.1% | |||
| 48 | Bufflehead |
|
16.4% | 15.0% | 1.3% | |||
| 49 | Brown Thrasher |
|
15.3% | 14.9% | 0.4% | |||
| 50 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
16.0% | 14.4% | 1.6% | |||
| 51 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
12.8% | 12.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 52 | Field Sparrow |
|
12.6% | 11.5% | 1.1% | |||
| 53 | Common Grackle |
|
4.4% | 10.5% | 6.1% | |||
| 54 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
10.7% | 10.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 55 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
10.3% | 9.9% | 0.5% | |||
| 56 | Winter Wren |
|
11.6% | 9.3% | 2.4% | |||
| 57 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
9.1% | 7.7% | 1.3% | |||
| 58 | Brown Creeper |
|
9.1% | 7.5% | 1.6% | |||
| 59 | Wood Duck |
|
2.8% | 7.2% | 4.4% | |||
| 60 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
4.8% | 6.3% | 1.5% | |||
| 61 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
9.1% | 6.2% | 2.8% | |||
| 62 | Fox Sparrow |
|
6.7% | 5.3% | 1.4% | |||
| 63 | Rock Pigeon |
|
6.3% | 5.3% | 1.0% | |||
| 64 | Lesser Scaup |
|
4.6% | 5.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 65 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
4.6% | 5.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 66 | Barred Owl |
|
2.9% | 5.0% | 2.0% | |||
| 67 | Gadwall |
|
6.1% | 4.6% | 1.6% | |||
| 68 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
7.4% | 4.6% | 2.8% | |||
| 69 | American Kestrel |
|
5.2% | 4.0% | 1.2% | |||
| 70 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
3.8% | 4.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 71 | American Herring Gull |
|
5.6% | 3.6% | 2.0% | |||
| 72 | Northern Shoveler |
|
3.9% | 3.4% | 0.5% | |||
| 73 | Purple Finch |
|
4.0% | 3.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 74 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
4.5% | 3.4% | 1.1% | |||
| 75 | American Coot |
|
2.5% | 3.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 76 | Pine Siskin |
|
4.0% | 3.2% | 0.8% | |||
| 77 | American Woodcock |
|
1.3% | 3.1% | 1.8% | |||
| 78 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
2.2% | 3.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 79 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
2.8% | 2.8% | 0.0% | |||
| 80 | Green-winged Teal |
|
3.7% | 2.8% | 0.9% | |||
| 81 | Horned Grebe |
|
4.2% | 2.6% | 1.6% | |||
| 82 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
2.4% | 1.9% | 0.5% | |||
| 83 | Tree Swallow |
|
0.1% | 1.9% | 1.8% | |||
| 84 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
1.7% | 1.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 85 | House Sparrow |
|
1.7% | 1.7% | 0.0% | |||
| 86 | Greater Scaup |
|
1.9% | 1.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 87 | Palm Warbler |
|
2.1% | 1.7% | 0.4% | |||
| 88 | American Pipit |
|
2.4% | 1.6% | 0.9% | |||
| 89 | Horned Lark |
|
1.6% | 1.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 90 | Great Egret |
|
1.3% | 1.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 91 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
0.9% | 1.3% | 0.4% | |||
| 92 | Common Loon |
|
1.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 93 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
|
1.2% | 1.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 94 | Mute Swan |
|
1.0% | 1.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 95 | Canvasback |
|
1.7% | 1.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 96 | Redhead |
|
1.2% | 1.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 97 | House Wren |
|
1.2% | 1.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 98 | Great Horned Owl |
|
1.2% | 0.9% | 0.2% | |||
| 99 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
1.3% | 0.9% | 0.3% | |||
| 100 | Common Goldeneye |
|
0.9% | 0.8% | 0.0% | |||
| 101 | Muscovy Duck |
|
0.8% | 0.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 102 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
0.9% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 103 | American Black Duck |
|
1.7% | 0.7% | 1.0% | |||
| 104 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
0.9% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 105 | Osprey |
|
0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 106 | American Wigeon |
|
1.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 107 | White-winged Scoter |
|
0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | |||
| 108 | Blue-headed Vireo |
|
0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 109 | Graylag Goose |
|
0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 110 | Gray Catbird |
|
0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 111 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
1.2% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 112 | Common Raven |
|
0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 113 | Northern Harrier |
|
0.7% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 114 | Northern Pintail |
|
0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | |||
| 115 | Merlin |
|
0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 116 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0.4% | 0.5% | 0.0% | |||
| 117 | Snow Goose |
|
0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 118 | Loggerhead Shrike |
|
0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 119 | American White Pelican |
|
0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 120 | Wilson's Warbler |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 121 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 122 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 123 | Yellow-headed Blackbird |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 124 | Long-tailed Duck |
|
0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 125 | Tundra Swan |
|
0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 126 | Common Merganser |
|
0.6% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 127 | Evening Grosbeak |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 128 | Prairie Warbler |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 129 | Red Crossbill |
|
0.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | |||
| 130 | Virginia Rail |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 131 | American Bittern |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 132 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 133 | Eared Grebe |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 134 | Great Black-backed Gull |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 135 | Ross's Goose |
|
0.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% | |||
| 136 | Varied Thrush |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 137 | Purple Martin |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 138 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 139 | Nashville Warbler |
|
0.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | |||
| 140 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 141 | Rufous Hummingbird |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 142 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 143 | Red-necked Grebe |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 144 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 145 | Northern Parula |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 146 | Cape May Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 147 | King Rail |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 148 | Red-throated Loon |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 149 | Dickcissel |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 150 | Least Sandpiper |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 151 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 152 | Black-chinned Hummingbird |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 153 | Green Heron |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 154 | Bullock's Oriole |
|
0.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 155 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 156 | Black Scoter |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 157 | Glaucous Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 158 | Iceland Gull |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 159 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 160 | Marsh Wren |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 161 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 162 | Little Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 163 | Swan Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 164 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 165 | Laughing Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 166 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 167 | Clay-colored Sparrow |
|
0.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 168 | Surf Scoter |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 169 | Black-headed Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 170 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 171 | Barn Swallow |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 172 | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 173 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 174 | Louisiana Waterthrush |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 175 | Chimney Swift |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 176 | Forster's Tern |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 177 | Dunlin |
|
0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 178 | Northern Waterthrush |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 179 | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 180 | Sanderling |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 181 | Trumpeter Swan |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 182 | Sedge Wren |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |