Bird Finder

Top Birds in January
within 25 miles of Santa Barbara County, CA, USA

based on 2628 checklists in 155 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.

Rank Info Species Chart Peak December January Change
1   Yellow-rumped Warbler
51.7% 54.2% 2.5%
2   Black Phoebe
52.6% 52.0% 0.5%
3   American Coot
44.3% 47.5% 3.2%
4   Mallard
40.5% 43.5% 2.9%
5   White-crowned Sparrow
42.6% 43.3% 0.7%
6   Turkey Vulture
38.9% 39.2% 0.2%
7   Ruddy Duck
37.2% 39.0% 1.8%
8   American Crow
33.4% 37.4% 4.1%
9   Anna's Hummingbird
28.3% 36.8% 8.5%
10   House Finch
34.3% 36.8% 2.4%
11   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
33.7% 36.0% 2.3%
12   Red-tailed Hawk
37.1% 35.6% 1.5%
13   Song Sparrow
27.2% 33.5% 6.3%
14   Double-crested Cormorant
30.1% 31.8% 1.7%
15   Brewer's Blackbird
29.8% 31.2% 1.5%
16   California Scrub-Jay
30.5% 31.1% 0.6%
17   Pied-billed Grebe
28.0% 30.5% 2.5%
18   Bufflehead
23.9% 26.2% 2.3%
19   Chestnut-backed Chickadee
19.2% 25.5% 6.2%
20   Western Gull
23.3% 25.3% 2.0%
21   Say's Phoebe
30.3% 24.9% 5.4%
22   Bushtit
19.4% 24.7% 5.3%
23   California Towhee
22.0% 24.2% 2.2%
24   Northern Shoveler
22.8% 23.8% 1.0%
25   European Starling
24.3% 23.5% 0.8%
26   Red-winged Blackbird
20.2% 23.0% 2.8%
27   Great Blue Heron
21.2% 23.0% 1.8%
28   Common Yellowthroat
21.3% 22.5% 1.2%
29   Bewick's Wren
16.7% 22.4% 5.7%
30   Eurasian Collared-Dove
20.4% 21.9% 1.5%
31   Wrentit
16.8% 21.3% 4.5%
32   Nuttall's Woodpecker
21.5% 21.0% 0.5%
33   Dark-eyed Junco
18.8% 21.0% 2.2%
34   California Gull
21.2% 19.4% 1.7%
35   Spotted Towhee
14.8% 19.3% 4.6%
36   Great Egret
22.4% 18.8% 3.6%
37   Townsend's Warbler
20.1% 18.7% 1.4%
38   Ring-billed Gull
17.0% 18.1% 1.1%
39   Black-crowned Night-Heron
13.5% 17.5% 4.0%
40   Golden-crowned Sparrow
16.2% 17.2% 1.0%
41   Cinnamon Teal
11.6% 16.9% 5.3%
42   Hermit Thrush
15.2% 15.6% 0.4%
43   Eared Grebe
15.8% 15.6% 0.3%
44   Northern Flicker
17.6% 15.4% 2.2%
45   Oak Titmouse
13.9% 15.3% 1.4%
46   Gadwall
15.0% 15.0% 0.1%
47   Acorn Woodpecker
17.6% 14.9% 2.7%
48   Killdeer
16.2% 14.6% 1.5%
49   American White Pelican
10.5% 14.6% 4.1%
50   Red-shouldered Hawk
10.6% 14.5% 4.0%
51   Marsh Wren
10.1% 14.5% 4.4%
52   American Pipit
18.7% 13.8% 4.9%
53   Western Bluebird
13.8% 13.5% 0.3%
54   American Kestrel
16.3% 13.2% 3.1%
55   Green-winged Teal
12.7% 13.0% 0.2%
56   Sanderling
12.2% 12.5% 0.3%
57   Orange-crowned Warbler
10.3% 12.1% 1.8%
58   American Robin
11.4% 12.1% 0.7%
59   California Thrasher
9.6% 12.1% 2.5%
60   Mourning Dove
10.6% 11.9% 1.3%
61   Lesser Scaup
9.3% 11.8% 2.4%
62   Northern Harrier
12.5% 11.8% 0.8%
63   Western Grebe
14.2% 11.5% 2.7%
64   Brown Pelican
14.7% 10.6% 4.1%
65   Northern Mockingbird
9.9% 10.4% 0.5%
66   Downy Woodpecker
6.1% 10.4% 4.2%
67   Lesser Goldfinch
9.3% 10.0% 0.7%
68   Rock Pigeon
11.8% 9.9% 2.0%
69   Snowy Egret
13.3% 9.7% 3.6%
70   Surf Scoter
11.9% 9.6% 2.3%
71   Great-tailed Grackle
8.0% 9.4% 1.4%
72   Hutton's Vireo
7.3% 9.4% 2.1%
73   Tree Swallow
7.1% 8.8% 1.7%
74   Cassin's Kingbird
8.0% 8.8% 0.8%
75   House Sparrow
8.9% 8.5% 0.4%
76   Sora
5.9% 7.9% 2.0%
77   American Wigeon
11.0% 7.8% 3.2%
78   Savannah Sparrow
10.9% 7.8% 3.2%
79   Ring-necked Duck
5.8% 7.2% 1.4%
80   Short-billed Gull
7.3% 7.1% 0.2%
81   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
7.1% 7.0% 0.1%
82   Clark's Grebe
6.2% 7.0% 0.8%
83   Least Sandpiper
9.5% 6.8% 2.6%
84   Canvasback
7.3% 6.7% 0.6%
85   American Goldfinch
4.8% 6.2% 1.4%
86   California Quail
7.0% 6.1% 1.0%
87   Northern Pintail
9.1% 6.0% 3.1%
88   Glaucous-winged Gull
6.2% 6.0% 0.3%
89   Greater Yellowlegs
6.7% 5.7% 1.0%
90   Cooper's Hawk
6.5% 5.6% 1.0%
91   Black-bellied Plover
8.3% 5.6% 2.8%
92   Snowy Plover
7.2% 5.5% 1.7%
93   White-breasted Nuthatch
5.4% 5.5% 0.1%
94   Fox Sparrow
5.9% 5.5% 0.4%
95   Heermann's Gull
9.0% 5.5% 3.5%
96   Lincoln's Sparrow
7.6% 5.4% 2.2%
97   Cackling Goose
7.7% 5.4% 2.3%
98   Virginia Rail
4.5% 5.4% 0.8%
99   Hairy Woodpecker
4.3% 5.3% 1.1%
100   Belted Kingfisher
6.2% 5.3% 1.0%
101   Western Meadowlark
7.8% 5.3% 2.6%
102   Wilson's Warbler
3.5% 4.9% 1.5%
103   Osprey
4.3% 4.4% 0.1%
104   Long-billed Curlew
5.9% 4.4% 1.5%
105   Herring Gull
5.9% 4.4% 1.5%
106   Cedar Waxwing
3.1% 4.3% 1.2%
107   Peregrine Falcon
5.0% 4.1% 0.8%
108   Wilson's Snipe
4.7% 4.1% 0.5%
109   Canada Goose
6.9% 4.0% 2.9%
110   American Bittern
2.3% 3.9% 1.6%
111   Common Raven
4.7% 3.8% 0.9%
112   Yellow-billed Magpie
2.9% 3.8% 0.9%
113   Snow Goose
3.6% 3.7% 0.1%
114   Barn Swallow
2.5% 3.6% 1.1%
115   Red-breasted Nuthatch
4.6% 3.5% 1.1%
116   Royal Tern
3.9% 3.3% 0.6%
117   Green Heron
3.1% 3.1% 0.0%
118   Brown-headed Cowbird
3.9% 3.0% 0.8%
119   House Wren
3.5% 2.9% 0.6%
120   Long-billed Dowitcher
6.0% 2.9% 3.1%
121   Whimbrel
3.3% 2.9% 0.5%
122   Merlin
3.1% 2.7% 0.5%
123   Purple Finch
3.5% 2.7% 0.8%
124   Sharp-shinned Hawk
2.4% 2.6% 0.2%
125   Ross's Goose
2.0% 2.6% 0.6%
126   Marbled Godwit
2.1% 2.4% 0.3%
127   White-tailed Kite
3.6% 2.3% 1.2%
128   Garganey
5.0% 2.3% 2.7%
129   Greater White-fronted Goose
3.0% 2.2% 0.7%
130   Great Horned Owl
2.0% 2.2% 0.2%
131   Horned Lark
2.2% 2.2% 0.0%
132   Common Goldeneye
2.6% 2.2% 0.4%
133   Vermilion Flycatcher
1.5% 2.2% 0.7%
134   Ferruginous Hawk
2.7% 2.2% 0.5%
135   Loggerhead Shrike
2.6% 2.1% 0.5%
136   Band-tailed Pigeon
2.3% 2.1% 0.2%
137   Redhead
2.5% 2.0% 0.5%
138   Spotted Sandpiper
2.4% 1.9% 0.5%
139   Hooded Merganser
1.7% 1.9% 0.2%
140   Dunlin
3.4% 1.9% 1.5%
141   Red-throated Loon
3.4% 1.9% 1.5%
142   Red-breasted Sapsucker
2.5% 1.9% 0.6%
143   Horned Grebe
1.8% 1.8% 0.1%
144   Iceland Gull
1.8% 1.8% 0.1%
145   Western Sandpiper
1.9% 1.8% 0.2%
146   Common Merganser
0.5% 1.7% 1.2%
147   Bonaparte's Gull
2.5% 1.7% 0.8%
148   Wild Turkey
1.3% 1.7% 0.3%
149   Pelagic Cormorant
1.8% 1.6% 0.2%
150   Willet
1.4% 1.6% 0.1%
151   Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
0.1% 1.6% 1.4%
152   White-throated Sparrow
2.1% 1.5% 0.6%
153   White-throated Swift
1.8% 1.4% 0.3%
154   Red-breasted Merganser
2.9% 1.4% 1.5%
155   Golden Eagle
1.6% 1.3% 0.3%
156   Varied Thrush
1.6% 1.3% 0.3%
157   White-faced Ibis
1.2% 1.2% 0.0%
158   Tricolored Blackbird
1.9% 1.2% 0.7%
159   Allen's Hummingbird
0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
160   Brandt's Cormorant
3.0% 1.2% 1.8%
161   Lark Sparrow
1.8% 1.1% 0.7%
162   Bald Eagle
0.4% 1.1% 0.7%
163   Common Loon
2.0% 1.1% 0.9%
164   Hermit Warbler
1.3% 1.1% 0.2%
165   Scaly-breasted Munia
1.5% 1.0% 0.4%
166   Graylag Goose
1.6% 1.0% 0.6%
167   Barrow's Goldeneye
2.0% 1.0% 1.0%
168   Semipalmated Plover
1.8% 1.0% 0.8%
169   Golden-crowned Kinglet
0.7% 1.0% 0.3%
170   Tropical Kingbird
0.8% 1.0% 0.1%
171   Steller's Jay
1.0% 0.9% 0.1%
172   Pine Siskin
0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
173   Blue-winged Teal
2.2% 0.9% 1.3%
174   Wood Duck
3.6% 0.9% 2.7%
175   Violet-green Swallow
0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
176   Dusky-capped Flycatcher
0% 0.9% 0.9%
177   Summer Tanager
0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
178   Pacific Loon
2.1% 0.8% 1.2%
179   Muscovy Duck
0.7% 0.8% 0.2%
180   Swan Goose
1.3% 0.8% 0.5%
181   Greater Scaup
1.0% 0.8% 0.2%
182   Phainopepla
0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
183   Caspian Tern
1.3% 0.7% 0.6%
184   Black Oystercatcher
1.1% 0.7% 0.5%
185   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
0.5% 0.6% 0.2%
186   Pacific Golden-Plover
1.0% 0.6% 0.3%
187   American Avocet
1.3% 0.6% 0.7%
188   White-winged Scoter
0.9% 0.6% 0.3%
189   Brant
1.7% 0.6% 1.0%
190   Common Gallinule
0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
191   Gray Flycatcher
0.7% 0.6% 0.1%
192   Red Phalarope
0.2% 0.6% 0.3%
193   Bullock's Oriole
0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
194   Rufous-crowned Sparrow
0.9% 0.5% 0.4%
195   Black-and-white Warbler
0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
196   Western Kingbird
0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
197   Barn Owl
0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
198   Lewis's Woodpecker
0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
199   Brown Creeper
0.9% 0.5% 0.4%
200   Eurasian Wigeon
0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
201   Swamp Sparrow
1.7% 0.4% 1.3%
202   Prairie Falcon
0.7% 0.4% 0.2%
203   Glaucous Gull
0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
204   Black-throated Blue Warbler
0.2% 0.4% 0.1%
205   Black Turnstone
0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
206   Chipping Sparrow
0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
207   Nelson's Sparrow
0.8% 0.3% 0.4%
208   Pacific Wren
0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
209   Sandhill Crane
0% 0.3% 0.3%
210   Black-vented Shearwater
0.9% 0.3% 0.5%
211   Short-billed Dowitcher
0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
212   American Redstart
0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
213   Lesser Yellowlegs
0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
214   Burrowing Owl
0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
215   Yellow-headed Blackbird
0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
216   Black-necked Stilt
0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
217   Forster's Tern
0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
218   Lawrence's Goldfinch
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
219   Least Bittern
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
220   Orchard Oriole
0% 0.2% 0.2%
221   Common Murre
0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
222   Black-throated Gray Warbler
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
223   Rock Wren
0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
224   Grace's Warbler
0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
225   Laughing Gull
0% 0.2% 0.2%
226   Yellow Warbler
0.7% 0.2% 0.6%
227   Eastern Phoebe
0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
228   Mountain Bluebird
0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
229   Palm Warbler
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
230   Greater Roadrunner
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
231   Black Scoter
0.5% 0.2% 0.4%
232   Surfbird
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
233   Western Screech-Owl
0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
234   Nashville Warbler
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
235   White Wagtail
0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
236   Tundra Swan
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
237   Pygmy Nuthatch
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
238   Northern Pygmy-Owl
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
239   Long-tailed Duck
0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
240   Mute Swan
0% 0.1% 0.1%
241   Pine Warbler
0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
242   Red-naped Sapsucker
0.5% 0.1% 0.4%
243   Clay-colored Sparrow
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
244   Cattle Egret
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
245   Golden-winged Warbler
0.4% 0.1% 0.4%
246   Red Crossbill
0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
247   Rhinoceros Auklet
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
248   Vesper Sparrow
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
249   Red-necked Grebe
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
250   Black-legged Kittiwake
0.4% 0.0% 0.3%
251   Rusty Blackbird
0% 0.0% 0.0%
252   Northern Fulmar
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
253   Solitary Sandpiper
0% 0.0% 0.0%
254   Baird's Sandpiper
0% 0.0% 0.0%
255   Black-throated Green Warbler
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
256   Sage Thrasher
0% 0.0% 0.0%
257   Black Skimmer
0% 0.0% 0.0%
258   Short-eared Owl
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
259   Hammond's Flycatcher
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
260   Parasitic Jaeger
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
261   Lucy's Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
262   Pacific-slope Flycatcher
0% 0.0% 0.0%
263   Ancient Murrelet
0% 0.0% 0.0%
264   Red-necked Phalarope
0% 0.0% 0.0%
265   Mountain Quail
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
266   Canyon Wren
0% 0.0% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.