Top Birds in January
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 11914 checklists in 388 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 | Relative | |
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1 | Carolina Wren |
|
67.9% | 61.2% | 6.7% | 0.9x | |||
2 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
64.3% | 59.9% | 4.4% | 0.9x | |||
3 | Northern Cardinal |
|
62.9% | 59.7% | 3.2% | 0.9x | |||
4 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
58.4% | 54.9% | 3.5% | 0.9x | |||
5 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
61.5% | 53.8% | 7.6% | 0.9x | |||
6 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
58.0% | 52.7% | 5.2% | 0.9x | |||
7 | American Crow |
|
58.0% | 52.5% | 5.5% | 0.9x | |||
8 | Song Sparrow |
|
53.8% | 50.4% | 3.4% | 0.9x | |||
9 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
48.8% | 43.5% | 5.3% | 0.9x | |||
10 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
49.2% | 43.4% | 5.8% | 0.9x | |||
11 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
49.6% | 42.7% | 6.9% | 0.9x | |||
12 | Great Blue Heron |
|
42.6% | 39.8% | 2.8% | 0.9x | |||
13 | Blue Jay |
|
46.6% | 39.7% | 6.9% | 0.9x | |||
14 | Turkey Vulture |
|
36.4% | 35.1% | 1.3% | 1.0x | |||
15 | Canada Goose |
|
32.0% | 34.7% | 2.7% | 1.1x | |||
16 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
36.4% | 34.0% | 2.4% | 0.9x | |||
17 | Eastern Towhee |
|
39.1% | 33.7% | 5.4% | 0.9x | |||
18 | Mallard |
|
30.5% | 33.2% | 2.7% | 1.1x | |||
19 | American Robin |
|
36.2% | 33.0% | 3.2% | 0.9x | |||
20 | Brown-headed Nuthatch |
|
34.2% | 32.5% | 1.7% | 1.0x | |||
21 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
36.4% | 31.8% | 4.6% | 0.9x | |||
22 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
34.5% | 31.0% | 3.5% | 0.9x | |||
23 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
29.1% | 30.4% | 1.3% | 1.0x | |||
24 | Mourning Dove |
|
24.4% | 30.2% | 5.8% | 1.2x | |||
25 | American Goldfinch |
|
40.9% | 29.3% | 11.6% | 0.7x | |||
26 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
29.1% | 29.2% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
27 | Northern Flicker |
|
38.4% | 28.8% | 9.6% | 0.8x | |||
28 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
32.6% | 28.5% | 4.1% | 0.9x | |||
29 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
32.3% | 27.7% | 4.7% | 0.9x | |||
30 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
28.2% | 26.2% | 2.0% | 0.9x | |||
31 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
31.0% | 24.7% | 6.3% | 0.8x | |||
32 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
28.5% | 23.3% | 5.2% | 0.8x | |||
33 | House Finch |
|
23.9% | 22.4% | 1.5% | 0.9x | |||
34 | Pine Warbler |
|
18.2% | 22.1% | 3.9% | 1.2x | |||
35 | Hooded Merganser |
|
19.5% | 21.3% | 1.8% | 1.1x | |||
36 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
24.1% | 19.8% | 4.3% | 0.8x | |||
37 | Hermit Thrush |
|
22.3% | 18.4% | 3.9% | 0.8x | |||
38 | Bald Eagle |
|
16.5% | 17.2% | 0.7% | 1.0x | |||
39 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
20.2% | 16.8% | 3.4% | 0.8x | |||
40 | Ruddy Duck |
|
15.4% | 16.6% | 1.1% | 1.1x | |||
41 | Black Vulture |
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17.6% | 16.2% | 1.4% | 0.9x | |||
42 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
20.6% | 16.2% | 4.4% | 0.8x | |||
43 | European Starling |
|
16.0% | 16.1% | 0.2% | 1.0x | |||
44 | Brown Thrasher |
|
19.4% | 15.8% | 3.7% | 0.8x | |||
45 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
16.6% | 15.6% | 1.0% | 0.9x | |||
46 | Bufflehead |
|
14.6% | 15.5% | 0.9% | 1.1x | |||
47 | Killdeer |
|
17.3% | 15.4% | 1.9% | 0.9x | |||
48 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
17.0% | 15.1% | 1.9% | 0.9x | |||
49 | Field Sparrow |
|
17.9% | 13.3% | 4.6% | 0.7x | |||
50 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
15.7% | 13.1% | 2.6% | 0.8x | |||
51 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
14.7% | 11.7% | 3.0% | 0.8x | |||
52 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
12.7% | 11.4% | 1.2% | 0.9x | |||
53 | Winter Wren |
|
15.1% | 11.0% | 4.1% | 0.7x | |||
54 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
12.1% | 10.4% | 1.7% | 0.9x | |||
55 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
8.5% | 9.4% | 0.9% | 1.1x | |||
56 | Brown Creeper |
|
11.1% | 9.2% | 1.8% | 0.8x | |||
57 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
11.5% | 8.8% | 2.7% | 0.8x | |||
58 | Fox Sparrow |
|
7.0% | 7.1% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
59 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
11.8% | 7.0% | 4.8% | 0.6x | |||
60 | Rock Pigeon |
|
6.4% | 6.4% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
61 | Herring Gull |
|
5.6% | 5.5% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
62 | Gadwall |
|
5.0% | 5.5% | 0.4% | 1.1x | |||
63 | American Kestrel |
|
6.3% | 5.3% | 0.9% | 0.8x | |||
64 | Pine Siskin |
|
9.3% | 5.0% | 4.2% | 0.5x | |||
65 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
5.8% | 4.8% | 1.0% | 0.8x | |||
66 | Common Grackle |
|
5.8% | 4.8% | 1.0% | 0.8x | |||
67 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
3.9% | 4.4% | 0.5% | 1.1x | |||
68 | Lesser Scaup |
|
3.7% | 4.2% | 0.5% | 1.1x | |||
69 | Horned Grebe |
|
5.5% | 4.1% | 1.4% | 0.7x | |||
70 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
4.8% | 4.1% | 0.7% | 0.9x | |||
71 | Purple Finch |
|
5.4% | 4.1% | 1.3% | 0.8x | |||
72 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
4.8% | 3.9% | 0.8% | 0.8x | |||
73 | Northern Shoveler |
|
4.5% | 3.9% | 0.5% | 0.9x | |||
74 | Green-winged Teal |
|
3.2% | 3.7% | 0.5% | 1.2x | |||
75 | Fish Crow |
|
1.3% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 2.5x | |||
76 | Wood Duck |
|
3.9% | 3.2% | 0.7% | 0.8x | |||
77 | Barred Owl |
|
3.0% | 3.2% | 0.1% | 1.0x | |||
78 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
3.3% | 2.9% | 0.5% | 0.9x | |||
79 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
4.1% | 2.9% | 1.3% | 0.7x | |||
80 | American Coot |
|
3.1% | 2.8% | 0.3% | 0.9x | |||
81 | American Pipit |
|
3.2% | 2.3% | 0.9% | 0.7x | |||
82 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
1.9% | 2.0% | 0.2% | 1.1x | |||
83 | Greater Scaup |
|
1.0% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 2.0x | |||
84 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
2.6% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 0.7x | |||
85 | American Black Duck |
|
1.9% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
86 | Palm Warbler |
|
2.5% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 0.7x | |||
87 | Common Loon |
|
3.1% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 0.5x | |||
88 | Horned Lark |
|
1.6% | 1.7% | 0.1% | 1.1x | |||
89 | House Sparrow |
|
1.3% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 1.2x | |||
90 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
0.9% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 1.7x | |||
91 | gull sp. |
|
1.8% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 0.8x | |||
92 | Great Egret |
|
1.2% | 1.4% | 0.2% | 1.1x | |||
93 | American Woodcock |
|
1.0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.3x | |||
94 | House Wren |
|
2.9% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 0.5x | |||
95 | Great Horned Owl |
|
1.3% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
96 | Canvasback |
|
1.4% | 1.3% | 0.1% | 0.9x | |||
97 | American Wigeon |
|
1.2% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
98 | Red Crossbill |
|
0.9% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 1.4x | |||
99 | Nashville Warbler |
|
0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | ∞ | |||
100 | Common Goldeneye |
|
0.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 8.3x | |||
101 | duck sp. |
|
1.2% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
102 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
1.0% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 1.1x | |||
103 | Redhead |
|
1.1% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
104 | Mute Swan |
|
0.8% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 1.3x | |||
105 | Greater/Lesser Scaup |
|
0.7% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 1.6x | |||
106 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
1.4% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.7x | |||
107 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
108 | new world sparrow sp. |
|
1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
109 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
|
0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 1.3x | |||
110 | Muscovy Duck |
|
0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 1.1x | |||
111 | Gray Catbird |
|
1.8% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.5x | |||
112 | Blue-headed Vireo |
|
1.1% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.8x | |||
113 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 1.3x | |||
114 | Common Merganser |
|
0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 2.8x | |||
115 | Northern Pintail |
|
1.0% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.6x | |||
116 | Loggerhead Shrike |
|
0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.8x | |||
117 | Northern Harrier |
|
1.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6x | |||
118 | Common Raven |
|
0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.7x | |||
119 | Varied Thrush |
|
2.1% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 0.3x | |||
120 | Graylag Goose |
|
0.8% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.7x | |||
121 | Evening Grosbeak |
|
0.4% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.4x | |||
122 | hawk sp. |
|
0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 1.1x | |||
123 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6x | |||
124 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.9x | |||
125 | Eared Grebe |
|
0.0% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 20.2x | |||
126 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
0.7% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7x | |||
127 | blackbird sp. |
|
0.6% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.8x | |||
128 | Merlin |
|
0.5% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7x | |||
129 | Ross's Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 16.5x | |||
130 | Downy/Hairy Woodpecker |
|
0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.9x | |||
131 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
132 | crow sp. |
|
0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
133 | American Bittern |
|
0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.6x | |||
134 | Virginia Rail |
|
0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.3x | |||
135 | White-winged Scoter |
|
0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6.2x | |||
136 | Accipiter sp. |
|
0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.9x | |||
137 | Great Black-backed Gull |
|
0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.4x | |||
138 | Long-tailed Duck |
|
0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 3.1x | |||
139 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 1.1x | |||
140 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.8x | |||
141 | Prairie Warbler |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.7x | |||
142 | Green Heron |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 1.3x | |||
143 | Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.5x | |||
144 | Snow Goose |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.9x | |||
145 | American White Pelican |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | ∞ | |||
146 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
0.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4x | |||
147 | woodpecker sp. |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1.1x | |||
148 | Red-necked Grebe |
|
0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.3x | |||
149 | Surf Scoter |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
150 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.6x | |||
151 | Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1.1x | |||
152 | Buteo sp. |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4x | |||
153 | Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4x | |||
154 | House/Purple Finch |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
155 | Iceland Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 6.6x | |||
156 | Least Sandpiper |
|
0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2x | |||
157 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.7x | |||
158 | King Rail |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | ∞ | |||
159 | Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.8x | |||
160 | new world vulture sp. |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.5x | |||
161 | passerine sp. |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3x | |||
162 | American/Fish Crow |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 2.0x | |||
163 | Tree Swallow |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1.0x | |||
164 | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 5.1x | |||
165 | Tundra Swan |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.3x | |||
166 | Red-throated Loon |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2x | |||
167 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 2.2x | |||
168 | Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western Flycatcher) |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | ∞ | |||
169 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.3x | |||
170 | warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.3x | |||
171 | Dunlin |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5x | |||
172 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2x | |||
173 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1x | |||
174 | Osprey |
|
0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1x | |||
175 | Marsh Wren |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7x | |||
176 | peep sp. |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4x | |||
177 | Anhinga |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5x | |||
178 | Rufous Hummingbird |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
179 | Glaucous Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
180 | Sandhill Crane |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.5x | |||
181 | Red Phalarope |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7x | |||
182 | Aythya sp. |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7x | |||
183 | Swan Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.5x | |||
184 | Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid) |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
185 | merganser sp. |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7x | |||
186 | Black-headed Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
187 | California Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
188 | Wood Thrush |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
189 | Laughing Gull |
|
0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0x | |||
190 | Dickcissel |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1x | |||
191 | Brown Pelican |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
192 | Common Redpoll |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
193 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2x | |||
194 | Northern Parula |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4x | |||
195 | Veery |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
196 | Forster's Tern |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1x | |||
197 | Western Kingbird |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
198 | Ash-throated Flycatcher |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
199 | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
200 | Great Cormorant |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
201 | Blue Grosbeak |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7x | |||
202 | shorebird sp. |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7x | |||
203 | nuthatch sp. |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ | |||
204 | goose sp. |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ∞ |