Bird Finder

Top Birds in April
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 14279 checklists in 385 hotspots

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of April. 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 April are indicated with a star. This is based on historical data from eBird, and does not include the current month.

Rank Info Species Chart Peak March April Change Relative
1   Northern Cardinal
75.0% 80.6% 5.6% 1.1x
2   Carolina Wren
66.9% 70.3% 3.4% 1.1x
3   Tufted Titmouse
65.9% 70.1% 4.1% 1.1x
4   Carolina Chickadee
68.4% 66.9% 1.6% 1.0x
5   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
13.7% 62.2% 48.4% 4.5x
6   Red-bellied Woodpecker
55.7% 58.9% 3.2% 1.1x
7   American Crow
58.7% 56.4% 2.3% 1.0x
8   White-throated Sparrow
53.9% 56.2% 2.3% 1.0x
9   Blue Jay
45.1% 50.3% 5.2% 1.1x
10   Canada Goose
50.9% 49.4% 1.5% 1.0x
11   Eastern Bluebird
50.4% 48.0% 2.4% 1.0x
12   Yellow-rumped Warbler
44.6% 47.5% 3.0% 1.1x
13   Eastern Towhee
43.2% 46.6% 3.4% 1.1x
14   Mourning Dove
41.1% 46.4% 5.2% 1.1x
15   Great Blue Heron
44.3% 45.6% 1.3% 1.0x
16   American Goldfinch
31.3% 44.1% 12.9% 1.4x
17   Turkey Vulture
45.9% 43.4% 2.5% 0.9x
18   American Robin
52.9% 43.1% 9.9% 0.8x
19   Pine Warbler
50.3% 42.9% 7.5% 0.9x
20   Chipping Sparrow
31.2% 42.3% 11.2% 1.4x
21   Downy Woodpecker
46.4% 39.0% 7.3% 0.8x
22   Northern Parula
3.7% 36.1% 32.5% 9.9x
23   White-eyed Vireo
3.5% 36.0% 32.4% 10.2x
24   Brown-headed Cowbird
15.6% 35.4% 19.8% 2.3x
25   Fish Crow
35.8% 35.4% 0.4% 1.0x
26   Eastern Phoebe
40.9% 33.2% 7.7% 0.8x
27   Common Yellowthroat
5.9% 33.1% 27.1% 5.6x
28   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
41.9% 32.6% 9.2% 0.8x
29   Red-shouldered Hawk
34.5% 32.5% 2.0% 0.9x
30   Brown-headed Nuthatch
34.3% 31.5% 2.8% 0.9x
31   Mallard
38.3% 31.3% 7.1% 0.8x
32   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
12.6% 30.7% 18.0% 2.4x
33   Red-eyed Vireo
0.1% 29.6% 29.6% 510.9x
34   Northern Mockingbird
29.7% 28.7% 1.0% 1.0x
35   Common Grackle
18.3% 28.0% 9.7% 1.5x
36   Double-crested Cormorant
33.9% 26.7% 7.3% 0.8x
37   Red-winged Blackbird
21.4% 25.7% 4.3% 1.2x
38   House Finch
25.1% 25.3% 0.2% 1.0x
39   White-breasted Nuthatch
25.5% 22.1% 3.4% 0.9x
40   Song Sparrow
48.9% 22.0% 26.9% 0.4x
41   European Starling
20.1% 21.8% 1.7% 1.1x
42   Brown Thrasher
21.3% 20.9% 0.4% 1.0x
43   Pileated Woodpecker
17.3% 20.2% 2.9% 1.2x
44   Black Vulture
17.8% 19.9% 2.0% 1.1x
45   Gray Catbird
0.6% 19.6% 19.0% 31.3x
46   Great Crested Flycatcher
0% 19.5% 19.5% ∞
47   Belted Kingfisher
22.1% 19.3% 2.8% 0.9x
48   Ovenbird
0.6% 19.3% 18.7% 33.2x
49   Barn Swallow
1.6% 18.9% 17.2% 11.5x
50   Yellow-throated Warbler
7.4% 18.8% 11.5% 2.6x
51   Killdeer
17.2% 16.7% 0.5% 1.0x
52   Osprey
14.6% 16.7% 2.1% 1.1x
53   Black-and-white Warbler
2.6% 14.4% 11.8% 5.5x
54   Northern Flicker
27.6% 14.1% 13.5% 0.5x
55   Red-headed Woodpecker
11.7% 14.1% 2.3% 1.2x
56   Red-tailed Hawk
15.6% 13.9% 1.7% 0.9x
57   Wood Duck
15.4% 13.8% 1.6% 0.9x
58   Summer Tanager
0% 13.8% 13.8% ∞
59   Chimney Swift
0.1% 13.4% 13.3% 115.8x
60   Swamp Sparrow
16.1% 13.4% 2.7% 0.8x
61   Eastern Kingbird
0% 12.1% 12.1% ∞
62   Indigo Bunting
0.0% 11.8% 11.8% 408.7x
63   Bald Eagle
15.2% 11.8% 3.3% 0.8x
64   Prothonotary Warbler
0.0% 11.8% 11.8% 610.5x
65   Field Sparrow
16.5% 11.7% 4.8% 0.7x
66   Tree Swallow
7.8% 11.7% 3.9% 1.5x
67   House Wren
1.4% 10.3% 9.0% 7.6x
68   Louisiana Waterthrush
3.8% 10.0% 6.3% 2.7x
69   Hairy Woodpecker
9.6% 8.9% 0.7% 0.9x
70   Barred Owl
7.2% 8.8% 1.6% 1.2x
71   Palm Warbler
2.1% 8.7% 6.5% 4.1x
72   Hooded Warbler
0% 8.6% 8.6% ∞
73   Hermit Thrush
15.1% 8.6% 6.5% 0.6x
74   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
0.0% 8.5% 8.5% 220.8x
75   American Redstart
0.0% 8.3% 8.3% 863.0x
76   Prairie Warbler
0.2% 8.3% 8.1% 42.8x
77   Wood Thrush
0% 8.1% 8.1% ∞
78   Blue Grosbeak
0% 8.0% 8.0% ∞
79   Spotted Sandpiper
0.1% 7.7% 7.7% 114.4x
80   Ring-billed Gull
17.9% 7.5% 10.4% 0.4x
81   Green Heron
0.5% 7.1% 6.6% 14.4x
82   Cedar Waxwing
3.8% 6.8% 2.9% 1.8x
83   Black-throated Blue Warbler
0% 6.6% 6.6% ∞
84   Eastern Meadowlark
4.9% 6.5% 1.5% 1.3x
85   Orchard Oriole
0% 6.4% 6.4% ∞
86   Purple Martin
2.8% 6.0% 3.2% 2.1x
87   Solitary Sandpiper
0.0% 5.8% 5.8% 602.2x
88   Rock Pigeon
4.9% 5.7% 0.9% 1.2x
89   Yellow-throated Vireo
0.1% 5.1% 5.0% 74.8x
90   Dark-eyed Junco
24.3% 4.7% 19.7% 0.2x
91   Pine Siskin
5.6% 4.5% 1.1% 0.8x
92   Blue-headed Vireo
1.7% 4.3% 2.6% 2.5x
93   Scarlet Tanager
0% 4.3% 4.3% ∞
94   Savannah Sparrow
3.2% 4.0% 0.8% 1.3x
95   Bonaparte's Gull
6.6% 3.8% 2.8% 0.6x
96   Cooper's Hawk
5.0% 3.7% 1.2% 0.8x
97   Northern Waterthrush
0% 3.7% 3.7% ∞
98   Ruddy Duck
13.8% 3.3% 10.5% 0.2x
99   Cliff Swallow
0.2% 3.3% 3.1% 16.8x
100   Caspian Tern
0.1% 3.2% 3.1% 40.9x
101   Great Egret
2.1% 2.7% 0.6% 1.3x
102   Yellow Warbler
0.0% 2.7% 2.6% 91.5x
103   Yellow-breasted Chat
0.0% 2.6% 2.6% 268.1x
104   Pied-billed Grebe
13.9% 2.6% 11.4% 0.2x
105   House Sparrow
2.0% 2.5% 0.5% 1.3x
106   Blue-winged Teal
1.6% 2.5% 0.9% 1.6x
107   Acadian Flycatcher
0% 2.5% 2.5% ∞
108   Worm-eating Warbler
0% 2.4% 2.4% ∞
109   Hooded Merganser
9.8% 2.4% 7.5% 0.2x
110   Bufflehead
11.9% 1.8% 10.1% 0.2x
111   Wild Turkey
0.7% 1.7% 1.0% 2.5x
112   crow sp.
1.6% 1.6% 0.0% 1.0x
113   Eastern Wood-Pewee
0% 1.6% 1.6% ∞
114   Veery
0% 1.5% 1.5% ∞
115   Bobolink
0% 1.5% 1.5% ∞
116   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
14.8% 1.4% 13.3% 0.1x
117   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
0% 1.4% 1.4% ∞
118   Winter Wren
8.6% 1.3% 7.3% 0.2x
119   Lesser Yellowlegs
0.1% 1.3% 1.2% 18.9x
120   Blue-winged Warbler
0% 1.3% 1.3% ∞
121   Grasshopper Sparrow
0.0% 1.2% 1.2% 124.6x
122   Yellow-billed Cuckoo
0% 1.2% 1.2% ∞
123   American Bittern
1.0% 1.2% 0.2% 1.2x
124   American Kestrel
2.9% 1.1% 1.7% 0.4x
125   Sharp-shinned Hawk
1.7% 1.1% 0.6% 0.7x
126   Least Sandpiper
0.0% 1.1% 1.1% 57.2x
127   Red-breasted Nuthatch
2.2% 1.1% 1.1% 0.5x
128   swallow sp.
0.6% 1.1% 0.5% 1.9x
129   Horned Lark
1.3% 1.1% 0.3% 0.8x
130   American Coot
4.3% 1.1% 3.3% 0.2x
131   Wilson's Snipe
3.6% 1.0% 2.6% 0.3x
132   Swainson's Thrush
0% 1.0% 1.0% ∞
133   Muscovy Duck
1.0% 1.0% 0.1% 0.9x
134   Rusty Blackbird
3.4% 0.9% 2.4% 0.3x
135   Great Horned Owl
1.0% 0.9% 0.1% 0.9x
136   Golden-crowned Kinglet
18.0% 0.9% 17.1% 0.1x
137   Broad-winged Hawk
0.0% 0.9% 0.9% 30.9x
138   Purple Finch
1.7% 0.8% 0.9% 0.5x
139   Lesser Scaup
4.3% 0.7% 3.5% 0.2x
140   duck sp.
1.2% 0.7% 0.5% 0.6x
141   Red-breasted Merganser
2.3% 0.7% 1.6% 0.3x
142   Greater Yellowlegs
0.2% 0.7% 0.5% 3.4x
143   Northern Harrier
0.6% 0.7% 0.1% 1.1x
144   Kentucky Warbler
0% 0.7% 0.7% ∞
145   Common Loon
1.0% 0.6% 0.4% 0.6x
146   Graylag Goose
0.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.9x
147   Herring Gull
2.6% 0.6% 2.0% 0.2x
148   Black-throated Green Warbler
0.0% 0.6% 0.6% 15.6x
149   Mute Swan
1.0% 0.6% 0.4% 0.6x
150   Baltimore Oriole
0.1% 0.6% 0.5% 7.2x
151   hawk sp.
0.5% 0.6% 0.0% 1.0x
152   gull sp.
1.2% 0.5% 0.7% 0.4x
153   White-crowned Sparrow
0.5% 0.5% 0.1% 0.9x
154   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)
0.1% 0.5% 0.3% 3.7x
155   Eastern Whip-poor-will
0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 8.1x
156   Green-winged Teal
3.0% 0.5% 2.5% 0.2x
157   Cape May Warbler
0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 1.5x
158   Ring-necked Duck
5.1% 0.4% 4.7% 0.1x
159   new world sparrow sp.
1.0% 0.4% 0.6% 0.4x
160   Brown Creeper
6.8% 0.4% 6.4% 0.1x
161   Common Raven
0.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.9x
162   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 19.2x
163   Orange-crowned Warbler
0.5% 0.4% 0.2% 0.7x
164   Bank Swallow
0% 0.4% 0.4% ∞
165   Vesper Sparrow
0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.7x
166   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
0.6% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5x
167   Neotropic Cormorant
0% 0.3% 0.3% ∞
168   Chuck-will's-widow
0% 0.3% 0.3% ∞
169   Merlin
0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.9x
170   Forster's Tern
0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 9.7x
171   Horned Grebe
2.7% 0.3% 2.4% 0.1x
172   Blackpoll Warbler
0% 0.3% 0.3% ∞
173   Loggerhead Shrike
0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.9x
174   Pectoral Sandpiper
0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7x
175   Northern Shoveler
2.7% 0.2% 2.5% 0.1x
176   Marsh Wren
0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 3.7x
177   peep sp.
0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 22.5x
178   Accipiter sp.
0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.6x
179   Blackburnian Warbler
0% 0.2% 0.2% ∞
180   Semipalmated Plover
0% 0.2% 0.2% ∞
181   American Pipit
1.1% 0.2% 0.9% 0.2x
182   passerine sp.
0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 2.9x
183   Magnolia Warbler
0% 0.2% 0.2% ∞
184   Chestnut-sided Warbler
0% 0.2% 0.2% ∞
185   Buteo sp.
0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 1.1x
186   Cattle Egret
0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 3.6x
187   blackbird sp.
0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.5x
188   Sedge Wren
0% 0.2% 0.2% ∞
189   Eastern Screech-Owl
0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 1.4x
190   Virginia Rail
0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.9x
191   Dunlin
0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 16.7x
192   American Wigeon
0.7% 0.2% 0.5% 0.2x
193   Gadwall
2.4% 0.1% 2.2% 0.1x
194   Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.9x
195   American Black Duck
0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5x
196   Little Blue Heron
0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 2.9x
197   American Woodcock
1.2% 0.1% 1.0% 0.1x
198   Cerulean Warbler
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
199   Greater/Lesser Scaup
1.0% 0.1% 0.9% 0.1x
200   Snowy Egret
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
201   Mississippi Kite
0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 3.1x
202   Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 1.2x
203   woodpecker sp.
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.8x
204   Northern Bobwhite
0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 2.7x
205   Anhinga
0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 3.6x
206   vireo sp.
0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 5.4x
207   Greater Scaup
1.2% 0.1% 1.1% 0.1x
208   Black-crowned Night-Heron
0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 5.1x
209   new world vulture sp.
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.8x
210   Semipalmated Sandpiper
0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 9.4x
211   Sora
0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 4.3x
212   Catharus sp.
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
213   Lesser Black-backed Gull
1.2% 0.1% 1.1% 0.1x
214   Lincoln's Sparrow
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 1.2x
215   Short-billed Dowitcher
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
216   Laughing Gull
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
217   Common Tern
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
218   Nashville Warbler
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
219   Fox Sparrow
2.3% 0.1% 2.3% 0.0x
220   Empidonax sp.
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
221   Tennessee Warbler
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
222   Warbling Vireo
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
223   American White Pelican
0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3x
224   Gray-cheeked Thrush
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
225   shorebird sp.
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.1x
226   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
227   Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs