Top Birds in April
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 16909 checklists in 395 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 recently submitted checklists.
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Rank | Info | Species | Chart | Peak | March | April | Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Northern Cardinal |
|
75.1% | 80.3% | 5.2% | |||
2 | Carolina Wren |
|
67.4% | 70.5% | 3.0% | |||
3 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
66.2% | 69.5% | 3.3% | |||
4 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
68.5% | 66.0% | 2.5% | |||
5 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
14.6% | 62.4% | 47.8% | |||
6 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
55.6% | 58.1% | 2.5% | |||
7 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
54.5% | 56.5% | 2.1% | |||
8 | American Crow |
|
58.5% | 56.3% | 2.3% | |||
9 | Blue Jay |
|
45.4% | 49.8% | 4.4% | |||
10 | Canada Goose |
|
50.3% | 49.1% | 1.2% | |||
11 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
50.7% | 48.2% | 2.5% | |||
12 | Eastern Towhee |
|
43.2% | 46.4% | 3.1% | |||
13 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
44.2% | 46.3% | 2.1% | |||
14 | Mourning Dove |
|
40.8% | 45.9% | 5.1% | |||
15 | American Goldfinch |
|
32.8% | 45.1% | 12.3% | |||
16 | Great Blue Heron |
|
44.2% | 44.7% | 0.4% | |||
17 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
32.7% | 43.0% | 10.3% | |||
18 | Pine Warbler |
|
51.0% | 43.0% | 8.0% | |||
19 | Turkey Vulture |
|
45.1% | 42.7% | 2.4% | |||
20 | American Robin |
|
53.3% | 42.6% | 10.7% | |||
21 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
46.9% | 38.7% | 8.1% | |||
22 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
3.8% | 37.8% | 34.0% | |||
23 | Northern Parula |
|
3.5% | 36.0% | 32.5% | |||
24 | Fish Crow |
|
36.1% | 35.7% | 0.3% | |||
25 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
16.2% | 35.4% | 19.2% | |||
26 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
41.3% | 34.3% | 7.0% | |||
27 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
6.1% | 33.3% | 27.1% | |||
28 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
42.3% | 32.8% | 9.6% | |||
29 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
34.7% | 32.5% | 2.2% | |||
30 | Brown-headed Nuthatch |
|
34.9% | 31.3% | 3.6% | |||
31 | Mallard |
|
37.2% | 30.2% | 7.0% | |||
32 | Red-eyed Vireo |
|
0.1% | 29.9% | 29.8% | |||
33 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
|
12.0% | 29.8% | 17.8% | |||
34 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
29.3% | 28.3% | 1.0% | |||
35 | Common Grackle |
|
17.8% | 27.2% | 9.5% | |||
36 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
34.4% | 26.6% | 7.8% | |||
37 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
21.9% | 26.1% | 4.1% | |||
38 | House Finch |
|
25.5% | 25.3% | 0.2% | |||
39 | Song Sparrow |
|
50.1% | 22.7% | 27.4% | |||
40 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
25.3% | 21.9% | 3.4% | |||
41 | European Starling |
|
19.1% | 21.3% | 2.2% | |||
42 | Brown Thrasher |
|
20.7% | 20.8% | 0.1% | |||
43 | Yellow-throated Warbler |
|
7.7% | 19.9% | 12.2% | |||
44 | Black Vulture |
|
17.8% | 19.8% | 2.0% | |||
45 | Great Crested Flycatcher |
|
0% | 19.8% | 19.8% | |||
46 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
17.0% | 19.7% | 2.7% | |||
47 | Barn Swallow |
|
1.6% | 19.2% | 17.6% | |||
48 | Ovenbird |
|
0.6% | 19.0% | 18.4% | |||
49 | Gray Catbird |
|
0.7% | 18.9% | 18.2% | |||
50 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
21.8% | 18.5% | 3.3% | |||
51 | Osprey |
|
15.3% | 16.9% | 1.6% | |||
52 | Killdeer |
|
17.1% | 16.5% | 0.6% | |||
53 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
12.3% | 14.3% | 2.0% | |||
54 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
2.6% | 14.2% | 11.6% | |||
55 | Northern Flicker |
|
28.0% | 13.9% | 14.1% | |||
56 | Summer Tanager |
|
0% | 13.8% | 13.8% | |||
57 | Wood Duck |
|
14.7% | 13.5% | 1.3% | |||
58 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
16.9% | 13.5% | 3.4% | |||
59 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
15.2% | 13.4% | 1.8% | |||
60 | Chimney Swift |
|
0.1% | 13.3% | 13.2% | |||
61 | Indigo Bunting |
|
0.0% | 12.5% | 12.5% | |||
62 | Tree Swallow |
|
7.6% | 12.3% | 4.6% | |||
63 | Prothonotary Warbler |
|
0.0% | 12.1% | 12.1% | |||
64 | Bald Eagle |
|
15.7% | 12.0% | 3.7% | |||
65 | Eastern Kingbird |
|
0% | 11.9% | 11.9% | |||
66 | Field Sparrow |
|
16.1% | 11.8% | 4.4% | |||
67 | House Wren |
|
1.3% | 10.5% | 9.2% | |||
68 | Louisiana Waterthrush |
|
3.9% | 10.3% | 6.5% | |||
69 | Hooded Warbler |
|
0% | 9.1% | 9.1% | |||
70 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
9.8% | 9.0% | 0.8% | |||
71 | Barred Owl |
|
7.3% | 8.8% | 1.5% | |||
72 | American Redstart |
|
0.0% | 8.8% | 8.8% | |||
73 | Blue Grosbeak |
|
0% | 8.6% | 8.6% | |||
74 | Palm Warbler |
|
2.4% | 8.6% | 6.2% | |||
75 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
|
0.0% | 8.4% | 8.3% | |||
76 | Hermit Thrush |
|
15.8% | 8.2% | 7.6% | |||
77 | Wood Thrush |
|
0% | 8.1% | 8.1% | |||
78 | Prairie Warbler |
|
0.2% | 8.0% | 7.8% | |||
79 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
0.1% | 7.4% | 7.4% | |||
80 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
17.0% | 7.3% | 9.8% | |||
81 | Green Heron |
|
0.5% | 6.9% | 6.4% | |||
82 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
4.8% | 6.8% | 2.0% | |||
83 | Orchard Oriole |
|
0% | 6.6% | 6.6% | |||
84 | Purple Martin |
|
3.0% | 6.3% | 3.3% | |||
85 | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
|
0% | 6.2% | 6.2% | |||
86 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
3.5% | 6.2% | 2.7% | |||
87 | Yellow-throated Vireo |
|
0.1% | 5.7% | 5.6% | |||
88 | Rock Pigeon |
|
4.6% | 5.6% | 1.0% | |||
89 | Solitary Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 5.6% | 5.6% | |||
90 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
26.1% | 4.5% | 21.5% | |||
91 | Scarlet Tanager |
|
0% | 4.4% | 4.4% | |||
92 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
3.1% | 4.3% | 1.2% | |||
93 | Blue-headed Vireo |
|
1.7% | 4.3% | 2.6% | |||
94 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
7.3% | 3.8% | 3.4% | |||
95 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
4.8% | 3.8% | 1.0% | |||
96 | Pine Siskin |
|
4.7% | 3.6% | 1.1% | |||
97 | Northern Waterthrush |
|
0% | 3.5% | 3.5% | |||
98 | Cliff Swallow |
|
0.2% | 3.4% | 3.2% | |||
99 | Caspian Tern |
|
0.1% | 3.0% | 2.9% | |||
100 | Ruddy Duck |
|
13.1% | 2.9% | 10.2% | |||
101 | Yellow Warbler |
|
0.0% | 2.8% | 2.8% | |||
102 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
|
0.0% | 2.8% | 2.7% | |||
103 | Great Egret |
|
2.0% | 2.6% | 0.5% | |||
104 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
13.7% | 2.4% | 11.3% | |||
105 | House Sparrow |
|
1.9% | 2.3% | 0.4% | |||
106 | Acadian Flycatcher |
|
0% | 2.3% | 2.3% | |||
107 | Worm-eating Warbler |
|
0.0% | 2.3% | 2.3% | |||
108 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
1.5% | 2.3% | 0.7% | |||
109 | Hooded Merganser |
|
9.2% | 2.2% | 7.0% | |||
110 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.8% | 1.8% | 1.0% | |||
111 | Grasshopper Sparrow |
|
0.0% | 1.6% | 1.6% | |||
112 | Bufflehead |
|
11.5% | 1.6% | 9.9% | |||
113 | Bobolink |
|
0% | 1.6% | 1.6% | |||
114 | Eastern Wood-Pewee |
|
0% | 1.5% | 1.5% | |||
115 | Veery |
|
0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | |||
116 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
14.4% | 1.4% | 13.0% | |||
117 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
0.1% | 1.3% | 1.3% | |||
118 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
|
0% | 1.3% | 1.3% | |||
119 | Winter Wren |
|
8.3% | 1.2% | 7.1% | |||
120 | Blue-winged Warbler |
|
0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | |||
121 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
1.6% | 1.1% | 0.5% | |||
122 | American Kestrel |
|
2.7% | 1.1% | 1.6% | |||
123 | Horned Lark |
|
1.1% | 1.1% | 0.1% | |||
124 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
|
0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | |||
125 | Least Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||
126 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
3.2% | 1.0% | 2.2% | |||
127 | American Coot |
|
4.0% | 1.0% | 3.0% | |||
128 | American Bittern |
|
0.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | |||
129 | Broad-winged Hawk |
|
0.0% | 1.0% | 0.9% | |||
130 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
1.8% | 0.9% | 0.9% | |||
131 | Muscovy Duck |
|
1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
132 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
3.4% | 0.9% | 2.5% | |||
133 | Swainson's Thrush |
|
0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | |||
134 | Great Horned Owl |
|
1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
135 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
18.6% | 0.8% | 17.8% | |||
136 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
0.3% | 0.7% | 0.4% | |||
137 | Northern Harrier |
|
0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | |||
138 | Lesser Scaup |
|
4.0% | 0.7% | 3.3% | |||
139 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
2.2% | 0.7% | 1.5% | |||
140 | Kentucky Warbler |
|
0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
141 | Purple Finch |
|
2.6% | 0.7% | 1.9% | |||
142 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
143 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
|
0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
144 | Graylag Goose |
|
0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | |||
145 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
|
0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
146 | Common Loon |
|
1.4% | 0.6% | 0.8% | |||
147 | Herring Gull |
|
2.5% | 0.6% | 1.9% | |||
148 | Mute Swan |
|
0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | |||
149 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |||
150 | Eastern Whip-poor-will |
|
0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
151 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
5.0% | 0.4% | 4.5% | |||
152 | Cape May Warbler |
|
0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
153 | Green-winged Teal |
|
2.8% | 0.4% | 2.4% | |||
154 | Brown Creeper |
|
6.4% | 0.4% | 6.0% | |||
155 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
156 | Common Raven |
|
0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
157 | Sedge Wren |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
158 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
159 | Bank Swallow |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
160 | Horned Grebe |
|
2.9% | 0.3% | 2.6% | |||
161 | Chuck-will's-widow |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
162 | Swainson's Warbler |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
163 | Merlin |
|
0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
164 | Forster's Tern |
|
0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
165 | Neotropic Cormorant |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
166 | Loggerhead Shrike |
|
0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
167 | Blackpoll Warbler |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
168 | American Pipit |
|
1.0% | 0.2% | 0.8% | |||
169 | Northern Shoveler |
|
2.3% | 0.2% | 2.1% | |||
170 | Pectoral Sandpiper |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
171 | Mississippi Kite |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
172 | Blackburnian Warbler |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
173 | Magnolia Warbler |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
174 | Marsh Wren |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
175 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
176 | Semipalmated Plover |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
177 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
178 | American Wigeon |
|
0.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | |||
179 | Cattle Egret |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
180 | Painted Bunting |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
181 | Virginia Rail |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
182 | Dunlin |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
183 | Little Blue Heron |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
184 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
185 | Gadwall |
|
2.2% | 0.1% | 2.1% | |||
186 | American Black Duck |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
187 | American Woodcock |
|
1.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% | |||
188 | Snowy Egret |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
189 | Cerulean Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
190 | Anhinga |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
191 | Sora |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
192 | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
193 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
|
1.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% | |||
194 | Greater Scaup |
|
1.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% | |||
195 | Semipalmated Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
196 | Tricolored Heron |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
197 | Fox Sparrow |
|
2.5% | 0.1% | 2.4% | |||
198 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
199 | Short-billed Dowitcher |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
200 | Laughing Gull |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
201 | Common Tern |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
202 | Nashville Warbler |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
203 | Tennessee Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
204 | Warbling Vireo |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
205 | American White Pelican |
|
0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
206 | Gray-cheeked Thrush |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
207 | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
208 | Evening Grosbeak |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
209 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
210 | Common Gallinule |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
211 | Arctic Tern |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
212 | Least Flycatcher |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
213 | Willet |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
214 | Least Bittern |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
215 | Redhead |
|
0.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% | |||
216 | Northern Pintail |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
217 | Common Nighthawk |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
218 | Black-bellied Plover |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
219 | Bay-breasted Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
220 | Glossy Ibis |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
221 | Canada Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
222 | Western Tanager |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
223 | Common Goldeneye |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
224 | Canvasback |
|
0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |||
225 | American Oystercatcher |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
226 | Wilson's Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
227 |