Bird Finder

Top Birds in December
within 50 miles of Colorado Springs, CO, USA

based on 7950 checklists in 430 hotspots

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of December. 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 December 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 November December Change
1   Dark-eyed Junco
37.4% 41.9% 4.4%
2   Canada Goose
40.8% 41.4% 0.6%
3   Northern Flicker
37.8% 40.8% 3.0%
4   Mallard
45.4% 40.2% 5.3%
5   Black-capped Chickadee
30.7% 35.2% 4.6%
6   American Crow
34.1% 34.8% 0.7%
7   Black-billed Magpie
34.9% 34.6% 0.3%
8   House Finch
30.9% 34.5% 3.6%
9   Red-tailed Hawk
28.8% 31.7% 2.9%
10   Song Sparrow
23.1% 28.6% 5.5%
11   Common Goldeneye
19.6% 25.8% 6.2%
12   White-crowned Sparrow
22.8% 25.7% 2.9%
13   Ring-billed Gull
31.7% 25.1% 6.6%
14   American Robin
22.6% 25.0% 2.4%
15   Common Raven
21.2% 24.0% 2.8%
16   White-breasted Nuthatch
20.0% 23.9% 3.9%
17   American Coot
28.3% 23.2% 5.2%
18   Downy Woodpecker
16.8% 21.8% 5.0%
19   Rock Pigeon
16.8% 20.9% 4.1%
20   American Wigeon
25.2% 20.8% 4.5%
21   Townsend's Solitaire
18.3% 20.8% 2.5%
22   Spotted Towhee
16.4% 20.8% 4.4%
23   European Starling
17.8% 20.5% 2.7%
24   Hooded Merganser
17.8% 20.2% 2.4%
25   Blue Jay
20.7% 19.8% 0.9%
26   Cackling Goose
17.1% 19.5% 2.4%
27   Mountain Chickadee
15.5% 17.5% 2.0%
28   Gadwall
22.1% 17.4% 4.7%
29   Belted Kingfisher
16.5% 17.1% 0.5%
30   Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
15.4% 16.8% 1.4%
31   Bufflehead
24.0% 16.7% 7.3%
32   Red-winged Blackbird
15.4% 16.5% 1.1%
33   Eurasian Collared-Dove
11.4% 16.5% 5.0%
34   American Goldfinch
14.2% 15.3% 1.1%
35   American Tree Sparrow
14.3% 14.7% 0.4%
36   Pied-billed Grebe
19.0% 13.6% 5.4%
37   Great Blue Heron
11.0% 12.3% 1.3%
38   Common Merganser
8.6% 12.0% 3.4%
39   American Kestrel
8.7% 11.8% 3.0%
40   Ring-necked Duck
11.3% 11.7% 0.5%
41   Green-winged Teal
11.1% 11.3% 0.2%
42   Northern Shoveler
12.9% 10.2% 2.6%
43   Killdeer
7.7% 9.2% 1.4%
44   Bald Eagle
6.9% 9.1% 2.2%
45   Lesser Scaup
13.8% 9.0% 4.9%
46   Northern Harrier
7.1% 8.9% 1.8%
47   Hairy Woodpecker
6.2% 8.3% 2.1%
48   Pygmy Nuthatch
7.1% 8.2% 1.1%
49   Brown Creeper
6.8% 8.1% 1.2%
50   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
7.2% 7.9% 0.6%
51   House Sparrow
5.7% 7.8% 2.1%
52   Steller's Jay
9.3% 7.5% 1.8%
53   Bushtit
6.6% 7.4% 0.7%
54   Redhead
9.6% 6.8% 2.8%
55   Pine Siskin
6.2% 6.1% 0.1%
56   Canyon Towhee
5.1% 5.7% 0.6%
57   Herring Gull
6.1% 5.5% 0.6%
58   Canvasback
6.4% 5.4% 1.0%
59   Horned Lark
7.5% 5.0% 2.5%
60   Red-breasted Nuthatch
4.9% 4.9% 0.0%
61   Great Horned Owl
2.8% 4.8% 2.1%
62   Cooper's Hawk
3.3% 4.6% 1.3%
63   Yellow-rumped Warbler
4.1% 4.1% 0.0%
64   Wood Duck
5.6% 3.8% 1.7%
65   Northern Shrike
3.9% 3.8% 0.0%
66   Western Meadowlark
4.3% 3.7% 0.5%
67   Western Grebe
13.6% 3.6% 10.0%
68   Snow Goose
2.8% 3.6% 0.8%
69   Bewick's Wren
2.7% 3.5% 0.8%
70   Mountain Bluebird
4.3% 3.5% 0.9%
71   Sharp-shinned Hawk
2.2% 3.4% 1.3%
72   Eared Grebe
9.8% 3.4% 6.4%
73   Ruddy Duck
11.7% 3.2% 8.5%
74   American Pipit
2.3% 3.0% 0.7%
75   Lesser Black-backed Gull
2.8% 2.9% 0.1%
76   Golden Eagle
2.1% 2.8% 0.7%
77   California Gull
6.6% 2.8% 3.8%
78   Cassin's Finch
2.2% 2.8% 0.6%
79   Ferruginous Hawk
2.0% 2.7% 0.7%
80   American Dipper
1.5% 2.6% 1.2%
81   Marsh Wren
1.6% 2.6% 1.0%
82   Northern Pintail
4.4% 2.5% 1.9%
83   Mourning Dove
2.0% 2.5% 0.5%
84   Horned Grebe
5.9% 2.4% 3.5%
85   Red-breasted Merganser
3.7% 2.3% 1.4%
86   Prairie Falcon
2.0% 2.3% 0.3%
87   Wilson's Snipe
1.5% 2.1% 0.7%
88   Great Black-backed Gull
1.5% 2.1% 0.6%
89   Cedar Waxwing
2.1% 2.1% 0.0%
90   Curve-billed Thrasher
1.9% 2.0% 0.2%
91   Say's Phoebe
1.5% 2.0% 0.5%
92   Greater White-fronted Goose
1.6% 1.9% 0.4%
93   Bonaparte's Gull
4.4% 1.9% 2.5%
94   Wild Turkey
1.9% 1.8% 0.1%
95   Swamp Sparrow
0.9% 1.7% 0.8%
96   Virginia Rail
0.9% 1.6% 0.7%
97   Common Loon
6.4% 1.6% 4.7%
98   Merlin
1.2% 1.4% 0.3%
99   Winter Wren
1.0% 1.4% 0.4%
100   Red Crossbill
1.3% 1.4% 0.0%
101   Canyon Wren
1.3% 1.4% 0.1%
102   Double-crested Cormorant
3.5% 1.4% 2.1%
103   Rough-legged Hawk
0.8% 1.4% 0.6%
104   Ross's Goose
0.9% 1.4% 0.5%
105   Loggerhead Shrike
1.6% 1.3% 0.2%
106   Lesser Goldfinch
2.0% 1.3% 0.7%
107   Harris's Sparrow
1.3% 1.2% 0.1%
108   Tundra Swan
0.6% 1.1% 0.5%
109   White-winged Scoter
2.0% 1.1% 0.9%
110   Iceland Gull
0.8% 1.1% 0.3%
111   White-winged Dove
0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
112   Scaled Quail
1.5% 1.1% 0.4%
113   Red-breasted Sapsucker
0% 1.1% 1.1%
114   Juniper Titmouse
0.8% 1.1% 0.2%
115   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
116   Greater Scaup
1.2% 1.1% 0.1%
117   Barrow's Goldeneye
0.7% 1.1% 0.3%
118   Eastern Bluebird
1.2% 1.0% 0.2%
119   Clark's Nutcracker
1.3% 1.0% 0.2%
120   Lapland Longspur
1.0% 1.0% 0.0%
121   Golden-crowned Kinglet
0.9% 0.9% 0.0%
122   Long-tailed Duck
0.7% 0.9% 0.2%
123   Yellow-throated Warbler
1.0% 0.9% 0.0%
124   Lincoln's Sparrow
0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
125   Western Screech-Owl
0.2% 0.9% 0.7%
126   Rusty Blackbird
0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
127   Pacific Loon
2.2% 0.9% 1.3%
128   Trumpeter Swan
0.6% 0.9% 0.3%
129   Western Bluebird
1.0% 0.9% 0.2%
130   White-throated Sparrow
0.8% 0.9% 0.0%
131   American White Pelican
2.6% 0.9% 1.8%
132   Black Phoebe
0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
133   Rock Wren
0.8% 0.8% 0.0%
134   Great-tailed Grackle
0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
135   Ladder-backed Woodpecker
0.5% 0.7% 0.2%
136   Evening Grosbeak
1.1% 0.6% 0.4%
137   Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
138   Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
0.3% 0.6% 0.4%
139   Northern Pygmy-Owl
0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
140   Black Rosy-Finch
0.0% 0.6% 0.5%
141   Brewer's Blackbird
0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
142   Rufous-crowned Sparrow
0.2% 0.5% 0.4%
143   Field Sparrow
0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
144   Yellow-billed Loon
0% 0.5% 0.5%
145   Glaucous Gull
0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
146   Williamson's Sapsucker
0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
147   Red-necked Grebe
1.1% 0.4% 0.7%
148   Eurasian Wigeon
0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
149   Chihuahuan Raven
0.2% 0.4% 0.3%
150   Pomarine Jaeger
0% 0.4% 0.4%
151   Brown Thrasher
0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
152   Black-crowned Night-Heron
0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
153   Clark's Grebe
1.1% 0.4% 0.7%
154   Brant
0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
155   Red-throated Loon
0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
156   Surf Scoter
1.9% 0.3% 1.7%
157   American Goshawk
0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
158   Short-billed Gull
0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
159   Greater Roadrunner
0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
160   American Three-toed Woodpecker
0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
161   Prairie Warbler
0% 0.3% 0.3%
162   Fox Sparrow
0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
163   Pine Warbler
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
164   Common Grackle
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
165   Hermit Thrush
0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
166   Chestnut-sided Warbler
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
167   Spotted Sandpiper
0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
168   Band-tailed Pigeon
0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
169   Sora
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
170   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
171   Tennessee Warbler
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
172   Lewis's Woodpecker
0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
173   Pine Grosbeak
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
174   Gray Catbird
0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
175   Sandhill Crane
0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
176   Muscovy Duck
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
177   Canada Jay
0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
178   Sage Thrasher
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
179   Pacific Wren
0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
180   Mexican Duck
0% 0.1% 0.1%
181   Common Redpoll
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
182   Red-naped Sapsucker
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
183   Pinyon Jay
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
184   Black-throated Blue Warbler
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
185   Dunlin
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
186   Northern Saw-whet Owl
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
187   Greater Yellowlegs
1.6% 0.1% 1.5%
188   Carolina Wren
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
189   Mute Swan
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
190   Ovenbird
0% 0.1% 0.1%
191   Varied Thrush
0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
192   Barn Owl
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
193   Northern Mockingbird
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
194   Blue-winged Teal
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
195   White-throated Swift
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
196   Northern Cardinal
0% 0.1% 0.1%
197   Acorn Woodpecker
0% 0.1% 0.1%
198   Bohemian Waxwing
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
199   Yellow Warbler
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
200   Peregrine Falcon
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
201   Eastern Phoebe
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
202   Purple Finch
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
203   House Wren
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
204   Red-bellied Woodpecker
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
205   Glaucous-winged Gull
0% 0.1% 0.1%
206   Osprey
0.5% 0.1% 0.5%
207   Northern Parula
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
208   Eastern Towhee
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
209   Red-headed Woodpecker
0% 0.0% 0.0%
210   Golden-crowned Sparrow
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
211   Brown-headed Cowbird
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
212   Least Sandpiper
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
213   White-winged Crossbill
0% 0.0% 0.0%
214   Chipping Sparrow
0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
215   Common Yellowthroat
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
216   Green-tailed Towhee
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
217   Graylag Goose
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
218   Palm Warbler
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
219   Ring-necked Pheasant
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
220   Black Scoter
1.8% 0.0% 1.8%
221   Great Egret
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
222   Tree Swallow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
223   Nashville Warbler
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
224   Laughing Gull
0% 0.0% 0.0%
225   Green Heron
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
226   Black-and-white Warbler
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
227   Northern Bobwhite
0% 0.0% 0.0%
228   Bullock's Oriole
0% 0.0% 0.0%
229   Vermilion Flycatcher
0% 0.0% 0.0%
230   California Quail
0% 0.0% 0.0%
231   Summer Tanager
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
232   Swan Goose
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
233   Wood Thrush
0% 0.0% 0.0%
234   Lark Sparrow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
235   Snow Bunting
0.7% 0.0% 0.7%
236   Wilson's Warbler
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
237   Orange-crowned Warbler
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
238   Short-eared Owl
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
239   Hammond's Flycatcher
0% 0.0% 0.0%
240   Savannah Sparrow
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
241   Townsend's Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
242   Chukar
0% 0.0% 0.0%
243   Dusky Grouse
0.0% 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.