Top Birds in October
within 25 miles of Champaign, IL, USA
based on 1971 checklists in 86 hotspots
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of October. 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 October 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 | September | October | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Crow |
|
52.6% | 60.0% | 7.4% | |||
| 2 | Blue Jay |
|
59.8% | 59.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 3 | American Robin |
|
56.5% | 58.0% | 1.5% | |||
| 4 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
10.0% | 50.3% | 40.3% | |||
| 5 | American Goldfinch |
|
52.8% | 47.5% | 5.3% | |||
| 6 | Northern Cardinal |
|
58.9% | 46.4% | 12.5% | |||
| 7 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
2.8% | 44.1% | 41.3% | |||
| 8 | Canada Goose |
|
44.3% | 43.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 9 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
39.5% | 39.9% | 0.4% | |||
| 10 | Northern Flicker |
|
36.9% | 39.3% | 2.3% | |||
| 11 | Mallard |
|
27.8% | 38.3% | 10.6% | |||
| 12 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
46.7% | 36.3% | 10.4% | |||
| 13 | European Starling |
|
31.1% | 35.3% | 4.1% | |||
| 14 | Song Sparrow |
|
11.2% | 32.6% | 21.4% | |||
| 15 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
44.8% | 32.3% | 12.5% | |||
| 16 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
5.6% | 31.2% | 25.6% | |||
| 17 | Turkey Vulture |
|
28.4% | 27.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 18 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
6.6% | 27.3% | 20.8% | |||
| 19 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
30.1% | 26.6% | 3.5% | |||
| 20 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
1.3% | 26.6% | 25.3% | |||
| 21 | Carolina Wren |
|
30.4% | 25.6% | 4.8% | |||
| 22 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
17.7% | 24.9% | 7.2% | |||
| 23 | Mourning Dove |
|
39.6% | 24.5% | 15.1% | |||
| 24 | Great Blue Heron |
|
26.7% | 23.0% | 3.7% | |||
| 25 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
1.1% | 21.7% | 20.6% | |||
| 26 | House Finch |
|
21.6% | 20.9% | 0.8% | |||
| 27 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
0.5% | 20.4% | 19.9% | |||
| 28 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
0.2% | 19.8% | 19.6% | |||
| 29 | House Sparrow |
|
21.9% | 18.8% | 3.2% | |||
| 30 | Killdeer |
|
19.7% | 18.6% | 1.0% | |||
| 31 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
20.4% | 18.4% | 2.1% | |||
| 32 | Palm Warbler |
|
5.4% | 16.4% | 11.1% | |||
| 33 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
12.1% | 15.9% | 3.8% | |||
| 34 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
16.5% | 15.5% | 1.0% | |||
| 35 | Nashville Warbler |
|
14.8% | 15.5% | 0.8% | |||
| 36 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
19.3% | 14.9% | 4.4% | |||
| 37 | Common Grackle |
|
9.3% | 14.4% | 5.0% | |||
| 38 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
16.6% | 14.3% | 2.3% | |||
| 39 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
12.5% | 14.2% | 1.7% | |||
| 40 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
5.5% | 13.8% | 8.3% | |||
| 41 | Gray Catbird |
|
52.5% | 13.4% | 39.0% | |||
| 42 | Hermit Thrush |
|
0.7% | 12.7% | 12.0% | |||
| 43 | Black-capped Chickadee |
|
14.4% | 12.5% | 1.9% | |||
| 44 | Rock Pigeon |
|
12.0% | 12.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 45 | Wood Duck |
|
10.8% | 11.8% | 1.0% | |||
| 46 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
3.2% | 11.7% | 8.6% | |||
| 47 | Brown Creeper |
|
1.3% | 11.7% | 10.4% | |||
| 48 | Tennessee Warbler |
|
24.9% | 11.4% | 13.5% | |||
| 49 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
|
2.3% | 10.9% | 8.6% | |||
| 50 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
1.5% | 10.4% | 8.9% | |||
| 51 | Chimney Swift |
|
27.6% | 9.8% | 17.8% | |||
| 52 | House Wren |
|
22.3% | 9.3% | 13.0% | |||
| 53 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
|
25.0% | 9.2% | 15.7% | |||
| 54 | Eastern Towhee |
|
5.4% | 9.0% | 3.6% | |||
| 55 | Field Sparrow |
|
3.1% | 8.9% | 5.9% | |||
| 56 | Northern Shoveler |
|
2.1% | 8.6% | 6.6% | |||
| 57 | Purple Finch |
|
1.5% | 8.3% | 6.8% | |||
| 58 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
4.5% | 8.2% | 3.7% | |||
| 59 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
10.3% | 7.8% | 2.5% | |||
| 60 | Winter Wren |
|
0.3% | 7.5% | 7.1% | |||
| 61 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
8.8% | 7.1% | 1.7% | |||
| 62 | Pine Siskin |
|
0.2% | 7.1% | 6.9% | |||
| 63 | Green-winged Teal |
|
1.5% | 6.8% | 5.3% | |||
| 64 | Blue-headed Vireo |
|
3.3% | 6.7% | 3.5% | |||
| 65 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
14.3% | 6.4% | 7.9% | |||
| 66 | Magnolia Warbler |
|
38.3% | 6.2% | 32.1% | |||
| 67 | Tree Swallow |
|
4.4% | 6.0% | 1.6% | |||
| 68 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
12.5% | 5.5% | 7.0% | |||
| 69 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
0.5% | 5.4% | 4.9% | |||
| 70 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
5.7% | 5.3% | 0.4% | |||
| 71 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
4.5% | 5.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 72 | Ruddy Duck |
|
0.1% | 4.7% | 4.6% | |||
| 73 | Eastern Wood-Pewee |
|
36.9% | 4.6% | 32.2% | |||
| 74 | Bald Eagle |
|
3.8% | 4.5% | 0.8% | |||
| 75 | American Coot |
|
1.6% | 4.5% | 2.9% | |||
| 76 | Swainson's Thrush |
|
39.8% | 4.4% | 35.5% | |||
| 77 | Fox Sparrow |
|
0% | 4.3% | 4.3% | |||
| 78 | Marsh Wren |
|
1.1% | 4.3% | 3.2% | |||
| 79 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
7.4% | 4.0% | 3.4% | |||
| 80 | Indigo Bunting |
|
11.4% | 4.0% | 7.5% | |||
| 81 | American Redstart |
|
47.2% | 3.9% | 43.3% | |||
| 82 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
5.9% | 3.8% | 2.1% | |||
| 83 | Barred Owl |
|
5.1% | 3.8% | 1.3% | |||
| 84 | Ring-necked Pheasant |
|
2.4% | 3.7% | 1.3% | |||
| 85 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
2.1% | 3.7% | 1.6% | |||
| 86 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
|
22.9% | 3.6% | 19.3% | |||
| 87 | Great Egret |
|
7.9% | 3.6% | 4.4% | |||
| 88 | Bay-breasted Warbler |
|
24.9% | 3.6% | 21.4% | |||
| 89 | American Kestrel |
|
3.4% | 3.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 90 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
1.8% | 3.3% | 1.5% | |||
| 91 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
32.5% | 3.3% | 29.2% | |||
| 92 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
1.4% | 3.2% | 1.8% | |||
| 93 | Northern Pintail |
|
1.5% | 3.2% | 1.7% | |||
| 94 | Merlin |
|
1.3% | 3.0% | 1.8% | |||
| 95 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
0.8% | 2.9% | 2.0% | |||
| 96 | Great Horned Owl |
|
1.9% | 2.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 97 | Red-eyed Vireo |
|
31.5% | 2.5% | 28.9% | |||
| 98 | Ovenbird |
|
20.0% | 2.5% | 17.5% | |||
| 99 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
0.0% | 2.5% | 2.4% | |||
| 100 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
5.0% | 2.4% | 2.6% | |||
| 101 | Gadwall |
|
0.2% | 2.1% | 1.9% | |||
| 102 | LeConte's Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 2.0% | 1.9% | |||
| 103 | Northern Harrier |
|
0.2% | 1.9% | 1.6% | |||
| 104 | Brown Thrasher |
|
6.6% | 1.9% | 4.8% | |||
| 105 | Sora |
|
0.9% | 1.9% | 0.9% | |||
| 106 | Northern Parula |
|
8.1% | 1.9% | 6.2% | |||
| 107 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
2.1% | 1.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 108 | Osprey |
|
4.9% | 1.8% | 3.1% | |||
| 109 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
|
27.3% | 1.8% | 25.4% | |||
| 110 | Scarlet Tanager |
|
7.2% | 1.8% | 5.4% | |||
| 111 | American Woodcock |
|
0.1% | 1.6% | 1.5% | |||
| 112 | Snow Goose |
|
0.5% | 1.5% | 1.0% | |||
| 113 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
0% | 1.5% | 1.5% | |||
| 114 | American Wigeon |
|
0.2% | 1.4% | 1.3% | |||
| 115 | Green Heron |
|
7.4% | 1.4% | 5.9% | |||
| 116 | American Pipit |
|
0.1% | 1.4% | 1.3% | |||
| 117 | Pectoral Sandpiper |
|
2.6% | 1.4% | 1.2% | |||
| 118 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
0.0% | 1.4% | 1.3% | |||
| 119 | Philadelphia Vireo |
|
9.4% | 1.4% | 8.0% | |||
| 120 | Nelson's Sparrow |
|
0.0% | 1.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 121 | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
|
3.6% | 1.3% | 2.3% | |||
| 122 | Least Sandpiper |
|
3.6% | 1.3% | 2.4% | |||
| 123 | Blackpoll Warbler |
|
8.6% | 1.3% | 7.3% | |||
| 124 | Pine Warbler |
|
1.4% | 1.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 125 | Sedge Wren |
|
0.9% | 1.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 126 | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
|
0.9% | 1.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 127 | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
|
3.2% | 1.2% | 2.0% | |||
| 128 | Cape May Warbler |
|
5.9% | 1.2% | 4.8% | |||
| 129 | Northern Waterthrush |
|
6.4% | 1.2% | 5.2% | |||
| 130 | Redhead |
|
0.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | |||
| 131 | Lesser Scaup |
|
0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 132 | American White Pelican |
|
0.9% | 1.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 133 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
3.1% | 1.0% | 2.1% | |||
| 134 | Dunlin |
|
0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||
| 135 | Gray-cheeked Thrush |
|
11.0% | 1.0% | 10.1% | |||
| 136 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
5.3% | 0.9% | 4.3% | |||
| 137 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
|
18.0% | 0.9% | 17.1% | |||
| 138 | Broad-winged Hawk |
|
1.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% | |||
| 139 | Long-billed Dowitcher |
|
0.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | |||
| 140 | Stilt Sandpiper |
|
1.4% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 141 | American Black Duck |
|
0.4% | 0.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 142 | Blackburnian Warbler |
|
11.9% | 0.7% | 11.2% | |||
| 143 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 144 | Horned Lark |
|
1.7% | 0.7% | 1.0% | |||
| 145 | American Tree Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 146 | Hooded Merganser |
|
0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 147 | Wood Thrush |
|
4.5% | 0.7% | 3.9% | |||
| 148 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
|
3.7% | 0.7% | 3.1% | |||
| 149 | Wilson's Warbler |
|
10.1% | 0.7% | 9.5% | |||
| 150 | Yellow-throated Vireo |
|
9.0% | 0.6% | 8.4% | |||
| 151 | White-winged Scoter |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 152 | Barn Swallow |
|
7.4% | 0.6% | 6.9% | |||
| 153 | Black-bellied Plover |
|
0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | |||
| 154 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 155 | Bufflehead |
|
0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 156 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 157 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.6% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 158 | Baird's Sandpiper |
|
1.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | |||
| 159 | Common Nighthawk |
|
8.7% | 0.4% | 8.3% | |||
| 160 | American Bittern |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 161 | American Avocet |
|
0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 162 | Semipalmated Plover |
|
1.4% | 0.4% | 1.1% | |||
| 163 | Solitary Sandpiper |
|
4.4% | 0.4% | 4.1% | |||
| 164 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
7.0% | 0.4% | 6.6% | |||
| 165 | Franklin's Gull |
|
0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 166 | Cattle Egret |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 167 | Summer Tanager |
|
1.4% | 0.4% | 1.0% | |||
| 168 | Clay-colored Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 169 | Northern Saw-whet Owl |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 170 | Brewer's Blackbird |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 171 | Horned Grebe |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 172 | Mute Swan |
|
0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 173 | Blue Grosbeak |
|
1.5% | 0.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 174 | American Golden-Plover |
|
0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 175 | Virginia Rail |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 176 | Sandhill Crane |
|
0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 177 | Dickcissel |
|
0.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 178 | Least Flycatcher |
|
6.2% | 0.2% | 6.0% | |||
| 179 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
|
1.4% | 0.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 180 | Whooping Crane |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 181 | Ross's Goose |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 182 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
3.2% | 0.2% | 3.0% | |||
| 183 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 184 | Mourning Warbler |
|
1.5% | 0.2% | 1.3% | |||
| 185 | Common Loon |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 186 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 187 | Forster's Tern |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 188 | Tundra Swan |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 189 | Trumpeter Swan |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 190 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.6% | 0.2% | 0.5% | |||
| 191 | Herring Gull |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 192 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
|
1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 193 | Short-billed Dowitcher |
|
0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 194 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 195 | Short-eared Owl |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 196 | Bobolink |
|
0.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 197 | Golden-winged Warbler |
|
11.1% | 0.1% | 11.0% | |||
| 198 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 199 | Cackling Goose |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 200 | Connecticut Warbler |
|
0.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 201 | Canvasback |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 202 | Eastern Kingbird |
|
3.7% | 0.1% | 3.7% | |||
| 203 | Warbling Vireo |
|
10.4% | 0.1% | 10.3% | |||
| 204 | Great Crested Flycatcher |
|
5.5% | 0.1% | 5.5% | |||
| 205 | Fish Crow |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 206 | Hooded Warbler |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 207 | Veery |
|
5.3% | 0.1% | 5.2% | |||
| 208 | Caspian Tern |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 209 | Northern Shrike |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 210 | Lapland Longspur |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 211 | Grasshopper Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 212 | Rough-legged Hawk |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 213 | Canada Warbler |
|
4.8% | 0.1% | 4.8% | |||
| 214 | Least Bittern |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 215 | White-rumped Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 216 | Harris's Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 217 | Eastern Whip-poor-will |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 218 | Yellow Rail |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |