Top Birds in December
within 25 miles of Champaign, IL, USA
based on 1316 checklists in 86 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.
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| Rank | Info | Species | Chart | Peak | November | December | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Crow |
|
60.3% | 54.5% | 5.8% | |||
| 2 | Canada Goose |
|
38.3% | 48.1% | 9.8% | |||
| 3 | Northern Cardinal |
|
43.8% | 40.3% | 3.5% | |||
| 4 | Blue Jay |
|
45.6% | 39.0% | 6.6% | |||
| 5 | Mallard |
|
37.0% | 37.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 6 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
37.6% | 36.2% | 1.4% | |||
| 7 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
34.6% | 35.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 8 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
40.1% | 31.9% | 8.2% | |||
| 9 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
30.0% | 29.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 10 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
28.2% | 26.1% | 2.1% | |||
| 11 | European Starling |
|
29.7% | 23.3% | 6.4% | |||
| 12 | Northern Flicker |
|
23.7% | 22.4% | 1.2% | |||
| 13 | American Goldfinch |
|
34.2% | 21.7% | 12.4% | |||
| 14 | American Robin |
|
42.9% | 21.4% | 21.4% | |||
| 15 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
30.6% | 18.5% | 12.1% | |||
| 16 | American Tree Sparrow |
|
11.4% | 18.5% | 7.1% | |||
| 17 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
17.7% | 18.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 18 | Carolina Wren |
|
21.1% | 17.8% | 3.3% | |||
| 19 | Black-capped Chickadee |
|
16.9% | 14.9% | 2.0% | |||
| 20 | Mourning Dove |
|
19.1% | 14.4% | 4.7% | |||
| 21 | House Sparrow |
|
17.1% | 14.4% | 2.7% | |||
| 22 | House Finch |
|
19.6% | 14.3% | 5.3% | |||
| 23 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
12.7% | 12.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 24 | Bald Eagle |
|
10.1% | 12.2% | 2.1% | |||
| 25 | Song Sparrow |
|
16.9% | 11.7% | 5.2% | |||
| 26 | Great Blue Heron |
|
15.9% | 10.9% | 4.9% | |||
| 27 | Brown Creeper |
|
10.7% | 10.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 28 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
11.2% | 10.0% | 1.3% | |||
| 29 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
7.1% | 9.7% | 2.7% | |||
| 30 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
9.0% | 9.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 31 | Rock Pigeon |
|
12.9% | 9.6% | 3.3% | |||
| 32 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
6.0% | 7.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 33 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
4.2% | 7.8% | 3.7% | |||
| 34 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
9.0% | 7.7% | 1.4% | |||
| 35 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
15.6% | 7.1% | 8.5% | |||
| 36 | American Kestrel |
|
5.4% | 6.3% | 0.9% | |||
| 37 | Common Goldeneye |
|
1.0% | 5.9% | 4.9% | |||
| 38 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
3.7% | 5.5% | 1.8% | |||
| 39 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
4.5% | 5.5% | 1.0% | |||
| 40 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
7.1% | 5.2% | 1.9% | |||
| 41 | Cackling Goose |
|
1.3% | 4.3% | 3.0% | |||
| 42 | Gadwall |
|
4.0% | 4.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 43 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
3.3% | 4.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 44 | Snow Goose |
|
3.0% | 4.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 45 | American Black Duck |
|
2.6% | 4.0% | 1.3% | |||
| 46 | Great Horned Owl |
|
2.8% | 3.7% | 1.0% | |||
| 47 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
3.0% | 3.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 48 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
9.8% | 3.4% | 6.4% | |||
| 49 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
11.2% | 3.4% | 7.7% | |||
| 50 | Barred Owl |
|
3.4% | 3.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 51 | Redhead |
|
3.8% | 3.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 52 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
11.6% | 3.2% | 8.4% | |||
| 53 | Fox Sparrow |
|
11.1% | 3.2% | 7.9% | |||
| 54 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
9.7% | 3.1% | 6.6% | |||
| 55 | Lesser Scaup |
|
4.9% | 3.0% | 1.9% | |||
| 56 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
2.2% | 3.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 57 | Northern Harrier |
|
3.7% | 3.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 58 | Green-winged Teal |
|
6.1% | 2.9% | 3.3% | |||
| 59 | Ring-necked Pheasant |
|
3.2% | 2.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 60 | American Wigeon |
|
2.5% | 2.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 61 | Common Merganser |
|
0.6% | 2.7% | 2.0% | |||
| 62 | Trumpeter Swan |
|
3.2% | 2.6% | 0.7% | |||
| 63 | Northern Pintail |
|
3.0% | 2.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 64 | Northern Shoveler |
|
4.0% | 2.5% | 1.4% | |||
| 65 | Hooded Merganser |
|
4.0% | 2.4% | 1.6% | |||
| 66 | Ruddy Duck |
|
4.9% | 2.3% | 2.6% | |||
| 67 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
15.8% | 2.2% | 13.6% | |||
| 68 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
8.3% | 2.1% | 6.2% | |||
| 69 | Pine Siskin |
|
6.6% | 2.1% | 4.6% | |||
| 70 | Canvasback |
|
1.6% | 1.9% | 0.3% | |||
| 71 | Bufflehead |
|
2.8% | 1.9% | 0.9% | |||
| 72 | Hermit Thrush |
|
2.8% | 1.8% | 0.9% | |||
| 73 | Tundra Swan |
|
0.5% | 1.7% | 1.3% | |||
| 74 | Purple Finch |
|
7.6% | 1.6% | 6.0% | |||
| 75 | Surf Scoter |
|
0.1% | 1.4% | 1.4% | |||
| 76 | Wood Duck |
|
2.6% | 1.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 77 | Winter Wren |
|
2.2% | 1.3% | 0.9% | |||
| 78 | Horned Lark |
|
2.5% | 1.2% | 1.3% | |||
| 79 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
3.1% | 1.1% | 2.0% | |||
| 80 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
2.5% | 1.0% | 1.5% | |||
| 81 | Black Scoter |
|
0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||
| 82 | Common Grackle |
|
6.9% | 0.8% | 6.0% | |||
| 83 | Black-legged Kittiwake |
|
0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 84 | American Coot |
|
2.5% | 0.8% | 1.6% | |||
| 85 | Northern Shrike |
|
0.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 86 | Common Loon |
|
1.1% | 0.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 87 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
1.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 88 | Eastern Towhee |
|
1.7% | 0.7% | 1.0% | |||
| 89 | Rough-legged Hawk |
|
0.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% | |||
| 90 | Northern Saw-whet Owl |
|
1.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 91 | Ross's Goose |
|
0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 92 | Killdeer |
|
7.4% | 0.6% | 6.8% | |||
| 93 | Merlin |
|
1.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% | |||
| 94 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
5.1% | 0.6% | 4.5% | |||
| 95 | Turkey Vulture |
|
7.6% | 0.4% | 7.2% | |||
| 96 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 97 | Lapland Longspur |
|
2.0% | 0.4% | 1.7% | |||
| 98 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
1.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% | |||
| 99 | Greater Scaup |
|
0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 100 | Mute Swan |
|
0.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 101 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
1.4% | 0.3% | 1.1% | |||
| 102 | Sandhill Crane |
|
0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | |||
| 103 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
1.5% | 0.3% | 1.2% | |||
| 104 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 105 | Brown Thrasher |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 106 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |||
| 107 | Short-eared Owl |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 108 | Gray Catbird |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 109 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 110 | White-winged Crossbill |
|
1.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 111 | Common Redpoll |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 112 | Marsh Wren |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 113 | American Pipit |
|
1.3% | 0.2% | 1.1% | |||
| 114 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 115 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 116 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 117 | Field Sparrow |
|
2.4% | 0.1% | 2.3% | |||
| 118 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
3.0% | 0.1% | 3.0% | |||
| 119 | Yellow Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 120 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
0.8% | 0.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 121 | LeConte's Sparrow |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 122 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
3.2% | 0.1% | 3.2% | |||
| 123 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 124 | Indigo Bunting |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 125 | Ovenbird |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 126 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
1.5% | 0.1% | 1.4% | |||
| 127 | Swainson's Thrush |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 128 | Dunlin |
|
1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 129 | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
|
0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 130 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 131 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 132 | Prairie Falcon |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 133 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |