Top Birds in February
within 25 miles of Champaign, IL, USA
based on 1684 checklists in 86 hotspots
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of February. 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 February 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 | January | February | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada Goose |
|
52.1% | 61.7% | 9.6% | |||
| 2 | American Crow |
|
55.5% | 57.8% | 2.3% | |||
| 3 | Northern Cardinal |
|
41.9% | 44.4% | 2.5% | |||
| 4 | Mallard |
|
30.6% | 38.2% | 7.6% | |||
| 5 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
33.5% | 32.2% | 1.3% | |||
| 6 | Blue Jay |
|
34.4% | 31.9% | 2.5% | |||
| 7 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
33.2% | 29.7% | 3.5% | |||
| 8 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
30.8% | 27.3% | 3.5% | |||
| 9 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
24.7% | 25.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 10 | Mourning Dove |
|
16.6% | 23.6% | 7.0% | |||
| 11 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
29.3% | 23.5% | 5.8% | |||
| 12 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
20.7% | 22.5% | 1.8% | |||
| 13 | American Robin |
|
20.7% | 22.4% | 1.7% | |||
| 14 | European Starling |
|
22.6% | 20.7% | 1.9% | |||
| 15 | House Sparrow |
|
15.3% | 16.4% | 1.1% | |||
| 16 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
0.6% | 15.3% | 14.7% | |||
| 17 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
16.3% | 15.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 18 | Black-capped Chickadee |
|
14.7% | 14.0% | 0.7% | |||
| 19 | House Finch |
|
14.3% | 13.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 20 | American Tree Sparrow |
|
18.1% | 13.8% | 4.3% | |||
| 21 | Carolina Wren |
|
14.8% | 13.8% | 1.1% | |||
| 22 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
13.5% | 12.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 23 | American Goldfinch |
|
17.4% | 12.7% | 4.7% | |||
| 24 | Killdeer |
|
0.1% | 12.4% | 12.2% | |||
| 25 | Northern Flicker |
|
17.2% | 10.9% | 6.4% | |||
| 26 | Song Sparrow |
|
7.3% | 10.7% | 3.4% | |||
| 27 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
11.1% | 10.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 28 | Redhead |
|
0.9% | 10.1% | 9.1% | |||
| 29 | Rock Pigeon |
|
8.8% | 8.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 30 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
8.6% | 8.6% | 0.0% | |||
| 31 | Lesser Scaup |
|
4.3% | 8.5% | 4.1% | |||
| 32 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
10.7% | 8.3% | 2.4% | |||
| 33 | American Coot |
|
3.2% | 8.3% | 5.0% | |||
| 34 | Turkey Vulture |
|
0.5% | 7.2% | 6.7% | |||
| 35 | Brown Creeper |
|
10.2% | 7.1% | 3.1% | |||
| 36 | Barred Owl |
|
5.4% | 6.9% | 1.6% | |||
| 37 | Snow Goose |
|
6.2% | 6.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 38 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
8.6% | 6.3% | 2.3% | |||
| 39 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
2.3% | 6.0% | 3.7% | |||
| 40 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
5.4% | 5.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 41 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
4.7% | 5.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 42 | American Kestrel |
|
5.8% | 5.0% | 0.9% | |||
| 43 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
5.7% | 4.9% | 0.8% | |||
| 44 | Northern Saw-whet Owl |
|
5.0% | 4.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 45 | Common Goldeneye |
|
6.3% | 4.8% | 1.5% | |||
| 46 | Bald Eagle |
|
8.8% | 4.6% | 4.2% | |||
| 47 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
2.2% | 4.6% | 2.3% | |||
| 48 | Northern Shoveler |
|
0.5% | 4.5% | 4.0% | |||
| 49 | Common Grackle |
|
0.5% | 4.2% | 3.6% | |||
| 50 | Canvasback |
|
2.3% | 4.0% | 1.7% | |||
| 51 | Great Blue Heron |
|
4.8% | 3.9% | 0.9% | |||
| 52 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
5.2% | 3.7% | 1.5% | |||
| 53 | Cackling Goose |
|
4.9% | 3.6% | 1.3% | |||
| 54 | Bufflehead |
|
0.2% | 3.4% | 3.2% | |||
| 55 | Horned Lark |
|
1.2% | 3.4% | 2.2% | |||
| 56 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
3.8% | 3.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 57 | Hooded Merganser |
|
1.7% | 3.3% | 1.6% | |||
| 58 | Northern Pintail |
|
2.1% | 3.1% | 1.0% | |||
| 59 | Wood Duck |
|
2.3% | 3.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 60 | Northern Harrier |
|
3.8% | 2.9% | 0.9% | |||
| 61 | Ring-necked Pheasant |
|
1.9% | 2.7% | 0.8% | |||
| 62 | Common Merganser |
|
2.9% | 2.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 63 | Trumpeter Swan |
|
4.1% | 2.6% | 1.5% | |||
| 64 | Gadwall |
|
1.8% | 2.4% | 0.6% | |||
| 65 | Great Horned Owl |
|
3.3% | 2.4% | 0.9% | |||
| 66 | American Black Duck |
|
3.1% | 2.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 67 | Fox Sparrow |
|
2.4% | 2.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 68 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
2.3% | 2.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 69 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
2.8% | 2.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 70 | Tundra Swan |
|
1.2% | 2.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 71 | Green-winged Teal |
|
0.7% | 1.9% | 1.2% | |||
| 72 | Greater Scaup |
|
1.5% | 1.9% | 0.4% | |||
| 73 | Hermit Thrush |
|
2.4% | 1.6% | 0.8% | |||
| 74 | Common Redpoll |
|
1.0% | 1.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 75 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
0.7% | 1.5% | 0.7% | |||
| 76 | Winter Wren |
|
1.1% | 1.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 77 | Rough-legged Hawk |
|
1.6% | 1.2% | 0.4% | |||
| 78 | American Woodcock |
|
0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 79 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
2.4% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 80 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
3.3% | 1.1% | 2.2% | |||
| 81 | American Wigeon |
|
0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 82 | Lapland Longspur |
|
0.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 83 | Purple Finch |
|
1.6% | 1.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 84 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 85 | Pine Siskin |
|
1.3% | 0.9% | 0.5% | |||
| 86 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
0.5% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 87 | Sandhill Crane |
|
0.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 88 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
3.2% | 0.7% | 2.5% | |||
| 89 | Eastern Towhee |
|
0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 90 | Ruddy Duck |
|
3.4% | 0.7% | 2.7% | |||
| 91 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
1.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 92 | Northern Shrike |
|
1.3% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 93 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
1.7% | 0.6% | 1.2% | |||
| 94 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 95 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 96 | Herring Gull |
|
0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 97 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 98 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 99 | Mute Swan |
|
0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 100 | Ross's Goose |
|
0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 101 | Snow Bunting |
|
0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 102 | Merlin |
|
0.9% | 0.4% | 0.6% | |||
| 103 | Field Sparrow |
|
0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 104 | Gray Catbird |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 105 | Brown Thrasher |
|
0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 106 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 107 | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 108 | Long-tailed Duck |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 109 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 110 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 111 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 112 | Horned Grebe |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 113 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 114 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 115 | Snowy Owl |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 116 | Harris's Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 117 | Brewer's Blackbird |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 118 | White-winged Crossbill |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 119 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 120 | White-winged Scoter |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 121 | American White Pelican |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 122 | Short-eared Owl |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 123 | Hoary Redpoll |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 124 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |