Top Birds in March
within 25 miles of Champaign, IL, USA
based on 2913 checklists in 86 hotspots
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of March. 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 March 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 | February | March | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada Goose |
|
61.7% | 63.2% | 1.5% | |||
| 2 | American Robin |
|
22.4% | 56.2% | 33.8% | |||
| 3 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
15.3% | 51.4% | 36.1% | |||
| 4 | American Crow |
|
57.8% | 50.8% | 7.0% | |||
| 5 | Mallard |
|
38.2% | 47.7% | 9.4% | |||
| 6 | Northern Cardinal |
|
44.4% | 46.8% | 2.4% | |||
| 7 | Mourning Dove |
|
23.6% | 38.3% | 14.7% | |||
| 8 | Song Sparrow |
|
10.7% | 33.4% | 22.7% | |||
| 9 | Killdeer |
|
12.4% | 31.2% | 18.9% | |||
| 10 | Blue Jay |
|
31.9% | 30.4% | 1.5% | |||
| 11 | European Starling |
|
20.7% | 29.8% | 9.1% | |||
| 12 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
32.2% | 29.0% | 3.2% | |||
| 13 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
29.7% | 29.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 14 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
23.5% | 27.2% | 3.7% | |||
| 15 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
27.3% | 26.6% | 0.7% | |||
| 16 | Turkey Vulture |
|
7.2% | 25.4% | 18.2% | |||
| 17 | Common Grackle |
|
4.2% | 24.1% | 20.0% | |||
| 18 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
25.2% | 20.7% | 4.5% | |||
| 19 | Northern Flicker |
|
10.9% | 19.3% | 8.4% | |||
| 20 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
22.5% | 19.2% | 3.3% | |||
| 21 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
10.4% | 17.0% | 6.6% | |||
| 22 | House Sparrow |
|
16.4% | 16.9% | 0.5% | |||
| 23 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
0.1% | 15.9% | 15.8% | |||
| 24 | House Finch |
|
13.8% | 14.6% | 0.8% | |||
| 25 | Carolina Wren |
|
13.8% | 14.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 26 | American Goldfinch |
|
12.7% | 13.8% | 1.1% | |||
| 27 | Wood Duck |
|
3.1% | 13.8% | 10.6% | |||
| 28 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
0.8% | 13.7% | 12.9% | |||
| 29 | Great Blue Heron |
|
3.9% | 13.3% | 9.4% | |||
| 30 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
15.1% | 12.1% | 3.1% | |||
| 31 | Black-capped Chickadee |
|
14.0% | 11.9% | 2.1% | |||
| 32 | Bufflehead |
|
3.4% | 11.0% | 7.5% | |||
| 33 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
6.0% | 10.7% | 4.7% | |||
| 34 | Brown Creeper |
|
7.1% | 10.4% | 3.3% | |||
| 35 | Northern Shoveler |
|
4.5% | 10.4% | 5.9% | |||
| 36 | American Coot |
|
8.3% | 10.2% | 1.9% | |||
| 37 | Fox Sparrow |
|
2.3% | 10.2% | 7.8% | |||
| 38 | Lesser Scaup |
|
8.5% | 10.0% | 1.5% | |||
| 39 | Rock Pigeon |
|
8.9% | 9.8% | 0.9% | |||
| 40 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
1.0% | 9.7% | 8.8% | |||
| 41 | American Tree Sparrow |
|
13.8% | 9.6% | 4.2% | |||
| 42 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
5.0% | 8.9% | 3.9% | |||
| 43 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
1.1% | 7.9% | 6.8% | |||
| 44 | American Woodcock |
|
1.2% | 7.9% | 6.6% | |||
| 45 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
4.9% | 7.6% | 2.7% | |||
| 46 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
1.5% | 7.5% | 6.0% | |||
| 47 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
4.6% | 7.2% | 2.6% | |||
| 48 | Tree Swallow |
|
0% | 6.8% | 6.8% | |||
| 49 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
8.3% | 6.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 50 | Green-winged Teal |
|
1.9% | 6.6% | 4.7% | |||
| 51 | Ring-necked Pheasant |
|
2.7% | 6.3% | 3.6% | |||
| 52 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
6.3% | 6.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 53 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
0% | 5.9% | 5.9% | |||
| 54 | Barred Owl |
|
6.9% | 5.7% | 1.2% | |||
| 55 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
8.6% | 5.7% | 2.9% | |||
| 56 | Bald Eagle |
|
4.6% | 5.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 57 | Eastern Towhee |
|
0.7% | 5.2% | 4.5% | |||
| 58 | American Kestrel |
|
5.0% | 5.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 59 | Hooded Merganser |
|
3.3% | 5.1% | 1.8% | |||
| 60 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
5.2% | 4.4% | 0.9% | |||
| 61 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
0.4% | 4.3% | 3.9% | |||
| 62 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
2.1% | 4.1% | 2.0% | |||
| 63 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
0.7% | 3.8% | 3.1% | |||
| 64 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
12.8% | 3.5% | 9.3% | |||
| 65 | Field Sparrow |
|
0.3% | 3.4% | 3.1% | |||
| 66 | Ruddy Duck |
|
0.7% | 3.3% | 2.6% | |||
| 67 | Common Loon |
|
0% | 3.1% | 3.1% | |||
| 68 | Gadwall |
|
2.4% | 3.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 69 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
3.7% | 2.9% | 0.9% | |||
| 70 | Redhead |
|
10.1% | 2.8% | 7.3% | |||
| 71 | Horned Lark |
|
3.4% | 2.4% | 1.0% | |||
| 72 | Winter Wren |
|
1.4% | 2.4% | 1.0% | |||
| 73 | American Wigeon |
|
1.0% | 2.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 74 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
1.2% | 2.3% | 1.1% | |||
| 75 | Great Horned Owl |
|
2.4% | 2.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 76 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
3.4% | 2.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 77 | Northern Harrier |
|
2.9% | 2.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 78 | Horned Grebe |
|
0.1% | 2.0% | 1.9% | |||
| 79 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
2.1% | 1.9% | 0.2% | |||
| 80 | Northern Pintail |
|
3.1% | 1.8% | 1.4% | |||
| 81 | Snow Goose |
|
6.5% | 1.8% | 4.7% | |||
| 82 | Common Goldeneye |
|
4.8% | 1.7% | 3.1% | |||
| 83 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
0% | 1.6% | 1.6% | |||
| 84 | Greater Scaup |
|
1.9% | 1.5% | 0.4% | |||
| 85 | Common Merganser |
|
2.7% | 1.4% | 1.2% | |||
| 86 | Hermit Thrush |
|
1.6% | 1.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 87 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
0.2% | 1.4% | 1.2% | |||
| 88 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
0.2% | 1.3% | 1.1% | |||
| 89 | Pine Siskin |
|
0.9% | 1.3% | 0.4% | |||
| 90 | Brown Thrasher |
|
0.3% | 1.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 91 | Canvasback |
|
4.0% | 1.1% | 2.9% | |||
| 92 | Sandhill Crane |
|
0.8% | 1.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 93 | Cackling Goose |
|
3.6% | 0.9% | 2.7% | |||
| 94 | Purple Finch |
|
1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 95 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
0.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | |||
| 96 | American Black Duck |
|
2.4% | 0.8% | 1.6% | |||
| 97 | Northern Saw-whet Owl |
|
4.9% | 0.8% | 4.1% | |||
| 98 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 99 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 100 | Common Redpoll |
|
1.5% | 0.7% | 0.9% | |||
| 101 | American White Pelican |
|
0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 102 | Merlin |
|
0.4% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 103 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
0.6% | 0.5% | 0.0% | |||
| 104 | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
|
0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 105 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.6% | 0.5% | 0.0% | |||
| 106 | Osprey |
|
0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 107 | Herring Gull |
|
0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 108 | Mute Swan |
|
0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 109 | Ross's Goose |
|
0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | |||
| 110 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 111 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
0.5% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 112 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 113 | Great Egret |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 114 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 115 | Caspian Tern |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 116 | American Pipit |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 117 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 118 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 119 | Trumpeter Swan |
|
2.6% | 0.2% | 2.3% | |||
| 120 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 121 | Louisiana Waterthrush |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 122 | White-winged Scoter |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 123 | Pectoral Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 124 | Sora |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 125 | Pine Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 126 | Tundra Swan |
|
2.1% | 0.1% | 1.9% | |||
| 127 | Barn Swallow |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 128 | Brewer's Blackbird |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 129 | Gray Catbird |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 130 | Bewick's Wren |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 131 | Lapland Longspur |
|
1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 132 | Rough-legged Hawk |
|
1.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 133 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 134 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 135 | LeConte's Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 136 | Golden Eagle |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 137 | American Bittern |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 138 | Purple Martin |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 139 | Palm Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 140 | Harris's Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 141 | Smith's Longspur |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 142 | House Wren |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 143 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 144 | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 145 | Clay-colored Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 146 | Franklin's Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 147 | Northern Shrike |
|
0.7% | 0.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 148 | Black Vulture |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 149 | Snowy Owl |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% |