Top Birds in April
within 25 miles of Champaign, IL, USA
based on 4830 checklists in 86 hotspots
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of April. 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 April 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 | March | April | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Robin |
|
56.2% | 71.7% | 15.5% | |||
| 2 | Canada Goose |
|
63.2% | 62.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 3 | Northern Cardinal |
|
46.8% | 62.1% | 15.3% | |||
| 4 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
51.4% | 58.1% | 6.7% | |||
| 5 | Mallard |
|
47.7% | 51.1% | 3.4% | |||
| 6 | American Crow |
|
50.8% | 50.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 7 | Mourning Dove |
|
38.3% | 47.1% | 8.8% | |||
| 8 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
13.7% | 46.7% | 33.1% | |||
| 9 | European Starling |
|
29.8% | 42.3% | 12.5% | |||
| 10 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
29.0% | 42.0% | 12.9% | |||
| 11 | Blue Jay |
|
30.4% | 41.1% | 10.7% | |||
| 12 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
29.0% | 40.5% | 11.4% | |||
| 13 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
2.3% | 39.3% | 37.0% | |||
| 14 | Northern Flicker |
|
19.3% | 37.0% | 17.7% | |||
| 15 | Turkey Vulture |
|
25.4% | 36.5% | 11.1% | |||
| 16 | American Goldfinch |
|
13.8% | 35.8% | 22.0% | |||
| 17 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
12.1% | 35.5% | 23.4% | |||
| 18 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
26.6% | 33.8% | 7.2% | |||
| 19 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
15.9% | 33.4% | 17.4% | |||
| 20 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
1.4% | 33.3% | 31.9% | |||
| 21 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
0.9% | 32.6% | 31.8% | |||
| 22 | Common Grackle |
|
24.1% | 32.5% | 8.4% | |||
| 23 | Song Sparrow |
|
33.4% | 31.4% | 2.0% | |||
| 24 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
0% | 28.2% | 28.2% | |||
| 25 | House Sparrow |
|
16.9% | 27.5% | 10.6% | |||
| 26 | Tree Swallow |
|
6.8% | 26.8% | 20.0% | |||
| 27 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
19.2% | 26.0% | 6.9% | |||
| 28 | Eastern Towhee |
|
5.2% | 25.5% | 20.3% | |||
| 29 | Carolina Wren |
|
14.0% | 23.6% | 9.6% | |||
| 30 | Brown Thrasher |
|
1.2% | 22.5% | 21.3% | |||
| 31 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
5.9% | 22.5% | 16.6% | |||
| 32 | Killdeer |
|
31.2% | 21.7% | 9.5% | |||
| 33 | House Finch |
|
14.6% | 21.6% | 7.0% | |||
| 34 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
17.0% | 21.2% | 4.2% | |||
| 35 | Wood Duck |
|
13.8% | 20.7% | 7.0% | |||
| 36 | Great Blue Heron |
|
13.3% | 20.6% | 7.3% | |||
| 37 | Field Sparrow |
|
3.4% | 18.6% | 15.2% | |||
| 38 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
3.8% | 16.9% | 13.1% | |||
| 39 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
27.2% | 16.4% | 10.8% | |||
| 40 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
20.7% | 16.2% | 4.5% | |||
| 41 | Hermit Thrush |
|
1.4% | 15.9% | 14.5% | |||
| 42 | Black-capped Chickadee |
|
11.9% | 15.7% | 3.7% | |||
| 43 | House Wren |
|
0.0% | 15.0% | 15.0% | |||
| 44 | Barn Swallow |
|
0.1% | 14.9% | 14.8% | |||
| 45 | Brown Creeper |
|
10.4% | 14.8% | 4.5% | |||
| 46 | Palm Warbler |
|
0.1% | 14.8% | 14.8% | |||
| 47 | American Coot |
|
10.2% | 14.7% | 4.5% | |||
| 48 | Northern Parula |
|
0% | 14.7% | 14.7% | |||
| 49 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
8.9% | 14.3% | 5.4% | |||
| 50 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
|
0.1% | 14.3% | 14.2% | |||
| 51 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
7.9% | 13.7% | 5.7% | |||
| 52 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
4.1% | 12.9% | 8.9% | |||
| 53 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
9.7% | 12.9% | 3.2% | |||
| 54 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
7.6% | 12.5% | 4.9% | |||
| 55 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
7.5% | 12.0% | 4.5% | |||
| 56 | Northern Shoveler |
|
10.4% | 10.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 57 | Ring-necked Pheasant |
|
6.3% | 9.3% | 3.0% | |||
| 58 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
6.1% | 9.1% | 3.1% | |||
| 59 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
4.4% | 8.5% | 4.1% | |||
| 60 | Rock Pigeon |
|
9.8% | 8.4% | 1.4% | |||
| 61 | Yellow-throated Warbler |
|
0% | 8.1% | 8.1% | |||
| 62 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
6.7% | 7.8% | 1.2% | |||
| 63 | Gray Catbird |
|
0.1% | 7.4% | 7.3% | |||
| 64 | Barred Owl |
|
5.7% | 6.5% | 0.7% | |||
| 65 | Solitary Sandpiper |
|
0% | 6.4% | 6.4% | |||
| 66 | Yellow Warbler |
|
0% | 6.0% | 6.0% | |||
| 67 | Pine Warbler |
|
0.1% | 5.9% | 5.8% | |||
| 68 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
0% | 5.7% | 5.7% | |||
| 69 | Swainson's Thrush |
|
0% | 5.4% | 5.4% | |||
| 70 | Louisiana Waterthrush |
|
0.2% | 5.3% | 5.1% | |||
| 71 | Nashville Warbler |
|
0% | 5.2% | 5.2% | |||
| 72 | Northern Waterthrush |
|
0% | 5.1% | 5.1% | |||
| 73 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
5.7% | 4.9% | 0.8% | |||
| 74 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
1.9% | 4.8% | 2.9% | |||
| 75 | Winter Wren |
|
2.4% | 4.8% | 2.4% | |||
| 76 | Bald Eagle |
|
5.2% | 4.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 77 | Chimney Swift |
|
0% | 4.6% | 4.6% | |||
| 78 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
1.6% | 4.6% | 3.0% | |||
| 79 | Warbling Vireo |
|
0% | 4.6% | 4.6% | |||
| 80 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
0% | 4.6% | 4.6% | |||
| 81 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
0.3% | 4.6% | 4.3% | |||
| 82 | Green Heron |
|
0% | 4.3% | 4.3% | |||
| 83 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
0% | 4.2% | 4.2% | |||
| 84 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
|
0% | 4.1% | 4.1% | |||
| 85 | Fox Sparrow |
|
10.2% | 4.0% | 6.1% | |||
| 86 | Indigo Bunting |
|
0% | 4.0% | 4.0% | |||
| 87 | Bufflehead |
|
11.0% | 3.8% | 7.2% | |||
| 88 | Pectoral Sandpiper |
|
0.2% | 3.8% | 3.6% | |||
| 89 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
0% | 3.7% | 3.7% | |||
| 90 | Green-winged Teal |
|
6.6% | 3.7% | 2.9% | |||
| 91 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
0.4% | 3.5% | 3.1% | |||
| 92 | Lesser Scaup |
|
10.0% | 3.4% | 6.5% | |||
| 93 | Osprey |
|
0.5% | 3.3% | 2.9% | |||
| 94 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
2.2% | 3.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 95 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
0.8% | 3.2% | 2.4% | |||
| 96 | Purple Finch |
|
0.9% | 3.2% | 2.3% | |||
| 97 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
|
0% | 3.1% | 3.1% | |||
| 98 | Blue-headed Vireo |
|
0% | 3.1% | 3.1% | |||
| 99 | American Kestrel |
|
5.1% | 3.0% | 2.1% | |||
| 100 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
0.2% | 2.8% | 2.6% | |||
| 101 | Prairie Warbler |
|
0% | 2.8% | 2.8% | |||
| 102 | Broad-winged Hawk |
|
0% | 2.6% | 2.6% | |||
| 103 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
10.7% | 2.5% | 8.2% | |||
| 104 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
0.7% | 2.5% | 1.8% | |||
| 105 | Prothonotary Warbler |
|
0% | 2.4% | 2.4% | |||
| 106 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
4.3% | 2.3% | 2.0% | |||
| 107 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
2.9% | 2.3% | 0.6% | |||
| 108 | Great Egret |
|
0.3% | 2.3% | 1.9% | |||
| 109 | Ruddy Duck |
|
3.3% | 2.3% | 1.0% | |||
| 110 | Great Crested Flycatcher |
|
0% | 2.3% | 2.3% | |||
| 111 | Pine Siskin |
|
1.3% | 2.3% | 1.0% | |||
| 112 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
0% | 2.2% | 2.2% | |||
| 113 | Sora |
|
0.1% | 2.2% | 2.1% | |||
| 114 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
0.3% | 2.1% | 1.8% | |||
| 115 | Wood Thrush |
|
0% | 1.9% | 1.9% | |||
| 116 | Eastern Kingbird |
|
0% | 1.9% | 1.9% | |||
| 117 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
7.2% | 1.8% | 5.4% | |||
| 118 | Blue-winged Warbler |
|
0% | 1.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 119 | Common Loon |
|
3.1% | 1.8% | 1.3% | |||
| 120 | Ovenbird |
|
0% | 1.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 121 | Gadwall |
|
3.0% | 1.8% | 1.2% | |||
| 122 | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
|
0.5% | 1.8% | 1.2% | |||
| 123 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
|
0% | 1.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 124 | Great Horned Owl |
|
2.3% | 1.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 125 | Hooded Merganser |
|
5.1% | 1.6% | 3.5% | |||
| 126 | Scarlet Tanager |
|
0% | 1.6% | 1.6% | |||
| 127 | American White Pelican |
|
0.7% | 1.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 128 | Summer Tanager |
|
0% | 1.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 129 | Northern Harrier |
|
2.1% | 1.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 130 | Horned Lark |
|
2.4% | 1.3% | 1.1% | |||
| 131 | Tennessee Warbler |
|
0% | 1.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 132 | Yellow-throated Vireo |
|
0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 133 | Purple Martin |
|
0.1% | 1.2% | 1.1% | |||
| 134 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
0.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 135 | Red-eyed Vireo |
|
0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||
| 136 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
0.5% | 0.9% | 0.4% | |||
| 137 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
3.5% | 0.9% | 2.6% | |||
| 138 | Least Flycatcher |
|
0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | |||
| 139 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.5% | 0.9% | 0.3% | |||
| 140 | American Golden-Plover |
|
0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | |||
| 141 | American Wigeon |
|
2.3% | 0.9% | 1.5% | |||
| 142 | Least Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 143 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
0.4% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 144 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
1.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 145 | Hooded Warbler |
|
0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 146 | American Tree Sparrow |
|
9.6% | 0.8% | 8.8% | |||
| 147 | Orchard Oriole |
|
0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 148 | Worm-eating Warbler |
|
0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 149 | American Woodcock |
|
7.9% | 0.7% | 7.1% | |||
| 150 | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
|
0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 151 | Kentucky Warbler |
|
0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 152 | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
|
0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 153 | Cliff Swallow |
|
0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 154 | Veery |
|
0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 155 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
0.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 156 | Redhead |
|
2.8% | 0.6% | 2.2% | |||
| 157 | American Redstart |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 158 | Cinnamon Teal |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 159 | Blue Grosbeak |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 160 | Ross's Goose |
|
0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 161 | Blackburnian Warbler |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 162 | Horned Grebe |
|
2.0% | 0.6% | 1.4% | |||
| 163 | Golden-winged Warbler |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 164 | American Pipit |
|
0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 165 | Gray-cheeked Thrush |
|
0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 166 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
|
0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 167 | Forster's Tern |
|
0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 168 | Bank Swallow |
|
0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 169 | Lark Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 170 | Snow Goose |
|
1.8% | 0.4% | 1.3% | |||
| 171 | American Bittern |
|
0.1% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 172 | Caspian Tern |
|
0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 173 | Long-billed Dowitcher |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 174 | Virginia Rail |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 175 | Sandhill Crane |
|
1.1% | 0.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 176 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 177 | Marsh Wren |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 178 | Hudsonian Godwit |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 179 | Dunlin |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 180 | Magnolia Warbler |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 181 | Blackpoll Warbler |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 182 | Cerulean Warbler |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 183 | Clay-colored Sparrow |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 184 | Smith's Longspur |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 185 | Northern Pintail |
|
1.8% | 0.2% | 1.6% | |||
| 186 | Greater Scaup |
|
1.5% | 0.2% | 1.3% | |||
| 187 | Cattle Egret |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 188 | Grasshopper Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 189 | Eastern Whip-poor-will |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 190 | Black-necked Stilt |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 191 | Willet |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 192 | Merlin |
|
0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |||
| 193 | Henslow's Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 194 | Canvasback |
|
1.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 195 | Semipalmated Plover |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 196 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 197 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 198 | Herring Gull |
|
0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 199 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 200 | Fish Crow |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 201 | Lapland Longspur |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 202 | Common Goldeneye |
|
1.7% | 0.1% | 1.6% | |||
| 203 | Yellow-headed Blackbird |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 204 | Bay-breasted Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 205 | Acadian Flycatcher |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 206 | Little Blue Heron |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 207 | Harris's Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 208 | Eared Grebe |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 209 | Eastern Wood-Pewee |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 210 | Bobolink |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 211 | Common Merganser |
|
1.4% | 0.1% | 1.4% | |||
| 212 | Baird's Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 213 | Common Nighthawk |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 214 | Western Meadowlark |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 215 | Wilson's Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 216 | American Black Duck |
|
0.8% | 0.1% | 0.7% | |||
| 217 | Western Tanager |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 218 | Upland Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 219 | Brewer's Blackbird |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 220 | Dickcissel |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 221 | LeConte's Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 222 | Snowy Egret |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 223 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 224 | Cape May Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 225 | Black Vulture |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 226 | Red Crossbill |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 227 | Sedge Wren |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 228 | American Avocet |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 229 | Red-necked Grebe |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 230 | White-faced Ibis |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 231 | Loggerhead Shrike |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 232 | Semipalmated Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 233 | Common Gallinule |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 234 | Black Tern |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 235 | Short-eared Owl |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 236 | Wilson's Phalarope |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 237 | Philadelphia Vireo |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 238 | Canada Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 239 | Cackling Goose |
|
0.9% | 0.0% | 0.9% | |||
| 240 | Trumpeter Swan |
|
0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 241 | Least Bittern |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 242 | Little Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 243 | Bell's Vireo |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 244 | Muscovy Duck |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |