Top Birds in August
within 25 miles of Champaign, IL, USA
based on 1603 checklists in 86 hotspots
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of August. 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 August 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 | July | August | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Goldfinch |
|
55.8% | 65.5% | 9.7% | |||
| 2 | Mourning Dove |
|
51.5% | 56.9% | 5.4% | |||
| 3 | Northern Cardinal |
|
55.5% | 54.9% | 0.6% | |||
| 4 | American Robin |
|
66.8% | 54.1% | 12.6% | |||
| 5 | American Crow |
|
41.2% | 48.3% | 7.1% | |||
| 6 | Gray Catbird |
|
39.1% | 41.8% | 2.7% | |||
| 7 | Barn Swallow |
|
41.8% | 40.7% | 1.1% | |||
| 8 | Canada Goose |
|
28.0% | 36.7% | 8.7% | |||
| 9 | Blue Jay |
|
30.3% | 36.4% | 6.0% | |||
| 10 | Eastern Wood-Pewee |
|
26.8% | 34.7% | 7.9% | |||
| 11 | Indigo Bunting |
|
40.1% | 33.3% | 6.8% | |||
| 12 | Killdeer |
|
22.8% | 31.7% | 8.9% | |||
| 13 | Great Blue Heron |
|
26.5% | 31.6% | 5.2% | |||
| 14 | Mallard |
|
25.0% | 30.4% | 5.4% | |||
| 15 | Song Sparrow |
|
32.1% | 29.1% | 3.1% | |||
| 16 | European Starling |
|
27.7% | 29.0% | 1.3% | |||
| 17 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
24.8% | 28.9% | 4.0% | |||
| 18 | Eastern Kingbird |
|
31.3% | 27.2% | 4.1% | |||
| 19 | Chimney Swift |
|
25.3% | 27.0% | 1.7% | |||
| 20 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
22.4% | 25.6% | 3.2% | |||
| 21 | Turkey Vulture |
|
22.9% | 25.5% | 2.7% | |||
| 22 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
50.4% | 24.7% | 25.7% | |||
| 23 | House Sparrow |
|
26.6% | 24.3% | 2.3% | |||
| 24 | House Wren |
|
35.3% | 23.6% | 11.7% | |||
| 25 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
17.9% | 22.3% | 4.4% | |||
| 26 | Carolina Wren |
|
18.7% | 21.5% | 2.8% | |||
| 27 | Northern Flicker |
|
15.8% | 19.6% | 3.8% | |||
| 28 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
|
9.5% | 19.5% | 10.1% | |||
| 29 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
38.9% | 19.2% | 19.7% | |||
| 30 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
11.3% | 19.0% | 7.8% | |||
| 31 | House Finch |
|
15.7% | 18.4% | 2.7% | |||
| 32 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
14.4% | 18.0% | 3.6% | |||
| 33 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
23.0% | 17.8% | 5.1% | |||
| 34 | Wood Duck |
|
9.1% | 16.8% | 7.7% | |||
| 35 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
7.9% | 16.0% | 8.0% | |||
| 36 | Rock Pigeon |
|
9.1% | 15.1% | 6.0% | |||
| 37 | Red-eyed Vireo |
|
12.2% | 14.8% | 2.6% | |||
| 38 | Solitary Sandpiper |
|
4.5% | 14.5% | 10.0% | |||
| 39 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
13.2% | 14.3% | 1.1% | |||
| 40 | American Redstart |
|
1.4% | 13.8% | 12.4% | |||
| 41 | Green Heron |
|
12.2% | 13.8% | 1.5% | |||
| 42 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
13.0% | 13.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 43 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
14.8% | 12.8% | 2.0% | |||
| 44 | Field Sparrow |
|
13.3% | 12.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 45 | Tree Swallow |
|
18.0% | 12.0% | 6.0% | |||
| 46 | Great Crested Flycatcher |
|
13.7% | 12.0% | 1.7% | |||
| 47 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
6.3% | 11.5% | 5.2% | |||
| 48 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
10.9% | 11.5% | 0.6% | |||
| 49 | Eastern Towhee |
|
14.0% | 11.2% | 2.9% | |||
| 50 | Least Sandpiper |
|
4.7% | 10.9% | 6.2% | |||
| 51 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
0.2% | 10.8% | 10.6% | |||
| 52 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
24.6% | 10.6% | 14.0% | |||
| 53 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
6.1% | 10.6% | 4.5% | |||
| 54 | Great Egret |
|
2.6% | 10.4% | 7.8% | |||
| 55 | Black-capped Chickadee |
|
9.5% | 10.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 56 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
5.5% | 9.2% | 3.7% | |||
| 57 | Warbling Vireo |
|
12.0% | 8.9% | 3.1% | |||
| 58 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
2.3% | 8.1% | 5.9% | |||
| 59 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
2.0% | 8.0% | 6.0% | |||
| 60 | Pectoral Sandpiper |
|
2.3% | 7.8% | 5.5% | |||
| 61 | Blue Grosbeak |
|
3.2% | 7.8% | 4.6% | |||
| 62 | Common Grackle |
|
17.9% | 7.5% | 10.4% | |||
| 63 | Tennessee Warbler |
|
0% | 7.0% | 7.0% | |||
| 64 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
5.6% | 6.6% | 1.0% | |||
| 65 | Dickcissel |
|
19.4% | 6.6% | 12.8% | |||
| 66 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
|
0.1% | 6.4% | 6.3% | |||
| 67 | Common Nighthawk |
|
3.9% | 6.3% | 2.4% | |||
| 68 | Cliff Swallow |
|
4.1% | 6.1% | 1.9% | |||
| 69 | Magnolia Warbler |
|
0% | 5.9% | 5.9% | |||
| 70 | Semipalmated Sandpiper |
|
1.6% | 5.5% | 3.9% | |||
| 71 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
3.8% | 5.4% | 1.6% | |||
| 72 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
|
8.1% | 5.1% | 3.0% | |||
| 73 | Purple Martin |
|
8.8% | 4.9% | 4.0% | |||
| 74 | Blackburnian Warbler |
|
0% | 4.7% | 4.7% | |||
| 75 | American Kestrel |
|
1.9% | 4.7% | 2.9% | |||
| 76 | Swainson's Thrush |
|
0% | 4.7% | 4.7% | |||
| 77 | Ovenbird |
|
0.4% | 4.6% | 4.2% | |||
| 78 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
3.0% | 4.6% | 1.6% | |||
| 79 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
2.8% | 4.3% | 1.5% | |||
| 80 | Bay-breasted Warbler |
|
0% | 4.2% | 4.2% | |||
| 81 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
9.0% | 4.1% | 4.9% | |||
| 82 | Least Flycatcher |
|
0% | 4.0% | 4.0% | |||
| 83 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
0.5% | 3.9% | 3.5% | |||
| 84 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
1.6% | 3.9% | 2.2% | |||
| 85 | Sedge Wren |
|
2.0% | 3.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 86 | Bald Eagle |
|
1.9% | 3.7% | 1.8% | |||
| 87 | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
|
5.7% | 3.6% | 2.1% | |||
| 88 | Little Blue Heron |
|
0.3% | 3.5% | 3.2% | |||
| 89 | Canada Warbler |
|
0% | 3.5% | 3.5% | |||
| 90 | Osprey |
|
0.3% | 3.4% | 3.2% | |||
| 91 | Barred Owl |
|
2.3% | 3.4% | 1.0% | |||
| 92 | Ring-necked Pheasant |
|
4.7% | 3.1% | 1.6% | |||
| 93 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
|
0% | 2.9% | 2.9% | |||
| 94 | Stilt Sandpiper |
|
0.1% | 2.8% | 2.7% | |||
| 95 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
|
6.1% | 2.7% | 3.4% | |||
| 96 | Golden-winged Warbler |
|
0% | 2.7% | 2.7% | |||
| 97 | Semipalmated Plover |
|
0.8% | 2.6% | 1.8% | |||
| 98 | Yellow Warbler |
|
5.0% | 2.6% | 2.4% | |||
| 99 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
|
4.0% | 2.6% | 1.3% | |||
| 100 | Horned Lark |
|
1.0% | 2.6% | 1.6% | |||
| 101 | Brown Thrasher |
|
5.6% | 2.4% | 3.1% | |||
| 102 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
0.5% | 2.3% | 1.8% | |||
| 103 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
|
0% | 2.3% | 2.3% | |||
| 104 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
3.2% | 2.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 105 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
1.3% | 2.1% | 0.9% | |||
| 106 | American Coot |
|
0.9% | 2.1% | 1.2% | |||
| 107 | Olive-sided Flycatcher |
|
0% | 2.1% | 2.1% | |||
| 108 | Yellow-throated Vireo |
|
1.8% | 2.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 109 | Nashville Warbler |
|
0% | 1.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 110 | Wood Thrush |
|
8.7% | 1.7% | 7.0% | |||
| 111 | Short-billed Dowitcher |
|
0.7% | 1.7% | 1.0% | |||
| 112 | Blue-winged Warbler |
|
0% | 1.6% | 1.6% | |||
| 113 | Great Horned Owl |
|
0.8% | 1.6% | 0.8% | |||
| 114 | Northern Waterthrush |
|
0% | 1.5% | 1.5% | |||
| 115 | Scarlet Tanager |
|
1.0% | 1.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 116 | Veery |
|
0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | |||
| 117 | Orchard Oriole |
|
4.8% | 1.3% | 3.5% | |||
| 118 | Baird's Sandpiper |
|
0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 119 | Wilson's Warbler |
|
0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 120 | Henslow's Sparrow |
|
1.4% | 1.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 121 | Willow Flycatcher |
|
2.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 122 | Cape May Warbler |
|
0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 123 | Broad-winged Hawk |
|
0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 124 | Acadian Flycatcher |
|
4.5% | 1.2% | 3.3% | |||
| 125 | White-rumped Sandpiper |
|
0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |||
| 126 | Yellow-throated Warbler |
|
1.4% | 1.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 127 | Bank Swallow |
|
1.3% | 1.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 128 | Snowy Egret |
|
0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 129 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
|
3.4% | 1.1% | 2.4% | |||
| 130 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.7% | 1.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 131 | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
|
0.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 132 | Green-winged Teal |
|
0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 133 | Northern Parula |
|
3.9% | 0.8% | 3.1% | |||
| 134 | Caspian Tern |
|
0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 135 | American White Pelican |
|
0.4% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 136 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 137 | Philadelphia Vireo |
|
0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 138 | Red-necked Phalarope |
|
0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |||
| 139 | Summer Tanager |
|
1.2% | 0.7% | 0.4% | |||
| 140 | Marsh Wren |
|
0.3% | 0.7% | 0.4% | |||
| 141 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
|
2.3% | 0.6% | 1.6% | |||
| 142 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
0.4% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 143 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 144 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 145 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
0.5% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 146 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 147 | Mourning Warbler |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 148 | Northern Harrier |
|
0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | |||
| 149 | Sora |
|
0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | |||
| 150 | Blackpoll Warbler |
|
0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 151 | Sandhill Crane |
|
0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 152 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 153 | Northern Pintail |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 154 | Black Tern |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 155 | Prothonotary Warbler |
|
0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 156 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
1.1% | 0.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 157 | Grasshopper Sparrow |
|
1.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | |||
| 158 | Hooded Merganser |
|
0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 159 | Northern Shoveler |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 160 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 161 | White Ibis |
|
0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
| 162 | Kentucky Warbler |
|
1.2% | 0.3% | 0.9% | |||
| 163 | Louisiana Waterthrush |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 164 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |||
| 165 | Bobolink |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 166 | Gray-cheeked Thrush |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 167 | Snow Goose |
|
0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |||
| 168 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 169 | Black-billed Cuckoo |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 170 | Bell's Vireo |
|
1.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 171 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 172 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 173 | Pine Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 174 | American Bittern |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 175 | Merlin |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 176 | American Black Duck |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 177 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
0.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 178 | American Woodcock |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 179 | Connecticut Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 180 | Ruddy Turnstone |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 181 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 182 | Brown Creeper |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 183 | American Avocet |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 184 | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 185 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 186 | Ruddy Duck |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 187 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 188 | White-winged Dove |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 189 | Black-necked Stilt |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 190 | Forster's Tern |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 191 | Mississippi Kite |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 192 | Black Vulture |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 193 | Wilson's Phalarope |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 194 | Alder Flycatcher |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 195 | Long-billed Dowitcher |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 196 | Swallow-tailed Kite |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 197 | American Golden-Plover |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 198 | Virginia Rail |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 199 | Hudsonian Godwit |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 200 | Swan Goose |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |