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Top Birds in September
within 25 miles of Champaign, IL, USA

based on 2472 checklists in 86 hotspots

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of September. 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 September are indicated with a star. This is based on historical data from eBird, and does not include recently submitted checklists.

Rank Info Species Chart Peak August September Change
1   Blue Jay
36.4% 59.8% 23.4%
2   Northern Cardinal
54.9% 58.9% 4.0%
3   American Robin
54.1% 56.5% 2.3%
4   American Goldfinch
65.5% 52.8% 12.8%
5   American Crow
48.3% 52.6% 4.3%
6   Gray Catbird
41.8% 52.5% 10.7%
7   American Redstart
13.8% 47.2% 33.4%
8   Downy Woodpecker
28.9% 46.7% 17.8%
9   White-breasted Nuthatch
25.6% 44.8% 19.1%
10   Canada Goose
36.7% 44.3% 7.6%
11   Swainson's Thrush
4.7% 39.8% 35.1%
12   Mourning Dove
56.9% 39.6% 17.3%
13   Red-bellied Woodpecker
22.3% 39.5% 17.1%
14   Magnolia Warbler
5.9% 38.3% 32.5%
15   Northern Flicker
19.6% 36.9% 17.3%
16   Eastern Wood-Pewee
34.7% 36.9% 2.2%
17   Black-and-white Warbler
10.8% 32.5% 21.7%
18   Red-eyed Vireo
14.8% 31.5% 16.7%
19   European Starling
29.0% 31.1% 2.1%
20   Carolina Wren
21.5% 30.4% 8.9%
21   Cedar Waxwing
18.0% 30.1% 12.1%
22   Turkey Vulture
25.5% 28.4% 2.9%
23   Mallard
30.4% 27.8% 2.6%
24   Chimney Swift
27.0% 27.6% 0.6%
25   Chestnut-sided Warbler
6.4% 27.3% 20.8%
26   Great Blue Heron
31.6% 26.7% 4.9%
27   Black-throated Green Warbler
2.9% 25.0% 22.1%
28   Bay-breasted Warbler
4.2% 24.9% 20.7%
29   Tennessee Warbler
7.0% 24.9% 17.9%
30   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2.7% 22.9% 20.2%
31   House Wren
23.6% 22.3% 1.3%
32   House Sparrow
24.3% 21.9% 2.3%
33   House Finch
18.4% 21.6% 3.2%
34   Eastern Phoebe
11.5% 20.4% 8.9%
35   Ovenbird
4.6% 20.0% 15.5%
36   Killdeer
31.7% 19.7% 12.0%
37   Tufted Titmouse
14.3% 19.3% 5.0%
38   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
19.5% 18.0% 1.5%
39   Red-tailed Hawk
19.0% 17.7% 1.3%
40   Chipping Sparrow
17.8% 16.6% 1.3%
41   Belted Kingfisher
11.5% 16.5% 5.0%
42   Nashville Warbler
1.8% 14.8% 13.0%
43   Black-capped Chickadee
10.1% 14.4% 4.3%
44   Common Yellowthroat
19.2% 14.3% 4.9%
45   Red-headed Woodpecker
9.2% 12.5% 3.3%
46   Cooper's Hawk
6.6% 12.5% 6.0%
47   Eastern Bluebird
12.8% 12.1% 0.7%
48   Rock Pigeon
15.1% 12.0% 3.1%
49   Blackburnian Warbler
4.7% 11.9% 7.2%
50   Indigo Bunting
33.3% 11.4% 21.8%
51   Song Sparrow
29.1% 11.2% 17.9%
52   Golden-winged Warbler
2.7% 11.1% 8.4%
53   Gray-cheeked Thrush
0.2% 11.0% 10.8%
54   Wood Duck
16.8% 10.8% 5.9%
55   Warbling Vireo
8.9% 10.4% 1.5%
56   Hairy Woodpecker
4.6% 10.3% 5.7%
57   Wilson's Warbler
1.2% 10.1% 8.9%
58   Yellow-rumped Warbler
0.1% 10.0% 9.9%
59   Philadelphia Vireo
0.7% 9.4% 8.6%
60   Common Grackle
7.5% 9.3% 1.8%
61   Yellow-throated Vireo
2.1% 9.0% 7.0%
62   Red-breasted Nuthatch
0.6% 8.8% 8.2%
63   Common Nighthawk
6.3% 8.7% 2.4%
64   Blackpoll Warbler
0.5% 8.6% 8.1%
65   Northern Parula
0.8% 8.1% 7.3%
66   Great Egret
10.4% 7.9% 2.5%
67   Barn Swallow
40.7% 7.4% 33.2%
68   Pileated Woodpecker
5.4% 7.4% 2.0%
69   Green Heron
13.8% 7.4% 6.4%
70   Scarlet Tanager
1.5% 7.2% 5.7%
71   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
13.1% 7.0% 6.1%
72   Brown Thrasher
2.4% 6.6% 4.2%
73   Red-winged Blackbird
24.7% 6.6% 18.1%
74   Northern Waterthrush
1.5% 6.4% 4.9%
75   Least Flycatcher
4.0% 6.2% 2.2%
76   Carolina Chickadee
4.3% 5.9% 1.6%
77   Cape May Warbler
1.2% 5.9% 4.8%
78   Double-crested Cormorant
8.0% 5.7% 2.2%
79   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
0% 5.6% 5.6%
80   Great Crested Flycatcher
12.0% 5.5% 6.4%
81   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
0.1% 5.5% 5.4%
82   Eastern Towhee
11.2% 5.4% 5.8%
83   Palm Warbler
0% 5.4% 5.4%
84   Spotted Sandpiper
16.0% 5.3% 10.7%
85   Veery
1.4% 5.3% 3.8%
86   Barred Owl
3.4% 5.1% 1.7%
87   Red-shouldered Hawk
3.9% 5.0% 1.1%
88   Osprey
3.4% 4.9% 1.5%
89   Canada Warbler
3.5% 4.8% 1.3%
90   Wood Thrush
1.7% 4.5% 2.8%
91   Blue-winged Teal
3.9% 4.5% 0.6%
92   Brown-headed Cowbird
10.6% 4.5% 6.1%
93   Tree Swallow
12.0% 4.4% 7.6%
94   Solitary Sandpiper
14.5% 4.4% 10.0%
95   Bald Eagle
3.7% 3.8% 0.1%
96   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
2.3% 3.8% 1.5%
97   Eastern Kingbird
27.2% 3.7% 23.5%
98   Yellow-billed Cuckoo
5.1% 3.7% 1.4%
99   Least Sandpiper
10.9% 3.6% 7.3%
100   Black-throated Blue Warbler
0.1% 3.6% 3.5%
101   Baltimore Oriole
10.6% 3.4% 7.2%
102   American Kestrel
4.7% 3.4% 1.4%
103   Blue-winged Warbler
1.6% 3.3% 1.7%
104   Blue-headed Vireo
0% 3.3% 3.3%
105   Black-crowned Night-Heron
3.6% 3.2% 0.4%
106   White-eyed Vireo
2.2% 3.2% 0.9%
107   Pied-billed Grebe
0.6% 3.2% 2.5%
108   Field Sparrow
12.7% 3.1% 9.7%
109   Lesser Yellowlegs
8.1% 3.1% 5.0%
110   White-throated Sparrow
0.1% 2.8% 2.7%
111   Pectoral Sandpiper
7.8% 2.6% 5.2%
112   Olive-sided Flycatcher
2.1% 2.5% 0.4%
113   Ring-necked Pheasant
3.1% 2.4% 0.6%
114   Semipalmated Sandpiper
5.5% 2.4% 3.1%
115   Lincoln's Sparrow
0% 2.3% 2.3%
116   Ring-billed Gull
2.1% 2.1% 0.1%
117   Northern Shoveler
0.3% 2.1% 1.8%
118   Greater Yellowlegs
2.3% 2.1% 0.2%
119   Great Horned Owl
1.6% 1.9% 0.3%
120   Cliff Swallow
6.1% 1.9% 4.2%
121   Wilson's Snipe
0.6% 1.8% 1.2%
122   Broad-winged Hawk
1.2% 1.8% 0.6%
123   Horned Lark
2.6% 1.7% 0.9%
124   American Coot
2.1% 1.6% 0.5%
125   Green-winged Teal
0.8% 1.5% 0.7%
126   Blue Grosbeak
7.8% 1.5% 6.3%
127   Orange-crowned Warbler
0% 1.5% 1.5%
128   Purple Finch
0% 1.5% 1.5%
129   Yellow-throated Warbler
1.2% 1.5% 0.3%
130   Northern Pintail
0.4% 1.5% 1.0%
131   Mourning Warbler
0.6% 1.5% 0.9%
132   Semipalmated Plover
2.6% 1.4% 1.2%
133   Pine Warbler
0.1% 1.4% 1.3%
134   Sharp-shinned Hawk
0% 1.4% 1.4%
135   Yellow Warbler
2.6% 1.4% 1.2%
136   Stilt Sandpiper
2.8% 1.4% 1.4%
137   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
1.1% 1.4% 0.3%
138   Red-necked Phalarope
0.7% 1.4% 0.6%
139   Summer Tanager
0.7% 1.4% 0.6%
140   Baird's Sandpiper
1.2% 1.3% 0.1%
141   Golden-crowned Kinglet
0% 1.3% 1.3%
142   Brown Creeper
0.1% 1.3% 1.2%
143   Merlin
0.1% 1.3% 1.1%
144   Marsh Wren
0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
145   Swamp Sparrow
0.1% 1.1% 1.0%
146   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2.6% 1.0% 1.6%
147   Sora
0.5% 0.9% 0.4%
148   American White Pelican
0.8% 0.9% 0.1%
149   Sedge Wren
3.8% 0.9% 2.9%
150   Eurasian Collared-Dove
1.0% 0.9% 0.1%
151   Eastern Meadowlark
4.1% 0.8% 3.2%
152   Buff-breasted Sandpiper
0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
153   Acadian Flycatcher
1.2% 0.8% 0.4%
154   Dickcissel
6.6% 0.8% 5.8%
155   Hermit Thrush
0% 0.7% 0.7%
156   Little Blue Heron
3.5% 0.7% 2.8%
157   Connecticut Warbler
0.1% 0.7% 0.6%
158   Bobolink
0.2% 0.7% 0.4%
159   Eastern Screech-Owl
0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
160   Purple Martin
4.9% 0.6% 4.3%
161   Wild Turkey
1.1% 0.6% 0.5%
162   Short-billed Dowitcher
1.7% 0.6% 1.2%
163   Dark-eyed Junco
0% 0.5% 0.5%
164   Snow Goose
0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
165   Savannah Sparrow
0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
166   American Golden-Plover
0.1% 0.5% 0.5%
167   Sandhill Crane
0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
168   Kentucky Warbler
0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
169   American Avocet
0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
170   Willow Flycatcher
1.2% 0.4% 0.8%
171   American Black Duck
0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
172   Bell's Vireo
0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
173   Peregrine Falcon
0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
174   Long-billed Dowitcher
0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
175   Black-billed Cuckoo
0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
176   Forster's Tern
0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
177   Caspian Tern
0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
178   Winter Wren
0% 0.3% 0.3%
179   Alder Flycatcher
0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
180   Hooded Warbler
0% 0.3% 0.3%
181   Swallow-tailed Kite
0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
182   Vesper Sparrow
0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
183   White-crowned Sparrow
0% 0.2% 0.2%
184   Northern Harrier
0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
185   Gadwall
0% 0.2% 0.2%
186   Bank Swallow
1.1% 0.2% 0.9%
187   Yellow-breasted Chat
0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
188   Northern Mockingbird
0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
189   Black-bellied Plover
0% 0.2% 0.2%
190   Pine Siskin
0% 0.2% 0.2%
191   American Wigeon
0% 0.2% 0.2%
192   Louisiana Waterthrush
0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
193   Prairie Warbler
0% 0.2% 0.2%
194   Eastern Whip-poor-will
0% 0.2% 0.2%
195   Herring Gull
0% 0.1% 0.1%
196   LeConte's Sparrow
0% 0.1% 0.1%
197   Common Tern
0% 0.1% 0.1%
198   Prothonotary Warbler
0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
199   Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
0% 0.1% 0.1%
200   American Woodcock
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
201   Redhead
0% 0.1% 0.1%
202   Hooded Merganser
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
203   Lark Sparrow
0% 0.1% 0.1%
204   Orchard Oriole
1.3% 0.1% 1.2%
205   Ruddy Duck
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
206   Snowy Egret
1.1% 0.1% 1.0%
207   Mute Swan
0% 0.1% 0.1%
208   American Pipit
0% 0.1% 0.1%
209   Franklin's Gull
0% 0.1% 0.1%
210   Hudsonian Godwit
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
211   Eared Grebe
0% 0.0% 0.0%
212   Ruddy Turnstone
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
213   Ring-necked Duck
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
214   Common Gallinule
0% 0.0% 0.0%
215   Black Tern
0.4% 0.0% 0.4%
216   Cerulean Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
217   Nelson's Sparrow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
218   Greater White-fronted Goose
0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
219   Bonaparte's Gull
0.7% 0.0% 0.7%
220   Whooping Crane
0% 0.0% 0.0%
221   Henslow's Sparrow
1.2% 0.0% 1.2%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.