Top Birds in December
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 10374 checklists in 395 hotspots
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of December. 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 December 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 | November | December | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina Wren |
|
66.3% | 68.4% | 2.1% | |||
| 2 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
59.7% | 64.4% | 4.7% | |||
| 3 | Northern Cardinal |
|
57.8% | 63.0% | 5.2% | |||
| 4 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
59.1% | 62.1% | 3.0% | |||
| 5 | American Crow |
|
60.6% | 58.7% | 1.9% | |||
| 6 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
50.8% | 58.6% | 7.7% | |||
| 7 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
55.0% | 57.5% | 2.5% | |||
| 8 | Song Sparrow |
|
58.1% | 55.2% | 3.0% | |||
| 9 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
49.0% | 50.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 10 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
53.2% | 49.8% | 3.4% | |||
| 11 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
42.4% | 49.5% | 7.1% | |||
| 12 | Blue Jay |
|
46.1% | 45.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 13 | Great Blue Heron |
|
45.6% | 43.1% | 2.5% | |||
| 14 | American Goldfinch |
|
41.4% | 41.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 15 | Northern Flicker |
|
39.3% | 39.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 16 | Eastern Towhee |
|
33.9% | 38.3% | 4.3% | |||
| 17 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
38.7% | 38.2% | 0.5% | |||
| 18 | American Robin |
|
38.4% | 37.9% | 0.5% | |||
| 19 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
28.4% | 37.2% | 8.8% | |||
| 20 | Turkey Vulture |
|
40.3% | 36.0% | 4.3% | |||
| 21 | Brown-headed Nuthatch |
|
30.7% | 34.9% | 4.2% | |||
| 22 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
27.1% | 34.4% | 7.3% | |||
| 23 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
30.8% | 33.1% | 2.3% | |||
| 24 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
33.2% | 32.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 25 | Canada Goose |
|
28.8% | 32.0% | 3.2% | |||
| 26 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
22.5% | 31.3% | 8.7% | |||
| 27 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
36.9% | 30.5% | 6.4% | |||
| 28 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
31.2% | 30.2% | 1.0% | |||
| 29 | Mallard |
|
27.4% | 30.1% | 2.7% | |||
| 30 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
23.0% | 29.1% | 6.2% | |||
| 31 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
26.1% | 29.1% | 3.0% | |||
| 32 | House Finch |
|
23.7% | 24.4% | 0.7% | |||
| 33 | Hermit Thrush |
|
21.3% | 24.3% | 2.9% | |||
| 34 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
26.7% | 24.3% | 2.4% | |||
| 35 | Mourning Dove |
|
22.4% | 24.0% | 1.7% | |||
| 36 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
26.3% | 21.1% | 5.2% | |||
| 37 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
22.3% | 20.4% | 1.9% | |||
| 38 | Brown Thrasher |
|
15.3% | 18.8% | 3.5% | |||
| 39 | Hooded Merganser |
|
11.4% | 18.8% | 7.5% | |||
| 40 | Killdeer |
|
25.3% | 18.2% | 7.1% | |||
| 41 | Pine Warbler |
|
15.1% | 18.2% | 3.1% | |||
| 42 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
18.7% | 17.8% | 0.9% | |||
| 43 | Field Sparrow |
|
15.9% | 17.3% | 1.4% | |||
| 44 | Black Vulture |
|
19.7% | 17.1% | 2.6% | |||
| 45 | Bald Eagle |
|
17.0% | 17.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 46 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
16.0% | 16.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 47 | Winter Wren |
|
13.4% | 15.8% | 2.5% | |||
| 48 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
14.3% | 15.7% | 1.4% | |||
| 49 | Ruddy Duck |
|
16.0% | 15.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 50 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
22.1% | 15.4% | 6.7% | |||
| 51 | European Starling |
|
15.8% | 15.4% | 0.5% | |||
| 52 | Bufflehead |
|
10.7% | 14.3% | 3.6% | |||
| 53 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
11.3% | 13.5% | 2.2% | |||
| 54 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
10.0% | 12.8% | 2.8% | |||
| 55 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
12.6% | 12.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 56 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
11.2% | 12.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 57 | Brown Creeper |
|
7.2% | 10.7% | 3.5% | |||
| 58 | Pine Siskin |
|
6.5% | 8.3% | 1.7% | |||
| 59 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
7.7% | 8.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 60 | Fox Sparrow |
|
2.8% | 7.2% | 4.4% | |||
| 61 | American Kestrel |
|
6.4% | 6.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 62 | Rock Pigeon |
|
6.5% | 6.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 63 | Horned Grebe |
|
7.8% | 5.9% | 1.9% | |||
| 64 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
9.4% | 5.7% | 3.7% | |||
| 65 | Common Grackle |
|
12.3% | 5.6% | 6.7% | |||
| 66 | Herring Gull |
|
5.0% | 5.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 67 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
6.5% | 5.2% | 1.3% | |||
| 68 | Gadwall |
|
6.7% | 5.1% | 1.6% | |||
| 69 | Purple Finch |
|
3.6% | 4.7% | 1.1% | |||
| 70 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
5.4% | 4.6% | 0.8% | |||
| 71 | Northern Shoveler |
|
4.1% | 4.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 72 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
6.0% | 4.0% | 1.9% | |||
| 73 | American Pipit |
|
6.0% | 3.7% | 2.3% | |||
| 74 | Lesser Scaup |
|
3.4% | 3.7% | 0.3% | |||
| 75 | Common Loon |
|
6.0% | 3.6% | 2.4% | |||
| 76 | Wood Duck |
|
4.5% | 3.5% | 1.0% | |||
| 77 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
3.3% | 3.4% | 0.1% | |||
| 78 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
3.8% | 3.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 79 | American Coot |
|
7.9% | 3.2% | 4.7% | |||
| 80 | Green-winged Teal |
|
4.5% | 3.1% | 1.4% | |||
| 81 | Barred Owl |
|
2.4% | 3.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 82 | Palm Warbler |
|
6.3% | 3.0% | 3.3% | |||
| 83 | House Wren |
|
3.4% | 2.7% | 0.8% | |||
| 84 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
2.9% | 2.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 85 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
2.2% | 2.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 86 | Horned Lark |
|
2.3% | 1.9% | 0.4% | |||
| 87 | Fish Crow |
|
3.2% | 1.9% | 1.3% | |||
| 88 | Gray Catbird |
|
2.2% | 1.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 89 | American Black Duck |
|
1.8% | 1.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 90 | Varied Thrush |
|
0% | 1.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 91 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
1.4% | 1.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 92 | Great Horned Owl |
|
0.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% | |||
| 93 | House Sparrow |
|
0.9% | 1.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 94 | Blue-headed Vireo |
|
2.3% | 1.3% | 1.0% | |||
| 95 | Great Egret |
|
2.5% | 1.2% | 1.3% | |||
| 96 | Canvasback |
|
0.5% | 1.2% | 0.7% | |||
| 97 | American Wigeon |
|
2.3% | 1.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 98 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 99 | Northern Pintail |
|
1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 100 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
0.7% | 1.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 101 | Redhead |
|
0.9% | 1.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 102 | Northern Harrier |
|
1.3% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 103 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
1.5% | 0.9% | 0.5% | |||
| 104 | Greater Scaup |
|
0.5% | 0.9% | 0.4% | |||
| 105 | American Woodcock |
|
0.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% | |||
| 106 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 107 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | |||
| 108 | Common Raven |
|
0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | |||
| 109 | Muscovy Duck |
|
0.9% | 0.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 110 | Mute Swan |
|
0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
| 111 | Graylag Goose |
|
0.9% | 0.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 112 | Red Crossbill |
|
0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |||
| 113 | Loggerhead Shrike |
|
0.9% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 114 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
|
0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 115 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
1.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% | |||
| 116 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 117 | Merlin |
|
0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 118 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
0.6% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 119 | Red-throated Loon |
|
1.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
| 120 | American Bittern |
|
0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |||
| 121 | Least Sandpiper |
|
1.3% | 0.5% | 0.9% | |||
| 122 | Red-necked Grebe |
|
0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||
| 123 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
| 124 | Evening Grosbeak |
|
0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 125 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 126 | Lapland Longspur |
|
0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 127 | Virginia Rail |
|
0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 128 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
2.2% | 0.2% | 1.9% | |||
| 129 | Common Merganser |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 130 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 131 | Brant |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 132 | Osprey |
|
1.0% | 0.2% | 0.9% | |||
| 133 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 134 | Tundra Swan |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 135 | Great Black-backed Gull |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 136 | Eared Grebe |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 137 | Snow Goose |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 138 | Laughing Gull |
|
0.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 139 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 140 | Green Heron |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 141 | Black Scoter |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 142 | Common Goldeneye |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 143 | Prairie Warbler |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 144 | Surf Scoter |
|
0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 145 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 146 | Dunlin |
|
1.5% | 0.1% | 1.4% | |||
| 147 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 148 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 149 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 150 | Tree Swallow |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 151 | Swainson's Thrush |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 152 | Forster's Tern |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 153 | Dickcissel |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 154 | Long-tailed Duck |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 155 | Wilson's Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 156 | White-winged Scoter |
|
0.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 157 | Western Tanager |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 158 | Northern Parula |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 159 | Sedge Wren |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 160 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 161 | Black-bellied Plover |
|
0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 162 | Anhinga |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 163 | Western Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 164 | Marsh Wren |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 165 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 166 | Franklin's Gull |
|
0.4% | 0.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 167 | Grasshopper Sparrow |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 168 | Ross's Goose |
|
0.4% | 0.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 169 | Limpkin |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 170 | Little Gull |
|
0.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 171 | Mandarin Duck |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 172 | Red Phalarope |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 173 | Swan Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 174 | American Goshawk |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 175 | Iceland Gull |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 176 | Ruddy Turnstone |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 177 | Red-eyed Vireo |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 178 | Louisiana Waterthrush |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 179 | Sora |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 180 | Blackpoll Warbler |
|
0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 181 | Golden Eagle |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 182 | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 183 | Ash-throated Flycatcher |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 184 | Blue Grosbeak |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 185 | Trumpeter Swan |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 186 | Long-billed Dowitcher |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 187 | Sandhill Crane |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |