What is your Birth Animal?

You probably know your birthstone. You may know your birth flower and zodiac sign. But now there’s another fun way to celebrate the day you were born: your Birth Animal.

Farmers’ Almanac has created the 2026 Birth Animal Calendar, assigning a different animal to every one of the 365 days of the year.

Simply find your birthday below to discover your Birth Animal. Then look up the Birth Animals of your children, spouse, parents, grandparents, friends, and other loved ones.

You might discover that you’re a Polar Bear married to a Monarch Butterfly—or that your family includes a Bald Eagle, Red Fox, Firefly, Snowy Owl, Black Cat, and Reindeer.

There are 365 Birth Animals in 2026. Which one is yours?

What Is a Birth Animal?

A Birth Animal is the animal associated with the calendar date of your birthday in the Farmers’ Almanac Birth Animal Calendar.

The idea is simple: just as every date can be associated with a birthstone, flower, season, constellation, or traditional bit of folklore, we’ve given every day of the year its own animal.

Our Birth Animal Calendar includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, butterflies, insects, and other creatures from farms, forests, oceans, mountains, deserts, wetlands, and backyards.

The animals were selected with the changing seasons in mind. Spring brings frogs, migrating birds, bees, and butterflies. Summer is filled with insects, ocean life, and animals of the warm countryside. September celebrates migration. October gets decidedly spookier. And December belongs to creatures adapted to snow, ice, and northern winters.

This is a Farmers’ Almanac tradition created for fun and appreciation of the natural world. Your Birth Animal is not a scientific personality classification, astrological prediction, or claim about any Indigenous spiritual tradition.

The phrase “birth animal” is also sometimes used when discussing the animal associated with a person’s birth year in the Chinese zodiac. If that’s what you’re looking for, see our Chinese Zodiac guide.

How Do I Find My Birth Animal?

Finding your Birth Animal is easy.

Locate your birth month below, find the day you were born, and the animal beside that date is your Farmers’ Almanac Birth Animal.

For example:

• Born January 1? Your Birth Animal is the Polar Bear.
• Born February 2? Your Birth Animal is the Groundhog.
• Born July 4? Your Birth Animal is the Bald Eagle.
• Born October 31? Your Birth Animal is the Black Cat.
• Born December 25? Your Birth Animal is the Reindeer.

Now find yours.

2026 Birth Animal Calendar

January 2026 Birth Animals

Date	Birth Animal
January 1	Polar Bear
January 2	Arctic Fox
January 3	Snowy Owl
January 4	Moose
January 5	Musk Ox
January 6	Snowshoe Hare
January 7	Canada Lynx
January 8	Gray Wolf
January 9	Wolverine
January 10	Ermine
January 11	Harbor Seal
January 12	Rock Ptarmigan
January 13	Elk
January 14	Bobcat
January 15	Red Fox
January 16	North American River Otter
January 17	American Beaver
January 18	Bighorn Sheep
January 19	Mountain Goat
January 20	American Pika
January 21	Raccoon
January 22	Striped Skunk
January 23	North American Porcupine
January 24	Black-capped Chickadee
January 25	Common Raven
January 26	Northern Goshawk
January 27	Tufted Titmouse
January 28	American Dipper
January 29	White-tailed Deer
January 30	American Red Squirrel
January 31	Fisher

February 2026 Birth Animals

Date	Birth Animal
February 1	Northern Flying Squirrel
February 2	Groundhog
February 3	Coyote
February 4	Virginia Opossum
February 5	Fox Squirrel
February 6	American Mink
February 7	American Marten
February 8	Meadow Vole
February 9	Northern Short-tailed Shrew
February 10	White-footed Mouse
February 11	New England Cottontail
February 12	Short-eared Owl
February 13	Long-eared Owl
February 14	Great Horned Owl
February 15	Barn Owl
February 16	Pileated Woodpecker
February 17	Downy Woodpecker
February 18	Hairy Woodpecker
February 19	White-breasted Nuthatch
February 20	Northern Cardinal
February 21	Blue Jay
February 22	Cedar Waxwing
February 23	Bohemian Waxwing
February 24	Red Crossbill
February 25	Pine Siskin
February 26	Golden Eagle
February 27	Trumpeter Swan
February 28	Tundra Swan

March 2026 Birth Animals

Date	Birth Animal
March 1	American Robin
March 2	Eastern Bluebird
March 3	Spring Peeper
March 4	Wood Frog
March 5	Spotted Salamander
March 6	Earthworm
March 7	Red-winged Blackbird
March 8	Common Grackle
March 9	Killdeer
March 10	American Woodcock
March 11	Sandhill Crane
March 12	Snow Goose
March 13	Canada Goose
March 14	Mallard
March 15	Hooded Merganser
March 16	Muskrat
March 17	Eastern Chipmunk
March 18	Eastern Mole
March 19	Common Garter Snake
March 20	Eastern Box Turtle
March 21	Painted Turtle
March 22	Common Snapping Turtle
March 23	American Toad
March 24	Northern Leopard Frog
March 25	Honey Bee
March 26	Common Bumble Bee
March 27	Mourning Cloak Butterfly
March 28	Eastern Phoebe
March 29	Tree Swallow
March 30	Purple Martin
March 31	Osprey

April 2026 Birth Animals

Date	Birth Animal
April 1	Ruby-throated Hummingbird
April 2	Barn Swallow
April 3	Chimney Swift
April 4	Baltimore Oriole
April 5	Yellow Warbler
April 6	Black-and-white Warbler
April 7	Palm Warbler
April 8	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
April 9	Golden-crowned Kinglet
April 10	American Kestrel
April 11	Peregrine Falcon
April 12	Cooper’s Hawk
April 13	Red-tailed Hawk
April 14	Great Blue Heron
April 15	Green Heron
April 16	Belted Kingfisher
April 17	Wood Duck
April 18	Pied-billed Grebe
April 19	Common Loon
April 20	Double-crested Cormorant
April 21	Atlantic Puffin
April 22	Eastern Cottontail
April 23	American Badger
April 24	Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
April 25	Prairie Dog
April 26	Pronghorn
April 27	American Bullfrog
April 28	Five-lined Skink
April 29	Eastern Fence Lizard
April 30	Luna Moth

May 2026 Birth Animals

Date	Birth Animal
May 1	White-tailed Fawn
May 2	American Black Bear
May 3	Eastern Gray Squirrel
May 4	Eastern Screech-Owl
May 5	House Wren
May 6	Carolina Wren
May 7	Gray Catbird
May 8	Brown Thrasher
May 9	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
May 10	Indigo Bunting
May 11	Scarlet Tanager
May 12	Eastern Meadowlark
May 13	Bobolink
May 14	Northern Flicker
May 15	Red-bellied Woodpecker
May 16	Prothonotary Warbler
May 17	Common Yellowthroat
May 18	American Goldfinch
May 19	Least Tern
May 20	Brown Pelican
May 21	American Alligator
May 22	Green Anole
May 23	Broad-headed Skink
May 24	Green Frog
May 25	Gray Treefrog
May 26	Tiger Salamander
May 27	Great Spangled Fritillary
May 28	Black Swallowtail
May 29	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
May 30	Blue Dasher Dragonfly
May 31	Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

June 2026 Birth Animals

Date	Birth Animal
June 1	Big Dipper Firefly
June 2	Periodical Cicada
June 3	Field Cricket
June 4	Katydid
June 5	Praying Mantis
June 6	June Beetle
June 7	Stag Beetle
June 8	Twelve-spotted Skimmer
June 9	Ebony Jewelwing
June 10	Cecropia Moth
June 11	Polyphemus Moth
June 12	Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
June 13	Viceroy Butterfly
June 14	Red-spotted Purple Butterfly
June 15	Painted Lady Butterfly
June 16	Common Buckeye Butterfly
June 17	Fiddler Crab
June 18	Blue Crab
June 19	Horseshoe Crab
June 20	Atlantic Ghost Crab
June 21	Loggerhead Sea Turtle
June 22	Green Sea Turtle
June 23	Diamondback Terrapin
June 24	American Lobster
June 25	Striped Bass
June 26	Largemouth Bass
June 27	Bluegill
June 28	Rainbow Trout
June 29	Brook Trout
June 30	Channel Catfish

July 2026 Birth Animals

Date	Birth Animal
July 1	Common Bottlenose Dolphin
July 2	Humpback Whale
July 3	North Atlantic Right Whale
July 4	Bald Eagle
July 5	Gray Seal
July 6	Manatee
July 7	Sea Otter
July 8	American Crocodile
July 9	Gopher Tortoise
July 10	Desert Tortoise
July 11	Roadrunner
July 12	Burrowing Owl
July 13	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
July 14	Western Meadowlark
July 15	Painted Bunting
July 16	Black-necked Stilt
July 17	American Avocet
July 18	Roseate Spoonbill
July 19	Wood Stork
July 20	Magnificent Frigatebird
July 21	Green Darner Dragonfly
July 22	Dog-day Cicada
July 23	Paper Wasp
July 24	Bald-faced Hornet
July 25	Carpenter Bee
July 26	Leafcutter Bee
July 27	Golden Silk Orb-weaver
July 28	Garden Spider
July 29	Wheel Bug
July 30	Walking Stick
July 31	Milkweed Bug

August 2026 Birth Animals

Date	Birth Animal
August 1	Mountain Lion
August 2	Jaguar
August 3	Ocelot
August 4	Coati
August 5	Javelina
August 6	Ringtail
August 7	Jackrabbit
August 8	Black-tailed Prairie Dog
August 9	American Bison
August 10	Mule Deer
August 11	Mountain Cottontail
August 12	Collared Lizard
August 13	Horned Lizard
August 14	Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
August 15	Kingsnake
August 16	Gila Monster
August 17	Desert Tarantula
August 18	Emperor Scorpion
August 19	Tarantula Hawk Wasp
August 20	Sphinx Moth
August 21	Gulf Fritillary
August 22	Zebra Longwing
August 23	Queen Butterfly
August 24	Giant Swallowtail
August 25	Common Green Darner
August 26	Cicada Killer Wasp
August 27	Common Nighthawk
August 28	Chuck-will’s-widow
August 29	Whip-poor-will
August 30	Elf Owl
August 31	Black-chinned Hummingbird

September 2026 Birth Animals

Date	Birth Animal
September 1	Monarch Butterfly
September 2	Broad-winged Hawk
September 3	Sharp-shinned Hawk
September 4	American Redstart
September 5	Blackpoll Warbler
September 6	Cape May Warbler
September 7	Magnolia Warbler
September 8	Black-throated Blue Warbler
September 9	Nashville Warbler
September 10	Tennessee Warbler
September 11	Swainson’s Thrush
September 12	Veery
September 13	Hermit Thrush
September 14	Rufous Hummingbird
September 15	Common Tern
September 16	Arctic Tern
September 17	Semipalmated Sandpiper
September 18	Sanderling
September 19	Ruddy Turnstone
September 20	Piping Plover
September 21	Greater Yellowlegs
September 22	Lesser Yellowlegs
September 23	Northern Pintail
September 24	Blue-winged Teal
September 25	Green-winged Teal
September 26	American Wigeon
September 27	Northern Shoveler
September 28	Marbled Godwit
September 29	Willet
September 30	American Golden-Plover

October 2026 Birth Animals

Date	Birth Animal
October 1	Little Brown Bat
October 2	Big Brown Bat
October 3	Hoary Bat
October 4	Eastern Red Bat
October 5	Mexican Free-tailed Bat
October 6	Vampire Bat
October 7	Kinkajou
October 8	Black Widow Spider
October 9	Wolf Spider
October 10	Jumping Spider
October 11	Spiny-backed Orb-weaver
October 12	Trapdoor Spider
October 13	Arizona Bark Scorpion
October 14	House Centipede
October 15	Millipede
October 16	Cave Cricket
October 17	Hissing Cockroach
October 18	Rhinoceros Beetle
October 19	Dung Beetle
October 20	Death’s-head Hawkmoth
October 21	Common Barn Spider
October 22	Black-billed Magpie
October 23	Turkey Vulture
October 24	Black Vulture
October 25	California Condor
October 26	Common Poorwill
October 27	Flammulated Owl
October 28	Barred Owl
October 29	Northern Saw-whet Owl
October 30	Ruffed Grouse
October 31	Black Cat

November 2026 Birth Animals

Date	Birth Animal
November 1	American Black Duck
November 2	Canvasback
November 3	Redhead Duck
November 4	Bufflehead
November 5	Ruddy Duck
November 6	Greater Scaup
November 7	Lesser Scaup
November 8	Ring-necked Duck
November 9	Common Eider
November 10	Harlequin Duck
November 11	Surf Scoter
November 12	White-winged Scoter
November 13	Black Scoter
November 14	Long-tailed Duck
November 15	Brant
November 16	Ross’s Goose
November 17	Greater White-fronted Goose
November 18	Whooping Crane
November 19	Spruce Grouse
November 20	Ring-necked Pheasant
November 21	American Bittern
November 22	Wild Boar
November 23	Grizzly Bear
November 24	Wild Turkey
November 25	Fallow Deer
November 26	Red Deer
November 27	Sambar Deer
November 28	Dall Sheep
November 29	Stone Sheep
November 30	Mountain Hare

December 2026 Birth Animals

Date	Birth Animal
December 1	Saiga Antelope
December 2	Hoary Redpoll
December 3	Arctic Hare
December 4	Arctic Wolf
December 5	Arctic Ground Squirrel
December 6	Polar Cod
December 7	Walrus
December 8	Bearded Seal
December 9	Harp Seal
December 10	Ringed Seal
December 11	Beluga Whale
December 12	Narwhal
December 13	Bowhead Whale
December 14	Emperor Penguin
December 15	King Penguin
December 16	Adélie Penguin
December 17	Snow Petrel
December 18	Ivory Gull
December 19	Gyrfalcon
December 20	Snow Bunting
December 21	Lapland Longspur
December 22	Pine Grosbeak
December 23	Evening Grosbeak
December 24	Common Redpoll
December 25	Reindeer
December 26	American Tree Sparrow
December 27	Dark-eyed Junco
December 28	White-winged Crossbill
December 29	Northern Shrike
December 30	Great Gray Owl
December 31	Canada Jay

What Is Your Birth Animal?

Now you know how to find your Birth Animal.

But don’t stop with your own birthday.

Look up your spouse. Look up your children. Look up your parents and grandparents. Check your best friend’s birthday.

Find the Birth Animals for everyone in your family and compare them.

Who got the coolest Birth Animal?

Who got the strangest one?

And does someone’s Birth Animal somehow seem absolutely perfect for them?

Share the Farmers’ Almanac Birth Animal Calendar with your friends and ask them one simple question:

What’s your Birth Animal?

Birth Animal Frequently Asked Questions

What is my Birth Animal?

Your Farmers’ Almanac Birth Animal is determined by the month and day of your birthday. Find your birthday in the Birth Animal Calendar above to discover your animal.

For example, January 1 is the Polar Bear, July 4 is the Bald Eagle, September 1 is the Monarch Butterfly, October 31 is the Black Cat, and December 25 is the Reindeer.

What does my Birth Animal mean?

The Farmers’ Almanac Birth Animal Calendar celebrates nature and the seasons. It is designed for fun, discovery, and learning about wildlife rather than as a system for predicting personality or the future.

We’ll also be sharing stories and fascinating facts about different Birth Animals so you can learn more about the creature connected with your birthday.

Is a Birth Animal the same as a spirit animal?

No.

The Farmers’ Almanac Birth Animal is simply the animal assigned to your birthday in this calendar. We use Birth Animal intentionally, rather than claiming these animals are spiritual guides or part of a specific cultural or religious tradition.

Is a Birth Animal the same as a Chinese zodiac animal?

No.

The Farmers’ Almanac Birth Animal is based on the month and day of your birthday.

The Chinese zodiac traditionally associates years with a repeating cycle of 12 animals. In the Chinese zodiac, 2026 transitions into the Year of the Horse on February 17, 2026.

Learn more in our Chinese Zodiac guide.

Does everyone born on the same date have the same Birth Animal?

Yes. Under the Farmers’ Almanac Birth Animal Calendar, people who share the same month and day share the same Birth Animal.

So everyone born on September 1 has the Monarch Butterfly as their Birth Animal, regardless of the year they were born.

Are there 365 Birth Animals?

There are 365 Birth Animals during a standard year such as 2026.

Leap years contain 366 days, and February 29 has its own special Birth Animal: the Red-eyed Tree Frog.

How were the Birth Animals chosen?

We looked at the natural rhythm of the year.

Some animals correspond with migration seasons, nesting periods, warmer or colder weather, or the time of year when people are especially likely to encounter them.

Others match dates with strong cultural associations. That’s why February 2 belongs to the Groundhog, July 4 belongs to the Bald Eagle, October 31 belongs to the Black Cat, and December 25 belongs to the Reindeer.

It continues a long Farmers’ Almanac interest in the relationship between animals, seasons, folklore, and the natural world.

Explore more traditional wisdom in our Farmers’ Almanac Weather Folklore collection.

A New Animal Every Day

The Birth Animal Calendar is only the beginning.

FarmersAlmanac.com will be celebrating an Animal of the Day throughout the year, with fascinating facts, natural history, seasonal observations, folklore, migration information, and the remarkable adaptations that make each creature unique.

Some are animals you see outside your window.

Some migrate thousands of miles.

Some survive bitter Arctic winters.

Some live beneath the ocean.

Some weigh hundreds of pounds.

Others can sit comfortably on your fingertip.

Together, they remind us just how remarkable the natural world really is.

365 days. 365 Birth Animals.

Find your birthday. Find your family. Find your Birth Animal.