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Ornithology (Zoology, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Ornithology (Zoology, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 90 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $7.99 – $16.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 33% of the parent category Zoology (271), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $11.99 its median price beats 93% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Ornithology best sellers
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Scientific American September 2026
- List rank#1
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews13
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Scientific American October 2026
- List rank#2
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews7
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Scientific American November 2026
- List rank#3
- Price$6.99
- Reviews-
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The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
by Caroline Van Hemert
- List rank#4
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,393
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The Story of Birds: A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present
- List rank#5
- Price$18.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews392
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Mozart's Starling
by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
- List rank#6
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews835
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Hawks In Flight
by Pete Dunne
- List rank#7
- Price$19.94
- Rating4.8
- Reviews233
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The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
by Jennifer Ackerman
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,720
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What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
by Jennifer Ackerman
- List rank#9
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews991
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Scientific American May 2026
- List rank#10
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews1
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FAQ
Is Ornithology a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 90 reviews and sells for $11.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Ornithology?
The median best seller has 90 reviews, and 54% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Ornithology best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.99 and $16.99.
Can new books break into Ornithology?
11% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.