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Top 25 Feeder Birds

1999-00

Allegheny Region

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A total of 1,377 FeederWatchers reported data from this region.

Rank Within Region Common Name Scientific Name Percentage of Sites Visited Average Group Size (when seen) FeederWatch Abundance Index
1 Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee Poecile carolinensis/atricapillus 96.59 3.25 2.66
2 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 93.61 5.10 3.00
3 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 92.30 5.07 2.95
4 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 88.89 2.66 1.31
5 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 87.51 1.59 0.97
6 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 86.86 1.54 0.91
7 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 86.35 2.39 1.24
8 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 83.95 4.55 1.92
9 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 82.93 5.44 2.25
10 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 81.41 2.21 1.11
11 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 64.85 5.52 0.80
12 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 64.49 7.08 1.78
13 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 59.26 2.73 0.51
14 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 56.64 1.62 0.25
15 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 54.76 1.15 0.30
16 American Robin Turdus migratorius 54.03 2.46 0.20
17 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 49.60 5.21 0.28
18 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 48.87 1.29 0.26
19 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 45.39 1.33 0.25
20 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 42.05 3.10 0.47
21 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 39.94 3.53 0.36
22 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 39.36 4.17 0.19
23 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 35.95 3.25 0.20
24 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 35.22 3.23 0.12
25 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 34.13 1.26 0.14