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Top 25 Feeder Birds

1999-00

Mid-Central Region

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A total of 300 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 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 96.33 5.09 3.75
2 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 95.33 3.33 2.43
3 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 94.00 2.39 1.42
4 Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee Poecile carolinensis/atricapillus 90.67 2.16 1.45
5 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 87.00 1.66 1.10
6 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 86.67 5.65 2.88
7 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 84.00 7.91 3.84
8 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 83.67 5.00 2.30
9 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 82.33 3.85 1.46
10 American Robin Turdus migratorius 81.00 2.38 0.48
11 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 75.67 5.95 1.73
12 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 70.33 1.22 0.45
13 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 68.33 4.72 0.53
14 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 62.67 2.00 0.68
15 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 61.00 1.44 0.47
16 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 54.67 1.28 0.20
17 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 50.33 2.39 0.34
18 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 50.33 1.33 0.30
19 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 46.67 4.15 0.49
20 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 43.33 3.09 0.21
21 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 40.67 1.20 0.17
22 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 40.00 1.25 0.17
23 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 39.33 2.48 0.41
24 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 32.67 3.45 0.12
25 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 22.00 1.10 0.04