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Top 25 Feeder Birds

1999-00

Southwest Region

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A total of 334 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 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 89.82 7.73 4.70
2 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 79.34 7.08 3.33
3 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 67.96 11.81 3.57
4 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 64.97 1.49 0.43
5 American Robin Turdus migratorius 56.59 2.39 0.43
6 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 55.09 6.73 1.09
7 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 47.90 5.69 0.67
8 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 45.81 5.81 0.91
9 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 45.21 6.54 0.62
10 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 43.71 2.10 0.45
11 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 41.62 2.39 0.42
12 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 41.32 7.23 0.76
13 California/Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica/woodhouseii 41.32 2.40 0.53
14 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 39.22 2.00 0.35
15 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 38.32 1.33 0.20
16 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 28.14 1.42 0.16
17 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 27.54 1.46 0.21
18 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 27.54 1.00 0.06
19 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 27.25 9.20 0.42
20 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 25.75 4.50 0.23
21 Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri 25.15 3.30 0.35
22 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 22.75 1.45 0.15
23 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 22.46 4.62 0.25
24 Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca 20.36 1.56 0.16
25 Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre 20.06 1.50 0.15