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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2000-01

Mid-Central Region

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A total of 329 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 98.18 5.80 4.70
2 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 97.26 2.65 1.84
3 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 96.05 3.82 2.96
4 Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee Poecile carolinensis/atricapillus 94.83 2.33 1.77
5 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 93.31 1.77 1.22
6 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 90.58 6.78 3.87
7 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 87.23 5.61 2.86
8 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 86.93 9.00 4.74
9 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 83.89 4.02 1.77
10 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 81.76 5.90 2.19
11 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 77.51 1.24 0.56
12 American Robin Turdus migratorius 71.12 2.31 0.31
13 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 65.65 2.01 0.73
14 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 65.05 4.53 0.43
15 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 65.05 1.54 0.50
16 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 61.70 1.32 0.27
17 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 56.23 2.44 0.43
18 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 47.11 1.24 0.21
19 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 46.20 3.74 0.39
20 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 45.90 4.18 0.27
21 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 44.98 1.20 0.17
22 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 42.55 2.82 0.48
23 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 39.51 4.05 0.37
24 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 33.13 3.96 0.13
25 Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula 30.70 2.83 0.23