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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2000-01

North Atlantic Region

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A total of 411 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 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 95.62 3.70 2.62
2 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 91.48 8.48 3.73
3 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 90.75 4.19 2.28
4 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 80.05 6.56 2.36
5 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 76.40 1.40 0.55
6 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 76.16 6.22 1.82
7 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 69.59 4.71 0.76
8 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 68.37 1.41 0.47
9 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 67.15 2.92 0.62
10 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 65.45 6.18 1.23
11 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 42.09 5.99 0.29
12 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 40.63 1.40 0.25
13 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 40.39 1.41 0.17
14 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 38.20 3.60 0.41
15 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 36.25 9.65 0.43
16 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 35.52 2.96 0.08
17 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 34.79 1.84 0.24
18 American Robin Turdus migratorius 33.82 2.41 0.10
19 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 31.39 8.98 0.60
20 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 29.20 3.68 0.22
21 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 28.22 3.09 0.06
22 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 26.28 1.03 0.04
23 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 25.79 1.51 0.11
24 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 19.71 2.26 0.12