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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2000-01

New England Region

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A total of 739 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 97.16 2.76 2.24
2 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 95.40 3.58 2.33
3 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 94.59 7.53 4.79
4 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 94.32 4.93 2.93
5 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 90.39 1.62 1.07
6 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 89.17 5.24 2.55
7 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 87.14 2.31 1.42
8 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 85.66 2.36 1.23
9 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 83.09 1.41 0.71
10 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 72.67 2.76 0.76
11 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 70.23 3.93 1.06
12 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 61.16 4.54 0.75
13 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 57.37 1.22 0.32
14 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 56.16 3.53 0.86
15 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 52.91 5.57 0.98
16 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 48.31 4.04 0.41
17 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 47.63 4.92 0.25
18 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 46.55 4.73 0.23
19 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 45.87 1.50 0.19
20 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 45.20 1.13 0.22
21 American Robin Turdus migratorius 43.30 2.68 0.14
22 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 40.46 2.84 0.31
23 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 37.89 1.20 0.14
24 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 24.76 3.58 0.09
25 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 23.95 1.16 0.05