Top 25 Feeder Birds

2000-01

Southwest Region

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A total of 391 FeederWatchers reported data from this region.

Rank Within Region Common Name Scientific Name Percentage of Sites Visited Average Group Size (when seen)
1 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 89.77 7.02
2 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 89.51 7.66
3 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 71.10 1.52
4 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 69.31 10.59
5 American Robin Turdus migratorius 59.59 2.27
6 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 58.31 2.45
7 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 53.45 4.96
8 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 51.92 6.18
9 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 51.66 5.97
10 California/Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica/woodhouseii 48.59 2.58
11 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 46.80 8.60
12 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 45.27 1.30
13 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 43.73 2.13
14 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 43.73 1.45
15 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 42.71 3.99
16 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 42.71 2.33
17 Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii 41.43 4.12
18 Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri 39.64 3.37
19 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 37.85 1.52
20 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 30.69 1.03
21 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 27.11 8.05
22 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 26.85 4.16
23 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 25.58 3.79
24 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina 24.30 7.42
25 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 24.30 1.42