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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) FeederWatch Abundance Index
1 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 89.77 7.02 3.94
2 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 89.51 7.66 4.77
3 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 71.10 1.52 0.47
4 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 69.31 10.59 3.31
5 American Robin Turdus migratorius 59.59 2.27 0.44
6 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 58.31 2.45 0.73
7 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 53.45 4.96 0.84
8 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 51.92 6.18 0.83
9 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 51.66 5.97 0.78
10 California/Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica/woodhouseii 48.59 2.58 0.62
11 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 46.80 8.60 1.02
12 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 45.27 1.30 0.24
13 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 43.73 2.13 0.47
14 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 43.73 1.45 0.29
15 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 42.71 3.99 0.61
16 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 42.71 2.33 0.38
17 Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii 41.43 4.12 0.47
18 Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri 39.64 3.37 0.47
19 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 37.85 1.52 0.24
20 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 30.69 1.03 0.07
21 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 27.11 8.05 0.30
22 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 26.85 4.16 0.26
23 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 25.58 3.79 0.23
24 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 24.30 7.42 0.29
25 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 24.30 1.42 0.12