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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2001-02

Allegheny Region

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A total of 1,299 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 Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee Poecile carolinensis/atricapillus 98.00 3.17 2.75
2 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 95.46 4.84 2.88
3 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 93.15 4.81 2.70
4 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 91.15 2.85 1.41
5 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 90.84 2.50 1.43
6 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 90.69 1.63 1.06
7 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 89.53 1.53 0.91
8 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 87.14 4.37 2.01
9 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 84.91 5.50 2.46
10 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 83.76 2.33 1.28
11 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 67.90 5.37 0.86
12 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 64.05 2.66 0.51
13 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 63.90 7.34 1.68
14 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 61.05 1.16 0.33
15 American Robin Turdus migratorius 59.58 2.84 0.23
16 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 56.74 1.59 0.22
17 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 56.04 1.27 0.28
18 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 55.43 4.79 0.27
19 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 48.73 3.10 0.52
20 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 46.88 4.89 0.24
21 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 45.65 1.27 0.23
22 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 41.49 1.25 0.18
23 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 36.26 3.07 0.19
24 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 34.87 3.21 0.26
25 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 33.49 3.29 0.10