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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2003-04

Allegheny Region

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A total of 1,354 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 96.23 5.54 3.65
2 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 95.42 4.98 2.98
3 Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee Poecile carolinensis/atricapillus 93.87 2.71 1.96
4 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 91.88 2.64 1.57
5 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 91.80 2.87 1.48
6 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 91.14 1.58 1.00
7 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 89.44 5.57 2.73
8 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 83.31 1.44 0.72
9 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 81.91 4.44 1.68
10 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 78.88 2.06 0.96
11 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 68.83 4.70 0.81
12 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 67.50 1.16 0.41
13 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 64.92 7.04 1.56
14 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 58.86 3.46 0.71
15 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 58.71 1.55 0.26
16 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 57.90 2.56 0.40
17 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 56.72 1.27 0.30
18 American Robin Turdus migratorius 54.95 2.57 0.16
19 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 52.36 4.79 0.22
20 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 48.15 3.49 0.46
21 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 43.65 1.21 0.16
22 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 42.47 4.44 0.17
23 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 41.65 2.69 0.18
24 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 33.68 1.30 0.14
25 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 31.46 2.81 0.08