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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2006-07

Allegheny Region

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A total of 1,499 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 96.53 2.90 2.34
2 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 95.06 5.10 3.18
3 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 94.46 5.30 3.36
4 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 93.66 2.84 1.78
5 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 92.80 1.77 1.28
6 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 92.53 2.83 1.52
7 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 84.52 1.50 0.81
8 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 83.99 2.25 1.26
9 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 82.72 4.44 1.75
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 77.38 4.25 1.64
11 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 70.25 1.16 0.44
12 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 68.31 4.84 0.79
13 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 64.18 6.67 1.63
14 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 62.91 1.31 0.39
15 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 61.24 2.73 0.47
16 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 60.04 1.64 0.27
17 American Robin Turdus migratorius 57.71 2.49 0.18
18 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 54.77 4.96 0.25
19 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 50.77 3.31 0.63
20 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 48.50 4.66 0.21
21 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 47.23 1.25 0.22
22 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 44.56 3.75 0.17
23 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 41.69 3.26 0.34
24 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 34.62 2.65 0.13
25 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 27.02 1.03 0.05