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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2007-08

Allegheny Region

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A total of 1,592 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 96.98 3.11 2.59
2 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 96.04 5.23 3.48
3 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 95.10 5.15 3.17
4 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 92.40 1.65 1.15
5 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 91.33 2.62 1.55
6 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 90.14 1.52 0.98
7 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 89.82 2.87 1.40
8 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 88.76 4.89 2.30
9 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 85.49 2.19 1.28
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 78.45 4.36 1.64
11 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 68.34 1.17 0.41
12 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 64.32 6.23 1.51
13 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 64.26 1.32 0.39
14 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 61.93 4.87 0.60
15 American Robin Turdus migratorius 61.18 3.04 0.23
16 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 58.73 2.71 0.45
17 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 54.27 1.52 0.22
18 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 51.76 4.86 0.24
19 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 50.57 3.20 0.61
20 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 50.50 1.28 0.27
21 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 47.49 4.85 0.22
22 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 42.78 3.34 0.38
23 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 42.59 1.23 0.17
24 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 37.75 3.27 0.13
25 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 34.30 7.76 0.37