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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2009-10

Southwest Region

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A total of 393 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 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 93.13 7.59 5.34
2 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 85.75 6.27 4.51
3 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 73.79 1.68 0.56
4 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 68.45 9.21 2.55
5 American Robin Turdus migratorius 65.90 2.37 0.51
6 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 55.73 5.46 0.99
7 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 53.18 6.04 0.76
8 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 48.60 1.36 0.27
9 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 48.35 4.25 0.61
10 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 48.35 1.97 0.47
11 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 47.84 6.16 0.67
12 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 45.29 1.99 0.41
13 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 45.04 4.56 0.62
14 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 42.24 3.18 0.55
15 California/Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica/woodhouseii 41.48 2.57 0.47
16 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 40.20 4.71 0.51
17 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 38.68 1.56 0.22
18 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 35.88 2.65 0.37
19 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 35.88 1.03 0.08
20 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 34.61 1.49 0.21
21 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 32.06 10.29 0.48
22 Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii 31.04 1.03 0.06
23 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 30.28 5.55 0.30
24 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 27.23 1.40 0.13
25 Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii 25.70 3.31 0.19