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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2011-12

California Region

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A total of 428 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 89.49 6.27 3.90
2 Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna 84.58 1.76 0.93
3 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 82.94 4.21 2.00
4 Aphelocoma sp. Aphelocoma sp. 78.74 1.88 0.91
5 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 76.64 5.18 2.18
6 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 76.40 4.89 1.92
7 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 70.56 6.31 1.93
8 California Towhee Melozone crissalis 67.29 1.69 0.67
9 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 57.94 5.87 1.05
10 American Robin Turdus migratorius 55.14 2.71 0.36
11 Oak/Juniper Titmouse (Plain Titmouse) Baeolophus inornatus/ridgwayi 54.67 1.38 0.42
12 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 48.36 5.34 0.84
13 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 47.20 1.77 0.35
14 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 46.73 1.62 0.22
15 Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla 46.03 3.44 0.65
16 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 45.79 1.13 0.13
17 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 42.52 2.78 0.32
18 Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens 37.62 2.25 0.42
19 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 37.38 1.19 0.13
20 Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus 36.45 5.39 0.25
21 Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii 35.98 1.11 0.14
22 Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii 35.05 1.18 0.14
23 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 34.81 1.44 0.12
24 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 33.88 1.40 0.21
25 Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii 33.41 1.02 0.07