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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2011-12

North Central Region

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A total of 353 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 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 98.02 3.57 3.14
2 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 92.35 1.80 1.18
3 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 89.80 5.13 1.77
4 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 83.29 1.46 0.70
5 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 82.44 2.81 1.24
6 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 82.15 1.65 0.93
7 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 68.56 5.52 1.66
8 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 62.04 7.21 1.56
9 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 61.47 3.75 0.81
10 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 57.51 2.43 0.39
11 American Robin Turdus migratorius 54.11 2.17 0.13
12 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 52.97 2.46 0.64
13 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 49.86 12.72 0.92
14 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 48.16 1.24 0.32
15 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 42.78 2.75 0.31
16 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 38.24 1.31 0.14
17 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 37.68 3.06 0.12
18 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 36.26 3.91 0.12
19 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 31.44 1.18 0.06
20 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 31.16 3.74 0.19
21 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 30.59 4.64 0.20
22 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 28.05 1.49 0.17
23 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 26.63 4.20 0.09
24 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 24.93 3.07 0.10
25 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 19.83 6.24 0.27