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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2011-12

Northern Rockies Region

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A total of 221 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 79.64 3.31 1.65
2 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 77.38 4.30 1.12
3 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 66.97 1.48 0.49
4 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 62.90 2.24 0.70
5 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 62.44 1.46 0.36
6 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 61.54 11.90 2.15
7 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 61.54 7.81 1.63
8 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 60.18 12.96 1.60
9 American Robin Turdus migratorius 58.37 2.49 0.20
10 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 53.85 6.97 0.55
11 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 51.58 1.61 0.42
12 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 41.63 1.38 0.27
13 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 40.72 2.52 0.46
14 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 38.01 8.20 0.34
15 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 36.20 6.09 0.51
16 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 30.77 1.36 0.17
17 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 28.51 2.64 0.08
18 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 28.51 2.16 0.25
19 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 27.60 8.20 0.26
20 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 25.34 1.02 0.05
21 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 24.43 6.78 0.42
22 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 24.43 3.36 0.25
23 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 23.98 24.93 0.18
24 Common Raven Corvus corax 20.36 1.59 0.06
25 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 19.91 3.62 0.21