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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2012-13

Allegheny Region

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A total of 1,882 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 97.57 2.98 2.52
2 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 95.48 4.98 3.27
3 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 94.51 2.95 2.05
4 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 94.34 4.77 2.78
5 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 91.52 1.62 1.11
6 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 89.99 2.49 1.13
7 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 89.82 1.45 0.89
8 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 86.26 2.09 1.22
9 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 86.14 4.07 1.80
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 79.07 3.95 1.50
11 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 78.79 1.15 0.50
12 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 67.25 1.31 0.39
13 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 65.44 6.27 1.64
14 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 65.38 4.50 0.72
15 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 58.48 1.29 0.32
16 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 54.69 2.42 0.34
17 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 51.47 1.50 0.23
18 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 51.02 4.55 0.20
19 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 51.02 1.24 0.24
20 American Robin Turdus migratorius 50.51 2.24 0.12
21 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 50.40 3.11 0.60
22 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 48.36 4.40 0.22
23 Redpoll (Common) Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata/islandica 42.02 8.45 0.47
24 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 41.29 3.23 0.30
25 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 33.43 3.27 0.11