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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2012-13

Southwest Region

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A total of 481 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 91.10 8.15 5.87
2 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 84.53 5.27 3.74
3 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 70.34 1.60 0.61
4 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 66.31 8.05 2.26
5 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 58.69 3.56 0.97
6 American Robin Turdus migratorius 58.69 2.80 0.46
7 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 51.27 5.07 0.83
8 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 49.36 2.08 0.58
9 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 47.67 1.33 0.27
10 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 47.03 4.13 0.53
11 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 46.40 2.08 0.42
12 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 43.43 5.17 0.48
13 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 42.16 7.22 0.82
14 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 40.89 1.42 0.26
15 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 40.04 5.04 0.65
16 California/Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica/woodhouseii 39.62 2.39 0.44
17 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 35.81 2.51 0.32
18 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 34.96 4.38 0.47
19 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 33.90 4.50 0.33
20 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 32.42 1.39 0.19
21 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 32.42 1.02 0.06
22 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 31.36 1.03 0.07
23 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 30.08 9.94 0.46
24 Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri 28.18 3.18 0.31
25 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 28.18 2.33 0.23