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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2012-13

Northern Rockies Region

Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. A total of 294 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 83.05 3.63 2.09
2 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 73.70 12.39 3.00
3 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 69.55 1.56 0.57
4 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 66.09 2.62 0.90
5 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 62.98 4.32 1.01
6 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 61.59 8.49 1.87
7 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 60.55 1.54 0.41
8 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 58.82 11.39 2.23
9 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 55.02 1.72 0.54
10 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 45.67 2.35 0.50
11 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 45.67 1.41 0.29
12 American Robin Turdus migratorius 43.25 2.77 0.16
13 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 42.21 6.89 0.39
14 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 42.21 4.76 0.31
15 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 33.56 1.37 0.21
16 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 33.22 2.34 0.35
17 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 32.53 5.76 0.46
18 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 27.68 4.43 0.39
19 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 26.64 3.54 0.12
20 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 26.64 1.03 0.06
21 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 25.95 8.28 0.23
22 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 25.95 6.77 0.37
23 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 24.57 7.82 0.28
24 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 21.11 4.02 0.22
25 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 20.42 27.53 0.18