Top 25 Feeder Birds

2012-13

Southwest Region

Review the Explanation of Terms to understand what these data represent. 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

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