Most commonly seen birds in Arkansas

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March 14, 2023
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Most commonly seen birds in Arkansas

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Arkansas using data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch. Birds are ranked by the percent of sites visited from Feb 18-Mar 3. Ties are broken by the average group size when seen, any further ties were not broken. Data was collected at 28 count sites in Arkansas. States with less than 10 count sites were not included in rankings for each bird.

Project FeederWatch, a citizen science project where participants collect data on birds at their feeders, was founded in Ontario by Erica Dunn and the Long Point Bird Observatory in 1976. The project partnered with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology after 10 years to scale the project across the U.S. and Canada and now has over 20,000 participants.

The data Project FeederWatch collects is used by scientists to understand trends in bird populations. If you would like to participate as a FeederWatcher you can learn more about the project here.

Read on to see which birds are most commonly seen in your state.

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#42. Red-shouldered Hawk (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Florida: 15%
--- #2. North Carolina: 10%
--- #2. Georgia: 10%
--- #2. Oklahoma: 10%
--- #5. Alabama: 9%
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#42. Orange-crowned Warbler (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Louisiana: 25%
--- #2. Texas: 23%
--- #3. Nevada: 16%
--- #4. Mississippi: 8%
--- #5. California: 7%
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#42. Greater Roadrunner (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Arizona: 9%
--- #2. New Mexico: 7%
--- #3. Arkansas: 4%
--- #4. Texas: 1%
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#42. Great Blue Heron (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Louisiana: 5%
--- #2. Arkansas: 4%
--- #2. Indiana: 4%
--- #4. Rhode Island: 3%
--- #4. Oklahoma: 3%
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#42. Field Sparrow (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Tennessee: 11%
--- #2. Louisiana: 5%
--- #3. Texas: 4%
--- #3. Arkansas: 4%
--- #5. Nebraska: 3%
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#42. Eastern Phoebe

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Georgia: 33%
--- #2. Alabama: 18%
--- #2. South Carolina: 18%
--- #4. North Carolina: 17%
--- #4. Mississippi: 17%
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#40. Cooper's Hawk (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.03
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 32%
--- #2. Arizona: 26%
--- #3. New Mexico: 18%
--- #4. Illinois: 17%
--- #4. Mississippi: 17%
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#40. Brown Creeper

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.03
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Maine: 15%
--- #2. New Hampshire: 13%
--- #3. Washington, D.C.: 10%
--- #3. Oklahoma: 10%
--- #3. South Dakota: 10%
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#38. Red-tailed Hawk (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.21
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Connecticut: 10%
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 10%
--- #3. Oklahoma: 7%
--- #3. Illinois: 7%
--- #5. Missouri: 6%
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#38. Brown-headed Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.21
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Georgia: 47%
--- #2. North Carolina: 41%
--- #3. South Carolina: 28%
--- #4. Alabama: 20%
--- #5. Mississippi: 8%
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#37. American Tree Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 1.59
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Wisconsin: 25%
--- #2. Iowa: 23%
--- #2. Vermont: 23%
--- #4. Wyoming: 22%
--- #4. Michigan: 22%
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#36. Cedar Waxwing

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
- Average group size: 8.12
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Mississippi: 25%
--- #2. Texas: 20%
--- #3. Georgia: 19%
--- #4. Louisiana: 15%
--- #5. South Carolina: 12%
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#35. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 1.05
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 20%
--- #2. Georgia: 16%
--- #3. Tennessee: 15%
--- #4. North Carolina: 14%
--- #5. South Carolina: 13%
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#34. Red-headed Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 1.31
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Iowa: 8%
--- #1. Missouri: 8%
--- #3. Arkansas: 7%
--- #4. Kentucky: 6%
--- #5. Louisiana: 5%
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#33. Pine Siskin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 1.6
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 49%
--- #2. Maine: 20%
--- #2. Colorado: 20%
--- #4. Arizona: 16%
--- #5. Montana: 13%
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#32. White-crowned Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 2.11
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 74%
--- #2. California: 67%
--- #3. Arizona: 59%
--- #4. New Mexico: 36%
--- #5. Utah: 21%
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#31. Brown Thrasher

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 11%
- Average group size: 1.07
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. South Carolina: 40%
--- #2. Georgia: 38%
--- #3. North Carolina: 27%
--- #4. Alabama: 23%
--- #5. Louisiana: 20%
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#30. Pileated Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 11%
- Average group size: 1.19
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Minnesota: 28%
--- #2. West Virginia: 21%
--- #3. Michigan: 17%
--- #4. Indiana: 16%
--- #4. Wisconsin: 16%
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#29. Song Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 11%
- Average group size: 1.71
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 70%
--- #2. Washington: 59%
--- #3. Oregon: 56%
--- #4. Rhode Island: 50%
--- #5. Delaware: 47%
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#28. Chipping Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 11%
- Average group size: 2.33
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Georgia: 59%
--- #2. Mississippi: 50%
--- #3. South Carolina: 45%
--- #4. Louisiana: 40%
--- #5. Alabama: 39%
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#27. Pine Warbler

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 14%
- Average group size: 1.16
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Georgia: 54%
--- #2. North Carolina: 44%
--- #3. South Carolina: 37%
--- #4. Alabama: 34%
--- #5. Florida: 31%
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#26. Brown-headed Cowbird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 14%
- Average group size: 2.74
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Louisiana: 50%
--- #2. Mississippi: 42%
--- #3. Delaware: 30%
--- #4. South Carolina: 28%
--- #4. New Jersey: 28%
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#25. Red-breasted Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 18%
- Average group size: 1.33
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Maine: 69%
--- #2. South Dakota: 57%
--- #3. Alaska: 55%
--- #4. Montana: 54%
--- #5. Oregon: 45%
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#24. Common Grackle

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 18%
- Average group size: 4.02
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Delaware: 65%
--- #2. New Jersey: 60%
--- #3. Washington, D.C.: 40%
--- #4. Ohio: 38%
--- #4. Kentucky: 38%
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#23. Hairy Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 21%
- Average group size: 1.18
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Hampshire: 69%
--- #2. Maine: 67%
--- #3. Minnesota: 63%
--- #3. Vermont: 63%
--- #5. Connecticut: 61%
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#22. House Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 25%
- Average group size: 3.93
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 100%
--- #2. Iowa: 88%
--- #3. Illinois: 87%
--- #4. Nebraska: 79%
--- #5. Indiana: 74%
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#21. European Starling

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 25%
- Average group size: 4.8
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 90%
--- #2. Nebraska: 67%
--- #3. Indiana: 66%
--- #4. Ohio: 62%
--- #4. Missouri: 62%
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#20. American Crow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 29%
- Average group size: 2.26
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Maine: 49%
--- #2. Oklahoma: 45%
--- #3. North Carolina: 39%
--- #4. Vermont: 37%
--- #5. Georgia: 34%
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#19. Red-winged Blackbird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 29%
- Average group size: 4.32
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Delaware: 60%
--- #2. New Jersey: 56%
--- #3. New York: 48%
--- #4. Louisiana: 45%
--- #4. Illinois: 45%
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#18. Purple Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 32%
- Average group size: 3.43
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Mississippi: 50%
--- #2. Arkansas: 32%
--- #3. Alabama: 27%
--- #4. North Carolina: 25%
--- #5. Missouri: 24%
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#17. Northern Mockingbird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 36%
- Average group size: 1.12
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Tennessee: 62%
--- #2. Louisiana: 60%
--- #3. Mississippi: 58%
--- #4. Alabama: 55%
--- #5. South Carolina: 53%
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#16. Northern Flicker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 36%
- Average group size: 1.25
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Utah: 79%
--- #2. Colorado: 66%
--- #3. Montana: 65%
--- #4. Washington: 63%
--- #4. Nevada: 63%
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#15. Eastern Bluebird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 57%
- Average group size: 2.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Georgia: 70%
--- #2. North Carolina: 65%
--- #2. South Carolina: 65%
--- #4. Arkansas: 57%
--- #5. Virginia: 52%
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#14. Carolina Wren

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 64%
- Average group size: 1.26
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 90%
--- #2. North Carolina: 84%
--- #3. South Carolina: 80%
--- #4. Virginia: 77%
--- #5. Georgia: 75%
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#13. Blue Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 64%
- Average group size: 1.71
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Rhode Island: 87%
--- #2. Massachusetts: 77%
--- #3. New Jersey: 76%
--- #4. Nebraska: 73%
--- #4. Ohio: 73%
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#12. American Robin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 64%
- Average group size: 1.76
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 70%
--- #2. Arkansas: 64%
--- #3. Tennessee: 59%
--- #4. Nevada: 58%
--- #5. Oklahoma: 55%
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#11. White-breasted Nuthatch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 71%
- Average group size: 1.29
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. West Virginia: 93%
--- #2. Maine: 85%
--- #2. Vermont: 85%
--- #4. Connecticut: 84%
--- #4. Massachusetts: 84%
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#10. American Goldfinch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 71%
- Average group size: 4.82
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. West Virginia: 77%
--- #2. Oklahoma: 76%
--- #2. Wisconsin: 76%
--- #4. Michigan: 74%
--- #5. Missouri: 73%
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#9. White-throated Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 79%
- Average group size: 3.8
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 80%
--- #2. Arkansas: 79%
--- #3. Delaware: 77%
--- #4. Maryland: 72%
--- #5. Virginia: 69%
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#8. Red-bellied Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 82%
- Average group size: 1.11
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. West Virginia: 88%
--- #2. New Jersey: 86%
--- #3. Arkansas: 82%
--- #4. Connecticut: 80%
--- #5. Ohio: 78%
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#7. Tufted Titmouse

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 82%
- Average group size: 1.74
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. West Virginia: 91%
--- #1. Connecticut: 91%
--- #3. New Hampshire: 90%
--- #4. North Carolina: 86%
--- #5. Tennessee: 84%
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#6. Mourning Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 82%
- Average group size: 2.84
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 100%
--- #2. New Jersey: 90%
--- #3. West Virginia: 88%
--- #3. Delaware: 88%
--- #5. Rhode Island: 87%
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#5. Carolina Chickadee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 86%
- Average group size: 2.11
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. South Carolina: 87%
--- #2. Arkansas: 86%
--- #3. Georgia: 84%
--- #4. Oklahoma: 79%
--- #5. North Carolina: 77%
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#4. House Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 86%
- Average group size: 3.38
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Utah: 97%
--- #2. Arizona: 94%
--- #3. New Mexico: 90%
--- #4. Ohio: 87%
--- #5. Colorado: 86%
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#3. Dark-eyed Junco

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 86%
- Average group size: 4.29
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Oregon: 96%
--- #2. Washington: 94%
--- #3. New Jersey: 93%
--- #3. Rhode Island: 93%
--- #5. Connecticut: 92%
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#2. Downy Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 89%
- Average group size: 1.33
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 90%
--- #2. Minnesota: 89%
--- #2. Arkansas: 89%
--- #4. Missouri: 88%
--- #4. Iowa: 88%
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#1. Northern Cardinal

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 96%
- Average group size: 3.73
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington, D.C.: 100%
--- #2. Arkansas: 96%
--- #3. Maryland: 95%
--- #3. South Carolina: 95%
--- #5. West Virginia: 93%

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