Most commonly seen birds in Manitoba
Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Manitoba using data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch. Birds are ranked by the percent of sites visited from Dec. 6 to Dec. 19. Ties are broken by the average group size when seen, any further ties were not broken. Data was collected at 57 count sites in Manitoba. Provinces 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 province.
#1. Black-capped Chickadee
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 93%
- Average group size: 3.46
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 100%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 96%
--- #3. Quebec: 93%
--- #3. Manitoba: 93%
--- #5. Ontario: 89%
#2. Downy Woodpecker
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 79%
- Average group size: 1.43
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 79%
--- #2. Alberta: 75%
--- #3. Quebec: 71%
--- #4. Ontario: 69%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 67%
#3. White-breasted Nuthatch
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 70%
- Average group size: 1.56
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 70%
--- #2. Quebec: 66%
--- #3. Ontario: 60%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 60%
--- #5. New Brunswick: 50%
#4. Blue Jay
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 65%
- Average group size: 2.53
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 94%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 89%
--- #3. New Brunswick: 81%
--- #4. Newfoundland and Labrador: 75%
--- #5. Ontario: 69%
#5. Hairy Woodpecker
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 60%
- Average group size: 1.29
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 72%
--- #2. Manitoba: 60%
--- #3. Quebec: 58%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 51%
--- #5. Saskatchewan: 43%
#6. House Sparrow
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 47%
- Average group size: 7.04
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 68%
--- #2. Alberta: 54%
--- #3. Manitoba: 47%
--- #4. Ontario: 36%
--- #5. Quebec: 29%
#7. House Finch
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 30%
- Average group size: 4.3
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 54%
--- #2. Alberta: 47%
--- #3. Ontario: 40%
--- #4. Manitoba: 30%
--- #4. Quebec: 30%
#8. Dark-eyed Junco
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 28%
- Average group size: 2.46
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 100%
--- #2. British Columbia: 86%
--- #3. Ontario: 84%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 81%
--- #5. Quebec: 72%
#9. Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 25%
- Average group size: 1.21
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 75%
--- #2. Alberta: 61%
--- #3. Ontario: 51%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 50%
--- #5. British Columbia: 49%
#10. Pileated Woodpecker
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 25%
- Average group size: 1.17
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 25%
--- #2. Alberta: 9%
--- #3. British Columbia: 8%
--- #3. Quebec: 8%
--- #5. Ontario: 7%
#11. Pine Grosbeak
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 21%
- Average group size: 4.03
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 25%
--- #2. Manitoba: 21%
--- #3. Alberta: 19%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 8%
--- #5. Quebec: 6%
#12. Black-billed Magpie
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 18%
- Average group size: 1.47
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alberta: 67%
--- #2. Saskatchewan: 36%
--- #3. Manitoba: 18%
--- #4. British Columbia: 6%
#13. American Crow
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 11%
- Average group size: 1.38
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Prince Edward Island: 94%
--- #2. Newfoundland and Labrador: 58%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 58%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 54%
--- #5. British Columbia: 32%
#14. Evening Grosbeak
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 9%
- Average group size: 10.93
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Newfoundland and Labrador: 50%
--- #1. New Brunswick: 50%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 39%
--- #4. Quebec: 21%
--- #5. Saskatchewan: 18%
#15. Common Raven
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 7%
- Average group size: 1.52
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 14%
--- #2. Prince Edward Island: 13%
--- #3. British Columbia: 7%
--- #3. Nova Scotia: 7%
--- #3. Manitoba: 7%
#16. Redpoll
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 5%
- Average group size: 1.93
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 25%
--- #2. Alberta: 17%
--- #3. Manitoba: 5%
--- #4. British Columbia: 3%
--- #5. Quebec: 2%
#17. Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 5%
- Average group size: 1.0
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Ontario: 32%
--- #2. New Brunswick: 25%
--- #3. Prince Edward Island: 13%
--- #4. Nova Scotia: 9%
--- #5. Manitoba: 5%
#17. White-throated Sparrow (tie)
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 5%
- Average group size: 1.0
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Brunswick: 25%
--- #2. Nova Scotia: 21%
--- #2. Quebec: 21%
--- #4. Ontario: 13%
--- #5. Manitoba: 5%
#19. Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 4%
- Average group size: 3.59
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. British Columbia: 11%
--- #2. Saskatchewan: 7%
--- #3. Manitoba: 4%
--- #3. Alberta: 4%
#20. Canada Jay
- Sites visited Dec. 6 to Dec. 19: 4%
- Average group size: 2.25
- Provinces with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Manitoba: 4%
--- #1. Alberta: 4%
--- #1. Saskatchewan: 4%
--- #4. New Brunswick: 3%
--- #5. British Columbia: 2%
