Most Commonly Seen Birds in Utah

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Most commonly seen birds in Utah

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Utah 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 29 count sites in Utah. 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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#33. Great Horned Owl (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. South Dakota: 5%
--- #2. Oklahoma: 3%
--- #2. Utah: 3%
--- #4. Idaho: 2%
--- #5. California: 1%

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#33. Cooper's Hawk (tie)

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 1.0
- 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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#33. American Kestrel

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Utah: 3%
--- #2. Texas: 2%
--- #2. West Virginia: 2%
--- #4. Arizona: 1%
--- #4. Oregon: 1%

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#32. Common Raven

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 1.6
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Alaska: 31%
--- #2. New Mexico: 18%
--- #3. Nevada: 16%
--- #4. Arizona: 15%
--- #5. California: 8%

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#31. Rock Pigeon

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 2.03
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 32%
--- #2. Arizona: 18%
--- #3. New Mexico: 16%
--- #4. South Dakota: 14%
--- #5. Colorado: 6%

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#30. American Crow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 2.54
- 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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#29. Gambel's Quail

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 6.61
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Arizona: 54%
--- #2. New Mexico: 9%
--- #3. Nevada: 5%
--- #4. Utah: 3%
--- #5. Colorado: 1%

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#28. Pinyon Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 3%
- Average group size: 42.76
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 7%
--- #2. Nevada: 5%
--- #3. Utah: 3%
--- #4. Montana: 2%
--- #4. Idaho: 2%

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#27. Sharp-shinned Hawk

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Idaho: 12%
--- #2. Nevada: 11%
--- #3. Rhode Island: 10%
--- #4. Oklahoma: 7%
--- #4. New Mexico: 7%

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#26. Townsend's Solitaire

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 1.19
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 19%
--- #2. Nevada: 11%
--- #2. Colorado: 11%
--- #2. Wyoming: 11%
--- #5. Utah: 7%

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#25. Pine Siskin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 4.75
- 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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#24. Mallard

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
- Average group size: 5.81
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Mississippi: 8%
--- #2. Utah: 7%
--- #2. Rhode Island: 7%
--- #4. South Dakota: 5%
--- #4. Louisiana: 5%

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#23. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 10%
- Average group size: 1.0
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Georgia: 27%
--- #2. Louisiana: 25%
--- #3. South Carolina: 23%
--- #4. Texas: 20%
--- #4. Washington, D.C.: 20%

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#22. Juniper Titmouse

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 10%
- Average group size: 1.07
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. New Mexico: 39%
--- #2. Utah: 10%
--- #3. Arizona: 5%
--- #4. Idaho: 2%

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#21. Yellow-rumped Warbler

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 14%
- Average group size: 1.42
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Louisiana: 70%
--- #2. South Carolina: 68%
--- #3. Florida: 66%
--- #3. Georgia: 66%
--- #5. North Carolina: 58%

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#20. Steller's Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 14%
- Average group size: 2.49
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Oregon: 44%
--- #1. Washington: 44%
--- #3. Nevada: 21%
--- #4. Colorado: 18%
--- #5. California: 17%

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#19. California Quail

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
- Average group size: 7.52
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 21%
--- #2. Idaho: 19%
--- #3. Utah: 17%
--- #4. California: 11%
--- #5. Oregon: 9%

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#18. White-crowned Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 21%
- Average group size: 2.58
- 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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#17. Red-winged Blackbird

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 21%
- Average group size: 6.57
- 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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#16. Song Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 24%
- Average group size: 1.25
- 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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#15. American Goldfinch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 31%
- Average group size: 4.85
- 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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#14. Black-billed Magpie

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 34%
- Average group size: 2.44
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Montana: 63%
--- #2. Alaska: 48%
--- #3. Colorado: 41%
--- #4. Wyoming: 39%
--- #5. Utah: 34%

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#13. Mourning Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 38%
- Average group size: 3.43
- 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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#12. Downy Woodpecker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 41%
- Average group size: 1.26
- 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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#11. American Robin

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 45%
- Average group size: 2.2
- 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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#10. Lesser Goldfinch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 45%
- Average group size: 4.21
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Nevada: 68%
--- #2. California: 66%
--- #3. Arizona: 57%
--- #4. Oregon: 55%
--- #5. Utah: 45%

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#9. Spotted Towhee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 48%
- Average group size: 1.75
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Washington: 71%
--- #2. Oregon: 60%
--- #3. Nevada: 53%
--- #4. New Mexico: 52%
--- #5. Utah: 48%

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#8. European Starling

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 55%
- Average group size: 5.41
- 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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#7. Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 59%
- Average group size: 2.58
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Utah: 59%
--- #2. New Mexico: 58%
--- #3. Arizona: 18%
--- #4. Colorado: 13%
--- #5. Texas: 2%

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#6. Eurasian Collared-Dove

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 69%
- Average group size: 3.47
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Utah: 69%
--- #2. South Dakota: 67%
--- #3. Wyoming: 61%
--- #4. Idaho: 48%
--- #4. Colorado: 48%

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#5. House Sparrow

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 72%
- Average group size: 7.21
- 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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#4. Black-capped Chickadee

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 76%
- Average group size: 2.07
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Maine: 97%
--- #2. Minnesota: 96%
--- #3. Vermont: 94%
--- #4. Rhode Island: 93%
--- #5. New Hampshire: 92%

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#3. Northern Flicker

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 79%
- Average group size: 1.3
- 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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#2. Dark-eyed Junco

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 86%
- Average group size: 4.43
- 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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#1. House Finch

- Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 97%
- Average group size: 7.41
- States with the highest percent of sites visited
--- #1. Utah: 97%
--- #2. Arizona: 94%
--- #3. New Mexico: 90%
--- #4. Ohio: 87%
--- #5. Colorado: 86%