Table 3. Top ten most frequently colliding bird species.
All seasons | Spring (15 Mar-31 May) | ||
Species | Count | Species | Count |
White-throated Sparrow | 141 | Ovenbird | 37 |
Nashville Warbler | 108 | White-throated Sparrow | 34 |
Ovenbird | 98 | Tennessee Warbler | 15 |
Common Yellowthroat | 74 | Unknown birda | 13 |
Tennessee Warbler | 68 | American Woodcock | 8 |
Dark-eyed Junco | 33 | Black-billed Cuckoo | 7 |
Unknown birda | 32 | Northern Waterthrush | 7 |
Black-and-white Warbler | 29 | Dark-eyed Junco | 7 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 26 | Black-and-white Warbler | 6 |
Northern Waterthrush | 22 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 5 |
Summer (1–30 Jun) | Fall (15 Aug-31 Oct) | ||
Species | Count | Species | Count |
House Sparrow | 6 | White-throated Sparrow | 107 |
Black-billed Cuckoo | 5 | Nashville Warbler | 104 |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 4 | Common Yellowthroat | 66 |
House Finch | 4 | Ovenbird | 61 |
Common Yellowthroat | 3 | Tennessee Warbler | 53 |
Unknown birda | 2 | Dark-eyed Junco | 26 |
Chipping Sparrow | 1 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 23 |
Virginia Rail | 1 | Black-and-white Warbler | 23 |
Mourning Warbler | 1 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 19 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 1 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 18 |
Top ten most frequently colliding bird species (includes fatal and non-fatal collisions) across all collision surveys at all 21 monitored buildings, including U.S. Bank Stadium, in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2017–2018. The “All seasons” count excludes mid-summer and winter periods when no collision monitoring occurred (see S2 and S3 Tables for counts of all species observed as collision casualties, including overall and by season, respectively).
aBirds that could not be identified to any taxonomic level, typically due to dismemberment and/or severe decomposition, distant viewing, and/or poor quality documentation photos.