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. 2019 Nov 6;14(11):e0224164. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224164

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.