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Table 1 Species recorded at bird-feeders in urban and rural habitats (all 80 sites were pooled)

From: Food preferences by birds using bird-feeders in winter: a large-scale experiment

No.

Species

Urban area

Rural area

No. of observations

%

No. of observations

%

1

Parus major

358

71.5

305

74.9

2

Chloris chloris

76

15.2

0

0.0

3

Cyanistes caeruleus

29

5.8

38

9.3

4

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

16

3.2

2

0.5

5

Pica pica

5

1.0

2

0.5

6

Corvus monedula

4

0.8

0

0.0

7

Passer montanus

3

0.6

18

4.4

8

Garrulus glandarius

2

0.4

7

1.7

9

Sitta europea

2

0.4

11

2.7

10

Streptopelia decaocto

2

0.4

1

0.2

11

Turdus merula

1

0.2

1

0.2

12

Passer domesticus

1

0.2

5

1.2

13

Carduelis spinus

1

0.2

17

4.2

14

Poecille palustris

1

0.2

0

0.0

 

Totals

501

100.0

407

100.0