Top birds of the United States (Trending topics)

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Rank	Topic	Wikipedia views
1	Bald Eagle	4,544
2	Purple Swamphen	3,067
3	Golden Eagle	2,951
4	Goose	2,492
5	Sandhill Crane	1,872
6	Mallard	1,825
7	Blue Jay	1,750
8	Grouse	1,507
9	Passenger Pigeon	1,426
10	Great Grey Owl	1,347
11	Great Blue Heron	1,327
12	American Robin	1,271
13	Mourning Dove	902
14	Spotted Owl	892
15	Rock Ptarmigan	722
16	Greater Roadrunner	722
17	Whooping Crane	629
18	Great Egret	621
19	Ivory-billed Woodpecker	620
20	Northern Cardinal	603
21	Ruffed Grouse	592
22	Whip-poor-will	583
23	Steller's Jay	559
24	Wood Duck	557
25	Monk Parakeet	492
26	Northern Flicker	485
27	Black-capped Chickadee	481
28	Conure	457
29	Black Vulture	421
30	Pileated Woodpecker	404
31	Greater Prairie Chicken	392
32	Northern Bobwhite	386
33	Common Myna	384
34	Great Northern Loon	359
35	Northern Hawk Owl	333
36	California Quail	323
37	Carolina Parakeet	294
38	Common Grackle	292
39	Black-billed Magpie	289
40	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	287
41	Red-shouldered Hawk	247
42	Eastern Bluebird	246
43	Gray Jay	244
44	American Purple Gallinule	244
45	Ferruginous Hawk	243
46	Tufted Titmouse	229
47	Killdeer	227
48	Purple Martin	222
49	Gray Catbird	218
50	Black-crowned Night Heron	215
51	Western Scrub Jay	214
52	Snowy Egret	206
53	Rough-legged Buzzard	205
54	Red-headed Woodpecker	196
55	Cedar Waxwing	191
56	Roseate Spoonbill	185
57	Brown Thrasher	184
58	Swallow-tailed Kite	182
59	Tundra Swan	179
60	Sage Grouse	178
61	Baltimore Oriole	177
62	American White Ibis	176
63	Green Heron	171
64	Downy Woodpecker	169
65	Winter Wren	162
66	Willow Grouse	160
67	Brown-headed Cowbird	155
68	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	151
69	Brant Goose	148
70	Gadwall	146
71	Song Sparrow	144
72	Glossy Ibis	143
73	Anna's Hummingbird	137
74	Wood Stork	136
75	Ruddy Duck	132
76	White-breasted Nuthatch	131
77	Prairie Falcon	131
78	Acorn Woodpecker	130
79	Yellow Warbler	129
80	American Bittern	128
81	Indigo Bunting	128
82	White-winged Dove	128
83	Sand Martin	126
84	Common Nighthawk	125
85	Carolina Wren	123
86	Cactus Wren	123
87	Little Blue Heron	122
88	Spotted Dove	122
89	Blue-winged Teal	121
90	Rose-breasted Grosbeak	121
91	Scarlet Tanager	121
92	Fish Crow	120
93	White-tailed Kite	116
94	Northern Shoveler	112
95	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	110
96	Pied-billed Grebe	109
97	Bohemian Waxwing	107
98	Black-winged Stilt	107
99	Loggerhead Shrike	106
100	Clark's Nutcracker	106
101	Hermit Thrush	106
102	Great Grey Shrike	104
103	American Herring Gull	104
104	Mississippi Kite	100
105	Green Violetear	98
106	Yellow-billed Magpie	96
107	Tree Swallow	95
108	Bermuda Petrel	95
109	Black Phoebe	94
110	Snow Bunting	92
111	California Gull	91
112	Great-tailed Grackle	87
113	Band-tailed Pigeon	87
114	Common Poorwill	86
115	Andean Flamingo	85
116	Common Ground Dove	85
117	Kentish Plover	84
118	Red-breasted Nuthatch	83
119	White-tailed Hawk	83
120	Rufous Hummingbird	82
121	Black-chinned Hummingbird	81
122	Brambling	81
123	Clapper Rail	81
124	Mountain Quail	81
125	Short-tailed Hawk	80
126	Western Grebe	78
127	American Golden Plover	77
128	Least Bittern	77
129	Cinnamon Teal	76
130	Yellow Wagtail	76
131	Kirtland's Warbler	76
132	Yellow-crowned Night Heron	74
133	Willet	74
134	White-crowned Sparrow	74
135	Tricolored Heron	74
136	White-tailed Ptarmigan	74
137	Lesser Goldfinch	74
138	Dickcissel	73
139	Lark Bunting	71
140	Northwestern Crow	70
141	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	70
142	Black-necked Grebe	69
143	Western Tanager	69
144	Pyrrhuloxia	69
145	Vaux's Swift	69
146	Bachman's Warbler	67
147	Spotted Towhee	67
148	Carolina Chickadee	66
149	Greater Yellowlegs	65
150	Yellow-rumped Warbler	65
151	Mottled Duck	63
152	Lewis's Woodpecker	62
153	Marbled Godwit	61
154	Black-headed Grosbeak	61
155	Nanday Parakeet	61
156	Lapland Longspur	60
157	Montezuma Quail	60
158	Wood Thrush	59
159	Chestnut-sided Warbler	59
160	Pine Siskin	57
161	Rock Wren	57
162	Pine Grosbeak	56
163	Black-necked Stilt	56
164	Neotropic Cormorant	56
165	American Avocet	55
166	King Rail	55
167	Allen's Hummingbird	54
168	Yellow-headed Blackbird	53
169	Varied Thrush	53
170	Bell's Vireo	53
171	American Three-toed Woodpecker	53
172	Clark's Grebe	52
173	White-throated Sparrow	52
174	Franklin's Gull	52
175	Savannah Sparrow	52
176	Flammulated Owl	52
177	Attwater's Prairie Chicken	52
178	Great Crested Flycatcher	51
179	Yellow-breasted Chat	51
180	White-tipped Dove	51
181	Xantus's Murrelet	51
182	Rusty Blackbird	50
183	Acadian Flycatcher	50
184	Chuck-will's-widow	50
185	California Clapper Rail	50
186	Green Jay	49
187	Virginia Rail	49
188	Black-backed Woodpecker	49
189	Ovenbird	49
190	Spotted Sandpiper	47
191	Short-billed Dowitcher	47
192	Black Rail	47
193	Pacific Loon	46
194	Upland Sandpiper	46
195	Black-and-white Warbler	46
196	Calliope Hummingbird	46
197	Groove-billed Ani	46
198	Curve-billed Thrasher	46
199	Tricolored Blackbird	46
200	White-faced Ibis	45
201	Fox Sparrow	45
202	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	45
203	Red-eyed Vireo	45
204	Gray Kingbird	45
205	Inca Dove	45
206	American Dipper	44
207	Semipalmated Plover	44
208	Blue-headed Vireo	44
209	Clay-colored Sparrow	43
210	Vermilion Flycatcher	43
211	Red-breasted Sapsucker	42
212	California Gnatcatcher	42
213	Solitary Sandpiper	41
214	Summer Tanager	41
215	Willow Flycatcher	41
216	Black-throated Green Warbler	41
217	Mexican Jay	41
218	Hooded Warbler	40
219	Lawrence's Goldfinch	40
220	Golden-winged Warbler	39
221	Grasshopper Sparrow	39
222	American Oystercatcher	39
223	Oak Titmouse	38
224	Phainopepla	37
225	White-eyed Vireo	37
226	Lesser Prairie Chicken	37
227	Tamaulipas Crow	36
228	Palm Warbler	36
229	Lesser Nighthawk	36
230	Peale's Falcon	36
231	Gray-crowned Rosy Finch	35
232	Blue Grosbeak	35
233	American Black Swift	35
234	Lesser Yellowlegs	34
235	Wrentit	34
236	Rufous-crowned Sparrow	34
237	Red-naped Sapsucker	33
238	Orchard Oriole	33
239	Black-throated Blue Warbler	33
240	Chestnut-collared Longspur	33
241	Mountain Plover	33
242	Chestnut-backed Chickadee	33
243	Least Flycatcher	32
244	Northern Waterthrush	32
245	Pine Warbler	32
246	Green Kingfisher	32
247	Brown-headed Nuthatch	32
248	Cassin's Finch	31
249	Blue-winged Warbler	31
250	Western Wood Pewee	30
251	Golden-cheeked Warbler	30
252	Lark Sparrow	29
253	California Towhee	29
254	Antillean Nighthawk	29
255	White-throated Swift	29
256	Nelson's Sparrow	29
257	Brown Jay	28
258	Yellow-throated Warbler	28
259	McCown's Longspur	28
260	Juniper Titmouse	28
261	California Least Tern	28
262	Green-tailed Towhee	27
263	Lincoln's Sparrow	26
264	Boreal Chickadee	26
265	Northern Jacana	26
266	Brewer's Sparrow	26
267	Bicknell's Thrush	25
268	Sprague's Pipit	25
269	Blackburnian Warbler	24
270	American Dusky Flycatcher	24
271	Surfbird	24
272	Bronzed Cowbird	24
273	Harris's Sparrow	24
274	Blackpoll Warbler	23
275	Field Sparrow	23
276	Grace's Warbler	23
277	Cave Swallow	23
278	White-eared Hummingbird	23
279	Magnificent Hummingbird	23
280	Plumbeous Vireo	23
281	Townsend's Solitaire	23
282	Cassin's Sparrow	23
283	Philadelphia Vireo	22
284	Bristle-thighed Curlew	22
285	White-headed Woodpecker	22
286	Newell's Shearwater	22
287	Olive Warbler	21
288	Warbling Vireo	21
289	Prairie Warbler	21
290	Yellow Rail	21
291	Wilson's Plover	21
292	Pauraque	21
293	Green-breasted Mango	21
294	Black-whiskered Vireo	21
295	Red-billed Pigeon	21
296	Black-crested Titmouse	21
297	Black Turnstone	20
298	Connecticut Warbler	20
299	Townsend's Warbler	20
300	Pygmy Nuthatch	20
301	Hammond's Flycatcher	20
302	Cordilleran Flycatcher	20
303	Crimson-collared Grosbeak	20
304	Bendire's Thrasher	19
305	California Thrasher	19
306	American Gray Flycatcher	19
307	Hutton's Vireo	18
308	Crissal Thrasher	18
309	Flame-colored Tanager	18
310	Nuttall's Woodpecker	17
311	Gilded Flicker	17
312	Golden-crowned Sparrow	17
313	Myrtle Warbler	16
314	Smith's Longspur	16
315	Colima Warbler	16
316	Black-capped Vireo	16
317	Le Conte's Thrasher	16
318	Baird's Sparrow	15
319	Golden-fronted Woodpecker	15
320	Bahama Woodstar	15
321	Streak-backed Oriole	14
322	Black-chinned Sparrow	14
323	Pink-footed Shearwater	13
324	Pacific-slope Flycatcher	13
325	Blue Bunting	13
326	Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow	13
327	Canyon Towhee	12
328	Bay-breasted Warbler	12
329	Black Storm-petrel	12
330	Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	12
331	Birds of Vermont Museum	12
332	Arizona Woodpecker	11
333	Greater Pewee	10
334	Altamira Oriole	9
335	Lucy's Warbler	9
336	Gray Vireo	9
337	Lucifer Hummingbird	9
338	Spot-breasted Oriole	9
339	Hermit Warbler	8
340	Couch's Kingbird	8
341	Long-billed Thrasher	8
342	Painted Redstart	7
343	Least Storm-petrel	7
344	Thick-billed Kingbird	6
345	Newfoundland Crossbill	less than 5 views
346	Birds of the United States	less than 5 views