Guild · Kansas · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024

Game Birds In Kansas

5 species in this guild. As a group they are -41% since 1969.

Guild Signals

guild collapsecomputed index

Game birds as a group have declined in Kansas, down 41% since 1969.

Forecast

If the recent trend holds, Game birds in Kansas is projected to fall about 43% by 2029 — from 15 in 2024 to a central estimate of 8.5 (95% range 1.9–15). A 5-year backtest shows a typical error of ±25.9%, with 100% of held-out values landing inside the 95% band.

-43%Change by 2029

8.5Projected 2029 index

1.9–1595% range

±25.9%Backtest error

Projection of the recent trend (dashed) with 80/95% bands — a projection, not a prediction. Habitat, climate, and land use are not modeled.

Year	Projected index	95% low	95% high
2025	9.3	2.6	16
2026	9.1	2.5	16
2027	8.9	2.3	16
2028	8.7	2.1	15
2029	8.5	1.9	15

Member Species In Kansas

Game birds species in Kansas.

Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianidae	-40%
Northern Bobwhite	Odontophoridae	-25%
Greater Prairie-Chicken	Phasianidae	+114%
Lesser Prairie-Chicken	Phasianidae	+203%
Wild Turkey	Phasianidae	26×

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.