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BBS Route · Illinois · BCR 24

Bremen Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 116 species recorded across 54 survey years, still active.

116Species Recorded
54Years Surveyed
1969–2024Span
9Observers

Bird Species Found on Illinois Bremen

Top 40 of 116 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Bremen route.
History
Mourning DoveColumbidae712024-1%1971
Northern CardinalCardinalidae702024+59%1971
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae592024+101%1971
American CrowCorvidae512024+41%1971
Tufted TitmouseParidae432024+237%1971
Barn SwallowHirundinidae392024+36%1971
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae342024-4%1971
Common YellowthroatParulidae282024+235%1971
Field SparrowPasserellidae252024-7%1971
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae25202416×1971
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae232024+293%1971
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae232024-32%1971
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae212024+52%1971
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae202024+567%1971
House SparrowPasseridae202024-85%1971
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae192024-56%1971
Purple MartinHirundinidae192024-16%1971
American RobinTurdidae192024+25%1971
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae182024+247%1971
White-eyed VireoVireonidae182024+544%1972
European StarlingSturnidae172024-84%1971
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae172024+467%1972
Northern ParulaParulidae162024+675%1989
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae162024+105%1972
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae152024+182%1972
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae152024+30%1971
DickcisselCardinalidae132024+15%1971
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae132024+25%1971
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae122024+32%1971
Carolina ChickadeeParidae122024+480%1971
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae112024+114%1972
Brown ThrasherMimidae102024+47%1971
Summer TanagerCardinalidae92024+250%1973
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae82024-81%1971
American GoldfinchFringillidae82024+200%1971
Barred OwlStrigidae82024+200%1977
Eastern TowheePasserellidae72024+0%1971
Northern MockingbirdMimidae72024-79%1971
Song SparrowPasserellidae72024+400%1974
Turkey VultureCathartidae7202414×1990

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.