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BBS Route · Illinois · BCR 22

Cameron Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 89 species recorded across 54 survey years, still active.

89Species Recorded
54Years Surveyed
1966–2024Span
5Observers

Bird Species Found on Illinois Cameron

Top 40 of 89 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Cameron route.
History
House SparrowPasseridae1152024-49%1971
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae1092024-28%1971
American RobinTurdidae842024+165%1971
DickcisselCardinalidae372024-33%1971
KilldeerCharadriidae37202416×1975
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae292024+221%1972
Barn SwallowHirundinidae262024+52%1971
Common GrackleIcteridae242024-51%1971
Mourning DoveColumbidae222024+6%1971
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae21202412×1973
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae202024+78%1971
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae202024+172%1971
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasseridae19202417×2009
European StarlingSturnidae172024-83%1971
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae152024-62%1971
Common YellowthroatParulidae142024+54%1971
American GoldfinchFringillidae112024+146%1972
Horned LarkAlaudidae102024-75%1971
Northern CardinalCardinalidae92024-27%1971
House FinchFringillidae92024+333%1994
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae92024+118%2015
Turkey VultureCathartidae82023+500%2000
Chimney SwiftApodidae72024-81%1971
Song SparrowPasserellidae72024-30%1971
Rose-breasted GrosbeakCardinalidae62024+71%1974
Hooded MerganserAnatidae61989n/an/a
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae52024+36%1971
Blue JayCorvidae52024-63%1971
Brown ThrasherMimidae52024-59%1971
Canada GooseAnatidae5202321×2002
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae52024+360%2003
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae42024+8%1987
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae42024+38%1993
Warbling VireoVireonidae42024+50%2010
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae42024n/an/a
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae32024-39%1971
American CrowCorvidae32023-63%1971
Gray CatbirdMimidae32024+160%1973
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae32019+67%1984
Barred OwlStrigidae32024+33%1985

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