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Dailey Bird Survey Route
A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 107 species recorded across 36 survey years, still active.
107Species Recorded
36Years Surveyed
1967–2022Span
9Observers
Bird Species Found on Illinois Dailey
Top 40 of 107 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Robin | Turdidae | 83 | 2022 | +314% | 1969 | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Icteridae | 77 | 2022 | +161% | 1969 | |
| Mourning Dove | Columbidae | 59 | 2022 | -17% | 1969 | |
| Common Grackle | Icteridae | 51 | 2022 | +13% | 1969 | |
| Dickcissel | Cardinalidae | 47 | 2022 | +62% | 1969 | |
| Killdeer | Charadriidae | 38 | 2022 | +829% | 1971 | |
| European Starling | Sturnidae | 31 | 2022 | +123% | 1969 | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundinidae | 29 | 2022 | +13% | 1969 | |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Icteridae | 26 | 2022 | -23% | 1969 | |
| Indigo Bunting | Cardinalidae | 26 | 2022 | +144% | 1969 | |
| Chipping Sparrow | Passerellidae | 18 | 2022 | +583% | 1976 | |
| House Sparrow | Passeridae | 17 | 2022 | -78% | 1969 | |
| Song Sparrow | Passerellidae | 16 | 2022 | +3% | 1969 | |
| Cliff Swallow | Hirundinidae | 16 | 2022 | +313% | 2017 | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Icteridae | 13 | 2022 | +17% | 1969 | |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianidae | 11 | 2022 | -84% | 1969 | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Parulidae | 10 | 2022 | +0% | 1973 | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columbidae | 9 | 2022 | +72% | 1971 | |
| American Crow | Corvidae | 8 | 2022 | -50% | 1969 | |
| Northern House Wren | Troglodytidae | 8 | 2022 | +118% | 1971 | |
| Blue Jay | Corvidae | 7 | 2022 | +7% | 1969 | |
| Gray Catbird | Mimidae | 7 | 2022 | -13% | 1969 | |
| Eastern Bluebird | Turdidae | 7 | 2022 | +200% | 1971 | |
| Horned Lark | Alaudidae | 6 | 2022 | -98% | 1973 | |
| Upland Sandpiper | Scolopacidae | 5 | 1996 | +0% | 1971 | |
| Field Sparrow | Passerellidae | 5 | 2022 | -17% | 1971 | |
| Green Heron | Ardeidae | 5 | 2005 | +133% | 1973 | |
| Vesper Sparrow | Passerellidae | 5 | 2022 | -30% | 1985 | |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycillidae | 5 | 2021 | +0% | 1986 | |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Picidae | 4 | 2022 | -47% | 1969 | |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalidae | 4 | 2022 | +11% | 1971 | |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireonidae | 4 | 2022 | +367% | 1973 | |
| House Finch | Fringillidae | 4 | 2022 | +58% | 1992 | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Cardinalidae | 4 | 2022 | +67% | 2019 | |
| Mallard | Anatidae | 3 | 2002 | +0% | 1991 | |
| American Goldfinch | Fringillidae | 3 | 2022 | -6% | 1971 | |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptilidae | 3 | 2017 | +175% | 1985 | |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannidae | 3 | 2022 | +50% | 1973 | |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Tyrannidae | 3 | 2022 | +75% | 1973 | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sittidae | 3 | 2022 | +14% | 1985 |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.