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BBS Route · Illinois · BCR 22

Humphrey Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 90 species recorded across 51 survey years, still active.

90Species Recorded
51Years Surveyed
1972–2024Span
5Observers

Bird Species Found on Illinois Humphrey

Top 40 of 90 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Humphrey route.
History
American RobinTurdidae912024+142%1974
European StarlingSturnidae822024-37%1974
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae722024+10%1974
Mourning DoveColumbidae392024+65%1974
DickcisselCardinalidae382024+11%1974
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae352024+120%1974
Barn SwallowHirundinidae342024+134%1974
Northern CardinalCardinalidae312024+144%1974
House SparrowPasseridae312024-88%1974
Common GrackleIcteridae292024-48%1974
American CrowCorvidae192024+328%1974
Song SparrowPasserellidae172024-46%1974
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae162024+433%1984
Rock PigeonColumbidae152024+425%1974
KilldeerCharadriidae142024+771%1977
Common YellowthroatParulidae132024+21%1974
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae132024+225%1974
American GoldfinchFringillidae112024-25%1974
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae82024+64%1974
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae82022n/an/a
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae72024+340%1974
Horned LarkAlaudidae72024-79%1974
Blue JayCorvidae72024+0%1974
House FinchFringillidae72024+75%1994
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae62022-69%1974
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae62024-74%1974
Gray CatbirdMimidae62024+44%1974
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae62024+271%1979
Tree SwallowHirundinidae62024-28%2007
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae62024+133%2014
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae52023-91%1974
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae52024-39%1974
Warbling VireoVireonidae52024+300%1975
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae52024+25%1974
Tufted TitmouseParidae52024+70%1974
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae42024+125%1983
Canada GooseAnatidae42022-10%2000
Turkey VultureCathartidae42024+325%2005
Chimney SwiftApodidae32024-72%1974
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae32023-27%1992

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