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BBS Route · Illinois · BCR 22

Itasca Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 83 species recorded across 45 survey years, still active.

83Species Recorded
45Years Surveyed
1966–2024Span
9Observers

Bird Species Found on Illinois Itasca

Top 40 of 83 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Itasca route.
History
House SparrowPasseridae3292024+5%1971
Rock PigeonColumbidae1162024+335%1971
American RobinTurdidae1082024+35%1971
European StarlingSturnidae822024-34%1971
Chimney SwiftApodidae642024+678%1971
Ring-billed GullLaridae522024+704%1990
Common GrackleIcteridae422024-71%1971
Northern CardinalCardinalidae302024+300%1971
Mourning DoveColumbidae262024+300%1971
House FinchFringillidae242024+167%1990
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae202024+226%1971
American GoldfinchFringillidae172024+880%1977
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae172024+714%1979
MallardAnatidae162024-63%1976
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae142024+567%1973
Blue-winged TealAnatidae101973n/an/a
Barn SwallowHirundinidae72024+58%1977
Canada GooseAnatidae52024+169%1989
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae42024+0%1973
American CrowCorvidae42024-48%1971
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae42024-28%1973
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae42024+200%1974
KilldeerCharadriidae42024+0%1976
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae42024+60%1979
Gray CatbirdMimidae32023+125%1974
Herring GullLaridae32022+600%1990
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae32022+200%2004
Blue JayCorvidae22024-69%1971
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae22024-8%1971
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae22022+25%1976
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae21988-25%1973
American KestrelFalconidae22019+0%1980
BobolinkIcteridae21987n/an/a
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae12022+0%1976
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae12013+0%1966
Song SparrowPasserellidae12024-64%1971
DickcisselCardinalidae11999-50%1966
Purple MartinHirundinidae12012-65%1973
Yellow WarblerParulidae12019-56%1992
Common YellowthroatParulidae12000-50%1973

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