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BBS Route · Illinois · BCR 22

Kell Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 93 species recorded across 16 survey years, still active.

93Species Recorded
16Years Surveyed
2001–2024Span
2Observers

Bird Species Found on Illinois Kell

Top 40 of 93 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Kell route.
History
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae1402024-54%2003
Mourning DoveColumbidae522024+42%2003
DickcisselCardinalidae502024-50%2003
Northern CardinalCardinalidae482024-15%2003
American CrowCorvidae472024+28%2003
House SparrowPasseridae372024-30%2003
Song SparrowPasserellidae322024-6%2003
Canada GooseAnatidae312009-17%2004
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae302024-56%2003
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae292024-55%2003
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae292024-66%2003
Common YellowthroatParulidae252024+5%2003
Tufted TitmouseParidae252024-35%2003
European StarlingSturnidae192024-55%2003
American RobinTurdidae192024-67%2003
Field SparrowPasserellidae182024+4%2003
Barn SwallowHirundinidae182024+51%2003
Horned LarkAlaudidae162024-45%2003
KilldeerCharadriidae152024-31%2003
Northern MockingbirdMimidae152024-3%2003
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae152024+177%2003
Turkey VultureCathartidae142024+119%2003
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae142024-18%2003
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae142024+258%2003
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae132024+116%2003
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae122024+33%2003
Brown ThrasherMimidae82024-47%2003
Eastern TowheePasserellidae72024+177%2003
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae72024-15%2003
Gray CatbirdMimidae52024+171%2003
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae52024+0%2003
Purple MartinHirundinidae52024+70%2008
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae42024-61%2003
Chimney SwiftApodidae42024-50%2003
Blue JayCorvidae42024-41%2003
American GoldfinchFringillidae42024-53%2003
Rose-breasted GrosbeakCardinalidae42024-20%2004
Bell's VireoVireonidae42024+233%2007
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae42024+108%2003
Carolina ChickadeeParidae42024-30%2003

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