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BBS Route · Illinois · BCR 22

Minonk Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 87 species recorded across 50 survey years, still active.

87Species Recorded
50Years Surveyed
1971–2024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Illinois Minonk

Top 40 of 87 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Minonk route.
History
Common GrackleIcteridae622024-74%1973
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae602024-45%1973
KilldeerCharadriidae45202417×1977
American RobinTurdidae432024+46%1973
House SparrowPasseridae272024-92%1973
European StarlingSturnidae262024-68%1973
Barn SwallowHirundinidae192024+119%1973
Mourning DoveColumbidae182024+93%1973
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae172024+513%1973
DickcisselCardinalidae162024-47%1973
MallardAnatidae122024+229%1983
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae112024-16%1978
Horned LarkAlaudidae82024-94%1973
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae72024+467%1980
Northern CardinalCardinalidae62024+79%1973
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae52024-95%1973
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae52024-50%1979
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae52024-25%2014
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae42024-83%1973
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae42024-40%1973
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae42024+14%1973
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae42023+133%1989
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae42024+27%1999
American KestrelFalconidae32017+167%1995
Tree SwallowHirundinidae32024+9%2004
Great Blue HeronArdeidae32024+20%1998
House FinchFringillidae32023+0%1995
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae22004-79%1973
Rock PigeonColumbidae22024-67%1976
Blue JayCorvidae22024-80%1973
American CrowCorvidae22024-87%1973
American GoldfinchFringillidae22024-53%1976
Field SparrowPasserellidae22023-81%1973
Song SparrowPasserellidae22024-83%1973
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae22023+0%1981
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae22018+0%1978
Warbling VireoVireonidae22023+25%1982
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae22024+67%1992
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae22021+33%1989
Belted KingfisherAlcedinidae22012+0%1987

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