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BBS Route · Illinois · BCR 24

Pulaski Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 110 species recorded across 53 survey years, still active.

110Species Recorded
53Years Surveyed
1970–2024Span
2Observers

Bird Species Found on Illinois Pulaski

Top 40 of 110 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Pulaski route.
History
American CrowCorvidae742024-11%1972
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae672024+53%1972
Northern CardinalCardinalidae622024+4%1972
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae412024-65%1972
Mourning DoveColumbidae372024-55%1972
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae352024+32%1972
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae312024+54%1972
Tufted TitmouseParidae312024+233%1972
Common YellowthroatParulidae242024+0%1972
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae212024-4%1972
American GoldfinchFringillidae192024+273%1972
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae192024-45%1972
Barn SwallowHirundinidae172024-56%1972
White-eyed VireoVireonidae172024+163%1972
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae172024+267%2006
DickcisselCardinalidae162024+45%1972
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae152024+2%1972
Field SparrowPasserellidae152024-54%1972
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae152024+825%1973
Northern ParulaParulidae142024+975%1985
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae122024+125%1972
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae122024+900%1972
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae112024+0%1972
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae102024+60%1972
Carolina ChickadeeParidae102024+63%1973
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae102024+480%1978
Prothonotary WarblerParulidae92024+550%1975
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae92024+82%1973
Summer TanagerCardinalidae82024+250%1973
Ruby-throated HummingbirdTrochilidae72024+182%1972
European StarlingSturnidae72024-71%1972
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae72024-54%1972
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae72024+71%1973
Song SparrowPasserellidae72024+350%1973
Rock PigeonColumbidae62015-65%1972
Chimney SwiftApodidae62024-76%1972
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae62024+967%1975
Kentucky WarblerParulidae62024+129%1972
Horned LarkAlaudidae52023+36%1972
Little Blue HeronArdeidae42011-30%1972

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