BirdAnalyst
BBS Route · Illinois · BCR 22

Wayne Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 114 species recorded across 56 survey years, still active.

114Species Recorded
56Years Surveyed
1966–2024Span
11Observers

Bird Species Found on Illinois Wayne

Top 40 of 114 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Wayne route.
History
European StarlingSturnidae3452024+103%1968
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae2092024+105%1968
American RobinTurdidae1492024+395%1968
House SparrowPasseridae1372024+26%1968
American GoldfinchFringillidae55202418×1968
Northern CardinalCardinalidae442024+595%1968
House FinchFringillidae412024+297%1992
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae342024+500%1977
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae312024+186%1985
Song SparrowPasserellidae282024-14%1968
Canada GooseAnatidae272023+100%1984
Blue JayCorvidae262024+75%1968
Bank SwallowHirundinidae262024+210%1985
Mourning DoveColumbidae252024+197%1968
Common GrackleIcteridae242024-89%1968
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae23202411×1972
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae192024+483%1968
Common YellowthroatParulidae192024+260%1968
Barn SwallowHirundinidae152024+117%1968
MallardAnatidae14202413×1970
Gray CatbirdMimidae122024+175%1968
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae122024+90%1968
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae112023+475%2006
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae92024+500%1969
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae9202411×1992
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae82024+0%1968
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae72024+59%1974
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae72024+300%1988
Tree SwallowHirundinidae72024+450%1991
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae62024+23%1968
American CrowCorvidae62023-90%1968
Warbling VireoVireonidae62024+267%1970
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae62024+117%1988
Rock PigeonColumbidae52024-85%1968
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae52024+233%1985
KilldeerCharadriidae42024-17%1968
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae42024+10%1968
Chimney SwiftApodidae42024+33%1969
Willow FlycatcherTyrannidae42024+117%1969
Great Blue HeronArdeidae42024+150%1979

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