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BBS Route · Indiana · BCR 24

Cross Plains Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 91 species recorded across 26 survey years, still active.

91Species RecordedSpecies recordedDistinct species detected on standard-protocol BBS runs here across all years on record — a measure of survey breadth, not a complete checklist.Full methodology →
26Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1999–2025Span
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Bird Species Found on Indiana Cross Plains

Top 40 of 91 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Cross Plains route.
Recent countThe raw number of individuals recorded on this route in its most recent survey year. A single-route tally, not a trend.Full methodology →TrendPercent change in the route-weighted abundance index between a smoothed baseline window and the most recent one. It tracks direction, not absolute population.Full methodology →Baseline yearThe first year of the smoothed window the trend is measured from. An earlier baseline means a longer record stands behind the number.Full methodology →History
American CrowCorvidae332025+58%2001
Northern CardinalCardinalidae322025+19%2001
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae312025-29%2001
American RobinTurdidae302025+10%2001
Common GrackleIcteridae282025+3%2001
Song SparrowPasserellidae282025+382%2001
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae232025-11%2001
Common YellowthroatParulidae232025+16%2001
Canada GooseAnatidae22202213×2002
Purple MartinHirundinidae162024+133%2010
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae152025-34%2001
Wood ThrushTurdidae152025+83%2001
Barn SwallowHirundinidae122025+42%2001
Mourning DoveColumbidae112025-6%2001
Tree SwallowHirundinidae112024-46%2002
KilldeerCharadriidae102025-22%2001
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae102025+6%2002
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae102025+47%2001
Blue JayCorvidae92025-10%2001
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae92025+63%2001
Eastern TowheePasserellidae92025+59%2001
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae92025-4%2001
House SparrowPasseridae92025-69%2001
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae82025-18%2001
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae82025-40%2001
Field SparrowPasserellidae82025-47%2001
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae82025-24%2001
Yellow-throated VireoVireonidae82025+100%2001
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae82025+7%2001
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae72025+138%2001
European StarlingSturnidae72025-42%2001
Tufted TitmouseParidae72025+22%2001
White-eyed VireoVireonidae62025+75%2001
Kentucky WarblerParulidae62025+92%2001
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae62025+0%2002
Brown ThrasherMimidae52025+22%2001
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae52025-46%2001
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae42025+17%2001
DickcisselCardinalidae42025-57%2001
Northern MockingbirdMimidae42025-39%2001

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14. A route is a sample, not a census.