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BBS Route · Iowa · BCR 11

Burchinal Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 72 species recorded across 16 survey years, still active.

72Species Recorded
16Years Surveyed
1995–2024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Iowa Burchinal

Top 40 of 72 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Burchinal route.
History
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae2022024-35%1998
House SparrowPasseridae642024-51%1998
American RobinTurdidae542024-4%1998
Common GrackleIcteridae432024-22%1998
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae412024-9%1998
Canada GooseAnatidae312012+113%1997
DickcisselCardinalidae282024+58%1998
KilldeerCharadriidae242024+16%1998
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae20202416×2003
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae192024-59%1998
Song SparrowPasserellidae192024-81%1998
European StarlingSturnidae182024-40%1998
Common YellowthroatParulidae182024+11%1998
BobolinkIcteridae142024-74%1998
Mourning DoveColumbidae132024+0%1998
American CrowCorvidae132024-80%1998
Barn SwallowHirundinidae132024-9%1998
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae122024+141%1998
Rock PigeonColumbidae112024-26%1998
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae92024+443%1999
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae92024+72%1998
Blue JayCorvidae82024+220%1998
American GoldfinchFringillidae72024-15%1998
Tree SwallowHirundinidae72024+167%2000
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae62024+100%1999
Savannah SparrowPasserellidae62009-6%1998
House FinchFringillidae62023+500%2012
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae52024+400%2009
Warbling VireoVireonidae42024+167%2003
Brown ThrasherMimidae42024+63%1998
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae42015+300%1997
Gray PartridgePhasianidae32015+40%2002
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae32024-13%1998
Gray CatbirdMimidae32024+200%1999
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae32024+267%2012
MallardAnatidae22024-53%1999
Horned LarkAlaudidae22024-56%1998
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae22024-94%1998
Sedge WrenTroglodytidae22024-67%1998
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae22024+150%2000

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