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BBS Route · Iowa · BCR 11

Panther Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 97 species recorded across 51 survey years, still active.

97Species Recorded
51Years Surveyed
1967–2024Span
8Observers

Bird Species Found on Iowa Panther

Top 40 of 97 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Panther route.
History
American RobinTurdidae3142024+575%1970
European StarlingSturnidae1322024-58%1970
House SparrowPasseridae902024-70%1970
Common GrackleIcteridae722024+1%1970
DickcisselCardinalidae702024-56%1970
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae652024-28%1970
Mourning DoveColumbidae522024+44%1970
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae382024-51%1970
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae332024+21%1970
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae262024+814%1970
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae262024+93%1979
KilldeerCharadriidae222024+678%1970
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae222024+36%1970
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae162024-73%1970
Barn SwallowHirundinidae162024+5%1970
American CrowCorvidae152024-76%1970
Northern CardinalCardinalidae152024+76%1970
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae122024+21%1970
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae122024+322%1973
Common YellowthroatParulidae122024-78%1970
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae112024-31%1970
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae112024+30%1970
Wood DuckAnatidae112023+180%2008
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae112024+270%2011
Rose-breasted GrosbeakCardinalidae102024+67%1970
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae82024+275%1977
American GoldfinchFringillidae82024-80%1970
Gray CatbirdMimidae82024+29%1970
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae72024-96%1970
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae72024-14%1970
Canada GooseAnatidae62024-79%1996
Upland SandpiperScolopacidae62024+113%1988
Blue JayCorvidae52024-4%1970
Brown ThrasherMimidae52024+33%1970
Orchard OrioleIcteridae42024+120%2010
Song SparrowPasserellidae42024-58%1970
Warbling VireoVireonidae42024+129%1970
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae42024+280%1984
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae41994+300%1971
Black TernLaridae42007n/an/a

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