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State · BBS 2026 Release · 1966–2025

Missouri Breeding Birds

164 species recorded across 95 survey routes, 1967 to 2025. Browse by family or guild below.

Missouri Bird Population TrendsNotable signalsLong-arc shifts the engine flags automatically — sustained declines or increases large enough to stand out from year-to-year noise.Full methodology →

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Little Blue Heron has collapsed in Missouri: down 99% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Cliff Swallow has surged in Missouri: up 137× on the route-weighted index since 1974.

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Western Meadowlark has collapsed in Missouri: down 98% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Red-shouldered Hawk has surged in Missouri: up 27× on the route-weighted index since 1977.

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Loggerhead Shrike has collapsed in Missouri: down 92% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

House Finch has surged in Missouri: up 18× on the route-weighted index since 1992.

How Bird Guilds Are Faring in MissouriGuild trendA mean-index aggregate across the species in this group — the structural direction of the guild, with individual-species noise smoothed out.Full methodology →

-84%

Game birds

4 species
-66%

Generalists

12 species
-57%

Arid-land birds

1 species
-52%

Grassland birds

12 species
-51%

Wetland birds

12 species
-1%

Aerial insectivores

18 species
+15%

Forest birds

59 species
+138%

Birds of prey

14 species
+166%

Shorebirds

2 species
12×

Waterfowl

3 species

Missouri Bird Survey Routes

Browse Missouri Birds By FamilyTrendPercent 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 →

Each species links to its trend in Missouri.

Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae

Bald Eagle +657%Broad-winged Hawk +242%Cooper's Hawk +148%Mississippi Kite +11%Northern Harrier -71%Red-shouldered Hawk 27×Red-tailed Hawk +93%Sharp-shinned Hawk +17%

Larks Alaudidae

Horned Lark -61%

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher -55%

Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae

Canada Goose +573%Mallard -20%Wood Duck +253%

Swifts Apodidae

Chimney Swift -89%

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae

Black-crowned Night Heron -74%Great Blue Heron +174%Great Egret +32%Green Heron -53%Little Blue Heron -99%Snowy Egret +4%Western Cattle-Egret +1%Yellow-crowned Night Heron -64%

Waxwings Bombycillidae

Cedar Waxwing +50%

Nightjars & Nighthawks Caprimulgidae

Chuck-will's-widow -35%Common Nighthawk +66%Eastern Whip-poor-will -59%

Cardinals & Grosbeaks Cardinalidae

Blue Grosbeak +81%Dickcissel -36%Indigo Bunting +89%Northern Cardinal +22%Painted Bunting +11%Rose-breasted Grosbeak +53%Scarlet Tanager +602%Summer Tanager +123%

New World Vultures Cathartidae

Black Vulture +404%Turkey Vulture +707%

Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae

Killdeer +221%

Pigeons & Doves Columbidae

Eurasian Collared-Dove +671%Mourning Dove -25%Rock Pigeon -63%

Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae

American Crow +36%Blue Jay -8%Fish Crow 16×

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis Cuculidae

Black-billed Cuckoo +87%Greater Roadrunner -57%Yellow-billed Cuckoo -26%

Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae

American Kestrel +113%

Finches Fringillidae

American Goldfinch +7%House Finch 18×

Swallows & Martins Hirundinidae

Bank Swallow +14%Barn Swallow -28%Cliff Swallow 137×Northern Rough-winged Swallow +310%Purple Martin +144%Tree Swallow +147%

Blackbirds & Orioles Icteridae

Baltimore Oriole -49%Bobolink +556%Brown-headed Cowbird +19%Common Grackle -85%Eastern Meadowlark -56%Great-tailed Grackle -65%Orchard Oriole -23%Red-winged Blackbird -34%Western Meadowlark -98%

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted Chat +23%

Shrikes Laniidae

Loggerhead Shrike -92%

Mockingbirds & Thrashers Mimidae

Brown Thrasher -62%Gray Catbird +19%Northern Mockingbird -58%

New World Quail Odontophoridae

Northern Bobwhite -78%

Chickadees & Titmice Paridae

Black-capped Chickadee -4%Carolina Chickadee +157%Tufted Titmouse +64%

Wood-Warblers Parulidae

American Redstart +176%Black-and-white Warbler +156%Blue-winged Warbler +141%Cerulean Warbler +50%Common Yellowthroat +15%Hooded Warbler +371%Kentucky Warbler +581%Louisiana Waterthrush +198%Northern Parula +675%Ovenbird 18×Pine Warbler 13×Prairie Warbler +59%Prothonotary Warbler -15%Worm-eating Warbler +249%Yellow Warbler -68%Yellow-throated Warbler +355%

New World Sparrows Passerellidae

Chipping Sparrow +215%Eastern Towhee -29%Field Sparrow -47%Grasshopper Sparrow -52%Henslow's Sparrow +483%Lark Sparrow -36%Song Sparrow +150%Vesper Sparrow -73%

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

Eurasian Tree Sparrow +29%House Sparrow -86%

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant +41%

Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys Phasianidae

Greater Prairie-Chicken -79%Ring-necked Pheasant -79%Wild Turkey +524%

Woodpeckers Picidae

Downy Woodpecker +178%Hairy Woodpecker +34%Pileated Woodpecker +275%Red-bellied Woodpecker +80%Red-headed Woodpecker -31%

Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher +256%

Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae

American Woodcock -53%Upland Sandpiper -91%

Nuthatches Sittidae

White-breasted Nuthatch +264%

Owls Strigidae

Barred Owl +479%Eastern Screech-Owl -70%Great Horned Owl -42%

Starlings & Mynas Sturnidae

European Starling -24%

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

Ruby-throated Hummingbird +404%

Wrens Troglodytidae

Bewick's Wren -92%Carolina Wren +166%Northern House Wren +27%Sedge Wren -91%

Thrushes Turdidae

American Robin +8%Eastern Bluebird +40%Wood Thrush +93%

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

Acadian Flycatcher 11×Eastern Kingbird -22%Eastern Phoebe +142%Eastern Wood-Pewee +175%Great Crested Flycatcher +14%Scissor-tailed Flycatcher +262%Western Kingbird -80%Willow Flycatcher +86%

Vireos Vireonidae

Bell's Vireo +126%Red-eyed Vireo +235%Warbling Vireo +12%White-eyed Vireo +203%Yellow-throated Vireo +243%

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14.