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State · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024

Missouri Breeding Birds

164 species recorded across 95 survey routes, 1967 to 2024. 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 139× 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 97% 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 25× 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 95% 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 →

Ovenbird has surged in Missouri: up 20× on the route-weighted index since 1969.

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
-64%

Generalists

12 species
-57%

Arid-land birds

1 species
-52%

Grassland birds

12 species
-50%

Wetland birds

12 species
-3%

Aerial insectivores

18 species
+15%

Forest birds

59 species
+144%

Birds of prey

14 species
+185%

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 +528%Broad-winged Hawk +262%Cooper's Hawk +129%Mississippi Kite -20%Northern Harrier -69%Red-shouldered Hawk 25×Red-tailed Hawk +90%Sharp-shinned Hawk -1%

Larks Alaudidae

Horned Lark -57%

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher -67%

Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae

Canada Goose +567%Mallard -28%Wood Duck +220%

Swifts Apodidae

Chimney Swift -88%

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae

Black-crowned Night Heron -74%Great Blue Heron +188%Great Egret +60%Green Heron -50%Little Blue Heron -99%Snowy Egret +4%Western Cattle-Egret -53%Yellow-crowned Night Heron -64%

Waxwings Bombycillidae

Cedar Waxwing +81%

Nightjars & Nighthawks Caprimulgidae

Chuck-will's-widow -46%Common Nighthawk +48%Eastern Whip-poor-will -61%

Cardinals & Grosbeaks Cardinalidae

Blue Grosbeak +80%Dickcissel -28%Indigo Bunting +94%Northern Cardinal +24%Painted Bunting -13%Rose-breasted Grosbeak +53%Scarlet Tanager +585%Summer Tanager +122%

New World Vultures Cathartidae

Black Vulture +401%Turkey Vulture +684%

Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae

Killdeer +241%

Pigeons & Doves Columbidae

Eurasian Collared-Dove +657%Mourning Dove -22%Rock Pigeon -67%

Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae

American Crow +46%Blue Jay -8%Fish Crow 15×

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis Cuculidae

Black-billed Cuckoo +99%Greater Roadrunner -57%Yellow-billed Cuckoo -22%

Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae

American Kestrel +118%

Finches Fringillidae

American Goldfinch +6%House Finch 19×

Swallows & Martins Hirundinidae

Bank Swallow -13%Barn Swallow -28%Cliff Swallow 139×Northern Rough-winged Swallow +290%Purple Martin +118%Tree Swallow +161%

Blackbirds & Orioles Icteridae

Baltimore Oriole -40%Bobolink +110%Brown-headed Cowbird +25%Common Grackle -83%Eastern Meadowlark -56%Great-tailed Grackle -56%Orchard Oriole -26%Red-winged Blackbird -31%Western Meadowlark -97%

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted Chat +27%

Shrikes Laniidae

Loggerhead Shrike -95%

Mockingbirds & Thrashers Mimidae

Brown Thrasher -62%Gray Catbird +27%Northern Mockingbird -61%

New World Quail Odontophoridae

Northern Bobwhite -78%

Chickadees & Titmice Paridae

Black-capped Chickadee -5%Carolina Chickadee +152%Tufted Titmouse +66%

Wood-Warblers Parulidae

American Redstart +121%Black-and-white Warbler +255%Blue-winged Warbler +178%Cerulean Warbler +46%Common Yellowthroat +17%Hooded Warbler +351%Kentucky Warbler +580%Louisiana Waterthrush +244%Northern Parula +656%Ovenbird 20×Pine Warbler 13×Prairie Warbler +58%Prothonotary Warbler +28%Worm-eating Warbler +204%Yellow Warbler -69%Yellow-throated Warbler +357%

New World Sparrows Passerellidae

Chipping Sparrow +202%Eastern Towhee -23%Field Sparrow -47%Grasshopper Sparrow -55%Henslow's Sparrow +370%Lark Sparrow -24%Song Sparrow +172%Vesper Sparrow -73%

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

Eurasian Tree Sparrow +21%House Sparrow -85%

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant +11%

Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys Phasianidae

Greater Prairie-Chicken -79%Ring-necked Pheasant -76%Wild Turkey +599%

Woodpeckers Picidae

Downy Woodpecker +170%Hairy Woodpecker +32%Pileated Woodpecker +268%Red-bellied Woodpecker +85%Red-headed Woodpecker -37%

Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher +272%

Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae

American Woodcock -53%Upland Sandpiper -88%

Nuthatches Sittidae

White-breasted Nuthatch +247%

Owls Strigidae

Barred Owl +553%Eastern Screech-Owl -71%Great Horned Owl -36%

Starlings & Mynas Sturnidae

European Starling -21%

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

Ruby-throated Hummingbird +486%

Wrens Troglodytidae

Bewick's Wren -93%Carolina Wren +99%Northern House Wren +35%Sedge Wren -91%

Thrushes Turdidae

American Robin +6%Eastern Bluebird +16%Wood Thrush +107%

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

Acadian Flycatcher 12×Eastern Kingbird -28%Eastern Phoebe +136%Eastern Wood-Pewee +158%Great Crested Flycatcher +18%Scissor-tailed Flycatcher +273%Western Kingbird -80%Willow Flycatcher +120%

Vireos Vireonidae

Bell's Vireo +140%Red-eyed Vireo +246%Warbling Vireo +18%White-eyed Vireo +208%Yellow-throated Vireo +245%

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.