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BBS Route · Missouri · BCR 24

Barks Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 107 species recorded across 29 survey years, still active.

107Species 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 →
29Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1994–2025Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Missouri Barks

Top 40 of 107 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Barks 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
Northern CardinalCardinalidae502025+68%1996
Mourning DoveColumbidae442025+52%1996
American CrowCorvidae362025+100%1996
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae342025-7%1996
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae172025+62%1996
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae172025+18%1996
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae162025-66%1996
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae152025+77%1996
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae152025-28%1996
Barn SwallowHirundinidae152025-6%1996
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae152025+78%1996
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae142025-52%1996
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae142025+192%1996
Tufted TitmouseParidae142025-25%1996
White-eyed VireoVireonidae132025+112%1996
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae132025+6%1996
Field SparrowPasserellidae122025-66%1996
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae112025-48%1996
House SparrowPasseridae112024-33%1996
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae92025-18%1996
American RobinTurdidae92025-57%1996
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae82025-4%1996
Blue JayCorvidae82025+0%1996
Common GrackleIcteridae82025-33%1996
Eastern TowheePasserellidae82025-40%1996
Summer TanagerCardinalidae82025-14%1997
Northern ParulaParulidae82025+146%1997
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae72025+11%1996
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae72025+475%1998
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae72025+13%1996
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae72025-39%1996
Brown ThrasherMimidae72025-6%1996
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae62025+87%1996
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae62023+100%1999
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae62024+100%2012
KilldeerCharadriidae52025+160%1996
European StarlingSturnidae52025-41%1997
Wood DuckAnatidae42012-29%2005
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae42025+22%1997
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae42025+150%2000

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