BBS Route · Missouri · BCR 24

Cascade Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 114 species recorded across 53 survey years, still active.

114Species Recorded
53Years Surveyed
19672024Span
10Observers

Bird Species Found on Missouri Cascade

Top 40 of 114 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Cascade route.
History
American CrowCorvidae562024+5%1969
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae532024+30%1969
Barn SwallowHirundinidae342024-35%1969
Mourning DoveColumbidae322024+111%1969
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae282024+646%1969
Northern CardinalCardinalidae272024+22%1969
White-eyed VireoVireonidae272024+43%1969
Tufted TitmouseParidae272024+196%1969
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae272024+138%1969
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae242024+93%1969
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae242024+131%1969
Turkey VultureCathartidae23202415×1986
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae222024+91%1969
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae222024-22%1969
Northern ParulaParulidae212024+232%1979
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae202024+56%1969
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae202024+203%1969
Blue JayCorvidae182024+8%1969
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae172024+56%1969
European StarlingSturnidae162024+270%1969
Common YellowthroatParulidae162024+292%1969
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae152024-11%1969
Wood ThrushTurdidae15202415×1969
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae142024+71%1969
Carolina ChickadeeParidae142024+200%1969
Summer TanagerCardinalidae132024+155%1969
American GoldfinchFringillidae122024+23%1969
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae122024+575%1969
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae102024+6%1969
Pine WarblerParulidae102024+900%1983
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae92024-8%1969
Field SparrowPasserellidae82024-71%1969
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae82024+620%1979
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae82024+150%2010
House SparrowPasseridae72024-75%1969
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae7202411×1970
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae72024+160%1970
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae72024+267%1976
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae62024+64%1969
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae62024-11%1969

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