BBS Route · Missouri · BCR 22

Danville Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 106 species recorded across 55 survey years, still active.

Bird Species Found on Missouri Danville

Top 40 of 106 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Danville 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
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae572024-36%1969
Northern CardinalCardinalidae552024+22%1969
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae402024+26%1969
DickcisselCardinalidae322024-17%1969
Mourning DoveColumbidae282024-59%1969
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae262024-72%1969
European StarlingSturnidae242024-40%1969
House SparrowPasseridae242024-84%1969
American RobinTurdidae242024-8%1969
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae212024-70%1969
Barn SwallowHirundinidae182024-63%1969
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae162024+400%1969
American CrowCorvidae162024-46%1969
Tufted TitmouseParidae152024+36%1969
Blue JayCorvidae132024-37%1969
Field SparrowPasserellidae132024-52%1969
KilldeerCharadriidae122024+127%1971
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae122024+8%1969
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae122024+289%1976
Common YellowthroatParulidae112024+54%1969
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae112024+7%1969
Horned LarkAlaudidae102024-34%1969
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae102024-49%1969
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae92024+55%1970
Purple MartinHirundinidae82024+129%1969
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae72024+120%1970
Eastern TowheePasserellidae72024+29%1969
Common GrackleIcteridae62024-95%1969
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae62024+18%1969
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae62024+129%1970
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae62024+133%1991
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae62003+100%1997
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae52024-42%1969
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae52024-50%1969
American GoldfinchFringillidae52024+200%1970
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae52024+300%1978
Song SparrowPasserellidae52024+200%1997
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae42024+200%1979
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae42024-7%1969
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae42024+450%1972

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