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BBS Route · Missouri · BCR 24

Whitewater Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 100 species recorded across 28 survey years, still active.

100Species Recorded
28Years Surveyed
1996–2024Span
2Observers

Bird Species Found on Missouri Whitewater

Top 40 of 100 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Whitewater route.
History
Northern CardinalCardinalidae792024-1%1998
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae742024-34%1998
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae592024-27%1998
Mourning DoveColumbidae582024-14%1998
Tufted TitmouseParidae522024+20%1998
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae46202415×2006
American CrowCorvidae422024+137%1998
Purple MartinHirundinidae372024+147%1998
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae322024-9%1998
American GoldfinchFringillidae292024+131%1998
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae292024+15%1998
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae272024+2%1998
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae232024+15%1998
Common YellowthroatParulidae222024-6%1998
House SparrowPasseridae212024-53%1998
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae202024-54%1998
Northern MockingbirdMimidae202024+13%1998
Barn SwallowHirundinidae192024-45%1998
European StarlingSturnidae182024-50%1998
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae182024+96%1998
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae162024-76%1998
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae162024-5%1998
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae152024+58%1998
Field SparrowPasserellidae132024-35%1998
White-eyed VireoVireonidae132024+575%1998
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae122024+129%1998
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae112024-10%1998
Blue JayCorvidae112024-18%1998
Eastern TowheePasserellidae112024+133%1998
Summer TanagerCardinalidae112024+367%1998
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae102024+50%1998
KilldeerCharadriidae92024+20%1998
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae92024-53%1998
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae92024+25%1998
American RobinTurdidae92024-65%1998
Carolina ChickadeeParidae82024+28%1998
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae82024-33%1998
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae72024+100%1998
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae72023+10%1998
Warbling VireoVireonidae72024-58%1998

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