BBS Route · Wisconsin · BCR 23

Briggsville Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 118 species recorded across 25 survey years, still active.

Bird Species Found on Wisconsin Briggsville

Top 40 of 118 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Briggsville 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
American RobinTurdidae732025+35%2001
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae662025-5%2001
American CrowCorvidae442025-2%2001
Sandhill CraneGruidae422025-13%2001
Mourning DoveColumbidae402025+58%2001
Song SparrowPasserellidae292025-64%2001
Common YellowthroatParulidae292025-13%2001
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae262025+77%2001
Northern CardinalCardinalidae232025+70%2001
Gray CatbirdMimidae182025+47%2001
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae122007+133%2001
American GoldfinchFringillidae122025-70%2001
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae122025-64%2001
Rose-breasted GrosbeakCardinalidae122025+136%2001
Tree SwallowHirundinidae122025-35%2001
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae112025+108%2001
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae112025-47%2001
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae102025-69%2001
Field SparrowPasserellidae102025-2%2001
House SparrowPasseridae102025-25%2001
Barn SwallowHirundinidae92025-45%2001
Swamp SparrowPasserellidae82025-7%2001
Brown ThrasherMimidae82025+53%2001
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae72025-39%2001
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae72024-31%2002
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae62025+69%2001
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae62025-54%2001
Blue JayCorvidae62025-40%2001
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae62023-76%2001
Warbling VireoVireonidae62025+15%2001
Yellow WarblerParulidae62025-29%2001
OvenbirdParulidae62025+140%2004
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae62025-58%2001
Orchard OrioleIcteridae62025+60%2003
KilldeerCharadriidae52025+0%2001
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae52025+39%2001
Chimney SwiftApodidae52018+88%2002
Bank SwallowHirundinidae52004-69%1999
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae52025-6%2001
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae42025+400%2001

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