BBS Route · Wisconsin · BCR 12

Phillips Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 148 species recorded across 56 survey years, still active.

148Species Recorded
56Years Surveyed
19662024Span
7Observers

Bird Species Found on Wisconsin Phillips

Top 40 of 148 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Phillips route.
History
Canada GooseAnatidae742024+877%1993
American RobinTurdidae672024+25%1968
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae502024+101%1968
American CrowCorvidae412024+108%1968
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae412024-34%1968
Mourning DoveColumbidae25202413×1971
Pine SiskinFringillidae211995+320%1988
Song SparrowPasserellidae202024-57%1968
Common YellowthroatParulidae172024-4%1968
Common GrackleIcteridae162024+24%1968
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae152024-20%1968
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae132024+350%1973
OvenbirdParulidae112024+44%1968
Tree SwallowHirundinidae102024-83%1968
European StarlingSturnidae72024-76%1968
Ruby-throated HummingbirdTrochilidae62024+167%1983
Yellow WarblerParulidae62024-59%1968
Least FlycatcherTyrannidae52024-83%1968
Common RavenCorvidae52024+157%1968
Chestnut-sided WarblerParulidae52024+25%1968
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae52024-24%1968
American BitternArdeidae52022+14%1978
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae51990+0%1979
Blue JayCorvidae42024+33%1968
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae42024-40%1968
VeeryTurdidae42024-36%1968
Red-breasted NuthatchSittidae42024+125%1988
LeConte's SparrowPasserellidae42001+267%1991
Turkey VultureCathartidae42023+60%2008
Common TernLaridae42004n/an/a
KilldeerCharadriidae32023+14%1968
Purple FinchFringillidae32024-50%1969
Savannah SparrowPasserellidae32024-93%1978
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae32007+100%1969
Rose-breasted GrosbeakCardinalidae32024+10%1968
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae32017-87%1970
Barn SwallowHirundinidae32023-81%1968
House SparrowPasseridae32019-74%1968
Gray CatbirdMimidae32024+7%1968
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae32024-7%1968

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