BBS Route · Wisconsin · BCR 23

Wiota Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 109 species recorded across 55 survey years, still active.

109Species Recorded
55Years Surveyed
19662024Span
7Observers

Bird Species Found on Wisconsin Wiota

Top 40 of 109 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Wiota route.
History
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae1352024-67%1969
European StarlingSturnidae1062024-43%1969
American RobinTurdidae812024+51%1969
Mourning DoveColumbidae612024+96%1969
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae41202416×1981
Northern CardinalCardinalidae402024+256%1969
American CrowCorvidae382024+59%1969
Song SparrowPasserellidae302024-51%1969
Barn SwallowHirundinidae272024+19%1969
KilldeerCharadriidae262024+58%1969
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae262024+8%1969
DickcisselCardinalidae252024-50%1969
House SparrowPasseridae252024-84%1969
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae242024+150%1969
American GoldfinchFringillidae222024-22%1969
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae212024-69%1969
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae212024+14%1969
Gray CatbirdMimidae192024+74%1969
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae182024+33%1969
Common YellowthroatParulidae182024+138%1969
Common GrackleIcteridae172024-88%1969
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae172024+33%1972
Rock PigeonColumbidae162024-47%1969
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae162024+360%1970
Field SparrowPasserellidae112024-67%1969
Rose-breasted GrosbeakCardinalidae112024+157%1969
Warbling VireoVireonidae112024+100%1969
Sandhill CraneGruidae112024+243%1998
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae102024+340%1982
Blue JayCorvidae92024-61%1969
Savannah SparrowPasserellidae92024-87%1969
Yellow WarblerParulidae92024+250%1969
Brown ThrasherMimidae82024-33%1969
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae82024+160%1972
MallardAnatidae82024+200%1982
Tree SwallowHirundinidae82022+71%1991
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae62024+100%1970
Willow FlycatcherTyrannidae62024-15%1971
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae62024+100%1970
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae62024+57%1972

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