Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Density Major Estimated % of total
(pairs/km2) Habitats population population
Highest mean (prs. and HPD
interval)
Species
Grasshopper 22.0 10.7 1 301,000 9.65
sparrow (239,800-362,200)
Western 18.5 10.2 1,2 287,000 9.20
meadowlark (251,300-323,300)
House 140.5 8.7 8 244,000 7.82
sparrow (58,400-430,200)
Common 100.0 7.8 8 221,000 7.08
grackle (157,100-285,300)
Red-winged 243.2 6.7 9 191,000 6.12
blackbird (79,100-302,100)
Lark bunting 12.0 5.3 7 149,000 4.77
(64,400-234,400)
Brown-headed 57.0 5.1 4 145,000 4.65
cowbird (70,000-219,400)
Chimney swift 84.2 4.9 8 138,000 4.42
(107,800-167,700)
Eurasian 65.5 4.4 8 125,000 4.00
starling (33,300-216,900)
Horned lark 7.2 4.3 1 123,000 3.94
(68,500-177,700)
Western 69.5 3.9 4 111,000 3.56
kingbird (59,600-161,500)
Dickcissel 19.2 3.8 6 109,000 3.49
(57,300-160,100)
Mourning dove 44.5 3.2 3 92,000 2.95
(59,600-125,100)
Barn swallow 9.2 2.5 5 72,000 2.31
(42,600-102,100)
Northern 39.0 2.5 4 71,000 2.27
flicker (0-160,300)
American 33.2 2.4 3 70,000 2.24
robin (0-159,700)
Eastern 96.7 2.3 4 67,000 2.15
kingbird (36,800-97,600)
Upland 8.2 2.0 2 59,000 1.89
sandpiper (28,700-88,700)
Red-headed 111.0 1.9 4 53,000 1.70
woodpecker (9,900-96,800)
Bobolink 7.7 1.8 2 53,000 1.70
(24,400-81,800)
Northern 74.5 1.2 4 34,000 1.09
oriole (23,800-45,000)
House wren 70.7 1.2 3 34,000 1.09
(26,900-41,800)
Brown 9.5 1.1 3 32,000 1.02
thrasher (15,100-49,000)
Killdeer 21.2 0.9 5 28,000 0.88
(13,700-41,700)
Orchard 32.0 0.7 4 21,000 0.67
oriole (0-47,600)
Common 71.2 0.6 5 18,000 0.56
yellowthroat (10,300-24,700)
Lark sparrow 1.2 0.6 1 17,000 0.53
(1,900-31,200)
Cliff swallow 81.2 0.5 5 15,000 0.47
(2,600-26,800)
American 12.7 0.5 5 15,000 0.47
goldfinch (0-32,000)
Ring-necked 2.0 0.5 2 14,000 0.46
pheasant (4,100-24,500)
Yellow 32.2 0.5 5 14,000 0.46
warbler (5,100-23,200)
Blue jay 9.2 0.4 3 11,000 0.36
(0-23,300)
Common 0.7 0.4 1 11,000 0.36
nighthawk (0-26,200)
Northern 14.2 0.3 3 10,000 0.30
bobwhite (0-19,500)
Common crow 6.2 0.3 4 9,000 0.27
(0-21,800)
Major habitats include: 1) upland native prairie, 2) wet meadow, 3)lowland forest, 4) shelterbelt, 5) river channel islands, 6) alfalfa, 7) wheat, 8) residential, 9) natural basin wetlands.