Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Table 2. Breeding birds found in grassland habitats at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas, 1998-1999, as determined by point counts (excluding swallows and raptors). Species shown in bold are grassland-associated. | ||||||
| Common Name | Burned and Grazed Prairie (23 points) |
Unburned and Ungrazed Prairie (1 point) |
Brome Field (5 points) |
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| Total | Relative Abundance |
Total | Relative Abundance |
Total | Relative Abundance |
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| Northern Bobwhite | 12 | 0.8 | 3 | 8.3 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Killdeer | 18 | 1.3 | 11 | 6.6 | ||
| Upland Sandpiper | 162 | 11.2 | ||||
| Mourning Dove | 18 | 1.3 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| Downy Woodpecker | 3 | 1.8 | ||||
| Common Nighthawk | 57 | 3.9 | 1 | 2.8 | ||
| Eastern Wood-pewee | 3 | 1.8 | ||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 3 | 1.8 | ||||
| Eastern Kingbird | 4 | 0.3 | ||||
| Red-eyed Vireo | 1 | 0.6 | ||||
| Blue Jay | 6 | 3.6 | ||||
| American Crow | 2 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.6 | ||
| Horned Lark | 1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Eastern Titmouse | 3 | 1.8 | ||||
| Black-capped Chickadee | 8 | 4.8 | ||||
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 1 | 0.6 | ||||
| House Wren | 5 | 3.0 | ||||
| Eastern Bluebird | 1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 | 0.1 | ||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 1 | 0.6 | ||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 394 | 27.3 | 3 | 8.3 | ||
| Northern Cardinal | 6 | 3.6 | ||||
| Indigo Bunting | 1 | 2.8 | 4 | 2.4 | ||
| Dickcissel | 158 | 10.9 | 13 | 36.1 | 43 | 25.6 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 6 | 0.4 | 2 | 5.6 | 19 | 11.3 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 408 | 28.3 | 25 | 14.9 | 46 | 27.8 |
| Western Meadowlark | 1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Common Grackle | 4 | 0.3 | ||||
| Great-tailed Grackle | 3 | 1.8 | ||||
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 193 | 13.4 | 1 | 2.8 | 14 | 8.3 |
| Orchard Oriole | 1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Baltimore Oriole | 1 | 0.1 | ||||
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
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