Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Table 4. Densities of birds found in grassland habitats at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas, 1998-1999, as determined by strip-transects. Species shown in bold are grassland-associated. | ||||||
| Common Name | Burned & Grazed Prairie (6 transects) |
Unburned & Ungrazed Prairie (1 transect) |
Brome Field (1 transect) |
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| Total | Birds/ha | Total | Birds/ha | Total | Birds/ha | |
| Killdeer | 9 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Upland Sandpiper | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mourning Dove | 8 | 1.6 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Northern Flicker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Wood-pewee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Least Flycatcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Pheobe | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| American Crow | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Horned Lark | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Titmouse | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carolina Wren | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Townsend's Solitaire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| American Robin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 16 | 3.2 |
| Brown Thrasher | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| European Starling | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Palm Warbler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Summer Tanager | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Towhee | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| American Tree Sparrow | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.8 |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 65 | 13 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Fox Sparrow | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harris' Sparrow | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lapland Longspur | 77 | 15.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Smith's Longspur | 136 | 27.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Cardinal | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Dickcissel | 3 | 0.6 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 7.8 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 50 | 10 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.8 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 83 | 16.6 | 14 | 2.8 | 14 | 2.8 |
| Western Meadowlark | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Brewer's Blackbird | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Common Grackle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6.8 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0.6 | 6 | 1.2 |
| American Goldfinch | 4 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |