USGS - science for a changing world

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

  Home About NPWRC Our Science Staff Employment Contacts Common Questions About the Site

Avian Inventory of Tallgrass Prairie
National Preserve, Kansas, 1998-1999

Table 5

Table 5. Densities of birds found in riparian habitats at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas, 1998-1999, as determined by strip-transects. Species shown in bold are grassland-associated.
Common Name Fox Creek Gallery Forest (1 transect) Palmer Creek Gallery
Forest (1 transect)		 Riparian/Prairie
(1 transect)
Total Birds/ha Total Birds/ha Total Birds/ha
Killdeer 0 0 0 0 3 0.6
Mourning Dove 0 0 2 0.4 41 8.2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3 0.6 1 0.2 2 0.4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 0.2 0 0 0 0
Belted Kingfisher 0 0 2 0.4 3 0.6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9 1.8 1 0.2 4 0.8
Downy Woodpecker 15 3 3 0.6 3 0.6
Hairy Woodpecker 3 0.6 0 0 8 1.6
Northern Flicker 15 3 3 0.6 13 2.6
Eastern Wood-pewee 4 0.8 3 0.6 0 0
Acadian Flycatcher 2 0.4 0 0 0 0
Least Flycatcher 1 0.2 0 0 3 0.6
Eastern Phoebe 0 0 1 0.2 0 0
Great Crested Flycatcher 2 0.4 2 0.4 5 1
Eastern Kingbird 0 0 0 0 16 3.2
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 0 0 0 0 2 0.4
Loggerhead Shrike 0 0 0 0 1 0.2
Blue Jay 3 0.6 8 1.6 0 0
American Crow 16 3.2 0 0 1 0.2
Horned Lark 0 0 0 0 10 2
Black-capped Chickadee 51 10.2 21 4.2 20 4
Tufted Titmouse 18 3.6 17 3.4 9 1.8
White-breasted Nuthatch 12 2.4 1 0.2 0 0
Brown Creeper 1 0.2 0 0 0 0
Carolina Wren 9 1.8 5 1 2 0.4
Bewick's Wren 1 0.2 0 0 0 0
House Wren 4 0.8 0 0 2 0.4
Winter Wren 2 0.4 0 0 0 0
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 0.4 0 0 0 0
Eastern Bluebird 2 0.4 2 0.4 21 4.2
Swainson's Thrush 0 0 1 0.2 0 0
American Robin 57 11.4 1 0.2 9 1.8
Brown Thrasher 0 0 0 0 7 1.4
European Starling 30 6 0 0 6 1.2
Cedar Waxwing 6 1.2 0 0 0 0
Northern Parula 4 0.8 0 0 0 0
Summer Tanager 2 0.4 0 0 0 0
Eastern Towhee 0 0 1 0.2 0 0
American Tree Sparrow 93 18.6 1 0.2 75 15
Chipping Sparrow 2 0.4 0 0 38 7.6
Field Sparrow 0 0 0 0 45 9
Vesper's Sparrow 0 0 0 0 1 0.2
Lark Sparrow 0 0 0 0 2 0.4
Savannah Sparrow 3 0.6 0 0 0 0
Grasshopper Sparrow 0 0 0 0 5 1
Fox Sparrow 7 1.4 0 0 26 5.2
Song Sparrow 7 1.4 2 0.4 38 7.6
White-throated Sparrow 0 0 0 0 18 3.6
Harris' Sparrow 20 4 0 0 62 12.4
White-crowned Sparrow 0 0 0 0 3 0.6
Dark-eyed Junco 76 15.2 2 0.4 51 10.2
Lapland Longspur 0 0 0 0 10 2
Smith's Longspur 0 0 0 0 15 3
Northern Cardinal 6 1.2 0 0 2 0.4
Indigo Bunting 7 1.4 1 0.2 0 0
Dickcissel 0 0 0 0 22 4.4
Red-winged Blackbird 1 0.2 0 0 3 0.6
Eastern Meadowlark 0 0 0 0 25 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 0 0 1 0.2 24 4.8
Orchard Oriole 0 0 0 0 5 1
Oriole Integrade 0 0 0 0 4 0.8
Purple Finch 2 0.4 0 0 7 1.4
American Goldfinch 10 2 0 0 0 0
Previous Section -- Table 4
Return to List of Tables
Next Section -- Table 6

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

Take Pride in America logo USA.gov logo U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/tapr/tab5.htm
Page Contact Information: Webmaster
Page Last Modified: Friday, 01-Feb-2013 20:01:07 EST
Menlo Park, CA [caww54]