Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Species Total count Average density Clay-colored sparrow 275.5 28.32 Red-winged blackbird 199.2 20.48 Bobolink 158.2 16.26 Blue-winged teal 158.0 16.24 Brown-headed cowbird 133.1 13.68 Grasshopper sparrow 115.1 11.83 Western meadowlark 110.7 11.38 Common yellowthroat 77.6 7.98 Eastern kingbird 76.1 7.82 American coot 62.2 6.39 Gadwall 44.5 4.57 Willow flycatcher 35.6 3.66 Savannah sparrow 34.0 3.49 Mallard 31.6 3.25 Northern shoveler 28.9 2.97 Yellow warbler 28.9 2.97 Upland sandpiper 25.2 2.59 Sedge wren 19.8 2.04 Killdeer 17.6 1.81 American goldfinch 13.2 1.36 Common snipe 12.1 1.24 Northern pintail 10.1 1.04 Western kingbird 9.0 0.93 Gray catbird 8.5 0.87 Barn swallow 8.3 0.85 Marbled godwit 7.9 0.81 Willet 7.9 0.81 Sora 7.0 0.72 Baird's sparrow 6.7 0.69 Common grackle 6.1 0.63 Song sparrow 5.6 0.58 Yellow-headed blackbird 5.4 0.56 Black tern 4.8 0.49 Sharp-tailed grouse 4.7 0.48 Lesser scaup 4.6 0.47 Brown thrasher 4.3 0.44 Mourning dove 3.9 0.40 Redhead 3.7 0.38 Ruddy duck 3.3 0.34 Chestnut-collared longspur 2.8 0.29 Common nighthawk 2.6 0.27 Cliff swallow 2.3 0.24 Green-winged teal 2.3 0.24 Horned lark 2.3 0.24 Northern harrier 2.2 0.23 Vesper sparrow 2.1 0.22 American bittern 1.8 0.18 Le Conte's sparrow 1.6 0.16 American wigeon 1.2 0.12 Wilson's phalarope 1.2 0.12 Bank swallow 1.2 0.12 Ring-necked pheasant 1.1 0.11 Pied-billed grebe 1.1 0.11 Black-billed cuckoo 0.9 0.09 Tree swallow 0.9 0.09 Gray partridge 0.7 0.07 Lark bunting 0.7 0.07 Swainson's hawk 0.7 0.07 Marsh wren 0.5 0.05 Orchard oriole 0.5 0.05 Common flicker 0.4 0.04 Canada goose 0.3 0.03 Ferruginous hawk 0.3 0.03 Northern oriole 0.3 0.03 Red-tailed hawk 0.3 0.03 Ring-billed gull 0.3 0.03 Sharp-tailed sparrow 0.3 0.03 Short-eared owl 0.3 0.03 Black-crowned night-heron 0.2 0.02 Cedar waxwing 0.2 0.02 Dickcissel 0.2 0.02 Long-eared owl 0.2 0.02 American robin 0.1 0.01 Brewer's blackbird 0.1 0.01 Canvasback 0.1 0.01 Cooper's hawk 0.1 0.01 House wren 0.1 0.01 Least flycatcher 0.1 0.01 Loggerhead shrike 0.1 0.01 Ring-necked duck 0.1 0.01