Managing Habitat for Grassland Birds
A Guide for Wisconsin
Table 2. Breeding season abundance of Wisconsin's grassland birds. |
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Bird Species b | Abundancea
by Natural Division
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Southwestern Upland |
Southeastern Ridges and Lowlands |
Central Plains |
Lake Michigan Shoreland |
Northern Highland/ Lake Superior Lowland |
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Cattle egret | rare | uncommon | n.p. | uncommon | n.p. |
Green-winged teal | rare | uncommon | uncommon | uncommon | rare |
Mallard | common | abundant | abundant | common | common |
Northern pintail | rare | rare | rare | rare | rare |
Blue-winged teal | fairly common | common | common | common | fairly common |
Northern shoveler | rare | rare | rare | rare | rare |
Gadwall | rare | rare | rare | rare | rare |
American wigeon | rare | rare | rare | rare | rare |
Northern harrier | uncommon | uncommon | fairly common | uncommon | fairly common |
Red-tailed hawk | common | common | common | common | fairly common |
American kestrel | common | common | common | common | common |
Gray partridge | uncommon | fairly common | uncommon | fairly common | n.p. |
Ring-necked pheasant | fairly common | common | fairly common | fairly common | uncommon |
Greater prairie-chicken | n.p. | n.p. | uncommon | n.p. | uncommon |
Sharp-tailed grouse | n.p. | n.p. | uncommon | n.p. | uncommon |
Northern bobwhite | fairly common | uncommon | uncommon | uncommon | n.p. |
Yellow rail | n.p. | rare | rare | rare | rare |
Killdeer | common | common | common | common | fairly common |
Upland sandpiper | fairly common | uncommon | uncommon | fairly common | uncommon |
Wilson's phalarope | rare | rare | uncommon | uncommon | uncommon |
Mourning dove | common | common | common | common | uncommon |
Barn owl | rare | rare | rare | rare | casual |
Short-eared owl | rare | casual | rare | casual | rare |
Common nighthawk | fairly common | fairly common | fairly common | fairly common | fairly common |
Red-headed woodpecker | common | fairly common | common | fairly common | rare |
Alder flycatcher | uncommon | uncommon | fairly common | uncommon | fairly common |
Willow flycatcher | fairly common | fairly common | fairly common | uncommon | uncommon |
Eastern kingbird | common | common | common | common | common |
Horned lark | common | common | common | common | fairly common |
Barn swallow | common | common | common | common | common |
Sedge wren | fairly common | common | common | common | common |
Eastern bluebird | fairly common | uncommon | fairly common | uncommon | fairly common |
Loggerhead shrike | uncommon | uncommon | uncommon | uncommon | rare |
Bell's vireo | uncommon | rare | rare | rare | n.p. |
Common yellowthroat | common | common | common | common | common |
Dickcissel | fairly common | fairly common | uncommon | uncommon | rare |
Clay-colored sparrow | uncommon | rare | fairly common | uncommon | fairly common |
Field sparrow | common | fairly common | common | fairly common | uncommon |
Vesper sparrow | common | common | common | common | fairly common |
Lark sparrow | uncommon | rare | uncommon | rare | n.p. |
Savannah sparrow | common | abundant | common | abundant | common |
Grasshopper sparrow | fairly common | uncommon | fairly common | uncommon | uncommon |
Henslow's sparrow | uncommon | uncommon | uncommon | uncommon | rare |
Le Conte's sparrow | n.p. | rare | uncommon | rare | uncommon |
Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow | n.p. | casual | casual | n.p. | rare |
Song sparrow | abundant | abundant | abundant | abundant | abundant |
Swamp sparrow | fairly common | common | common | common | fairly common |
Bobolink | common | common | common | common | common |
Red-winged blackbird | abundant | abundant | abundant | abundant | abundant |
Eastern meadowlark | common | common | common | common | fairly common |
Western meadowlark | fairly common | uncommon | fairly common | uncommon | uncommon |
Brewer's blackbird | uncommon | rare | fairly common | uncommon | fairly common |
Common grackle | abundant | abundant | abundant | abundant | common |
Brown-headed cowbird | common | common | common | common | common |
Orchard oriole | uncommon | uncommon | rare | uncommon | rare |
American goldfinch | common | common | common | common | common |
a Abundance categories can be arranged in order of decreasing abundance: abundant, common, fairly common, uncommon, rare, casual, or typically not present (n.p.). These categories are not meant to be exact, but are designed to give an indication of the "average" abundance of species within natural divisions. There is usually variation in abundance within a natural division.
b The species list is the same as in Table 1. Bolded names are species of management concern, which are the main focus of this report. Discussion of our selection of these species begins in Identifying Bird Species of Management Concern and priority Habitats for Wisconsin.
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