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Managing Habitat for Grassland Birds
A Guide for Wisconsin

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Table 2.  Breeding season abundance of Wisconsin's grassland birds.
Bird Species b	Abundancea  by Natural Division
	Southwestern Upland	Southeastern Ridges and Lowlands	Central Plains	Lake Michigan Shoreland	Northern Highland/ Lake Superior Lowland
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

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^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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