Bird Conservation Region 27

Southeastern Coastal Plain

An ecological region spanning Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North-carolina, South-carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, with 346 survey routes. BCRs are the natural unit for bird trends.

What Is Moving Here

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Least Tern has collapsed in Southeastern Coastal Plain: down 97% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

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Mississippi Kite has surged in Southeastern Coastal Plain: up 19× on the route-weighted index since 1968.

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Seaside Sparrow has collapsed in Southeastern Coastal Plain: down 96% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

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Eurasian Collared-Dove has surged in Southeastern Coastal Plain: up 805% on the route-weighted index since 1994.

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Marsh Wren has collapsed in Southeastern Coastal Plain: down 96% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

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Wild Turkey has surged in Southeastern Coastal Plain: up 705% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

How Guilds Are Faring

Game birds

Grassland birds

Generalists

Wetland birds

Aerial insectivores

Forest birds

Shorebirds

Birds of prey

Waterfowl

Survey Routes

Species By Family

Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae

Bald Eagle +611%Broad-winged Hawk +78%Cooper's Hawk +134%Mississippi Kite 19×Red-shouldered Hawk +429%Red-tailed Hawk +202%Sharp-shinned Hawk -26%Swallow-tailed Kite +763%

Larks Alaudidae

Horned Lark +347%

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher -70%

Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae

American Black Duck -85%Black-bellied Whistling-Duck +564%Canada Goose 92×Mallard +784%Mottled Duck -48%Wood Duck +70%

Anhingas Anhingidae

Swifts Apodidae

Chimney Swift -63%

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae

Black-crowned Night Heron -80%Great Blue Heron +43%Great Egret -50%Green Heron -52%Least Bittern -72%Little Blue Heron -62%Reddish Egret -78%Snowy Egret -77%Tricolored Heron -87%Western Cattle-Egret +26%Yellow-crowned Night Heron -2%

Waxwings Bombycillidae

Cedar Waxwing +96%

Nightjars & Nighthawks Caprimulgidae

Chuck-will's-widow -45%Common Nighthawk -67%Eastern Whip-poor-will -6%

Cardinals & Grosbeaks Cardinalidae

Blue Grosbeak +100%Dickcissel -16%Indigo Bunting +12%Northern Cardinal -2%Painted Bunting -30%Scarlet Tanager +86%Summer Tanager +21%

New World Vultures Cathartidae

Black Vulture +174%Turkey Vulture +580%

Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae

Killdeer +188%Wilson's Plover -60%

Storks Ciconiidae

Pigeons & Doves Columbidae

Common Ground Dove +31%Eurasian Collared-Dove +805%Mourning Dove +7%Rock Pigeon -9%White-winged Dove 15×

Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae

American Crow +40%Blue Jay -39%Fish Crow -9%

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis Cuculidae

Black-billed Cuckoo -78%Yellow-billed Cuckoo +5%

Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae

American Kestrel -52%

Finches Fringillidae

American Goldfinch +205%House Finch 350×

Cranes Gruidae

Sandhill Crane -57%

Oystercatchers Haematopodidae

American Oystercatcher -66%

Swallows & Martins Hirundinidae

Bank Swallow -46%Barn Swallow +146%Cliff Swallow 184×Northern Rough-winged Swallow +21%Purple Martin -24%Tree Swallow +529%

Blackbirds & Orioles Icteridae

Baltimore Oriole -92%Boat-tailed Grackle -35%Brown-headed Cowbird +134%Common Grackle -80%Eastern Meadowlark -85%Orchard Oriole -51%Red-winged Blackbird -63%

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted Chat -2%

Shrikes Laniidae

Loggerhead Shrike -84%

Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae

Black Skimmer -82%Caspian Tern -31%Common Tern +5%Forster's Tern -74%Great Black-backed Gull -75%Gull-billed Tern -75%Herring Gull -93%Laughing Gull +349%Least Tern -97%Ring-billed Gull -93%Royal Tern -66%Sandwich Tern -36%

Mockingbirds & Thrashers Mimidae

Brown Thrasher -15%Gray Catbird -18%Northern Mockingbird -32%

New World Quail Odontophoridae

Northern Bobwhite -87%

Osprey Pandionidae

Chickadees & Titmice Paridae

Carolina Chickadee +63%Tufted Titmouse +128%

Wood-Warblers Parulidae

American Redstart -2%Black-and-white Warbler +387%Black-throated Green Warbler -77%Blue-winged Warbler -81%Cerulean Warbler -23%Common Yellowthroat -12%Hooded Warbler +136%Kentucky Warbler +90%Louisiana Waterthrush +178%Northern Parula +150%Ovenbird +366%Pine Warbler +223%Prairie Warbler +8%Prothonotary Warbler +56%Swainson's Warbler 26×Worm-eating Warbler +775%Yellow Warbler -89%Yellow-throated Warbler +222%

New World Sparrows Passerellidae

Bachman's Sparrow -6%Chipping Sparrow +204%Eastern Towhee -40%Field Sparrow -44%Grasshopper Sparrow -31%Henslow's Sparrow -87%Lark Sparrow +180%Seaside Sparrow -96%Song Sparrow -53%

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

House Sparrow -90%

Pelicans Pelecanidae

Brown Pelican +133%

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant 16×

Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys Phasianidae

Wild Turkey +705%

Woodpeckers Picidae

Downy Woodpecker +99%Hairy Woodpecker -28%Pileated Woodpecker +196%Red-bellied Woodpecker +54%Red-cockaded Woodpecker +134%Red-headed Woodpecker +15%

Grebes Podicipedidae

Pied-billed Grebe -48%

Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher +440%

Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae

American Coot -79%Clapper Rail -61%Common Gallinule +59%King Rail -65%Purple Gallinule -94%

Avocets & Stilts Recurvirostridae

Black-necked Stilt +4%

Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae

American Woodcock -74%Willet -82%

Nuthatches Sittidae

Brown-headed Nuthatch +68%White-breasted Nuthatch +391%

Owls Strigidae

Barred Owl +125%Eastern Screech-Owl -58%Great Horned Owl +497%

Starlings & Mynas Sturnidae

European Starling -43%

Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae

Glossy Ibis -94%White Ibis -45%

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

Ruby-throated Hummingbird +28%

Wrens Troglodytidae

Bewick's Wren -96%Carolina Wren +147%Marsh Wren -96%Northern House Wren +267%

Thrushes Turdidae

American Robin +5%Eastern Bluebird +229%Wood Thrush -50%

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

Acadian Flycatcher +161%Eastern Kingbird -39%Eastern Phoebe +696%Eastern Wood-Pewee +11%Gray Kingbird -73%Great Crested Flycatcher +78%

Vireos Vireonidae

Blue-headed Vireo -32%Red-eyed Vireo +52%Warbling Vireo +0%White-eyed Vireo +135%Yellow-throated Vireo +189%

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.