Guild · Utah · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024

Generalists In Utah

80 species in this guild. As a group they are -27% since 1970.

Guild Signals

No notable trend signals for generalists in Utah. See the full index history below.

Forecast

If the recent trend holds, Generalists in Utah is projected to fall about 36% by 2029 — from 2.4 in 2024 to a central estimate of 1.5 (95% range 0.00–3.7). A 5-year backtest shows a typical error of ±21.7%, with 100% of held-out values landing inside the 95% band.

-36%Change by 2029
1.5Projected 2029 index
0.003.795% range
±21.7%Backtest error
19682029
Projection of the recent trend (dashed) with 80/95% bands — a projection, not a prediction. Habitat, climate, and land use are not modeled.
YearProjected index95% low95% high
20251.70.003.9
20261.60.003.8
20271.60.003.8
20281.60.003.7
20291.50.003.7

Member Species In Utah

Generalists species in Utah.
Bendire's ThrasherMimidae-98%
Band-tailed PigeonColumbidae-96%
American DipperCinclidae-94%
Evening GrosbeakFringillidae-94%
Greater Sage-GrousePhasianidae-92%
Belted KingfisherAlcedinidae-89%
Canada JayCorvidae-89%
Woodhouse's Scrub-JayCorvidae-88%
Common GrackleIcteridae-88%
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipitridae-84%
Black-chinned SparrowPasserellidae-82%
American GoshawkAccipitridae-80%
Pine GrosbeakFringillidae-77%
Burrowing OwlStrigidae-74%
Cooper's HawkAccipitridae-72%
Calliope HummingbirdTrochilidae-70%
Ruffed GrousePhasianidae-66%
ChukarPhasianidae-65%
Black-billed MagpieCorvidae-60%
Ferruginous HawkAccipitridae-60%
American KestrelFalconidae-60%
Scott's OrioleIcteridae-58%
Brewer's BlackbirdIcteridae-57%
Prairie FalconFalconidae-55%
Fox SparrowPasserellidae-53%
Song SparrowPasserellidae-52%
Peregrine FalconFalconidae-51%
BushtitAegithalidae-50%
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae-50%
Great Horned OwlStrigidae-48%
Mourning DoveColumbidae-42%
Broad-tailed HummingbirdTrochilidae-41%
Swainson's HawkAccipitridae-41%
Gray CatbirdMimidae-38%
Great-tailed GrackleIcteridae-37%
Sagebrush SparrowPasserellidae-36%
Dusky GrousePhasianidae-36%
Steller's JayCorvidae-34%
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae-33%
Short-eared OwlStrigidae-32%
Northern HarrierAccipitridae-30%
Black-chinned HummingbirdTrochilidae-26%
House SparrowPasseridae-23%
Pinyon JayCorvidae-18%
Sage ThrasherMimidae-10%
Red CrossbillFringillidae-3%
Golden EagleAccipitridae-1%
European StarlingSturnidae+23%
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae+24%
American GoldfinchFringillidae+24%
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae+26%
Pine SiskinFringillidae+36%
American CrowCorvidae+38%
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae+39%
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae+43%
Brewer's SparrowPasserellidae+45%
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae+57%
Green-tailed TowheePasserellidae+60%
Lesser GoldfinchFringillidae+89%
Rock PigeonColumbidae+93%
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae+105%
Cassin's FinchFringillidae+124%
Clark's NutcrackerCorvidae+133%
Western TanagerCardinalidae+135%
Lazuli BuntingCardinalidae+136%
Spotted TowheePasserellidae+153%
Yellow-headed BlackbirdIcteridae+174%
Black-headed GrosbeakCardinalidae+205%
Common RavenCorvidae+262%
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae+263%
Bullock's OrioleIcteridae+283%
Lincoln's SparrowPasserellidae+373%
Turkey VultureCathartidae+422%
White-crowned SparrowPasserellidae+483%
Northern MockingbirdMimidae+572%
OspreyPandionidae+578%
House FinchFringillidae+609%
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae+824%
California QuailOdontophoridae+832%
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae22×

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