Species · BCR 17 · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024

Eastern Phoebe In Badlands and Prairies

Eastern Phoebe in Badlands and Prairies has fallen sharply: down 57% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

-57%Since 1969
18Routes In Region
21Years

Notable Signals

long arc declinecomputed index

Eastern Phoebe has fallen sharply in Badlands and Prairies: down 57% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

Forecast

If the recent trend holds, Eastern Phoebe in Badlands and Prairies is projected to stay roughly flat through 2023, near 0.02 (95% range 0.00–0.07). A 5-year backtest shows a typical error of ±87.3%, with 60% of held-out values landing inside the 95% band.

n/aChange by 2023
0.02Projected 2023 index
0.000.0795% range
±87.3%Backtest error
19672023
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
20190.020.000.07
20200.020.000.07
20210.020.000.07
20220.020.000.07
20230.020.000.07

Routes In Badlands and Prairies

Routes recording Eastern Phoebe in Badlands and Prairies.
Eagle ButteSOUTH-DAKOTA52012
WinnerSOUTH-DAKOTA22017
OwankaSOUTH-DAKOTA21976
CrookstonNEBRASKA12018
Oglala Nat. Grass.NEBRASKA12017
ChamberlainSOUTH-DAKOTA11974
RockyfordSOUTH-DAKOTA12017
Ft ThompsonSOUTH-DAKOTA11969
Roubaix LkSOUTH-DAKOTA11991
OttumwaSOUTH-DAKOTA11968
RevaSOUTH-DAKOTA12009
ArdmoreSOUTH-DAKOTA11980
BadlandsSOUTH-DAKOTA11985
Hill CitySOUTH-DAKOTA11994
RochfordSOUTH-DAKOTA12001
HazelrodtSOUTH-DAKOTA12018
SundanceWYOMING12010
ArvadaWYOMING11982

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