Species · BCR 16 · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024

Grasshopper Sparrow In Southern Rockies / Colorado Plateau

Grasshopper Sparrow in Southern Rockies / Colorado Plateau has collapsed: down 99% on the route-weighted index since 1973.

-99%Since 1973
25Routes In Region
33Years

Notable Signals

long arc declinecomputed index

Grasshopper Sparrow has collapsed in Southern Rockies / Colorado Plateau: down 99% on the route-weighted index since 1973.

Forecast

If the recent trend holds, Grasshopper Sparrow in Southern Rockies / Colorado Plateau is projected to stay roughly flat through 2029, near 0.00 (95% range 0.00–1.3). A 5-year backtest shows a typical error of ±2226.8%, with 100% of held-out values landing inside the 95% band.

n/aChange by 2029
0.00Projected 2029 index
0.001.395% range
±2226.8%Backtest error
19692029
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
20250.000.001.3
20260.000.001.3
20270.000.001.3
20280.000.001.3
20290.000.001.3

Routes In Southern Rockies / Colorado Plateau

Routes recording Grasshopper Sparrow in Southern Rockies / Colorado Plateau.
AltonahUTAH521993
PasturaNEW-MEXICO62015
MoffatCOLORADO42016
GardnerCOLORADO42002
BufordCOLORADO32023
Steamboat L.COLORADO32013
CapulinNEW-MEXICO31994
BrookhurstWYOMING32022
Round RockARIZONA21971
GallinasNEW-MEXICO21993
KamasUTAH21998
VernalUTAH22018
YampaCOLORADO12015
DeltaCOLORADO11980
ParlinCOLORADO12010
Wilson CreekCOLORADO12014
UncompahgreCOLORADO12003
San LuisCOLORADO11993
JensenUTAH12022
Heber Mtn.UTAH12012
AltonUTAH11997
BufordWYOMING12009
WarbonnetWYOMING11990
Fletcher PkWYOMING12024
Sybille CynWYOMING12015

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