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BBS Route · Alabama · BCR 27

Dauphin Is Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 111 species recorded across 22 survey years, no longer active.

111Species RecordedSpecies recordedDistinct species detected on standard-protocol BBS runs here across all years on record — a measure of survey breadth, not a complete checklist.Full methodology →
22Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1966–1990Span
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Bird Species Found on Alabama Dauphin Is

Top 40 of 111 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Dauphin Is route.
Recent countThe raw number of individuals recorded on this route in its most recent survey year. A single-route tally, not a trend.Full methodology →TrendPercent change in the route-weighted abundance index between a smoothed baseline window and the most recent one. It tracks direction, not absolute population.Full methodology →Baseline yearThe first year of the smoothed window the trend is measured from. An earlier baseline means a longer record stands behind the number.Full methodology →History
Brown PelicanPelecanidae154199024×1968
Common GrackleIcteridae811990+189%1968
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae621990+388%1970
Laughing GullLaridae61199055×1969
Fish CrowCorvidae421990-32%1968
Northern MockingbirdMimidae391990-13%1968
Blue JayCorvidae291990+20%1968
European StarlingSturnidae271990+767%1968
Northern CardinalCardinalidae231990+24%1968
Eastern TowheePasserellidae181990-38%1968
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae111990-46%1968
Great Blue HeronArdeidae111990+420%1973
Gull-billed TernLaridae111990-17%1985
Chimney SwiftApodidae101990-15%1968
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae101990-36%1968
Least TernLaridae91990-70%1968
Mourning DoveColumbidae91990+243%1968
Royal TernLaridae91990+129%1974
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae71990-90%1968
Boat-tailed GrackleIcteridae71990+257%1981
American CrowCorvidae61990-86%1968
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae61990+360%1968
Black SkimmerLaridae51990+911%1968
Pine WarblerParulidae51989+71%1969
Brown ThrasherMimidae51990+13%1968
Tufted TitmouseParidae51990-50%1968
Barn SwallowHirundinidae5199015×1975
White-eyed VireoVireonidae41981-55%1968
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae41979-77%1970
Wood DuckAnatidae41989+100%1975
American OystercatcherHaematopodidae41990+100%1981
Sandwich TernLaridae41989-70%1984
Clapper RailRallidae31990+50%1968
Broad-winged HawkAccipitridae31985+25%1968
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae31990-10%1968
Orchard OrioleIcteridae31990-14%1968
Marsh WrenTroglodytidae31989+83%1968
Snowy EgretArdeidae31990+325%1969
Black-necked StiltRecurvirostridae31986n/an/a
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae21990+0%1968

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.