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BBS Route · Alabama · BCR 28

Guntersville Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 106 species recorded across 29 survey years, still active.

106Species 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 →
29Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1980–2024Span
7Observers

Bird Species Found on Alabama Guntersville

Top 40 of 106 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Guntersville 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
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae106201718×1986
Canada GooseAnatidae502024+95%1996
Northern CardinalCardinalidae452024-46%1983
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae352024-11%1983
House SparrowPasseridae272024-80%1983
Blue JayCorvidae252024-26%1983
European StarlingSturnidae242017-76%1983
American CrowCorvidae222024+35%1983
Northern MockingbirdMimidae222024-32%1983
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae222002n/an/a
Tree SwallowHirundinidae19201719×2012
American RobinTurdidae172024-70%1983
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae152024+733%2003
Mourning DoveColumbidae142024-82%1983
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae142024-49%1983
Eastern TowheePasserellidae142024-66%1983
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae142024-35%1983
Barn SwallowHirundinidae142024-58%1983
White-eyed VireoVireonidae122024-24%1983
Common GrackleIcteridae112024-83%1983
Tufted TitmouseParidae112024-59%1983
Carolina ChickadeeParidae112024-71%1983
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae102024+150%1989
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae82024+16%1983
Song SparrowPasserellidae82024-84%1983
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae62024-54%1983
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae62024-38%1983
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae62005+100%1999
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae52012-92%1983
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae52024-28%1983
Summer TanagerCardinalidae52024-62%1983
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae52024-67%1983
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae52024-58%1983
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae52024-42%1983
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae52024+77%1983
MallardAnatidae52017+8%1992
OspreyPandionidae52017+100%2005
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae42024-33%1983
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae42024-52%1983
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae42024-78%1983

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