BBS Route · Alabama · BCR 28

Lakeview Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 94 species recorded across 23 survey years, still active.

Bird Species Found on Alabama Lakeview

Top 40 of 94 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Lakeview 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
European StarlingSturnidae1002024+17%2001
American CrowCorvidae512024+27%2001
Mourning DoveColumbidae472024-11%2001
Northern CardinalCardinalidae412024+20%2001
American RobinTurdidae362024-28%2001
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae312024-36%2001
Northern MockingbirdMimidae302024+12%2001
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae282024-33%2001
Eastern TowheePasserellidae242024+105%2001
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae242024+68%2001
Common GrackleIcteridae232024-53%2001
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae222024+30%2001
House SparrowPasseridae212024-61%2001
Tufted TitmouseParidae212024+37%2001
Purple MartinHirundinidae182024+31%2001
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae172024+14%2004
Blue JayCorvidae162024-41%2001
Barn SwallowHirundinidae162024-47%2001
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae162024+0%2001
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae152024-27%2001
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae132024+21%2001
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae132024+78%2001
Carolina ChickadeeParidae112024+28%2002
House FinchFringillidae102024+200%2001
Field SparrowPasserellidae102024+24%2001
White-eyed VireoVireonidae102024+440%2001
Brown ThrasherMimidae102024+7%2001
KilldeerCharadriidae82024-5%2001
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae82024-43%2001
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae72024+71%2001
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae72024+225%2001
Orchard OrioleIcteridae72024+6%2001
Chimney SwiftApodidae62024-78%2001
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae62024-35%2001
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae62024+39%2001
Wood ThrushTurdidae52024-17%2001
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae52024+25%2008
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae52018+75%2007
Hairy WoodpeckerPicidae42024+100%2004
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae42024+183%2001

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