BBS Route · Arizona · BCR 33

Araby Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 88 species recorded across 29 survey years, still active.

Bird Species Found on Arizona Araby

Top 40 of 88 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Araby 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
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae3222023-17%1996
Great-tailed GrackleIcteridae712023+103%1996
White-winged DoveColumbidae492023-47%1996
Mourning DoveColumbidae362023-51%1996
House FinchFringillidae332023-44%1996
European StarlingSturnidae232023+90%1996
House SparrowPasseridae162023-59%1996
VerdinRemizidae162023+90%1996
Lesser NighthawkCaprimulgidae142023-55%1997
Common YellowthroatParulidae122023-29%1996
KilldeerCharadriidae112023+29%1996
Gambel's QuailOdontophoridae112023+28%1996
American CootRallidae112023+13%1997
Ash-throated FlycatcherTyrannidae92023+47%1996
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae92023+567%2006
Gila WoodpeckerPicidae82023+200%1996
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae72023-59%1996
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae62021-29%1996
Yellow-headed BlackbirdIcteridae62023-61%1997
Snowy EgretArdeidae62022+13%2002
Lesser GoldfinchFringillidae62023+75%2004
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae42023-83%1996
Northern MockingbirdMimidae42023-54%1996
Ridgway's RailRallidae42022+475%1997
Rock PigeonColumbidae42023+55%1998
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerPicidae42023-13%1997
MallardAnatidae42023+80%1998
Abert's TowheePasserellidae42023-39%1998
Willow FlycatcherTyrannidae42021-43%2004
Clark's GrebePodicipedidae42023+167%2019
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae32018-17%1996
Say's PhoebeTyrannidae32022+50%1997
Black-throated SparrowPasserellidae31993n/an/a
Inca DoveColumbidae32022+0%1999
White-throated SwiftApodidae32006+50%2004
Vermilion FlycatcherTyrannidae32023n/an/a
American KestrelFalconidae22022+0%2000
Greater RoadrunnerCuculidae22023+50%1998
Western KingbirdTyrannidae22023-56%1996
Black PhoebeTyrannidae22023+17%1997

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