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BBS Route · Arizona · BCR 16

Navajo Trail Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 52 species recorded across 20 survey years, still active.

52Species 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 →
20Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1994–2025Span
6Observers

Bird Species Found on Arizona Navajo Trail

Top 40 of 52 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Navajo Trail 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
Horned LarkAlaudidae372025-29%1996
Black-throated SparrowPasserellidae172025+62%1996
Common RavenCorvidae72025+278%1996
Ash-throated FlycatcherTyrannidae72025-19%2009
Brewer's SparrowPasserellidae62023-62%2005
Lark SparrowPasserellidae62022+150%2009
Rock WrenTroglodytidae42025+6%1996
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae42011n/an/a
White-throated SwiftApodidae32024-17%2005
Costa's HummingbirdTrochilidae32009n/an/a
Mourning DoveColumbidae22025+375%1996
Golden EagleAccipitridae22018+100%2005
Pinyon JayCorvidae22023+33%2009
Bendire's ThrasherMimidae22017+100%1996
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae22024+57%2003
PhainopeplaPtiliogonatidae22005-33%1995
Western KingbirdTyrannidae22024+0%2005
Sagebrush SparrowPasserellidae22023-82%2006
Gambel's QuailOdontophoridae22025-18%2006
Say's PhoebeTyrannidae22023-74%2006
Scott's OrioleIcteridae22021+60%2012
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae22003n/an/a
Burrowing OwlStrigidae22023-29%2014
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannidae22014+0%2009
Woodhouse's Scrub-JayCorvidae22009n/an/a
Crissal ThrasherMimidae22018+0%2013
Great Horned OwlStrigidae22015n/an/a
Common PoorwillCaprimulgidae22024+33%2016
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae12022+40%1996
Prairie FalconFalconidae12022+0%2005
Peregrine FalconFalconidae12016+0%1994
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae12016+0%1995
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae12025-40%1996
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae12025-56%1996
Northern MockingbirdMimidae12025-67%1996
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae12023-56%2003
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae11996n/an/a
Violet-green SwallowHirundinidae12013+0%2003
Gray VireoVireonidae12025+25%2017
Canyon WrenTroglodytidae12005n/an/a

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14. A route is a sample, not a census.