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BBS Route · Arizona · BCR 34

Prescott Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 118 species recorded across 48 survey years, still active.

118Species 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 →
48Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1974–2025Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Arizona Prescott

Top 40 of 118 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Prescott 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
House FinchFringillidae472025+211%1976
Spotted TowheePasserellidae342025+49%1976
Common RavenCorvidae192025+224%1977
American RobinTurdidae132025-7%1976
Violet-green SwallowHirundinidae122025+250%1977
Virginia's WarblerParulidae102025+4%1976
Lesser GoldfinchFringillidae92025+570%1977
Grace's WarblerParulidae92025-45%1977
Mourning DoveColumbidae82025-39%1976
Black-headed GrosbeakCardinalidae82025+14%1976
Acorn WoodpeckerPicidae72025+381%1976
Western TanagerCardinalidae72025+177%1976
Red-faced WarblerParulidae72025-32%1977
Western Wood-PeweeTyrannidae62025+3%1976
House SparrowPasseridae62025-86%1976
BushtitAegithalidae62025+206%1976
Warbling VireoVireonidae62025-42%1978
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae62025-17%1978
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae62017+275%1993
Eared GrebePodicipedidae61998n/an/a
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae52025-4%1976
Plumbeous VireoVireonidae52025+39%1976
Bewick's WrenTroglodytidae52025+0%1976
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae42025+185%1976
MallardAnatidae4201912×1983
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannidae32022-70%1976
Woodhouse's Scrub-JayCorvidae32025-71%1976
Northern MockingbirdMimidae32022+38%1976
Pygmy NuthatchSittidae32025+81%1976
European StarlingSturnidae32025-82%1977
PhainopeplaPtiliogonatidae32025+22%1977
Mountain ChickadeeParidae32025-30%1977
Horned LarkAlaudidae31989+20%1979
Steller's JayCorvidae32022-60%1978
Yellow WarblerParulidae32025+100%1981
Olive WarblerPeucedramidae32018+20%2000
Gambel's QuailOdontophoridae22022-91%1976
Band-tailed PigeonColumbidae22025-71%1976
Rock PigeonColumbidae22015-33%1976
Broad-tailed HummingbirdTrochilidae22025+50%1976

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