BBS Route · California · BCR 32
Ventucopa Bird Survey Route
A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 83 species recorded across 27 survey years, still active.
83Species Recorded
27Years Surveyed
1972–2002Span
4Observers
Bird Species Found on California Ventucopa
Top 40 of 83 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Meadowlark | Icteridae | 75 | 2002 | +61% | 1976 | |
| European Starling | Sturnidae | 66 | 2002 | -40% | 1976 | |
| Common Raven | Corvidae | 59 | 2002 | +147% | 1976 | |
| Horned Lark | Alaudidae | 58 | 2002 | -74% | 1976 | |
| House Finch | Fringillidae | 54 | 2002 | -13% | 1976 | |
| Tricolored Blackbird | Icteridae | 45 | 2002 | -54% | 1984 | |
| Lark Sparrow | Passerellidae | 41 | 2002 | +925% | 1977 | |
| Mourning Dove | Columbidae | 39 | 2002 | +15% | 1976 | |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Icteridae | 34 | 2002 | +109% | 1976 | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columbidae | 33 | 1997 | +115% | 1982 | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Icteridae | 27 | 2002 | +900% | 1977 | |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannidae | 26 | 2002 | +164% | 1976 | |
| Spotted Towhee | Passerellidae | 20 | 2002 | +425% | 1982 | |
| Bullock's Oriole | Icteridae | 15 | 2002 | +375% | 1976 | |
| California Towhee | Passerellidae | 15 | 2002 | +71% | 1977 | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Icteridae | 14 | 1998 | +280% | 1985 | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Accipitridae | 12 | 2002 | +142% | 1977 | |
| Phainopepla | Ptiliogonatidae | 12 | 1998 | +360% | 1995 | |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Laniidae | 11 | 2002 | +236% | 1976 | |
| House Sparrow | Passeridae | 8 | 2001 | -2% | 1976 | |
| Brewer's Sparrow | Passerellidae | 8 | 2001 | +167% | 1995 | |
| American Coot | Rallidae | 7 | 1997 | +120% | 1994 | |
| Mountain Quail | Odontophoridae | 6 | 1998 | +75% | 1983 | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Hirundinidae | 5 | 2002 | +71% | 1983 | |
| Bushtit | Aegithalidae | 5 | 1992 | n/a | n/a | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimidae | 4 | 2002 | +200% | 1976 | |
| Bewick's Wren | Troglodytidae | 4 | 2002 | +88% | 1981 | |
| Burrowing Owl | Strigidae | 3 | 1972 | n/a | n/a | |
| Say's Phoebe | Tyrannidae | 3 | 2001 | +17% | 1984 | |
| California Scrub-Jay | Corvidae | 3 | 2002 | +25% | 1976 | |
| Bell's Sparrow | Passerellidae | 3 | 2001 | +17% | 1982 | |
| California Thrasher | Mimidae | 3 | 2002 | +425% | 1976 | |
| Northern Harrier | Accipitridae | 3 | 1999 | +25% | 1983 | |
| Costa's Hummingbird | Trochilidae | 3 | 1995 | +200% | 1981 | |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Cardinalidae | 3 | 1998 | +67% | 1985 | |
| Mallard | Anatidae | 3 | 1993 | +200% | 1986 | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podicipedidae | 3 | 1997 | +200% | 1989 | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Passerellidae | 3 | 1999 | -17% | 1995 | |
| Black-throated Sparrow | Passerellidae | 3 | 1995 | +50% | 1994 | |
| Killdeer | Charadriidae | 2 | 1999 | +125% | 1980 |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.