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BBS Route · California · BCR 15

Wawona Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 92 species recorded across 24 survey years, still active.

92Species 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 →
24Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1998–2025Span
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Bird Species Found on California Wawona

Top 40 of 92 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Wawona 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
Acorn WoodpeckerPicidae332025+3%2000
Spotted TowheePasserellidae302025-50%2000
White-throated SwiftApodidae252025+22%2000
California QuailOdontophoridae242025-22%2000
Western TanagerCardinalidae182025-23%2000
Common RavenCorvidae142025+129%2000
WrentitSylviidae132025-43%2000
Lesser GoldfinchFringillidae112025-56%2000
Black-headed GrosbeakCardinalidae112025-43%2000
Ash-throated FlycatcherTyrannidae92025-4%2000
Nashville WarblerParulidae92025-51%2000
Western Wood-PeweeTyrannidae82025-9%2001
California Scrub-JayCorvidae82025-80%2000
Oak TitmouseParidae82025+50%2000
European StarlingSturnidae72024-44%2001
Steller's JayCorvidae62025-40%2000
Purple FinchFringillidae62025+9%2000
Turkey VultureCathartidae52025+18%2000
BushtitAegithalidae52025+120%2000
Anna's HummingbirdTrochilidae52025-27%2001
Orange-crowned WarblerParulidae52024+92%2001
Bewick's WrenTroglodytidae42025-17%2000
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae42023-18%2011
Mourning DoveColumbidae32025-59%2000
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae32025-29%2001
Black PhoebeTyrannidae32025-46%2000
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae32025+100%2001
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae32023+38%2000
Bullock's OrioleIcteridae32025-52%2000
House FinchFringillidae32025-72%2000
Cassin's VireoVireonidae32025+0%2000
Black-throated Gray WarblerParulidae32024-68%2000
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae32025+67%2000
Red-breasted NuthatchSittidae32025-57%2000
Lazuli BuntingCardinalidae32025+100%2001
MacGillivray's WarblerParulidae32025+33%2005
Lawrence's GoldfinchFringillidae32025+100%2009
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae22025+67%2000
Vaux's SwiftApodidae22024-29%2003
Western KingbirdTyrannidae22025+83%2000

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