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BBS Route · Colorado · BCR 18

Cheyenne Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 57 species recorded across 27 survey years, still active.

57Species Recorded
27Years Surveyed
1990–2024Span
6Observers

Bird Species Found on Colorado Cheyenne

Top 40 of 57 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Cheyenne route.
History
Horned LarkAlaudidae1932024-30%1992
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae1422024-17%1992
Mourning DoveColumbidae892024-43%1992
Common GrackleIcteridae302024-12%1992
Cassin's SparrowPasserellidae192024+46%1992
Lark BuntingPasserellidae182024-83%1992
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae152024-3%1992
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae152024-46%1992
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae132024+367%2012
Western KingbirdTyrannidae122024-37%1992
House SparrowPasseridae92024-69%1992
European StarlingSturnidae72024-16%1993
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae52024-19%1992
Northern MockingbirdMimidae52024+83%1998
American RobinTurdidae42024+20%1993
Brewer's BlackbirdIcteridae42018-56%1997
Lark SparrowPasserellidae32022-65%1993
Northern HarrierAccipitridae32018+100%2003
Great-tailed GrackleIcteridae32024+175%2004
Short-eared OwlStrigidae32009+200%2005
Swainson's HawkAccipitridae22024-18%1992
Ferruginous HawkAccipitridae22022+67%1998
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae22024+60%1998
MallardAnatidae22019-29%1994
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae22022+29%1997
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae22024-14%2013
Yellow WarblerParulidae22024+50%2004
Say's PhoebeTyrannidae22024-60%2003
Western Wood-PeweeTyrannidae22021+0%2003
American KestrelFalconidae22004+100%1997
House FinchFringillidae22017-20%2008
Rock PigeonColumbidae22022+100%2007
American Barn OwlTytonidae22011n/an/a
KilldeerCharadriidae12021-40%1992
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae12021+25%2004
Burrowing OwlStrigidae12024-72%1993
DickcisselCardinalidae12024-38%1998
Barn SwallowHirundinidae12021-62%1992
Brown ThrasherMimidae12024+67%1992
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae12007+0%1991

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