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BBS Route · Colorado · BCR 18

Elbert Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 102 species recorded across 25 survey years, still active.

102Species Recorded
25Years Surveyed
1998–2024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Colorado Elbert

Top 40 of 102 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Elbert route.
History
Mourning DoveColumbidae642024+200%2000
American RobinTurdidae572024-1%2000
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae512024+0%2000
Black-billed MagpieCorvidae252024-15%2000
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae242024-68%2000
Western Wood-PeweeTyrannidae222024+8%2000
House FinchFringillidae222024-50%2000
Pygmy NuthatchSittidae202024+43%2000
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae192024-50%2000
Tree SwallowHirundinidae192022-41%2001
European StarlingSturnidae172024-65%2000
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae172024-5%2000
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae142024-62%2000
Violet-green SwallowHirundinidae142024-53%2000
Red CrossbillFringillidae132024-53%2002
Western BluebirdTurdidae132024-15%2000
Broad-tailed HummingbirdTrochilidae122024-3%2000
Horned LarkAlaudidae112024-86%2000
Brewer's BlackbirdIcteridae112024+100%2002
American CrowCorvidae102024-59%2000
Say's PhoebeTyrannidae102024+160%2001
Mountain BluebirdTurdidae92024-40%2000
Common RavenCorvidae92024+86%2014
Hairy WoodpeckerPicidae82024-9%2000
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae82024-50%2000
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae82022-10%2001
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae62024+23%2000
Black-headed GrosbeakCardinalidae62022+138%2000
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae62024-25%2011
Evening GrosbeakFringillidae62024+200%2011
Steller's JayCorvidae52024-50%2000
Canada GooseAnatidae52019+240%2007
Lark SparrowPasserellidae52019+100%2011
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae52024+400%2012
Lesser GoldfinchFringillidae42024-46%2000
Spotted TowheePasserellidae42024+325%2000
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae42024-30%2000
Rock PigeonColumbidae32024-29%2005
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae32024-50%2000
Pine SiskinFringillidae32024-78%2000

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