BBS Route · Colorado · BCR 16
Paonia Bird Survey Route
A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 120 species recorded across 30 survey years, still active.
120Species Recorded
30Years Surveyed
1992–2024Span
3Observers
Bird Species Found on Colorado Paonia
Top 40 of 120 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Meadowlark | Icteridae | 142 | 2024 | +4% | 1994 | |
| House Sparrow | Passeridae | 48 | 2024 | -57% | 1994 | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Icteridae | 42 | 2024 | -61% | 1994 | |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Icteridae | 27 | 2024 | -71% | 1994 | |
| Green-tailed Towhee | Passerellidae | 26 | 2024 | +36% | 1994 | |
| Black-billed Magpie | Corvidae | 22 | 2024 | -57% | 1994 | |
| European Starling | Sturnidae | 16 | 2024 | -80% | 1994 | |
| Common Raven | Corvidae | 15 | 2024 | +430% | 1994 | |
| American Robin | Turdidae | 14 | 2024 | -41% | 1994 | |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannidae | 13 | 2024 | -22% | 1994 | |
| Vesper Sparrow | Passerellidae | 13 | 2024 | -62% | 1994 | |
| Spotted Towhee | Passerellidae | 13 | 2024 | +100% | 1994 | |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Cardinalidae | 13 | 2024 | +317% | 1994 | |
| Yellow Warbler | Parulidae | 11 | 2024 | -30% | 1994 | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Columbidae | 11 | 2024 | +238% | 2010 | |
| Mourning Dove | Columbidae | 10 | 2024 | -29% | 1994 | |
| Canada Goose | Anatidae | 9 | 2023 | +31% | 2015 | |
| Western Wood-Pewee | Tyrannidae | 8 | 2024 | -41% | 1994 | |
| Brewer's Sparrow | Passerellidae | 8 | 2024 | -74% | 1994 | |
| Sage Thrasher | Mimidae | 7 | 2024 | -17% | 1994 | |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Columbidae | 7 | 2018 | -32% | 2015 | |
| American Kestrel | Falconidae | 5 | 2024 | -29% | 1995 | |
| White-throated Swift | Apodidae | 5 | 2024 | -81% | 1994 | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Icteridae | 5 | 2024 | -80% | 1994 | |
| Mountain Bluebird | Turdidae | 5 | 2024 | -72% | 1994 | |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 5 | 2024 | +180% | 1997 | |
| Say's Phoebe | Tyrannidae | 5 | 2024 | -23% | 1996 | |
| Wilson's Snipe | Scolopacidae | 4 | 2024 | -66% | 1994 | |
| Killdeer | Charadriidae | 4 | 2024 | -83% | 1994 | |
| Violet-green Swallow | Hirundinidae | 4 | 2024 | -89% | 1994 | |
| Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay | Corvidae | 4 | 2024 | +20% | 1995 | |
| Common Merganser | Anatidae | 4 | 2014 | +100% | 2002 | |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycillidae | 4 | 2023 | +100% | 2014 | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Cardinalidae | 3 | 2024 | +267% | 2004 | |
| Cliff Swallow | Hirundinidae | 3 | 2024 | -70% | 1994 | |
| Virginia's Warbler | Parulidae | 3 | 2024 | -68% | 1994 | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Parulidae | 3 | 2024 | +0% | 1994 | |
| Pine Siskin | Fringillidae | 3 | 2016 | -43% | 1995 | |
| Juniper Titmouse | Paridae | 3 | 2021 | +33% | 2013 | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Passerellidae | 3 | 2019 | +33% | 1999 |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.