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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 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 →
30Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1992–2024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Colorado Paonia

Top 40 of 120 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Paonia 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
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae1422024+4%1994
House SparrowPasseridae482024-57%1994
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae422024-61%1994
Brewer's BlackbirdIcteridae272024-71%1994
Green-tailed TowheePasserellidae262024+36%1994
Black-billed MagpieCorvidae222024-57%1994
European StarlingSturnidae162024-80%1994
Common RavenCorvidae152024+430%1994
American RobinTurdidae142024-41%1994
Western KingbirdTyrannidae132024-22%1994
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae132024-62%1994
Spotted TowheePasserellidae132024+100%1994
Black-headed GrosbeakCardinalidae132024+317%1994
Yellow WarblerParulidae112024-30%1994
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae112024+238%2010
Mourning DoveColumbidae102024-29%1994
Canada GooseAnatidae92023+31%2015
Western Wood-PeweeTyrannidae82024-41%1994
Brewer's SparrowPasserellidae82024-74%1994
Sage ThrasherMimidae72024-17%1994
Band-tailed PigeonColumbidae72018-32%2015
American KestrelFalconidae52024-29%1995
White-throated SwiftApodidae52024-81%1994
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae52024-80%1994
Mountain BluebirdTurdidae52024-72%1994
Ash-throated FlycatcherTyrannidae52024+180%1997
Say's PhoebeTyrannidae52024-23%1996
Wilson's SnipeScolopacidae42024-66%1994
KilldeerCharadriidae42024-83%1994
Violet-green SwallowHirundinidae42024-89%1994
Woodhouse's Scrub-JayCorvidae42024+20%1995
Common MerganserAnatidae42014+100%2002
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae42023+100%2014
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae32024+267%2004
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae32024-70%1994
Virginia's WarblerParulidae32024-68%1994
Common YellowthroatParulidae32024+0%1994
Pine SiskinFringillidae32016-43%1995
Juniper TitmouseParidae32021+33%2013
White-crowned SparrowPasserellidae32019+33%1999

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