BBS Route · Colorado · BCR 16
Wet Mtns. Bird Survey Route
A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 97 species recorded across 30 survey years, still active.
97Species Recorded
30Years Surveyed
1993–2024Span
5Observers
Bird Species Found on Colorado Wet Mtns.
Top 40 of 97 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Wood-Pewee | Tyrannidae | 29 | 2024 | +116% | 1995 | |
| American Robin | Turdidae | 25 | 2024 | -27% | 1995 | |
| Mourning Dove | Columbidae | 23 | 2024 | +56% | 1995 | |
| Broad-tailed Hummingbird | Trochilidae | 21 | 2024 | +86% | 1995 | |
| Spotted Towhee | Passerellidae | 19 | 2024 | -35% | 1995 | |
| Chipping Sparrow | Passerellidae | 16 | 2024 | +27% | 1995 | |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireonidae | 16 | 2024 | +0% | 1996 | |
| Western Meadowlark | Icteridae | 14 | 2024 | +52% | 1995 | |
| Vesper Sparrow | Passerellidae | 12 | 2024 | +67% | 1995 | |
| Pinyon Jay | Corvidae | 11 | 2024 | +173% | 2001 | |
| Green-tailed Towhee | Passerellidae | 11 | 2024 | -11% | 1995 | |
| Violet-green Swallow | Hirundinidae | 10 | 2024 | +162% | 1995 | |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Cardinalidae | 9 | 2024 | -32% | 1997 | |
| Steller's Jay | Corvidae | 7 | 2023 | -35% | 1996 | |
| Western Tanager | Cardinalidae | 7 | 2024 | +79% | 1995 | |
| Northern House Wren | Troglodytidae | 7 | 2024 | +42% | 1995 | |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptilidae | 7 | 2024 | +0% | 1995 | |
| Lark Bunting | Passerellidae | 7 | 1994 | n/a | n/a | |
| Clark's Nutcracker | Corvidae | 6 | 2024 | -47% | 1995 | |
| Lark Sparrow | Passerellidae | 6 | 2024 | -28% | 1995 | |
| Mountain Bluebird | Turdidae | 6 | 2024 | -30% | 1995 | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columbidae | 6 | 1994 | n/a | n/a | |
| Lesser Goldfinch | Fringillidae | 6 | 2024 | +175% | 1996 | |
| Mountain Chickadee | Paridae | 5 | 2023 | +100% | 1995 | |
| Evening Grosbeak | Fringillidae | 5 | 1994 | n/a | n/a | |
| Wild Turkey | Phasianidae | 5 | 2022 | -14% | 2019 | |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Columbidae | 4 | 1993 | n/a | n/a | |
| American Crow | Corvidae | 4 | 2023 | -38% | 1995 | |
| European Starling | Sturnidae | 4 | 2007 | +0% | 1994 | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Icteridae | 4 | 2024 | -22% | 1996 | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Icteridae | 4 | 2024 | -57% | 1995 | |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Icteridae | 4 | 2024 | -71% | 1995 | |
| Plumbeous Vireo | Vireonidae | 4 | 2024 | +36% | 1995 | |
| Virginia's Warbler | Parulidae | 4 | 2024 | -50% | 1996 | |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulidae | 4 | 2023 | +567% | 2014 | |
| Horned Lark | Alaudidae | 4 | 2021 | +29% | 2002 | |
| Black-billed Magpie | Corvidae | 3 | 2024 | +64% | 1995 | |
| Rock Wren | Troglodytidae | 3 | 2024 | -10% | 1995 | |
| Williamson's Sapsucker | Picidae | 3 | 2018 | +167% | 2003 | |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | Parulidae | 3 | 2024 | -17% | 1999 |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.