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BBS Route · Florida · BCR 27

Betts Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 90 species recorded across 31 survey years, still active.

90Species Recorded
31Years Surveyed
1987–2024Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on Florida Betts

Top 40 of 90 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Betts route.
History
Northern CardinalCardinalidae1252024+347%1989
Mourning DoveColumbidae1132024+600%1989
American CrowCorvidae782024+8%1989
Eastern TowheePasserellidae732024+149%1989
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae702024+454%1989
Northern MockingbirdMimidae622024+119%1989
Tufted TitmouseParidae402024+89%1989
Blue JayCorvidae322024+189%1989
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae282024+109%1989
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae282024+485%1989
White-eyed VireoVireonidae222024+112%1989
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae182024-69%1989
Common GrackleIcteridae162024-46%1989
Pine WarblerParulidae162024+583%1990
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae132024+192%1989
Common Ground DoveColumbidae112024+18%1990
Turkey VultureCathartidae112024+267%1990
Common YellowthroatParulidae112024+119%1989
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae102024+200%1989
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae92024-42%1989
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae82024+65%1989
Northern ParulaParulidae82024+271%1989
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae72024+220%1995
Carolina ChickadeeParidae72024+10%1989
Barn SwallowHirundinidae72023+143%1997
Purple MartinHirundinidae62024+40%1989
Black VultureCathartidae52024-21%1992
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae52024+183%1989
Fish CrowCorvidae52024+59%1989
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae52024+91%1989
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae52016+200%2010
Summer TanagerCardinalidae42024+333%1992
White IbisThreskiornithidae42023-11%1994
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae42023+50%1992
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae32024-57%1989
Mississippi KiteAccipitridae32022+40%1998
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae32024+582%1989
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae32024+233%1989
Brown ThrasherMimidae32024+64%1990
Wood DuckAnatidae32022-50%2009

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