BBS Route · Florida · BCR 31

Flamingo Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 65 species recorded across 28 survey years, still active.

Bird Species Found on Florida Flamingo

Top 40 of 65 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Flamingo 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
American CrowCorvidae362025-19%1987
White-eyed VireoVireonidae332025-58%1987
Northern CardinalCardinalidae272025-4%1987
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae262025+37%1987
Laughing GullLaridae241983n/an/a
Common YellowthroatParulidae242025-45%1987
Black VultureCathartidae182025+44%1987
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae172025-40%1987
Great EgretArdeidae152025-54%1999
Turkey VultureCathartidae122025+60%1987
Wood StorkCiconiidae102025+29%2000
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae102025+17%1987
Snowy EgretArdeidae82025+46%2000
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae62025-60%1987
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae62025+167%2003
Glossy IbisThreskiornithidae42025-44%1999
White IbisThreskiornithidae32025-75%1999
Tricolored HeronArdeidae32025-72%2002
European StarlingSturnidae32002+200%1983
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae32001+0%1983
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae32025-69%1987
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae32025+67%2002
Roseate SpoonbillThreskiornithidae32025+0%2010
AnhingaAnhingidae22019-43%2000
Little Blue HeronArdeidae22025-38%2007
Green HeronArdeidae22025-33%1987
OspreyPandionidae22025+0%2000
Mangrove CuckooCuculidae22014-43%1999
Caspian TernLaridae22000n/an/a
Swallow-tailed KiteAccipitridae22025+167%2006
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgidae22025+33%2017
Black-necked StiltRecurvirostridae22019+0%2017
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae12021+25%2000
Mottled DuckAnatidae12004-83%1986
Great Blue HeronArdeidae12023-57%2011
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae12021-40%1999
White-crowned PigeonColumbidae12025-85%1987
Bald EagleAccipitridae12023-40%2001
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae12024-40%2000
Gray KingbirdTyrannidae12025-57%2000

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14. A route is a sample, not a census.