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Holey Land Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 80 species recorded across 33 survey years, still active.

80Species 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 →
33Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1987–2025Span
7Observers

Bird Species Found on Florida Holey Land

Top 40 of 80 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Holey Land 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
Purple MartinHirundinidae274202428×1997
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae1782025-6%1990
Common YellowthroatParulidae1412025-3%1990
Boat-tailed GrackleIcteridae1342025-52%1990
Black VultureCathartidae702025+414%1993
Northern CardinalCardinalidae482025+44%1990
Mourning DoveColumbidae432025+121%1990
Common GrackleIcteridae402025+309%1990
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae352025+838%1993
White-eyed VireoVireonidae332025+46%1990
White IbisThreskiornithidae282025-62%1995
Common GallinuleRallidae232025+322%1990
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae162025+925%1994
Great EgretArdeidae152025+95%1994
OspreyPandionidae152025+300%2006
Turkey VultureCathartidae132025+178%1990
Glossy IbisThreskiornithidae10202511×1996
Purple GallinuleRallidae102012+900%1995
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae92025+2%1990
Little Blue HeronArdeidae92025-38%1994
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckAnatidae72025+100%2006
Green HeronArdeidae62025+26%1990
European StarlingSturnidae62019+79%1990
Great Blue HeronArdeidae62025+100%1995
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae52025-12%1990
LimpkinAramidae52025+300%1996
Fulvous Whistling-DuckAnatidae52025+125%1999
Northern MockingbirdMimidae42025-88%1990
Barn SwallowHirundinidae42025+333%2007
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae42025+60%2018
Mottled DuckAnatidae32024-36%1995
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae32025-92%1990
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae32025-46%1990
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae32025-64%1990
Snail KiteAccipitridae32018+33%1996
Blue JayCorvidae32025-38%1998
Black-crowned Night HeronArdeidae32024-11%1999
American CootRallidae32016+200%1996
Pied-billed GrebePodicipedidae32009+50%2003
AnhingaAnhingidae22025+33%1994

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