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BBS Route · Florida · BCR 27

Port St Joe Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 106 species recorded across 45 survey years, no longer active.

106Species 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 →
45Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1967–2014Span
8Observers

Bird Species Found on Florida Port St Joe

Top 40 of 106 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Port St Joe 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
Eastern TowheePasserellidae292014+17%1969
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae292014+4%1969
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae252014+433%1969
Northern CardinalCardinalidae232014+53%1969
Common YellowthroatParulidae232014-38%1969
Northern MockingbirdMimidae172014+96%1969
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae162011+967%1989
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae142014+267%1969
Fish CrowCorvidae142014+22%1969
Brown ThrasherMimidae142011+840%1975
Yellow-throated WarblerParulidae122011+640%1971
Mourning DoveColumbidae11201432×1987
Common GrackleIcteridae92014+324%1969
Purple MartinHirundinidae92014+386%1971
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae92011+914%1972
Blue JayCorvidae82014+48%1969
Laughing GullLaridae72014-80%1969
Brown PelicanPelecanidae72014+75%1971
Summer TanagerCardinalidae72014+206%1969
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae62014+162%1969
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae62014+65%1969
Prothonotary WarblerParulidae62010-25%1970
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae62011+150%1977
Pine WarblerParulidae52014+360%1969
Carolina ChickadeeParidae52014+20%1969
Green HeronArdeidae52011+13%1971
Chimney SwiftApodidae52011+23%1972
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae52010+71%1971
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae42014+352%1969
Bachman's SparrowPasserellidae42011+10%1969
House SparrowPasseridae42004-79%1973
Northern ParulaParulidae42014+200%1972
Brown-headed NuthatchSittidae42014+290%1972
Black VultureCathartidae41998+250%1987
Hooded WarblerParulidae42014-13%1971
Barn SwallowHirundinidae42014+100%1977
KilldeerCharadriidae41992+100%1983
Rock PigeonColumbidae41987n/an/a
Ring-billed GullLaridae31991+50%1980
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae32014+283%1991

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