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Georgia Breeding Birds

170 species recorded across 111 survey routes, 1966 to 2024. Browse by family or guild below.

Georgia Bird Population Trends

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Snowy Egret has collapsed in Georgia: down 98% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

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Glossy Ibis has collapsed in Georgia: down 97% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

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Tricolored Heron has collapsed in Georgia: down 96% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

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Black-crowned Night Heron has collapsed in Georgia: down 96% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

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House Sparrow has collapsed in Georgia: down 95% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

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Grasshopper Sparrow has collapsed in Georgia: down 95% on the route-weighted index since 1968.

How Bird Guilds Are Faring in Georgia

-92%

Game birds

2 species
-92%

Grassland birds

5 species
-70%

Wetland birds

22 species
-46%

Generalists

12 species
-12%

Aerial insectivores

15 species
-11%

Forest birds

60 species
+53%

Waterfowl

4 species
+203%

Birds of prey

15 species
+493%

Shorebirds

1 species

Georgia Bird Survey Routes

Browse Georgia Birds By Family

Each species links to its trend in Georgia.

Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae

Bald Eagle +7%Broad-winged Hawk -42%Cooper's Hawk +84%Mississippi Kite +272%Red-shouldered Hawk +876%Red-tailed Hawk +691%Sharp-shinned Hawk -75%Swallow-tailed Kite +506%

Larks Alaudidae

Horned Lark +603%

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher -69%

Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck +143%Canada Goose 33×Mallard -39%Wood Duck -39%

Anhingas Anhingidae

Anhinga -27%

Swifts Apodidae

Chimney Swift -71%

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae

Black-crowned Night Heron -96%Great Blue Heron +8%Great Egret -88%Green Heron -63%Little Blue Heron -56%Snowy Egret -98%Tricolored Heron -96%Western Cattle-Egret +10%Yellow-crowned Night Heron -57%

Waxwings Bombycillidae

Cedar Waxwing +87%

Nightjars & Nighthawks Caprimulgidae

Chuck-will's-widow -64%Common Nighthawk -80%Eastern Whip-poor-will -74%

Cardinals & Grosbeaks Cardinalidae

Blue Grosbeak -9%Dickcissel +212%Indigo Bunting -18%Northern Cardinal +3%Painted Bunting -63%Rose-breasted Grosbeak -60%Scarlet Tanager +752%Summer Tanager -13%

New World Vultures Cathartidae

Black Vulture +170%Turkey Vulture +619%

Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae

Killdeer +493%

Storks Ciconiidae

Wood Stork -58%

Pigeons & Doves Columbidae

Common Ground Dove -32%Eurasian Collared-Dove +904%Mourning Dove -1%Rock Pigeon -24%

Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae

American Crow +38%Blue Jay -50%Fish Crow +18%

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis Cuculidae

Black-billed Cuckoo -77%Yellow-billed Cuckoo -22%

Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae

American Kestrel -41%

Finches Fringillidae

American Goldfinch +152%House Finch 14×

Swallows & Martins Hirundinidae

Barn Swallow 43×Cliff Swallow 22×Northern Rough-winged Swallow +45%Purple Martin -20%Tree Swallow +629%

Blackbirds & Orioles Icteridae

Boat-tailed Grackle -93%Brown-headed Cowbird +238%Common Grackle -79%Eastern Meadowlark -88%Orchard Oriole -44%Red-winged Blackbird -76%

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted Chat -55%

Shrikes Laniidae

Loggerhead Shrike -76%

Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae

Laughing Gull -59%

Mockingbirds & Thrashers Mimidae

Brown Thrasher -10%Gray Catbird -61%Northern Mockingbird -33%

New World Quail Odontophoridae

Northern Bobwhite -85%

Osprey Pandionidae

Osprey +585%

Chickadees & Titmice Paridae

Carolina Chickadee +32%Tufted Titmouse +222%

Wood-Warblers Parulidae

American Redstart -35%Black-and-white Warbler +428%Black-throated Green Warbler +532%Blue-winged Warbler -72%Common Yellowthroat -5%Hooded Warbler +52%Kentucky Warbler +7%Louisiana Waterthrush +99%Northern Parula +218%Ovenbird +155%Pine Warbler +408%Prairie Warbler -73%Prothonotary Warbler -38%Swainson's Warbler +382%Worm-eating Warbler -13%Yellow Warbler -64%Yellow-throated Warbler +43%

New World Sparrows Passerellidae

Bachman's Sparrow +162%Chipping Sparrow +98%Eastern Towhee -47%Field Sparrow -71%Grasshopper Sparrow -95%Song Sparrow +82%

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

House Sparrow -95%

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant -28%

Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys Phasianidae

Wild Turkey +295%

Woodpeckers Picidae

Downy Woodpecker +87%Hairy Woodpecker -25%Pileated Woodpecker +135%Red-bellied Woodpecker +18%Red-cockaded Woodpecker -27%Red-headed Woodpecker -6%

Grebes Podicipedidae

Pied-billed Grebe +45%

Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher +402%

Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae

Clapper Rail -39%Common Gallinule -15%King Rail -89%

Nuthatches Sittidae

Brown-headed Nuthatch +19%White-breasted Nuthatch +204%

Owls Strigidae

Barred Owl +307%Eastern Screech-Owl -57%Great Horned Owl +7%

Starlings & Mynas Sturnidae

European Starling -49%

Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae

Glossy Ibis -97%White Ibis +23%

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

Ruby-throated Hummingbird -23%

Wrens Troglodytidae

Carolina Wren +137%Marsh Wren -89%Northern House Wren +54%

Thrushes Turdidae

American Robin +25%Eastern Bluebird +122%Wood Thrush -67%

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

Acadian Flycatcher +37%Eastern Kingbird -39%Eastern Phoebe 12×Eastern Wood-Pewee -34%Great Crested Flycatcher +54%Willow Flycatcher -64%

Vireos Vireonidae

Blue-headed Vireo +117%Red-eyed Vireo +11%White-eyed Vireo +126%Yellow-throated Vireo +159%

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.