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BBS Route · Kentucky · BCR 28

Pine Ridge Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 77 species recorded across 13 survey years, no longer active.

77Species 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 →
13Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1966–1978Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Kentucky Pine Ridge

Top 40 of 77 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Pine Ridge 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
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae511978+18%1968
American CrowCorvidae431978+50%1968
Song SparrowPasserellidae281978+47%1968
Prairie WarblerParulidae281978-11%1970
Wood ThrushTurdidae271978+70%1968
Northern CardinalCardinalidae221978-23%1968
Common YellowthroatParulidae221978+16%1968
American RobinTurdidae211978+26%1968
Common GrackleIcteridae201978-15%1968
Summer TanagerCardinalidae201978-30%1968
Gray CatbirdMimidae191978+2%1968
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae161978-25%1968
White-eyed VireoVireonidae161978+46%1968
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae161978-30%1968
Yellow WarblerParulidae151978+60%1969
OvenbirdParulidae151978-42%1968
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae141978-54%1968
Pine WarblerParulidae141966n/an/a
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae131978+39%1968
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae131978+150%1968
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae121978-17%1968
Barn SwallowHirundinidae121978+86%1968
Yellow-throated VireoVireonidae121978-33%1968
Eastern TowheePasserellidae111978-6%1968
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae101978+6%1969
Blue JayCorvidae101978-38%1969
Mourning DoveColumbidae91978+46%1968
Yellow-throated WarblerParulidae91978+100%1972
Blue-winged WarblerParulidae81978+400%1967
Cerulean WarblerParulidae81978-60%1970
Kentucky WarblerParulidae81978-28%1970
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae81978-55%1968
European StarlingSturnidae71978+47%1968
American GoldfinchFringillidae71978-54%1968
Carolina ChickadeeParidae71978-36%1968
Brown ThrasherMimidae61978+10%1968
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae51978+9%1968
Field SparrowPasserellidae51977-59%1968
Tufted TitmouseParidae51978-33%1968
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae41978-56%1970

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