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BBS Route · Kentucky · BCR 24

Plum Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 90 species recorded across 27 survey years, still active.

90Species Recorded
27Years Surveyed
1966–2024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Kentucky Plum

Top 40 of 90 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Plum route.
History
European StarlingSturnidae3142024+122%1969
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae1472024-22%1969
American RobinTurdidae1442024+184%1969
Common GrackleIcteridae1192024-67%1969
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae742024-36%1969
Barn SwallowHirundinidae502024+47%1969
Mourning DoveColumbidae372024+74%1969
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae232024+346%1969
Song SparrowPasserellidae202024+71%1969
Northern CardinalCardinalidae182024+86%1969
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae172024+236%1969
Blue JayCorvidae162024+15%1969
Northern MockingbirdMimidae162024-16%1969
Purple MartinHirundinidae122024+165%1971
Field SparrowPasserellidae112024-63%1969
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae112024-59%1969
American GoldfinchFringillidae102024+39%1969
American CrowCorvidae92024-57%1969
Tufted TitmouseParidae92024-10%1969
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae92024+27%2019
Common YellowthroatParulidae82024-16%1969
House SparrowPasseridae82024-52%1969
Gray CatbirdMimidae82024+222%1969
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae8202413×1979
House FinchFringillidae82024+100%2010
Orchard OrioleIcteridae72024+46%1969
Brown ThrasherMimidae72024+16%1969
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae62024-64%1969
Turkey VultureCathartidae62024+144%1969
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae62024+43%1969
Chimney SwiftApodidae62024-75%1969
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae62024+350%1972
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae62024+325%1972
Canada GooseAnatidae62023+133%2013
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae52024-63%1969
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae52024-44%1969
Warbling VireoVireonidae52024+55%2009
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae52024+50%2017
American KestrelFalconidae42024+33%1970
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae42024+300%1969

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