BBS Route · Kentucky · BCR 24

Sewell Shop Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 90 species recorded across 34 survey years, still active.

Bird Species Found on Kentucky Sewell Shop

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

Species recorded on the Sewell Shop 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
American RobinTurdidae1342023+123%1968
Common GrackleIcteridae1182023-51%1968
European StarlingSturnidae982023+21%1968
Northern CardinalCardinalidae952023+422%1968
Mourning DoveColumbidae612023+27%1968
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae522023-13%1968
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae402023-18%1968
Barn SwallowHirundinidae312023-32%1968
Song SparrowPasserellidae29202312×1968
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae25202314×1974
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae242023+373%1968
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae222023+92%1968
American CrowCorvidae202023-57%1968
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae162023+317%1968
Blue JayCorvidae142023+39%1968
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae142023+364%1988
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae122023-88%1968
Carolina ChickadeeParidae122023-12%1968
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae122023+433%1991
House SparrowPasseridae112023-90%1968
Northern MockingbirdMimidae102023-38%1968
Purple MartinHirundinidae102023+96%1972
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae92023-14%1968
Tufted TitmouseParidae92023-22%1968
Eastern TowheePasserellidae82023+82%1968
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae72023+162%1968
Warbling VireoVireonidae72023+500%1995
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae62023-33%1968
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae62023-86%1968
Common YellowthroatParulidae62023-57%1968
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae62023-67%1968
Gray CatbirdMimidae62023+0%1968
Turkey VultureCathartidae52023+133%1972
Chimney SwiftApodidae52023-53%1968
Orchard OrioleIcteridae52023-9%1970
Field SparrowPasserellidae52023-78%1968
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae52023+133%1972
Tree SwallowHirundinidae52022+750%2001
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae42023-86%1968
American GoldfinchFringillidae42023+15%1968

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