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BBS Route · Kentucky · BCR 24

Sulphur Lick Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 98 species recorded across 37 survey years, still active.

98Species 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 →
37Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1966–2024Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on Kentucky Sulphur Lick

Top 40 of 98 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Sulphur Lick 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
Mourning DoveColumbidae452024-10%1968
European StarlingSturnidae422024+4%1968
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae402024+12%1968
Northern CardinalCardinalidae352024-21%1968
American CrowCorvidae312024-33%1968
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae282024+79%1968
Northern MockingbirdMimidae262024+8%1968
American RobinTurdidae252024+53%1968
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae242024-55%1968
Barn SwallowHirundinidae242024-54%1968
Song SparrowPasserellidae212024+38%1999
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae182024+47%1968
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae172024+135%1968
Common YellowthroatParulidae162024+254%1968
Field SparrowPasserellidae152024-15%1968
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae142024+0%1980
Rock PigeonColumbidae132021-8%1968
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae122024-82%1968
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae122024+470%1969
Canada GooseAnatidae102024+188%2010
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae92024+400%1968
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae82024-21%1968
Turkey VultureCathartidae72023+467%1969
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae72024+333%1969
Common GrackleIcteridae72024-87%1968
Brown ThrasherMimidae72024-10%1968
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae62024+85%1968
House SparrowPasseridae62024-93%1968
KilldeerCharadriidae62024+18%1978
Purple MartinHirundinidae62024-80%1979
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae52024-44%1968
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae52024-63%1968
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae52024+27%1978
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae52023-17%1999
Wood DuckAnatidae5202311×2002
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae52024+133%2021
Blue JayCorvidae42024-83%1968
Tufted TitmouseParidae42024-25%1968
Warbling VireoVireonidae42024+100%1980
Prairie WarblerParulidae42023+125%1980

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