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BBS Route · Louisiana · BCR 26

Morgan City Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 82 species recorded across 7 survey years, still active.

82Species 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 →
7Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
2011–2022Span
2Observers

Bird Species Found on Louisiana Morgan City

Top 40 of 82 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Morgan City 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
Common GrackleIcteridae1022022-15%2013
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae932022-25%2013
Northern CardinalCardinalidae482022-38%2013
Mourning DoveColumbidae302022-54%2013
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae292022+25%2013
Common YellowthroatParulidae262022-29%2013
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae232022-67%2013
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae202022+53%2013
White-faced IbisThreskiornithidae162014+700%2012
Blue JayCorvidae152022+25%2013
Northern MockingbirdMimidae152022-57%2013
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae142022-27%2013
Painted BuntingCardinalidae142022-74%2013
Barn SwallowHirundinidae142022-63%2013
White IbisThreskiornithidae132022-86%2013
Fish CrowCorvidae122022-78%2013
Carolina ChickadeeParidae112022-57%2013
Great EgretArdeidae102022-57%2013
American CrowCorvidae92022+55%2013
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae92016+267%2012
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae82022-44%2013
White-eyed VireoVireonidae72022-51%2013
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae62022-75%2013
Chimney SwiftApodidae62022-44%2013
Purple MartinHirundinidae62022-12%2013
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae62018+63%2013
Snowy EgretArdeidae52022-11%2012
Little Blue HeronArdeidae52022-42%2013
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae52018-14%2013
Eastern TowheePasserellidae52014-17%2012
Wood DuckAnatidae42014-76%2012
Great Blue HeronArdeidae42022-14%2013
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae42022-17%2013
European StarlingSturnidae42022+0%2013
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae42022+75%2013
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae42014+267%2012
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae42018+300%2013
Tricolored HeronArdeidae32012+200%2011
Black-crowned Night HeronArdeidae32014+200%2011
Mississippi KiteAccipitridae32022-29%2013

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