BBS Route · Louisiana · BCR 26

Rayville 2 Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 80 species recorded across 13 survey years, still active.

Bird Species Found on Louisiana Rayville 2

Top 40 of 80 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Rayville 2 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
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae1502024-19%2011
Northern CardinalCardinalidae732024-4%2011
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae512024+21%2011
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae502024+146%2011
Snowy EgretArdeidae472023+373%2013
Northern MockingbirdMimidae442024-17%2011
Mourning DoveColumbidae382024-30%2011
Blue JayCorvidae372024+21%2011
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae302024+277%2011
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae302024+98%2011
Tufted TitmouseParidae222024+173%2011
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae182024+56%2011
Purple MartinHirundinidae182024-31%2012
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae162024+52%2011
Carolina ChickadeeParidae132024+18%2011
Barn SwallowHirundinidae122024+23%2011
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae122024+150%2011
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae122024+23%2019
American CrowCorvidae112024+64%2011
White-eyed VireoVireonidae112024+136%2011
House SparrowPasseridae112024+76%2012
Common GrackleIcteridae102023-32%2011
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae102024+43%2011
Brown ThrasherMimidae92024+450%2013
Great EgretArdeidae72019+127%2011
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae72024+150%2012
Little Blue HeronArdeidae62024-4%2011
Painted BuntingCardinalidae62024+260%2011
Summer TanagerCardinalidae62024+157%2011
Black-necked StiltRecurvirostridae62023+50%2015
Cave SwallowHirundinidae62024n/an/a
Green HeronArdeidae42024+0%2012
KilldeerCharadriidae42024-20%2011
Prothonotary WarblerParulidae42024+33%2011
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae42024-68%2011
European StarlingSturnidae32024+77%2011
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae32024-66%2011
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae32024+167%2012
DickcisselCardinalidae32024-83%2011
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae32023-33%2013

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