BBS Route · Minnesota · BCR 11

Tyler Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 87 species recorded across 25 survey years, still active.

Bird Species Found on Minnesota Tyler

Top 40 of 87 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Tyler 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 BlackbirdIcteridae1032025-41%1995
Barn SwallowHirundinidae452025+100%1995
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae32202519×1998
DickcisselCardinalidae252025+204%1995
American RobinTurdidae242025-13%1995
Common GrackleIcteridae212025-26%1995
Blue-winged TealAnatidae142019-18%1995
MallardAnatidae132025-49%1995
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae112015-80%2003
Mourning DoveColumbidae102025-63%1995
Common YellowthroatParulidae102025+486%1995
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae102025+130%1995
Canada GooseAnatidae102021+275%2013
KilldeerCharadriidae92025-47%1995
Tree SwallowHirundinidae92025+0%1996
American CrowCorvidae52025-88%1995
Yellow-headed BlackbirdIcteridae42021-59%1995
RedheadAnatidae42019+100%2014
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae32025-71%1995
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae32025+101%1999
American White PelicanPelecanidae32016-67%1999
Northern PintailAnatidae22001+100%1993
Great Blue HeronArdeidae22002+75%1996
American CootRallidae22002-69%1995
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae22025+17%1995
European StarlingSturnidae22016+319%1995
BobolinkIcteridae22025+70%1995
Song SparrowPasserellidae22024-14%1995
Yellow WarblerParulidae22003+0%1996
House SparrowPasseridae22025-61%1995
Brown ThrasherMimidae22024-53%1996
Wood DuckAnatidae21996-50%1994
OvenbirdParulidae22013+50%1998
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae22025+200%2001
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae22025+25%2013
Brewer's BlackbirdIcteridae22013+100%1999
Sedge WrenTroglodytidae22025n/an/a
Pied-billed GrebePodicipedidae11993n/an/a
Herring GullLaridae11993n/an/a
American BitternArdeidae12004-25%1995

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14. A route is a sample, not a census.