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BBS Route · Mississippi · BCR 27

Fayette Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 94 species recorded across 38 survey years, still active.

94Species 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 →
38Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1966–2013Span
7Observers

Bird Species Found on Mississippi Fayette

Top 40 of 94 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Fayette 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 CrowCorvidae322013-24%1968
Northern CardinalCardinalidae302013-20%1968
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae222007+4%1977
Blue JayCorvidae202013+19%1968
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae172013-13%1968
American RobinTurdidae172013+188%1974
Northern MockingbirdMimidae162013-29%1968
Tufted TitmouseParidae152013+224%1969
Eastern TowheePasserellidae142013+6%1969
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae132013+218%1968
Mourning DoveColumbidae122013-19%1968
Purple MartinHirundinidae122013-46%1968
Barn SwallowHirundinidae122008+158%1972
Hooded WarblerParulidae122013+138%1971
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae122013+163%1970
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae102008+33%1973
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae102013+109%1968
Carolina ChickadeeParidae102013+106%1969
Northern ParulaParulidae102008-46%1970
Wood ThrushTurdidae102013-22%1970
Black VultureCathartidae92008+67%1968
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae92013+375%1969
Pine WarblerParulidae92008+211%1972
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae82013+83%1968
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae82013+433%1968
White-eyed VireoVireonidae82013+119%1968
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae72013+115%1968
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae62004+90%1969
Black-and-white WarblerParulidae62007+33%1974
House FinchFringillidae62013-17%1994
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae52013+92%1970
Prothonotary WarblerParulidae52008+33%1969
Brown ThrasherMimidae52013-50%1968
Belted KingfisherAlcedinidae42003+133%1975
Chimney SwiftApodidae42013-59%1968
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae42008-30%1970
Common YellowthroatParulidae42013-88%1970
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae42013+27%1972
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae42013+63%1974
Gray CatbirdMimidae42013+100%1978

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