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BBS Route · Mississippi · BCR 27

Forest Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 91 species recorded across 25 survey years, still active.

91Species Recorded
25Years Surveyed
1972–2024Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on Mississippi Forest

Top 40 of 91 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Forest route.
History
Northern CardinalCardinalidae432024-5%1989
Blue JayCorvidae372024+29%1989
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae362024+87%1989
American CrowCorvidae322024-51%1989
White-eyed VireoVireonidae312024+405%1989
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae312024-4%1989
European StarlingSturnidae302018+111%1989
Tufted TitmouseParidae282024+103%1989
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae272024+68%1989
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae24202411×1989
Hooded WarblerParulidae222024+967%1989
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae202024+39%1989
Wood ThrushTurdidae202024+59%1989
Carolina ChickadeeParidae172024+54%1989
Orchard OrioleIcteridae152024+11%1989
Eastern TowheePasserellidae152024-54%1989
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae152024-35%1989
Barn SwallowHirundinidae142024-45%1989
Brown ThrasherMimidae132024+48%1989
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae132024+153%1989
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae102024-23%1989
Northern MockingbirdMimidae102024-65%1989
Summer TanagerCardinalidae92024+0%1989
Pine WarblerParulidae92024-13%1989
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae82024+118%1989
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae72024+9%1989
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae72024+267%1993
House SparrowPasseridae72022+8%1989
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae72024+167%1993
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae72024+146%1993
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae62024+5%1989
Kentucky WarblerParulidae52024+35%1989
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae52024+36%1989
Mourning DoveColumbidae42024-62%1989
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae42024+300%1989
Common YellowthroatParulidae42024+14%1989
Fish CrowCorvidae42024+125%1996
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae32024+233%1989
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae32024+38%1994
Field SparrowPasserellidae31972n/an/a

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