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BBS Route · Nebraska · BCR 19

Sumner Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 97 species recorded across 44 survey years, still active.

97Species Recorded
44Years Surveyed
1967–2024Span
8Observers

Bird Species Found on Nebraska Sumner

Top 40 of 97 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Sumner route.
History
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae2352024+67%1969
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae2322024+87%1969
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae1662024+173%1969
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae1582024+14%1969
DickcisselCardinalidae1562024+776%1969
Common GrackleIcteridae1442024+49%1969
Mourning DoveColumbidae1012024+135%1969
American RobinTurdidae802024+806%1969
European StarlingSturnidae512024+98%1975
Canada GooseAnatidae462009n/an/a
Orchard OrioleIcteridae432024+786%1979
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae312024-11%1975
House SparrowPasseridae312024-53%1975
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae292024+269%2010
Upland SandpiperScolopacidae262024+315%1977
Yellow WarblerParulidae242024+671%1980
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae212024+500%1978
KilldeerCharadriidae212024+96%1977
Greater Prairie-ChickenPhasianidae202024+700%1995
Western KingbirdTyrannidae172024+0%1975
Barn SwallowHirundinidae142024+150%1969
Brown ThrasherMimidae142024+288%1969
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae132024+47%1969
Horned LarkAlaudidae132024+50%1981
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae122024+10%1969
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae122024+300%1975
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae121996n/an/a
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae102024+70%1969
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae92024+154%1975
American GoldfinchFringillidae82024+100%1978
Warbling VireoVireonidae72024+143%1978
Bank SwallowHirundinidae62024-36%1984
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae62024+250%1982
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae61997n/an/a
Song SparrowPasserellidae62024+160%2001
Lark SparrowPasserellidae62024+500%2013
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae52024+150%1999
Northern CardinalCardinalidae42024-33%1978
Rock PigeonColumbidae42019+13%1978
Blue JayCorvidae32024-13%1978

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