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State · BBS 2026 Release · 1966–2025

Nevada Breeding Birds

230 species recorded across 56 survey routes, 1968 to 2025. Browse by family or guild below.

Nevada Bird Population TrendsNotable signalsLong-arc shifts the engine flags automatically — sustained declines or increases large enough to stand out from year-to-year noise.Full methodology →

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Townsend's Solitaire has collapsed in Nevada: down 93% on the route-weighted index since 1985.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

California Quail has surged in Nevada: up 35× on the route-weighted index since 1970.

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Western Grebe has collapsed in Nevada: down 93% on the route-weighted index since 1994.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Gray Flycatcher has surged in Nevada: up 33× on the route-weighted index since 1971.

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Crissal Thrasher has collapsed in Nevada: down 91% on the route-weighted index since 1976.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

White-faced Ibis has surged in Nevada: up 23× on the route-weighted index since 1992.

How Bird Guilds Are Faring in NevadaGuild trendA mean-index aggregate across the species in this group — the structural direction of the guild, with individual-species noise smoothed out.Full methodology →

-55%

Arid-land birds

14 species
-30%

Wetland birds

23 species
-24%

Forest birds

52 species
-20%

Grassland birds

7 species
+11%

Shorebirds

8 species
+38%

Generalists

12 species
+64%

Aerial insectivores

18 species
+88%

Birds of prey

12 species
+138%

Waterfowl

13 species
+638%

Game birds

5 species

Nevada Bird Survey Routes

Browse Nevada Birds By FamilyTrendPercent 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 →

Each species links to its trend in Nevada.

Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae

Cooper's Hawk +29%Ferruginous Hawk -14%Golden Eagle -14%Northern Harrier +179%Red-tailed Hawk +433%Swainson's Hawk +128%

Bushtits Aegithalidae

Bushtit +9%

Larks Alaudidae

Horned Lark -27%

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher -30%

Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae

American Wigeon -44%Canada Goose 12×Canvasback -90%Cinnamon Teal +88%Common Merganser +9%Gadwall +46%Green-winged Teal -12%Lesser Scaup -52%Mallard +170%Northern Pintail -80%Northern Shoveler +399%Redhead -29%Ruddy Duck +84%

Swifts Apodidae

White-throated Swift +284%

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae

American Bittern +100%Black-crowned Night Heron -85%Great Blue Heron +11%Great Egret -33%Snowy Egret -84%

Nightjars & Nighthawks Caprimulgidae

Common Nighthawk -12%Common Poorwill +17%Lesser Nighthawk -80%

Cardinals & Grosbeaks Cardinalidae

Black-headed Grosbeak +106%Blue Grosbeak +110%Lazuli Bunting 18×Western Tanager +245%

New World Vultures Cathartidae

Turkey Vulture +532%

Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae

Killdeer -27%

Pigeons & Doves Columbidae

Eurasian Collared-Dove 21×Mourning Dove -41%Rock Pigeon +7%

Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae

American Crow 14×Black-billed Magpie +160%Clark's Nutcracker +40%Common Raven +305%Pinyon Jay -63%Steller's Jay -30%Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay -48%

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis Cuculidae

Greater Roadrunner +52%

Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae

American Kestrel +27%Prairie Falcon -35%

Finches Fringillidae

American Goldfinch -30%Cassin's Finch -84%House Finch +104%Lesser Goldfinch +980%Pine Siskin +242%

Cranes Gruidae

Sandhill Crane +290%

Swallows & Martins Hirundinidae

Bank Swallow +457%Barn Swallow +358%Cliff Swallow +508%Northern Rough-winged Swallow +258%Tree Swallow -73%Violet-green Swallow -52%

Blackbirds & Orioles Icteridae

Brewer's Blackbird -3%Brown-headed Cowbird +367%Bullock's Oriole +44%Great-tailed Grackle +104%Red-winged Blackbird -14%Scott's Oriole -72%Western Meadowlark -5%Yellow-headed Blackbird +188%

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted Chat +937%

Shrikes Laniidae

Loggerhead Shrike -28%

Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae

California Gull +0%Caspian Tern -37%Forster's Tern -74%Ring-billed Gull -25%

Mockingbirds & Thrashers Mimidae

Bendire's Thrasher -78%Crissal Thrasher -91%LeConte's Thrasher -60%Northern Mockingbird +61%Sage Thrasher -49%

New World Quail Odontophoridae

California Quail 35×Gambel's Quail +813%

Chickadees & Titmice Paridae

Juniper Titmouse -71%Mountain Chickadee -80%

Wood-Warblers Parulidae

Black-throated Gray Warbler -39%Common Yellowthroat +245%Lucy's Warbler +770%MacGillivray's Warbler -55%Orange-crowned Warbler +55%Virginia's Warbler +135%Wilson's Warbler -21%Yellow Warbler 20×

New World Sparrows Passerellidae

Black-chinned Sparrow -42%Black-throated Sparrow -39%Brewer's Sparrow +70%Chipping Sparrow +15%Fox Sparrow -33%Grasshopper Sparrow -88%Green-tailed Towhee +187%Lark Sparrow 13×Sagebrush Sparrow -51%Savannah Sparrow +75%Song Sparrow +118%Spotted Towhee +60%Vesper Sparrow +190%White-crowned Sparrow -43%

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

House Sparrow +261%

Pelicans Pelecanidae

American White Pelican +129%

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant -80%

Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys Phasianidae

Chukar +899%Greater Sage-Grouse -39%Ring-necked Pheasant +184%

Woodpeckers Picidae

Downy Woodpecker +23%Hairy Woodpecker +146%Ladder-backed Woodpecker -20%Lewis's Woodpecker -70%

Grebes Podicipedidae

Eared Grebe +974%Pied-billed Grebe -9%Western Grebe -93%

Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher -77%Blue-gray Gnatcatcher +202%

Silky-flycatchers Ptiliogonatidae

Phainopepla +320%

Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae

American Coot +269%Sora +29%Virginia Rail +26%

Avocets & Stilts Recurvirostridae

American Avocet -66%Black-necked Stilt -25%

Penduline Tits Remizidae

Verdin +235%

Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae

Long-billed Curlew +404%Spotted Sandpiper -60%Willet +216%Wilson's Phalarope +416%Wilson's Snipe +4%

Owls Strigidae

Burrowing Owl -65%Great Horned Owl +31%Short-eared Owl -31%

Starlings & Mynas Sturnidae

European Starling +404%

Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae

White-faced Ibis 23×

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

Black-chinned Hummingbird +72%Broad-tailed Hummingbird -52%Costa's Hummingbird +42%

Wrens Troglodytidae

Bewick's Wren 13×Cactus Wren +22%Canyon Wren +244%Marsh Wren -21%Northern House Wren -5%Rock Wren +477%

Thrushes Turdidae

American Robin +90%Hermit Thrush -82%Mountain Bluebird -45%Townsend's Solitaire -93%

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

Ash-throated Flycatcher +125%Black Phoebe +202%Dusky Flycatcher +195%Gray Flycatcher 33×Say's Phoebe +21%Western Kingbird +68%Western Wood-Pewee +370%Willow Flycatcher +62%

Vireos Vireonidae

Bell's Vireo -5%Gray Vireo +61%Plumbeous Vireo -77%Warbling Vireo -18%

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14.