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State · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024

Nevada Breeding Birds

232 species recorded across 56 survey routes, 1968 to 2024. 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 39× 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 →

Eurasian Collared-Dove has surged in Nevada: up 31× on the route-weighted index since 2009.

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 →

Mountain Chickadee has collapsed in Nevada: down 91% on the route-weighted index since 1981.

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 31× on the route-weighted index since 1971.

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 →

-51%

Arid-land birds

14 species
-25%

Forest birds

51 species
-22%

Grassland birds

7 species
-17%

Wetland birds

22 species
+7%

Shorebirds

8 species
+36%

Generalists

12 species
+52%

Aerial insectivores

18 species
+89%

Birds of prey

12 species
+159%

Waterfowl

13 species
+592%

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 -8%Ferruginous Hawk +35%Golden Eagle -17%Northern Harrier +187%Red-tailed Hawk +422%Swainson's Hawk +246%

Bushtits Aegithalidae

Bushtit -29%

Larks Alaudidae

Horned Lark -30%

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher -30%

Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae

American Wigeon -44%Canada Goose 14×Canvasback -88%Cinnamon Teal +44%Common Merganser +9%Gadwall +74%Green-winged Teal -51%Lesser Scaup -33%Mallard +93%Northern Pintail -84%Northern Shoveler +154%Redhead -52%Ruddy Duck +115%

Swifts Apodidae

White-throated Swift +38%

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae

American Bittern +100%Black-crowned Night Heron -90%Great Blue Heron -25%Great Egret -29%Snowy Egret -84%

Nightjars & Nighthawks Caprimulgidae

Common Nighthawk -19%Common Poorwill +15%Lesser Nighthawk -84%

Cardinals & Grosbeaks Cardinalidae

Black-headed Grosbeak +95%Blue Grosbeak +94%Lazuli Bunting 16×Western Tanager +154%

New World Vultures Cathartidae

Turkey Vulture +362%

Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae

Killdeer -37%

Pigeons & Doves Columbidae

Eurasian Collared-Dove 31×Mourning Dove -40%Rock Pigeon +14%

Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae

American Crow +974%Black-billed Magpie +117%Clark's Nutcracker +40%Common Raven +426%Pinyon Jay -64%Steller's Jay -30%Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay -59%

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis Cuculidae

Greater Roadrunner -7%

Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae

American Kestrel +6%Prairie Falcon -15%

Finches Fringillidae

American Goldfinch +14%Cassin's Finch -84%House Finch +92%Lesser Goldfinch +755%Pine Siskin +242%

Cranes Gruidae

Sandhill Crane +286%

Swallows & Martins Hirundinidae

Bank Swallow +2%Barn Swallow +353%Cliff Swallow +498%Northern Rough-winged Swallow +225%Tree Swallow -83%Violet-green Swallow -70%

Blackbirds & Orioles Icteridae

Brewer's Blackbird -12%Brown-headed Cowbird +176%Bullock's Oriole +42%Great-tailed Grackle +119%Red-winged Blackbird -33%Scott's Oriole -75%Western Meadowlark -2%Yellow-headed Blackbird +400%

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted Chat +785%

Shrikes Laniidae

Loggerhead Shrike -32%

Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae

California Gull +8%Forster's Tern -74%Ring-billed Gull -25%

Mockingbirds & Thrashers Mimidae

Bendire's Thrasher -76%Crissal Thrasher -91%LeConte's Thrasher -60%Northern Mockingbird +50%Sage Thrasher -32%

New World Quail Odontophoridae

California Quail 39×Gambel's Quail +662%

Chickadees & Titmice Paridae

Juniper Titmouse -71%Mountain Chickadee -91%

Wood-Warblers Parulidae

Black-throated Gray Warbler -36%Common Yellowthroat +303%Lucy's Warbler +923%MacGillivray's Warbler -50%Orange-crowned Warbler +29%Virginia's Warbler +135%Wilson's Warbler -21%Yellow Warbler 19×

New World Sparrows Passerellidae

Black-chinned Sparrow -59%Black-throated Sparrow -54%Brewer's Sparrow +88%Chipping Sparrow +28%Fox Sparrow -4%Grasshopper Sparrow -88%Green-tailed Towhee +157%Lark Sparrow +819%Sagebrush Sparrow -40%Savannah Sparrow +35%Song Sparrow +153%Spotted Towhee +38%Vesper Sparrow +202%White-crowned Sparrow -43%

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

House Sparrow +293%

Pelicans Pelecanidae

American White Pelican +142%

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant -80%

Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys Phasianidae

Chukar +695%Greater Sage-Grouse -39%Ring-necked Pheasant +281%

Woodpeckers Picidae

Downy Woodpecker +46%Hairy Woodpecker +97%Ladder-backed Woodpecker -2%Lewis's Woodpecker -70%

Grebes Podicipedidae

Eared Grebe 20×Pied-billed Grebe -57%Western Grebe -93%

Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher -74%Blue-gray Gnatcatcher +160%

Silky-flycatchers Ptiliogonatidae

Phainopepla +354%

Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae

American Coot +355%Sora +42%Virginia Rail +1%

Avocets & Stilts Recurvirostridae

American Avocet -66%Black-necked Stilt +141%

Penduline Tits Remizidae

Verdin +127%

Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae

Long-billed Curlew +361%Spotted Sandpiper -63%Willet +216%Wilson's Phalarope +158%Wilson's Snipe +3%

Owls Strigidae

Burrowing Owl -68%Great Horned Owl +109%Short-eared Owl -31%

Starlings & Mynas Sturnidae

European Starling +291%

Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae

White-faced Ibis 30×

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

Black-chinned Hummingbird +103%Broad-tailed Hummingbird -57%Costa's Hummingbird +39%

Wrens Troglodytidae

Bewick's Wren +890%Cactus Wren -72%Canyon Wren +130%Marsh Wren -13%Northern House Wren -48%Rock Wren +473%

Thrushes Turdidae

American Robin +93%Hermit Thrush -80%Mountain Bluebird -43%Townsend's Solitaire -93%

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

Ash-throated Flycatcher +118%Black Phoebe +131%Dusky Flycatcher +171%Gray Flycatcher 31×Say's Phoebe -13%Western Kingbird +54%Western Wood-Pewee +238%Willow Flycatcher +39%

Vireos Vireonidae

Bell's Vireo -33%Plumbeous Vireo -77%Warbling Vireo -6%

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.