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BBS Route · Nevada · BCR 33

Nelson Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 59 species recorded across 26 survey years, still active.

59Species Recorded
26Years Surveyed
1995–2024Span
1Observers

Bird Species Found on Nevada Nelson

Top 40 of 59 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Nelson route.
History
Black-throated SparrowPasserellidae692024-61%1997
Mourning DoveColumbidae612024+53%1997
House FinchFringillidae432024-57%1997
Gambel's QuailOdontophoridae382024+35%1997
Horned LarkAlaudidae162022-55%1997
Northern MockingbirdMimidae152024-8%1997
White-crowned SparrowPasserellidae122003+300%1997
House SparrowPasseridae102024-43%2003
Ash-throated FlycatcherTyrannidae82024-11%1997
Western KingbirdTyrannidae82024+0%2006
PhainopeplaPtiliogonatidae72024+19%1997
Lucy's WarblerParulidae62024+33%2000
Rock WrenTroglodytidae52024-21%2000
Black-chinned SparrowPasserellidae52010+250%1997
Costa's HummingbirdTrochilidae42024-11%2002
Say's PhoebeTyrannidae42024+22%1997
European StarlingSturnidae42006-11%2001
VerdinRemizidae42024-53%2000
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae32024+167%2000
Black-chinned HummingbirdTrochilidae32009-25%2001
Turkey VultureCathartidae22023+100%2000
White-throated SwiftApodidae22016+33%2000
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae22024-55%1997
Cactus WrenTroglodytidae22024-33%2000
White-winged DoveColumbidae22024+50%2008
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerPicidae22023+100%2002
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae22023-92%2001
Violet-green SwallowHirundinidae21997n/an/a
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae22000n/an/a
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae22016+100%2001
Bullock's OrioleIcteridae22024-29%2016
Golden EagleAccipitridae22019+0%2007
Great Horned OwlStrigidae22024+33%2009
Great-tailed GrackleIcteridae22016+0%2010
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae22019+0%2017
American KestrelFalconidae12018+0%2000
Common RavenCorvidae12024-56%1997
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae12010-14%2002
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae12017+100%1997
BushtitAegithalidae11995n/an/a

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