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BBS Route · Nevada · BCR 9

Ranchogrande Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 102 species recorded across 29 survey years, still active.

102Species Recorded
29Years Surveyed
1988–2024Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on Nevada Ranchogrande

Top 40 of 102 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Ranchogrande route.
History
Brewer's SparrowPasserellidae672024+2%1991
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae602024+0%1991
Brewer's BlackbirdIcteridae502024+20%1991
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae412024-16%1991
Sage ThrasherMimidae402024-27%1991
Mourning DoveColumbidae312024+24%1991
Gray FlycatcherTyrannidae272024+24%1992
Lark SparrowPasserellidae252024+34%1991
Violet-green SwallowHirundinidae221991n/an/a
European StarlingSturnidae202024+38%1991
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae202024-34%1991
Mountain BluebirdTurdidae192024+10%1991
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae162024+44%1991
Horned LarkAlaudidae152024+3%1993
Wilson's SnipeScolopacidae122024-33%1991
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae122024-33%1991
American RobinTurdidae102024-28%1991
Rock WrenTroglodytidae102024+57%1993
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae92024+380%1994
Pinyon JayCorvidae92016+90%1993
Ash-throated FlycatcherTyrannidae92024+500%1994
Yellow-headed BlackbirdIcteridae82024-70%1991
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae82024+5%1992
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae72024+25%1991
American GoldfinchFringillidae72016-11%1998
Western KingbirdTyrannidae62013+250%1999
American KestrelFalconidae52024-65%1992
Spotted TowheePasserellidae52024+200%2001
Barn SwallowHirundinidae52015+0%1998
Cassin's FinchFringillidae51999+400%1992
Black-throated SparrowPasserellidae42021+100%2008
Lazuli BuntingCardinalidae42024+8%1994
Turkey VultureCathartidae42023+150%2003
BushtitAegithalidae42018-29%2008
Black-throated Gray WarblerParulidae42023+133%2015
American CrowCorvidae42023-27%2015
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae32024+279%1993
Yellow WarblerParulidae32024-50%1991
Cinnamon TealAnatidae32018+14%2001
Common YellowthroatParulidae32024+43%1995

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