BBS Route · New Hampshire · BCR 14

Canterbury Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 111 species recorded across 58 survey years, still active.

111Species Recorded
58Years Surveyed
19662024Span
5Observers

Bird Species Found on New Hampshire Canterbury

Top 40 of 111 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Canterbury route.
History
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae682024+210%1968
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae322024+228%1968
European StarlingSturnidae312024+24%1968
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae312024+207%1968
Common YellowthroatParulidae312024+0%1968
Tufted TitmouseParidae27202414×1988
Song SparrowPasserellidae262024-3%1968
OvenbirdParulidae252024+112%1968
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae232024-54%1968
Mourning DoveColumbidae222024+183%1968
American GoldfinchFringillidae222024+213%1968
American RobinTurdidae222024-18%1968
BobolinkIcteridae202024+87%1968
American CrowCorvidae192024+129%1968
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerPicidae172024+457%1972
Barn SwallowHirundinidae172024-64%1968
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae162024+70%1968
Chestnut-sided WarblerParulidae162024+0%1968
VeeryTurdidae162024-22%1968
Common GrackleIcteridae152024-56%1968
Pine WarblerParulidae14202412×2001
Northern CardinalCardinalidae13202416×1992
American RedstartParulidae122024+217%1968
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae122024+25%1971
Yellow WarblerParulidae112024+338%1969
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae112024+120%1968
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae102024+400%2017
Chimney SwiftApodidae92024-37%1968
Gray CatbirdMimidae92024+7%1968
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae82024+280%1973
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae72024+113%1968
Black-and-white WarblerParulidae72024+229%1968
Scarlet TanagerCardinalidae72024+38%1969
Least FlycatcherTyrannidae62024-39%1968
House SparrowPasseridae62024+24%1968
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae62024+43%1970
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae62024+367%1972
Hairy WoodpeckerPicidae52024+314%1968
Purple FinchFringillidae52024+100%1968
Black-throated Green WarblerParulidae52024+86%1968

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