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BBS Route · New Mexico · BCR 16

Ojo Sarco Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 120 species recorded across 56 survey years, still active.

120Species RecordedSpecies recordedDistinct species detected on standard-protocol BBS runs here across all years on record — a measure of survey breadth, not a complete checklist.Full methodology →
56Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1968–2025Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on New Mexico Ojo Sarco

Top 40 of 120 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Ojo Sarco route.
Recent countThe raw number of individuals recorded on this route in its most recent survey year. A single-route tally, not a trend.Full methodology →TrendPercent 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 →Baseline yearThe first year of the smoothed window the trend is measured from. An earlier baseline means a longer record stands behind the number.Full methodology →History
Black-billed MagpieCorvidae262025+26%1970
American RobinTurdidae262025-59%1970
Western TanagerCardinalidae232025+53%1970
Broad-tailed HummingbirdTrochilidae192025-21%1970
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae192025-63%1970
Spotted TowheePasserellidae192025+43%1970
Black-headed GrosbeakCardinalidae172025+3%1970
American CrowCorvidae162025+62%1970
Violet-green SwallowHirundinidae142025-18%1970
Mourning DoveColumbidae132025-53%1970
Song SparrowPasserellidae132025+18%1970
Warbling VireoVireonidae132025+40%1970
House SparrowPasseridae132025-47%1970
Pinyon JayCorvidae131984+25%1972
European StarlingSturnidae122025+54%1970
Common RavenCorvidae102025-3%1970
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae102025+131%1977
Steller's JayCorvidae92025-41%1970
House FinchFringillidae92025+142%1970
Yellow WarblerParulidae92025-25%1970
Evening GrosbeakFringillidae82025-13%1973
Black-throated Gray WarblerParulidae82025-27%1970
Mountain ChickadeeParidae82025-25%1970
Turkey VultureCathartidae8202511×1992
Red CrossbillFringillidae82025-33%1977
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae72025-72%1970
Band-tailed PigeonColumbidae62025-50%1972
Pine SiskinFringillidae62025-48%1970
BushtitAegithalidae62013-7%1984
Bullock's OrioleIcteridae52025+300%1992
MacGillivray's WarblerParulidae52025+67%1970
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae52025-68%1970
Western Wood-PeweeTyrannidae42025-56%1970
Brewer's BlackbirdIcteridae42025-72%1970
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae42025-17%1970
Plumbeous VireoVireonidae42025-6%1970
Pygmy NuthatchSittidae42025+267%1973
Western BluebirdTurdidae42024+50%1970
Red-breasted NuthatchSittidae42025+167%1989
Rock PigeonColumbidae32024-67%1999

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14. A route is a sample, not a census.