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BBS Route · New Mexico · BCR 18

Pep Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 52 species recorded across 30 survey years, still active.

52Species Recorded
30Years Surveyed
1992–2024Span
6Observers

Bird Species Found on New Mexico Pep

Top 40 of 52 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Pep route.
History
Cassin's SparrowPasserellidae1772024+153%1995
Chihuahuan MeadowlarkIcteridae952024-16%1995
Mourning DoveColumbidae472024+47%1995
Chihuahuan RavenCorvidae472024+234%1995
Scaled QuailOdontophoridae272024+255%1997
Lark SparrowPasserellidae242024+133%1997
Western KingbirdTyrannidae232024+60%1995
Horned LarkAlaudidae202024-45%1995
House SparrowPasseridae152024+83%2000
Northern MockingbirdMimidae142024+31%1995
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae132024+967%1995
Barn SwallowHirundinidae102024-30%2000
Swainson's HawkAccipitridae92024-10%1997
Bullock's OrioleIcteridae92024-13%1997
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae82024-87%1995
Burrowing OwlStrigidae52024-20%1997
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannidae52024+40%1995
Ash-throated FlycatcherTyrannidae52024+100%1998
Great-tailed GrackleIcteridae52024+50%2000
Common RavenCorvidae52024+400%2021
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae42024+278%1999
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae32024-71%2000
Common GrackleIcteridae32019-33%2009
KilldeerCharadriidae22024+20%1998
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae22024-20%1997
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae22023+0%1999
European StarlingSturnidae22006-38%1997
Curve-billed ThrasherMimidae22015+33%2004
Great Horned OwlStrigidae22023+100%2002
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerPicidae22015+100%2002
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae22024-44%2013
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae22024n/an/a
Long-billed CurlewScolopacidae12024-71%1995
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae11992n/an/a
American KestrelFalconidae12023-50%1998
House FinchFringillidae11992n/an/a
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae12024+46%2003
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae12022-38%1995
Turkey VultureCathartidae12021+0%2002
Ferruginous HawkAccipitridae12010+0%2003

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