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BBS Route · North Carolina · BCR 27

Congleton Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 94 species recorded across 23 survey years, still active.

94Species Recorded
23Years Surveyed
2001–2024Span
1Observers

Bird Species Found on North Carolina Congleton

Top 40 of 94 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Congleton route.
History
European StarlingSturnidae732024-14%2003
Northern MockingbirdMimidae542024+12%2003
American CrowCorvidae412024-8%2003
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae412024-23%2003
Mourning DoveColumbidae372024-14%2003
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae302024-5%2003
Barn SwallowHirundinidae282024+39%2003
Canada GooseAnatidae272024+128%2003
Northern CardinalCardinalidae272024+9%2003
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae242024+10%2003
Blue JayCorvidae222024+52%2003
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae192024+79%2003
House SparrowPasseridae182024-53%2003
Common GrackleIcteridae172024-59%2003
Tufted TitmouseParidae162024+0%2003
White IbisThreskiornithidae152012n/an/a
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae142024-25%2003
Turkey VultureCathartidae132024-19%2004
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae102024-35%2003
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae102024-53%2003
Chimney SwiftApodidae92024-64%2003
KilldeerCharadriidae82024-51%2003
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae82024+8%2003
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae82024+4%2003
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae82024+93%2003
American RobinTurdidae82024-52%2003
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae72024-33%2003
White-eyed VireoVireonidae72024+114%2004
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae62023-52%2003
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae62024+0%2003
Prothonotary WarblerParulidae62024-36%2003
Common YellowthroatParulidae62024-25%2003
Carolina ChickadeeParidae62024-26%2003
Rock PigeonColumbidae52019+110%2004
Field SparrowPasserellidae52024-56%2003
Brown ThrasherMimidae52024+30%2003
House FinchFringillidae52023+100%2007
MallardAnatidae42022-59%2004
Eastern TowheePasserellidae42024-37%2004
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae42024-53%2003

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