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BBS Route · North Carolina · BCR 29

Jordan Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 99 species recorded across 49 survey years, still active.

99Species 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 →
49Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1966–2025Span
13Observers

Bird Species Found on North Carolina Jordan

Top 40 of 99 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Jordan 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
Northern CardinalCardinalidae462025-24%1968
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae442025+220%1968
Mourning DoveColumbidae372025-74%1968
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae342025+940%1968
Northern MockingbirdMimidae332025-40%1968
Tufted TitmouseParidae332025+863%1968
American CrowCorvidae322025+140%1968
Canada GooseAnatidae302025+89%1995
Carolina ChickadeeParidae262025+530%1968
Blue JayCorvidae242025-53%1968
Purple MartinHirundinidae202025+657%1974
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae20202511×1974
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae182025-49%1968
American GoldfinchFringillidae182025+92%1976
House FinchFringillidae182025+529%1991
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae172025+225%1969
European StarlingSturnidae172025-82%1968
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae162025-30%1968
American RobinTurdidae162025+78%1968
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae152025+239%1976
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae132025+167%1968
Fish CrowCorvidae132025+543%1977
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae102025-5%1968
House SparrowPasseridae102025-92%1968
Turkey VultureCathartidae92025+825%1975
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae82025+73%1971
Brown-headed NuthatchSittidae82025+240%1977
Summer TanagerCardinalidae72025+500%1969
Pine WarblerParulidae72025+383%1968
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae72022+267%1997
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae62025+0%1968
White-eyed VireoVireonidae62025+200%1968
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae52025-65%1968
Chimney SwiftApodidae52025-39%1968
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae52025-85%1968
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae52025+300%1975
Eastern TowheePasserellidae42025-76%1968
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae42025-29%1968
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgidae41991-25%1969
Ruby-throated HummingbirdTrochilidae42008+167%1973

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