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BBS Route · North Carolina · BCR 27

Pinetops Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 93 species recorded across 25 survey years, still active.

93Species Recorded
25Years Surveyed
1997–2024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on North Carolina Pinetops

Top 40 of 93 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Pinetops route.
History
American CrowCorvidae682024+72%1999
Northern CardinalCardinalidae632024+110%1999
Mourning DoveColumbidae452024-2%1999
Northern MockingbirdMimidae452024+97%1999
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae432024+106%1999
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae412024+44%1999
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae322024+51%1999
Tufted TitmouseParidae282024+230%1999
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae232024+440%1999
Common YellowthroatParulidae212024+188%2000
Purple MartinHirundinidae212024+883%2007
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae202024-31%1999
Canada GooseAnatidae172024+31%2001
KilldeerCharadriidae16202411×1999
European StarlingSturnidae162024-53%1999
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae162024+460%1999
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae132024-36%1999
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae132024+100%2001
White-eyed VireoVireonidae12202412×2000
Wood DuckAnatidae122022+88%2013
Barn SwallowHirundinidae112024-56%1999
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae112024+371%2000
House SparrowPasseridae112024+41%1999
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae102024+87%1999
Field SparrowPasserellidae102024-36%1999
Pine WarblerParulidae102024+440%2006
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae92024+16%1999
Eastern TowheePasserellidae92024+4%1999
Summer TanagerCardinalidae92024+122%2001
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae82024-66%1999
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae82024+229%1999
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae82024+50%2002
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae72024+100%2000
Blue JayCorvidae72024+12%1999
House FinchFringillidae72024+320%1999
Carolina ChickadeeParidae72024+32%1999
American GoldfinchFringillidae72024+33%2000
Rock PigeonColumbidae72010-6%2001
Horned LarkAlaudidae72024+425%2008
American RobinTurdidae62024-47%1999

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