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BBS Route · North Carolina · BCR 27

Supply Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 122 species recorded across 32 survey years, still active.

122Species Recorded
32Years Surveyed
1992–2024Span
1Observers

Bird Species Found on North Carolina Supply

Top 40 of 122 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Supply route.
History
Northern CardinalCardinalidae752024+10%1994
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae522024-22%1994
American CrowCorvidae372024-10%1994
Tufted TitmouseParidae342024+39%1994
Mourning DoveColumbidae332024-47%1994
Northern MockingbirdMimidae302024-22%1994
White IbisThreskiornithidae282024-39%1994
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae252024+46%1994
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae252024-37%1994
Turkey VultureCathartidae232024+203%1994
Pine WarblerParulidae222024-47%1994
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae192024-59%1994
Barn SwallowHirundinidae172024+49%1994
Carolina ChickadeeParidae162024-53%1994
European StarlingSturnidae152024-31%1994
Purple MartinHirundinidae142024-48%1994
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae142024+22%1994
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae132024+32%1994
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae122024+119%1994
Prothonotary WarblerParulidae122024+21%1994
Blue JayCorvidae112024-77%1994
Fish CrowCorvidae112024-5%1994
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae112024-82%1994
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae112021+67%2002
Common GrackleIcteridae102024-57%1994
Brown-headed NuthatchSittidae102024-36%1994
Summer TanagerCardinalidae92024-58%1994
White-eyed VireoVireonidae92024-72%1994
Wood StorkCiconiidae92021+550%2014
Laughing GullLaridae82024+182%1994
Northern ParulaParulidae72024-51%1994
Brown ThrasherMimidae72024-15%1994
Great EgretArdeidae72022+160%1998
House FinchFringillidae72024-18%2001
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae62024-76%1994
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae62024-55%1994
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae62024-70%1994
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae62024-68%1994
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae52024-55%1994
Prairie WarblerParulidae52024-72%1994

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