BBS Route · North Dakota · BCR 17

Solen Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 110 species recorded across 16 survey years, still active.

110Species Recorded
16Years Surveyed
20052024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on North Dakota Solen

Top 40 of 110 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Solen route.
History
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae1202024-62%2007
Mourning DoveColumbidae932024-58%2007
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae832024-50%2007
Common GrackleIcteridae612024+103%2007
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae572024-34%2007
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae472024-65%2007
Upland SandpiperScolopacidae452024-67%2007
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae432024-62%2007
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae362024-25%2007
Brewer's BlackbirdIcteridae322024-51%2007
Horned LarkAlaudidae292024-74%2007
House SparrowPasseridae262024-78%2007
KilldeerCharadriidae232024-14%2007
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae182024-47%2007
MallardAnatidae162023+65%2009
BobolinkIcteridae142024-43%2007
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae142024+160%2007
Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcariidae122024-21%2007
American RobinTurdidae122024+15%2007
Barn SwallowHirundinidae112024-37%2007
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae112024+73%2007
Western KingbirdTyrannidae102024-55%2007
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae102024+6%2012
Orchard OrioleIcteridae92024+238%2007
Lark SparrowPasserellidae92024+33%2007
Yellow WarblerParulidae92024+14%2007
Brown ThrasherMimidae92024+100%2007
Black-billed MagpieCorvidae72024+57%2007
American GoldfinchFringillidae72024-54%2007
European StarlingSturnidae62024+92%2007
Northern HarrierAccipitridae52024-30%2007
Least FlycatcherTyrannidae52024+75%2007
Clay-colored SparrowPasserellidae52024+5%2007
Field SparrowPasserellidae52024-35%2007
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae52023+175%2010
Warbling VireoVireonidae52024+100%2009
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae52019+40%2008
GadwallAnatidae52024+186%2011
Wilson's SnipeScolopacidae42024+20%2011
DickcisselCardinalidae42024-16%2007

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