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Oklahoma Breeding Birds

211 species recorded across 71 survey routes, 1967 to 2024. Browse by family or guild below.

Oklahoma Bird Population Trends

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Little Blue Heron has collapsed in Oklahoma: down 97% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

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Northern Harrier has collapsed in Oklahoma: down 94% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

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Chimney Swift has collapsed in Oklahoma: down 89% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

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Loggerhead Shrike has collapsed in Oklahoma: down 87% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

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Baltimore Oriole has collapsed in Oklahoma: down 86% on the route-weighted index since 1969.

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Northern House Wren has collapsed in Oklahoma: down 85% on the route-weighted index since 1971.

How Bird Guilds Are Faring in Oklahoma

-65%

Game birds

4 species
-41%

Generalists

15 species
-22%

Shorebirds

4 species
+6%

Forest birds

60 species
+21%

Grassland birds

11 species
+27%

Aerial insectivores

21 species
+47%

Arid-land birds

3 species
+64%

Wetland birds

16 species
+82%

Birds of prey

17 species
+853%

Waterfowl

5 species

Oklahoma Bird Survey Routes

Browse Oklahoma Birds By Family

Each species links to its trend in Oklahoma.

Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae

Broad-winged Hawk +69%Cooper's Hawk +117%Ferruginous Hawk +4%Mississippi Kite -4%Northern Harrier -94%Red-shouldered Hawk +509%Red-tailed Hawk +56%Sharp-shinned Hawk -42%Swainson's Hawk +122%

Larks Alaudidae

Horned Lark 12×

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher -53%

Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae

Blue-winged Teal +30%Canada Goose +573%Mallard +152%Northern Pintail -50%Wood Duck -40%

Swifts Apodidae

Chimney Swift -89%

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae

American Bittern -72%Black-crowned Night Heron -67%Great Blue Heron +88%Great Egret -6%Green Heron -79%Little Blue Heron -97%Snowy Egret -48%Western Cattle-Egret 31×Yellow-crowned Night Heron -54%

Nightjars & Nighthawks Caprimulgidae

Chuck-will's-widow -14%Common Nighthawk +141%Common Poorwill +81%Eastern Whip-poor-will +50%

Cardinals & Grosbeaks Cardinalidae

Blue Grosbeak +71%Dickcissel +43%Indigo Bunting +77%Northern Cardinal +66%Painted Bunting +28%Scarlet Tanager +214%Summer Tanager +135%

New World Vultures Cathartidae

Black Vulture +535%Turkey Vulture +171%

Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae

Killdeer -6%Mountain Plover +3%

Pigeons & Doves Columbidae

Eurasian Collared-Dove 59×Mourning Dove +9%Rock Pigeon -13%White-winged Dove +12%

Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae

American Crow -20%Black-billed Magpie -57%Blue Jay -33%Chihuahuan Raven 12×Fish Crow +753%

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis Cuculidae

Black-billed Cuckoo -1%Greater Roadrunner +37%Yellow-billed Cuckoo -26%

Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae

American Kestrel -17%

Finches Fringillidae

American Goldfinch -57%House Finch +731%

Swallows & Martins Hirundinidae

Bank Swallow -70%Barn Swallow -17%Cliff Swallow +308%Northern Rough-winged Swallow +162%Purple Martin -31%Tree Swallow +953%

Blackbirds & Orioles Icteridae

Baltimore Oriole -86%Brewer's Blackbird +30%Brown-headed Cowbird -57%Bullock's Oriole +18%Common Grackle +40%Eastern Meadowlark -36%Great-tailed Grackle 18×Orchard Oriole -80%Red-winged Blackbird +13%Western Meadowlark +19%Yellow-headed Blackbird +81%

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted Chat +98%

Shrikes Laniidae

Loggerhead Shrike -87%

Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae

Least Tern +85%

Mockingbirds & Thrashers Mimidae

Brown Thrasher -67%Curve-billed Thrasher -5%Gray Catbird -74%Northern Mockingbird -51%

New World Quail Odontophoridae

Northern Bobwhite -64%Scaled Quail -58%

Chickadees & Titmice Paridae

Carolina Chickadee +118%Tufted Titmouse +74%

Wood-Warblers Parulidae

American Redstart +48%Black-and-white Warbler +319%Common Yellowthroat -36%Hooded Warbler +349%Kentucky Warbler +125%Louisiana Waterthrush +63%Northern Parula +319%Ovenbird +53%Pine Warbler 11×Prairie Warbler +276%Prothonotary Warbler -52%Worm-eating Warbler -7%Yellow Warbler -63%Yellow-throated Warbler +329%

New World Sparrows Passerellidae

Bachman's Sparrow +208%Cassin's Sparrow 16×Chipping Sparrow -0%Eastern Towhee +302%Field Sparrow -64%Grasshopper Sparrow +333%Henslow's Sparrow -65%Lark Bunting +53%Lark Sparrow -9%Rufous-crowned Sparrow +269%

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

House Sparrow -58%

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant +720%

Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys Phasianidae

Ring-necked Pheasant +206%Wild Turkey +811%

Woodpeckers Picidae

Downy Woodpecker +39%Hairy Woodpecker +102%Ladder-backed Woodpecker +101%Pileated Woodpecker +136%Red-bellied Woodpecker +46%Red-headed Woodpecker -21%

Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher +61%

Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae

American Coot +134%

Avocets & Stilts Recurvirostridae

American Avocet +168%

Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae

Long-billed Curlew +275%Upland Sandpiper +157%

Nuthatches Sittidae

Brown-headed Nuthatch +251%White-breasted Nuthatch +339%

Owls Strigidae

Barred Owl +135%Burrowing Owl +735%Eastern Screech-Owl -40%Great Horned Owl +68%

Starlings & Mynas Sturnidae

European Starling +19%

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

Black-chinned Hummingbird +213%Ruby-throated Hummingbird -44%

Wrens Troglodytidae

Bewick's Wren -54%Canyon Wren +123%Carolina Wren +139%Northern House Wren -85%

Thrushes Turdidae

American Robin -55%Eastern Bluebird -64%Wood Thrush -57%

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

Acadian Flycatcher +101%Ash-throated Flycatcher +264%Eastern Kingbird -74%Eastern Phoebe +75%Eastern Wood-Pewee +14%Great Crested Flycatcher -17%Say's Phoebe +144%Scissor-tailed Flycatcher -37%Western Kingbird -35%Willow Flycatcher -50%

Barn-Owls Tytonidae

American Barn Owl +57%

Vireos Vireonidae

Bell's Vireo -66%Black-capped Vireo +529%Red-eyed Vireo +225%Warbling Vireo +3%White-eyed Vireo +420%Yellow-throated Vireo +817%

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.