BBS Route · Oklahoma · BCR 21

Noble Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 104 species recorded across 57 survey years, still active.

Bird Species Found on Oklahoma Noble

Top 40 of 104 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Noble 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 CardinalCardinalidae872024+182%1969
American CrowCorvidae762024+199%1969
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae622024+958%2000
European StarlingSturnidae432024+667%1969
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae302024+137%1969
Tufted TitmouseParidae242024+104%1969
Painted BuntingCardinalidae212024+28%1969
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae202024+196%1969
House SparrowPasseridae202024-84%1969
Carolina ChickadeeParidae202024+44%1969
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae192024+344%1969
Northern MockingbirdMimidae192024-33%1969
Mourning DoveColumbidae172024+58%1969
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannidae132024+0%1969
Barn SwallowHirundinidae132024+104%1969
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae122024+74%1969
Snowy EgretArdeidae112021+300%1990
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae102024-51%1969
Summer TanagerCardinalidae102024+720%1969
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae102024+400%2015
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae92024+18%1969
White-eyed VireoVireonidae92024+533%1991
Field SparrowPasserellidae82024-89%1969
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae82024-77%1969
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae72024+25%1969
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae72018+50%1970
Blue JayCorvidae72024-24%1969
Lark SparrowPasserellidae72024-57%1969
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae72024+123%1969
Turkey VultureCathartidae72024+83%1980
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae62024+71%1969
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae62024+260%1969
American RobinTurdidae52024-13%1969
Northern ParulaParulidae42024+200%1996
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae42024+40%1997
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae32024+175%1969
Bell's VireoVireonidae32022-74%1969
Bewick's WrenTroglodytidae32024-83%1969
Black-and-white WarblerParulidae32024+50%1979
Great Blue HeronArdeidae32024-14%1992

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