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BBS Route · South Carolina · BCR 27

Nixville Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 88 species recorded across 19 survey years, still active.

88Species RecordedSpecies recordedDistinct species detected on standard-protocol BBS runs here across all years on record — a measure of survey breadth, not a complete checklist.Full methodology →
19Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1998–2021Span
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Bird Species Found on South Carolina Nixville

Top 40 of 88 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Nixville 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
American CrowCorvidae512021-8%2000
Northern CardinalCardinalidae422021-17%2000
Mourning DoveColumbidae342021-39%2000
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae302021-26%2000
Eastern TowheePasserellidae292021-15%2000
White IbisThreskiornithidae282017+171%2003
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae232021-8%2000
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae182021-38%2000
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae142021-29%2000
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae142021-39%2000
Northern MockingbirdMimidae142021-15%2000
White-eyed VireoVireonidae132021+21%2000
Purple MartinHirundinidae112017-16%2001
Painted BuntingCardinalidae102021+22%2000
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae102017-24%2000
Blue JayCorvidae92021-41%2000
Barn SwallowHirundinidae92017+150%2005
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae72021-45%2000
Pine WarblerParulidae72021+12%2000
Tufted TitmouseParidae72021-31%2000
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae62021+41%2000
Common YellowthroatParulidae62021-64%2000
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae62009+100%2006
European StarlingSturnidae52002+400%1998
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae42021+89%2000
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgidae42021-22%2000
Carolina ChickadeeParidae42021-30%2000
House SparrowPasseridae42012+33%2001
Common Ground DoveColumbidae32021-44%2001
Fish CrowCorvidae32017-53%2001
Common GrackleIcteridae32021-46%2000
Summer TanagerCardinalidae32021-4%2000
Northern ParulaParulidae32017-36%2000
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae32021+20%2003
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae32021+100%2003
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae32017+29%2004
Great Horned OwlStrigidae32012+200%2008
AnhingaAnhingidae32009n/an/a
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae22021-55%2000
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae22017-94%2000

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