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BBS Route · Tennessee · BCR 27

Moscow Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 102 species recorded across 57 survey years, still active.

102Species 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 →
57Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1966–2025Span
6Observers

Bird Species Found on Tennessee Moscow

Top 40 of 102 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Moscow 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
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae582025+305%1968
Northern CardinalCardinalidae432025+112%1968
American CrowCorvidae352025+372%1968
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae352025+483%2023
Black VultureCathartidae31202511×1978
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae302025+863%1969
Purple MartinHirundinidae302025+388%1970
Northern MockingbirdMimidae262025+71%1968
Blue JayCorvidae212025+14%1968
Mourning DoveColumbidae192025-35%1968
Turkey VultureCathartidae172025+867%1968
Wood ThrushTurdidae162025+950%1973
Tufted TitmouseParidae14202514×1969
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae12202512×1972
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae112025+200%1968
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae112025+80%1976
European StarlingSturnidae82025-60%1968
White-eyed VireoVireonidae8202514×1973
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae82025+675%1970
Summer TanagerCardinalidae82025+967%1971
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae62025+188%1968
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae62025-69%1968
KilldeerCharadriidae62025+100%1971
Field SparrowPasserellidae62025+50%1976
Northern ParulaParulidae62025+667%1993
American GoldfinchFringillidae62024+117%2001
Canada GooseAnatidae62025+133%2003
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae52025+157%1968
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae52023-42%1969
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae52025+200%1968
Eastern TowheePasserellidae52025+83%1968
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae52024+157%1968
American RobinTurdidae52025+60%1968
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae52025+75%1971
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae52024+367%1980
Fish CrowCorvidae52024+67%1976
Yellow-crowned Night HeronArdeidae51987+400%1985
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae52025-39%2000
House FinchFringillidae52025+220%1995
Barn SwallowHirundinidae42025+77%1968

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14. A route is a sample, not a census.