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BBS Route · Tennessee · BCR 28

Signal Mtn Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 101 species recorded across 43 survey years, still active.

101Species 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 →
43Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1979–2025Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Tennessee Signal Mtn

Top 40 of 101 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Signal Mtn 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
Tufted TitmouseParidae362025+4%1981
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae352025-33%1981
American CrowCorvidae342025+92%1981
Northern CardinalCardinalidae322025+27%1981
European StarlingSturnidae252025+133%1981
Purple MartinHirundinidae232025+341%1981
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae222025+14%1981
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae222025+32%1981
Fish CrowCorvidae162025+460%2019
Carolina ChickadeeParidae152025-45%1981
Mourning DoveColumbidae112025+41%1981
Yellow-throated WarblerParulidae112025-66%1981
Northern MockingbirdMimidae112025+111%1982
White-eyed VireoVireonidae102025-21%1981
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae102025-73%1981
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae102025+240%2001
Barn SwallowHirundinidae92025+557%1981
Yellow-throated VireoVireonidae92025+21%1981
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae92025+107%1981
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae92025+450%1981
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae82025+42%1981
American RobinTurdidae82025+21%1981
Wood DuckAnatidae72025+150%1985
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae72025+300%1982
Song SparrowPasserellidae72025+58%1981
Brown ThrasherMimidae72025+250%1981
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae72025+125%1983
Great Blue HeronArdeidae72025+33%1986
Tree SwallowHirundinidae72025+19%2011
Turkey VultureCathartidae62025+400%1993
Belted KingfisherAlcedinidae62025+60%1981
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae62025+30%1981
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae62025+0%1983
Orchard OrioleIcteridae62025-37%1981
Common GrackleIcteridae62025-44%1981
American GoldfinchFringillidae62025-14%1981
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae62025-69%1981
Summer TanagerCardinalidae62025-39%1981
OspreyPandionidae62025+250%2001
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae62025-35%2009

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