BBS Route · Texas · BCR 21
Brite Bird Survey Route
A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 105 species recorded across 29 survey years, still active.
105Species Recorded
29Years Surveyed
1994–2024Span
2Observers
Bird Species Found on Texas Brite
Top 40 of 105 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Sparrow | Passeridae | 61 | 2024 | -58% | 1996 | |
| Mourning Dove | Columbidae | 56 | 2024 | -19% | 1996 | |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalidae | 46 | 2024 | -15% | 1996 | |
| Cliff Swallow | Hirundinidae | 46 | 2023 | +527% | 2004 | |
| Northern Bobwhite | Odontophoridae | 41 | 2024 | -32% | 1996 | |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Icteridae | 40 | 2024 | -73% | 1996 | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimidae | 37 | 2024 | -63% | 1996 | |
| Bewick's Wren | Troglodytidae | 32 | 2024 | +46% | 1996 | |
| Cave Swallow | Hirundinidae | 30 | 2024 | +84% | 1996 | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 29 | 2024 | -42% | 1996 | |
| Dickcissel | Cardinalidae | 29 | 2024 | -67% | 1997 | |
| Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Picidae | 23 | 2024 | +42% | 1996 | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Icteridae | 23 | 2024 | -75% | 1996 | |
| Painted Bunting | Cardinalidae | 23 | 2024 | +83% | 1996 | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundinidae | 21 | 2024 | -54% | 1996 | |
| White-winged Dove | Columbidae | 16 | 2024 | -24% | 1996 | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Icteridae | 16 | 2024 | -71% | 1996 | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Cuculidae | 13 | 2024 | -33% | 1996 | |
| Cassin's Sparrow | Passerellidae | 13 | 2024 | -33% | 1996 | |
| Crested Caracara | Falconidae | 11 | 2024 | +6% | 1996 | |
| Olive Sparrow | Passerellidae | 11 | 2024 | +177% | 1996 | |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Icteridae | 10 | 2024 | -92% | 1996 | |
| Purple Martin | Hirundinidae | 10 | 2024 | -74% | 1996 | |
| European Starling | Sturnidae | 9 | 2024 | -75% | 1996 | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Columbidae | 9 | 2024 | +67% | 2004 | |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 8 | 2024 | -30% | 1996 | |
| Lark Sparrow | Passerellidae | 8 | 2024 | -70% | 1996 | |
| Cactus Wren | Troglodytidae | 8 | 2024 | -78% | 1996 | |
| Killdeer | Charadriidae | 7 | 2024 | -57% | 1996 | |
| Bullock's Oriole | Icteridae | 7 | 2024 | +11% | 1996 | |
| Pyrrhuloxia | Cardinalidae | 6 | 2024 | -66% | 1996 | |
| Black-crested Titmouse | Paridae | 6 | 2024 | +38% | 1996 | |
| Couch's Kingbird | Tyrannidae | 6 | 2024 | +183% | 2017 | |
| Common Grackle | Icteridae | 5 | 2024 | -30% | 1996 | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Cardinalidae | 5 | 2024 | -18% | 1996 | |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Anatidae | 4 | 2024 | -75% | 1996 | |
| Curve-billed Thrasher | Mimidae | 4 | 2021 | -85% | 1996 | |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | Trochilidae | 4 | 2022 | +13% | 2001 | |
| Eastern Bluebird | Turdidae | 4 | 2017 | +300% | 1996 | |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbidae | 3 | 2024 | -87% | 1996 |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.