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BBS Route · Texas · BCR 21

Burton Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 78 species recorded across 27 survey years, still active.

78Species Recorded
27Years Surveyed
1996–2024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Texas Burton

Top 40 of 78 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Burton route.
History
Northern CardinalCardinalidae1312024-37%1999
Mourning DoveColumbidae602024-37%1999
Painted BuntingCardinalidae552024+77%1999
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae502024+166%1999
Northern MockingbirdMimidae352024-41%1999
Carolina ChickadeeParidae352024+212%1999
White-eyed VireoVireonidae272024+152%1999
American CrowCorvidae202024-73%1999
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae172024+278%2001
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae162024+70%1999
Tufted TitmouseParidae152024-5%1999
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae132024+75%1999
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae82024-14%1999
Northern ParulaParulidae82023+175%2003
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannidae72024-79%1999
Lark SparrowPasserellidae72024+125%2001
Rock PigeonColumbidae72004+75%1997
Blue JayCorvidae62024-63%1999
Purple MartinHirundinidae62024-64%2000
House SparrowPasseridae62024+111%2000
DickcisselCardinalidae62021-43%2002
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae62024+11%2005
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckAnatidae62024+50%2012
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae52024+0%1999
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae52024-20%2000
White-winged DoveColumbidae52019n/an/a
Green HeronArdeidae42024+50%2002
Inca DoveColumbidae42024-70%1999
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae42024+17%2000
Great Blue HeronArdeidae42024+67%2000
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae42001+300%1999
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae32024+367%2002
House FinchFringillidae32024+67%2008
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae32024+0%2015
Cave SwallowHirundinidae32018-43%2014
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae22024-45%1999
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgidae22024-43%2000
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae22024-43%2004
Barn SwallowHirundinidae22024-66%1999
European StarlingSturnidae22024+40%2000

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