BBS Route · Texas · BCR 37
Chinquapin Bird Survey Route
A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 97 species recorded across 22 survey years, still active.
97Species Recorded
22Years Surveyed
1995–2024Span
4Observers
Bird Species Found on Texas Chinquapin
Top 40 of 97 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red-winged Blackbird | Icteridae | 115 | 2024 | +24% | 1999 | |
| Mourning Dove | Columbidae | 100 | 2024 | +85% | 1999 | |
| Common Grackle | Icteridae | 58 | 2024 | +42% | 1999 | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimidae | 53 | 2024 | +58% | 1999 | |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalidae | 47 | 2024 | +125% | 1999 | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Icteridae | 46 | 2024 | 22× | 1999 | |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Icteridae | 31 | 2024 | +16% | 1999 | |
| Northern Bobwhite | Odontophoridae | 29 | 2024 | -37% | 1999 | |
| Great Egret | Ardeidae | 25 | 2024 | +16% | 1999 | |
| Laughing Gull | Laridae | 23 | 2024 | -67% | 1999 | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundinidae | 22 | 2024 | +40% | 2003 | |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Icteridae | 20 | 2024 | 20× | 1999 | |
| Tricolored Heron | Ardeidae | 16 | 2024 | +600% | 2000 | |
| Black-necked Stilt | Recurvirostridae | 16 | 2024 | +243% | 1999 | |
| European Starling | Sturnidae | 16 | 2024 | +96% | 1999 | |
| Dickcissel | Cardinalidae | 15 | 2024 | -77% | 1999 | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columbidae | 14 | 2024 | +600% | 1996 | |
| Common Nighthawk | Caprimulgidae | 12 | 2024 | -38% | 1999 | |
| Crested Caracara | Falconidae | 11 | 2024 | +283% | 1999 | |
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Icteridae | 11 | 2024 | +24% | 1999 | |
| Purple Martin | Hirundinidae | 11 | 2024 | +14% | 1999 | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Cuculidae | 11 | 2024 | +367% | 2000 | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardeidae | 10 | 2024 | -57% | 1999 | |
| Black Vulture | Cathartidae | 10 | 2024 | -10% | 2000 | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartidae | 10 | 2024 | +225% | 2003 | |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Ardeidae | 10 | 2023 | +167% | 2010 | |
| White-faced Ibis | Threskiornithidae | 9 | 2021 | -15% | 1999 | |
| Willet | Scolopacidae | 7 | 2024 | +131% | 2000 | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 7 | 2024 | +0% | 1999 | |
| Green Heron | Ardeidae | 6 | 2024 | +150% | 1999 | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Anatidae | 5 | 2023 | +33% | 2006 | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Picidae | 5 | 2024 | +86% | 2001 | |
| Cave Swallow | Hirundinidae | 5 | 2019 | -11% | 2009 | |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocoracidae | 5 | 2021 | n/a | n/a | |
| American Crow | Corvidae | 4 | 2024 | -85% | 1999 | |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireonidae | 4 | 2024 | +125% | 2003 | |
| Carolina Wren | Troglodytidae | 4 | 2024 | +300% | 2001 | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardeidae | 3 | 2024 | -40% | 1999 | |
| Killdeer | Charadriidae | 3 | 2024 | -78% | 1999 | |
| Black Rail | Rallidae | 3 | 2024 | +50% | 2009 |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.