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BBS Route · Texas · BCR 25

Crossroads Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 109 species recorded across 47 survey years, still active.

109Species Recorded
47Years Surveyed
1967–2024Span
7Observers

Bird Species Found on Texas Crossroads

Top 40 of 109 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Crossroads route.
History
American CrowCorvidae402024+37%1970
Northern CardinalCardinalidae382024+89%1970
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae372024+162%1970
Pine WarblerParulidae35202414×1977
Northern MockingbirdMimidae332024-38%1970
Blue JayCorvidae322024+9%1970
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae322024-31%1970
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae272024+227%1970
Tufted TitmouseParidae262024+127%1970
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae192024+95%1970
White-eyed VireoVireonidae182024+88%1970
Carolina ChickadeeParidae162024+529%1970
Summer TanagerCardinalidae142024+529%1970
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae132024+275%1970
Barn SwallowHirundinidae122024+186%1972
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae122024+220%1985
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae102024+95%1970
Mourning DoveColumbidae82024-30%1970
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae82023+150%1978
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae72024+24%1970
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannidae72024-8%1970
Turkey VultureCathartidae62024+153%1970
Lark SparrowPasserellidae62019+14%1977
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae61971n/an/a
Hooded WarblerParulidae62024+100%1999
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae52024+33%1970
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae42024-86%1970
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae42024-27%1970
Yellow-throated VireoVireonidae42024+60%1982
Black-and-white WarblerParulidae42023+133%1981
Black VultureCathartidae42024+450%1983
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae32015-89%1970
Chimney SwiftApodidae32024+10%1970
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae32024+50%1980
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae32018+25%1999
Prairie WarblerParulidae32016+233%2002
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae31999n/an/a
Worm-eating WarblerParulidae32012+50%2010
Tree SwallowHirundinidae32013+200%2011
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae22018+50%1973

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