BBS Route · Texas · BCR 36
Encinal Bird Survey Route
A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 107 species recorded across 40 survey years, no longer active.
107Species Recorded
40Years Surveyed
1969–2010Span
2Observers
Bird Species Found on Texas Encinal
Top 40 of 107 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Swallow | Hirundinidae | 368 | 2010 | +240% | 1983 | |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Icteridae | 125 | 2010 | +468% | 1971 | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimidae | 85 | 2010 | -19% | 1971 | |
| Mourning Dove | Columbidae | 84 | 2010 | +34% | 1971 | |
| Black Vulture | Cathartidae | 70 | 2009 | 12× | 1980 | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartidae | 43 | 2010 | -21% | 1971 | |
| Black-throated Sparrow | Passerellidae | 43 | 2010 | -65% | 1971 | |
| Olive Sparrow | Passerellidae | 42 | 2010 | 15× | 1973 | |
| White-winged Dove | Columbidae | 41 | 2010 | 15× | 1992 | |
| Painted Bunting | Cardinalidae | 29 | 2010 | +3% | 1971 | |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 28 | 2010 | +293% | 1971 | |
| Cassin's Sparrow | Passerellidae | 28 | 2010 | -75% | 1971 | |
| Bewick's Wren | Troglodytidae | 23 | 2010 | +187% | 1971 | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 22 | 2010 | +44% | 1971 | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Columbidae | 21 | 2010 | +720% | 2004 | |
| Cactus Wren | Troglodytidae | 20 | 2010 | -78% | 1971 | |
| House Sparrow | Passeridae | 18 | 2010 | -93% | 1971 | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Icteridae | 16 | 2010 | -7% | 1971 | |
| Northern Bobwhite | Odontophoridae | 15 | 2010 | -76% | 1971 | |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 14 | 2010 | +111% | 1971 | |
| Lesser Nighthawk | Caprimulgidae | 13 | 2010 | +27% | 1972 | |
| Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Picidae | 12 | 2010 | -57% | 1971 | |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalidae | 12 | 2010 | -15% | 1971 | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireonidae | 12 | 1969 | n/a | n/a | |
| Curve-billed Thrasher | Mimidae | 12 | 2010 | -64% | 1971 | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Icteridae | 11 | 2010 | -26% | 1971 | |
| Audubon's Oriole | Icteridae | 11 | 2010 | +363% | 1973 | |
| Bullock's Oriole | Icteridae | 9 | 2010 | +107% | 1971 | |
| Lark Sparrow | Passerellidae | 9 | 2010 | -17% | 1971 | |
| European Starling | Sturnidae | 9 | 2010 | +110% | 1988 | |
| Inca Dove | Columbidae | 8 | 2010 | +213% | 1971 | |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Picidae | 7 | 2010 | +67% | 1971 | |
| Bronzed Cowbird | Icteridae | 7 | 2010 | +475% | 1972 | |
| Pyrrhuloxia | Cardinalidae | 7 | 2010 | -93% | 1971 | |
| White-tipped Dove | Columbidae | 7 | 2010 | +300% | 1998 | |
| Great Horned Owl | Strigidae | 5 | 2010 | +0% | 1978 | |
| Bell's Vireo | Vireonidae | 5 | 2010 | -84% | 1971 | |
| Scaled Quail | Odontophoridae | 4 | 2010 | -87% | 1971 | |
| Harris's Hawk | Accipitridae | 4 | 2010 | -22% | 1971 | |
| Greater Roadrunner | Cuculidae | 4 | 2010 | +82% | 1972 |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.