BBS Route · Texas · BCR 36

Heidelberg Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 81 species recorded across 7 survey years, still active.

81Species Recorded
7Years Surveyed
20132024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Texas Heidelberg

Top 40 of 81 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Heidelberg route.
History
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae1632024-64%2019
Great-tailed GrackleIcteridae952024-39%2019
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckAnatidae612024+3%2019
Mourning DoveColumbidae542024-61%2019
Ruddy DuckAnatidae302014n/an/a
Horned LarkAlaudidae222024-79%2019
Fulvous Whistling-DuckAnatidae212023-49%2014
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae202024+300%2023
DickcisselCardinalidae172024-23%2019
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae162024-66%2019
White-faced IbisThreskiornithidae142022-26%2013
House SparrowPasseridae122024-64%2019
Lark SparrowPasserellidae112024-49%2019
Northern MockingbirdMimidae112024-51%2019
Cave SwallowHirundinidae102022-81%2014
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae102024-61%2019
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannidae82024-52%2019
Bronzed CowbirdIcteridae82024-53%2019
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae62024-27%2014
Turkey VultureCathartidae52024-64%2019
Crested CaracaraFalconidae52024+100%2019
Northern CardinalCardinalidae52024+13%2021
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerPicidae42024-48%2019
Couch's KingbirdTyrannidae42024-55%2019
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae42024+150%2019
Chimney SwiftApodidae42023+100%2014
Brown-crested FlycatcherTyrannidae42024+50%2021
Plain ChachalacaCracidae42024-20%2021
Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocoracidae42023n/an/a
Laughing GullLaridae32024-70%2019
KilldeerCharadriidae32024-65%2019
White-winged DoveColumbidae32024-65%2019
Lesser NighthawkCaprimulgidae32019+50%2013
Common YellowthroatParulidae32024-60%2021
Roseate SpoonbillThreskiornithidae32021+50%2014
American CootRallidae32023+200%2014
Tricolored HeronArdeidae32021+50%2019
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae32022+200%2019
White IbisThreskiornithidae32023-40%2021
Rock PigeonColumbidae32024-25%2021

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