BBS Route · Texas · BCR 20
Pidcoke Bird Survey Route
A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 115 species recorded across 49 survey years, no longer active.
115Species Recorded
49Years Surveyed
1968–2017Span
4Observers
Bird Species Found on Texas Pidcoke
Top 40 of 115 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalidae | 74 | 2017 | +83% | 1970 | |
| Painted Bunting | Cardinalidae | 51 | 2017 | +41% | 1970 | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columbidae | 37 | 1993 | n/a | n/a | |
| Mourning Dove | Columbidae | 27 | 2017 | -55% | 1970 | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimidae | 25 | 2017 | -42% | 1970 | |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Icteridae | 15 | 2014 | +343% | 1980 | |
| Horned Lark | Alaudidae | 10 | 1995 | +900% | 1968 | |
| Eastern Bluebird | Turdidae | 10 | 2017 | +130% | 1981 | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartidae | 9 | 2017 | -30% | 1970 | |
| Chipping Sparrow | Passerellidae | 9 | 1996 | +233% | 1978 | |
| European Starling | Sturnidae | 9 | 2016 | +8% | 1980 | |
| Lark Sparrow | Passerellidae | 8 | 2017 | -71% | 1970 | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 7 | 2017 | -60% | 1970 | |
| Black Vulture | Cathartidae | 6 | 2017 | +20% | 1979 | |
| Tufted Titmouse | Paridae | 6 | 2017 | +140% | 1972 | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Hirundinidae | 6 | 2003 | +167% | 1983 | |
| Western Meadowlark | Icteridae | 6 | 2003 | +40% | 2000 | |
| Eastern Phoebe | Tyrannidae | 5 | 2017 | +129% | 1970 | |
| American Crow | Corvidae | 5 | 2017 | +400% | 1970 | |
| Bewick's Wren | Troglodytidae | 5 | 2017 | -45% | 1970 | |
| Rock Wren | Troglodytidae | 5 | 1995 | n/a | n/a | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Cuculidae | 4 | 2017 | -64% | 1970 | |
| House Finch | Fringillidae | 4 | 2013 | -65% | 1997 | |
| Inca Dove | Columbidae | 4 | 2009 | +0% | 1975 | |
| Cliff Swallow | Hirundinidae | 4 | 2017 | -71% | 1989 | |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Anatidae | 4 | 2010 | n/a | n/a | |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 3 | 2017 | +0% | 1972 | |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Laniidae | 3 | 2010 | -18% | 1971 | |
| Wild Turkey | Phasianidae | 3 | 2016 | +67% | 1979 | |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Caprimulgidae | 3 | 2017 | +40% | 1975 | |
| Lesser Nighthawk | Caprimulgidae | 3 | 1995 | +50% | 1972 | |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireonidae | 3 | 2017 | +233% | 1979 | |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptilidae | 3 | 2017 | +675% | 1986 | |
| Cave Swallow | Hirundinidae | 3 | 2016 | n/a | n/a | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Icteridae | 2 | 2016 | -55% | 1970 | |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Icteridae | 2 | 2017 | -96% | 1970 | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Cardinalidae | 2 | 2008 | +33% | 1973 | |
| Summer Tanager | Cardinalidae | 2 | 2017 | -31% | 1970 | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireonidae | 2 | 2017 | +100% | 1976 | |
| Canyon Wren | Troglodytidae | 2 | 2009 | +100% | 1987 |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.