BBS Route · Texas · BCR 18
Plains Bird Survey Route
A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 58 species recorded across 21 survey years, no longer active.
58Species Recorded
21Years Surveyed
1994–2017Span
3Observers
Bird Species Found on Texas Plains
Top 40 of 58 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannidae | 108 | 2017 | +258% | 1996 | |
| Mourning Dove | Columbidae | 68 | 2017 | +146% | 1996 | |
| Horned Lark | Alaudidae | 66 | 2017 | -20% | 1996 | |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Icteridae | 55 | 2017 | +382% | 2000 | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columbidae | 38 | 2017 | +347% | 1996 | |
| Western Meadowlark | Icteridae | 27 | 2017 | +17% | 1997 | |
| Northern Bobwhite | Odontophoridae | 24 | 2017 | +65% | 1996 | |
| Swainson's Hawk | Accipitridae | 12 | 2017 | +340% | 1997 | |
| Cassin's Sparrow | Passerellidae | 12 | 2017 | -48% | 1996 | |
| Chihuahuan Raven | Corvidae | 11 | 2017 | +48% | 1997 | |
| Lark Sparrow | Passerellidae | 11 | 2017 | +200% | 1996 | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundinidae | 11 | 2017 | +308% | 1996 | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Icteridae | 8 | 2017 | +57% | 1996 | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 6 | 2017 | -10% | 1997 | |
| Cliff Swallow | Hirundinidae | 6 | 2017 | -22% | 2007 | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimidae | 5 | 2017 | -36% | 1996 | |
| Burrowing Owl | Strigidae | 5 | 2017 | +138% | 2006 | |
| House Sparrow | Passeridae | 4 | 2017 | -78% | 1996 | |
| Lesser Prairie-Chicken | Phasianidae | 4 | 2011 | -17% | 2008 | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Columbidae | 4 | 2017 | +150% | 2007 | |
| Common Grackle | Icteridae | 4 | 2009 | -87% | 2008 | |
| American Kestrel | Falconidae | 3 | 2017 | +100% | 1997 | |
| American Crow | Corvidae | 3 | 2017 | -83% | 1998 | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Passerellidae | 3 | 2016 | +180% | 1998 | |
| Bullock's Oriole | Icteridae | 3 | 2017 | +29% | 1998 | |
| Common Nighthawk | Caprimulgidae | 3 | 2017 | +75% | 2007 | |
| Scaled Quail | Odontophoridae | 3 | 2017 | +150% | 2008 | |
| Mallard | Anatidae | 2 | 2010 | -14% | 1999 | |
| Killdeer | Charadriidae | 2 | 2015 | -20% | 1996 | |
| Chihuahuan Meadowlark | Icteridae | 2 | 2017 | -69% | 1997 | |
| Lark Bunting | Passerellidae | 2 | 2016 | -56% | 2009 | |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostridae | 2 | 2015 | -33% | 2006 | |
| European Starling | Sturnidae | 2 | 2015 | -38% | 2008 | |
| Say's Phoebe | Tyrannidae | 2 | 2016 | +100% | 2007 | |
| American Robin | Turdidae | 2 | 2009 | n/a | n/a | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anatidae | 2 | 2015 | n/a | n/a | |
| Cave Swallow | Hirundinidae | 2 | 2017 | +0% | 2015 | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Ardeidae | 2 | 2017 | n/a | n/a | |
| Black-necked Stilt | Recurvirostridae | 1 | 2006 | +0% | 1994 | |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianidae | 1 | 2017 | +0% | 1998 |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.