BBS Route · Texas · BCR 35
Salt Flat Bird Survey Route
A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 63 species recorded across 11 survey years, no longer active.
63Species Recorded
11Years Surveyed
1995–2015Span
5Observers
Bird Species Found on Texas Salt Flat
Top 40 of 63 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-throated Sparrow | Passerellidae | 38 | 2015 | -10% | 2005 | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimidae | 35 | 2015 | -28% | 2005 | |
| Scaled Quail | Odontophoridae | 21 | 2015 | -56% | 2006 | |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 19 | 2015 | +30% | 2005 | |
| House Finch | Fringillidae | 17 | 2015 | +87% | 2005 | |
| Lesser Goldfinch | Fringillidae | 11 | 2015 | +0% | 2009 | |
| Black-chinned Sparrow | Passerellidae | 9 | 2015 | +120% | 2003 | |
| Mourning Dove | Columbidae | 8 | 2015 | +0% | 2005 | |
| Cliff Swallow | Hirundinidae | 8 | 2006 | -89% | 2003 | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartidae | 7 | 2015 | -30% | 2005 | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Columbidae | 7 | 2015 | -9% | 2011 | |
| Rufous-crowned Sparrow | Passerellidae | 6 | 2015 | -56% | 2010 | |
| Verdin | Remizidae | 6 | 2015 | -41% | 2005 | |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannidae | 5 | 2015 | -46% | 2005 | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Icteridae | 5 | 2015 | +11% | 2005 | |
| Western Meadowlark | Icteridae | 5 | 2015 | +200% | 2009 | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Cardinalidae | 4 | 2015 | -48% | 2005 | |
| Chipping Sparrow | Passerellidae | 4 | 2013 | -43% | 2010 | |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Picidae | 3 | 2015 | -20% | 2003 | |
| Say's Phoebe | Tyrannidae | 3 | 2015 | -40% | 2005 | |
| Cassin's Sparrow | Passerellidae | 3 | 2015 | +43% | 2010 | |
| Pyrrhuloxia | Cardinalidae | 3 | 2015 | -25% | 2009 | |
| Common Nighthawk | Caprimulgidae | 3 | 2006 | n/a | n/a | |
| Western Tanager | Cardinalidae | 3 | 2013 | -33% | 2010 | |
| Burrowing Owl | Strigidae | 2 | 1995 | n/a | n/a | |
| Greater Roadrunner | Cuculidae | 2 | 2015 | +0% | 2003 | |
| Chihuahuan Meadowlark | Icteridae | 2 | 2006 | -33% | 1995 | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundinidae | 2 | 2015 | -40% | 2010 | |
| White-winged Dove | Columbidae | 2 | 2015 | +82% | 2006 | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Accipitridae | 2 | 2015 | +0% | 2012 | |
| Phainopepla | Ptiliogonatidae | 2 | 2012 | -33% | 2003 | |
| Crissal Thrasher | Mimidae | 2 | 2003 | n/a | n/a | |
| Golden Eagle | Accipitridae | 2 | 2013 | +100% | 2006 | |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Cardinalidae | 2 | 2006 | n/a | n/a | |
| Bell's Vireo | Vireonidae | 2 | 2015 | +0% | 2011 | |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Icteridae | 2 | 2013 | +100% | 2010 | |
| Common Raven | Corvidae | 2 | 2011 | n/a | n/a | |
| Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay | Corvidae | 2 | 2013 | n/a | n/a | |
| Swainson's Hawk | Accipitridae | 1 | 2015 | -20% | 2009 | |
| American Kestrel | Falconidae | 1 | 1995 | n/a | n/a |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.