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San Saba Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 105 species recorded across 51 survey years, still active.

105Species Recorded
51Years Surveyed
1969–2024Span
11Observers

Bird Species Found on Texas San Saba

Top 40 of 105 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the San Saba route.
History
Mourning DoveColumbidae722024+6%1972
Northern CardinalCardinalidae712024+142%1972
Northern MockingbirdMimidae612024-61%1972
Bell's VireoVireonidae532024+497%1972
Painted BuntingCardinalidae392024+4%1972
Cassin's SparrowPasserellidae382024-2%1972
Bewick's WrenTroglodytidae332024-22%1972
Lark SparrowPasserellidae302024-44%1972
Cave SwallowHirundinidae252024-37%1990
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae242024+52%1972
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae232024-56%1972
Black-crested TitmouseParidae22202414×1973
DickcisselCardinalidae202024+81%1977
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae192024+408%1985
Turkey VultureCathartidae162024-43%1972
Summer TanagerCardinalidae162024+600%1977
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae132024-50%1972
Orchard OrioleIcteridae112024+67%1972
Field SparrowPasserellidae102024-32%1973
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannidae92024-78%1972
Lesser GoldfinchFringillidae72024+5%1972
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae52017+314%1975
Ash-throated FlycatcherTyrannidae52024+360%1977
Carolina ChickadeeParidae52024+14%1983
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerPicidae42024+8%1972
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerPicidae42024-27%1972
Common Ground DoveColumbidae42017+300%1976
Curve-billed ThrasherMimidae41994-43%1980
Common RavenCorvidae42024+42%1995
Black-capped VireoVireonidae42024+125%2018
House FinchFringillidae32024+220%1975
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae32024+17%1977
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae32024+13%1974
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae31998-14%1984
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae32024-14%1982
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae31980n/an/a
White-winged DoveColumbidae32024-44%2017
KilldeerCharadriidae22019-50%1972
Black-chinned HummingbirdTrochilidae22023+40%1983
Horned LarkAlaudidae21969n/an/a

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