BBS Route · Texas · BCR 18
Texline Bird Survey Route
A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 66 species recorded across 43 survey years, still active.
66Species Recorded
43Years Surveyed
1975–2024Span
4Observers
Bird Species Found on Texas Texline
Top 40 of 66 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Meadowlark | Icteridae | 175 | 2024 | -1% | 1977 | |
| Cassin's Sparrow | Passerellidae | 97 | 2024 | +16% | 1977 | |
| Mourning Dove | Columbidae | 93 | 2024 | -4% | 1977 | |
| Horned Lark | Alaudidae | 89 | 2024 | -47% | 1977 | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Icteridae | 38 | 2024 | -45% | 1977 | |
| Common Grackle | Icteridae | 26 | 2024 | +463% | 1977 | |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannidae | 25 | 2024 | +13% | 1977 | |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Icteridae | 24 | 2024 | +516% | 1994 | |
| Lark Sparrow | Passerellidae | 22 | 2024 | +233% | 1980 | |
| Chihuahuan Raven | Corvidae | 15 | 2024 | -48% | 1977 | |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianidae | 13 | 2024 | +14% | 1977 | |
| House Sparrow | Passeridae | 13 | 2024 | -79% | 1977 | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Columbidae | 13 | 2024 | +423% | 2006 | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Passerellidae | 10 | 2024 | +150% | 1978 | |
| Swainson's Hawk | Accipitridae | 8 | 2024 | +600% | 1977 | |
| Chihuahuan Meadowlark | Icteridae | 8 | 2024 | +240% | 2021 | |
| European Starling | Sturnidae | 7 | 2024 | -13% | 1977 | |
| Northern Bobwhite | Odontophoridae | 5 | 2016 | +17% | 1977 | |
| Burrowing Owl | Strigidae | 5 | 2024 | -27% | 1977 | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Cardinalidae | 5 | 2024 | +300% | 1978 | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundinidae | 5 | 2024 | -69% | 1977 | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anatidae | 5 | 1999 | +75% | 1982 | |
| American Crow | Corvidae | 5 | 2007 | +250% | 1996 | |
| Long-billed Curlew | Scolopacidae | 4 | 2024 | -77% | 1977 | |
| Bullock's Oriole | Icteridae | 4 | 2024 | +100% | 1978 | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimidae | 4 | 2024 | -5% | 1977 | |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostridae | 4 | 1999 | +40% | 1991 | |
| Killdeer | Charadriidae | 3 | 2024 | -67% | 1977 | |
| Scaled Quail | Odontophoridae | 3 | 2023 | -60% | 1977 | |
| Common Nighthawk | Caprimulgidae | 3 | 2024 | -63% | 1977 | |
| Mallard | Anatidae | 3 | 2022 | -42% | 1980 | |
| Mountain Plover | Charadriidae | 2 | 2002 | +167% | 1978 | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columbidae | 2 | 2023 | +19% | 1984 | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Accipitridae | 2 | 2021 | -43% | 1978 | |
| Say's Phoebe | Tyrannidae | 2 | 2023 | +100% | 1980 | |
| American Kestrel | Falconidae | 2 | 2022 | +17% | 1982 | |
| Cassin's Kingbird | Tyrannidae | 2 | 2011 | +83% | 1998 | |
| Northern Harrier | Accipitridae | 2 | 2021 | +50% | 1991 | |
| Dickcissel | Cardinalidae | 2 | 2024 | +200% | 1987 | |
| Western Wood-Pewee | Tyrannidae | 2 | 1998 | +100% | 1984 |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.