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Utopia Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 122 species recorded across 41 survey years, still active.

122Species Recorded
41Years Surveyed
1969–2024Span
10Observers

Bird Species Found on Texas Utopia

Top 40 of 122 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Utopia route.
History
Mourning DoveColumbidae412024-32%1972
Northern CardinalCardinalidae402024-24%1972
Black-crested TitmouseParidae382024+119%1972
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae36202415×1980
Painted BuntingCardinalidae322024-43%1972
Bewick's WrenTroglodytidae292024+75%1972
Vermilion FlycatcherTyrannidae262024+933%1972
Lark SparrowPasserellidae262024-71%1972
Turkey VultureCathartidae252024-62%1972
White-winged DoveColumbidae25202415×1986
Black VultureCathartidae242024+150%1972
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae222024+95%1972
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae212024+309%1972
Summer TanagerCardinalidae192024+364%1973
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae172024+54%1980
Field SparrowPasserellidae162024+65%1972
White-eyed VireoVireonidae162024+640%1973
Lesser GoldfinchFringillidae152024+4%1972
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae152024+233%1972
Bell's VireoVireonidae132024+386%1973
Common RavenCorvidae132024+460%1986
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae112024-55%1972
Northern MockingbirdMimidae102024-75%1972
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerPicidae92024+167%1972
Black-chinned HummingbirdTrochilidae92024+257%1972
Barn SwallowHirundinidae92024+400%1978
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerPicidae72024+46%1972
House FinchFringillidae72024+260%1972
House SparrowPasseridae72024-9%1972
Carolina ChickadeeParidae62024+186%1974
Western KingbirdTyrannidae62021+111%1980
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannidae52024-59%1973
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae52024+0%1973
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae52024+58%1978
Yellow-throated WarblerParulidae52024+100%1984
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae52024+220%2007
Ash-throated FlycatcherTyrannidae42024+218%1972
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae42024-18%1972
Purple MartinHirundinidae42024-64%1973
MallardAnatidae41971n/an/a

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