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State · BBS 2026 Release · 1966–2025

Utah Breeding Birds

240 species recorded across 116 survey routes, 1968 to 2025. Browse by family or guild below.

Utah Bird Population TrendsNotable signalsLong-arc shifts the engine flags automatically — sustained declines or increases large enough to stand out from year-to-year noise.Full methodology →

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Bendire's Thrasher has collapsed in Utah: down 98% on the route-weighted index since 1984.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Canada Goose has surged in Utah: up 38× on the route-weighted index since 1973.

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Bank Swallow has collapsed in Utah: down 96% on the route-weighted index since 1974.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Sandhill Crane has surged in Utah: up 28× on the route-weighted index since 1990.

long arc declinecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Band-tailed Pigeon has collapsed in Utah: down 96% on the route-weighted index since 1980.

long arc increasecomputed indexTrend sourceWhether the figure is our own computed route-weighted index or an official USGS modeled estimate. The current build labels every trend as computed.Full methodology →

Eurasian Collared-Dove has surged in Utah: up 21× on the route-weighted index since 2006.

How Bird Guilds Are Faring in UtahGuild trendA mean-index aggregate across the species in this group — the structural direction of the guild, with individual-species noise smoothed out.Full methodology →

-78%

Game birds

8 species
-42%

Birds of prey

17 species
-23%

Generalists

13 species
-16%

Aerial insectivores

22 species
-15%

Forest birds

72 species
+3%

Arid-land birds

8 species
+10%

Grassland birds

9 species
+10%

Shorebirds

9 species
+36%

Wetland birds

27 species
+370%

Waterfowl

15 species

Utah Bird Survey Routes

Browse Utah Birds By FamilyTrendPercent change in the route-weighted abundance index between a smoothed baseline window and the most recent one. It tracks direction, not absolute population.Full methodology →

Each species links to its trend in Utah.

Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae

American Goshawk -80%Bald Eagle +237%Cooper's Hawk -67%Ferruginous Hawk -60%Golden Eagle +7%Northern Harrier -30%Red-tailed Hawk -32%Sharp-shinned Hawk -87%Swainson's Hawk -44%

Bushtits Aegithalidae

Bushtit -47%

Larks Alaudidae

Horned Lark +50%

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher -90%

Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae

American Wigeon -9%Blue-winged Teal -55%Canada Goose 38×Canvasback -28%Cinnamon Teal +387%Common Merganser -11%Gadwall -0%Green-winged Teal -72%Lesser Scaup -10%Mallard +457%Northern Pintail -84%Northern Shoveler +128%Redhead -86%Ring-necked Duck -74%Ruddy Duck +79%

Swifts Apodidae

White-throated Swift -71%

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae

American Bittern +316%Black-crowned Night Heron -34%Great Blue Heron -61%Snowy Egret -34%Western Cattle-Egret -82%

Waxwings Bombycillidae

Cedar Waxwing +25%

Nightjars & Nighthawks Caprimulgidae

Common Nighthawk -31%Common Poorwill -20%

Cardinals & Grosbeaks Cardinalidae

Black-headed Grosbeak +222%Blue Grosbeak +18%Indigo Bunting -50%Lazuli Bunting +206%Western Tanager +147%

New World Vultures Cathartidae

Turkey Vulture +417%

Treecreepers Certhiidae

Brown Creeper -6%

Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae

Killdeer +74%Snowy Plover 13×

Dippers Cinclidae

American Dipper -95%

Pigeons & Doves Columbidae

Band-tailed Pigeon -96%Eurasian Collared-Dove 21×Mourning Dove -43%Rock Pigeon +104%

Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae

American Crow +51%Black-billed Magpie -63%Canada Jay -86%Clark's Nutcracker +70%Common Raven +261%Pinyon Jay -15%Steller's Jay -38%Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay -90%

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis Cuculidae

Greater Roadrunner +130%

Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae

American Kestrel -53%Peregrine Falcon -71%Prairie Falcon -41%

Finches Fringillidae

American Goldfinch +15%Cassin's Finch +150%Evening Grosbeak -94%House Finch +638%Lesser Goldfinch +69%Pine Grosbeak -88%Pine Siskin +35%Red Crossbill +11%

Cranes Gruidae

Sandhill Crane 28×

Swallows & Martins Hirundinidae

Bank Swallow -96%Barn Swallow +46%Cliff Swallow +91%Northern Rough-winged Swallow -44%Purple Martin -61%Tree Swallow -80%Violet-green Swallow +106%

Blackbirds & Orioles Icteridae

Bobolink +46%Brewer's Blackbird -59%Brown-headed Cowbird +51%Bullock's Oriole +297%Common Grackle -90%Great-tailed Grackle -30%Red-winged Blackbird +265%Scott's Oriole -50%Western Meadowlark +35%Yellow-headed Blackbird +176%

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted Chat +942%

Shrikes Laniidae

Loggerhead Shrike +113%

Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae

Black Tern -80%California Gull +216%Caspian Tern +75%Forster's Tern +1%Franklin's Gull -61%Ring-billed Gull +22%

Mockingbirds & Thrashers Mimidae

Bendire's Thrasher -98%Gray Catbird -34%Northern Mockingbird +536%Sage Thrasher -7%

New World Quail Odontophoridae

California Quail +888%Gambel's Quail 13×

Osprey Pandionidae

Osprey +572%

Chickadees & Titmice Paridae

Black-capped Chickadee -67%Juniper Titmouse +7%Mountain Chickadee +14%

Wood-Warblers Parulidae

Black-throated Gray Warbler -6%Common Yellowthroat +379%Grace's Warbler +49%Lucy's Warbler +505%MacGillivray's Warbler +398%Orange-crowned Warbler -49%Virginia's Warbler -71%Wilson's Warbler -82%Yellow Warbler +451%

New World Sparrows Passerellidae

Black-chinned Sparrow -89%Black-throated Sparrow 14×Brewer's Sparrow +66%Chipping Sparrow +72%Fox Sparrow -46%Grasshopper Sparrow -62%Green-tailed Towhee +104%Lark Bunting -93%Lark Sparrow +305%Lincoln's Sparrow +399%Sagebrush Sparrow -33%Savannah Sparrow +129%Song Sparrow -44%Spotted Towhee +219%Vesper Sparrow +20%White-crowned Sparrow +530%

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

House Sparrow -19%

Pelicans Pelecanidae

American White Pelican -72%

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant -76%

Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys Phasianidae

Chukar -59%Dusky Grouse -51%Greater Sage-Grouse -81%Ring-necked Pheasant -75%Ruffed Grouse -68%Wild Turkey +14%

Woodpeckers Picidae

American Three-toed Woodpecker +80%Downy Woodpecker -47%Hairy Woodpecker -32%Lewis's Woodpecker -81%Red-naped Sapsucker +218%Williamson's Sapsucker +22%

Grebes Podicipedidae

Clark's Grebe +931%Eared Grebe +249%Pied-billed Grebe -71%Western Grebe +305%

Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher +410%

Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae

American Coot -30%Sora +188%Virginia Rail -19%

Avocets & Stilts Recurvirostridae

American Avocet +284%Black-necked Stilt +25%

Kinglets Regulidae

Golden-crowned Kinglet -17%Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12×

Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae

Long-billed Curlew -25%Spotted Sandpiper -60%Willet -88%Wilson's Phalarope -78%Wilson's Snipe +96%

Nuthatches Sittidae

Pygmy Nuthatch -73%Red-breasted Nuthatch +189%White-breasted Nuthatch -27%

Owls Strigidae

Burrowing Owl -53%Great Horned Owl -47%Short-eared Owl -42%

Starlings & Mynas Sturnidae

European Starling +17%

Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae

White-faced Ibis 14×

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

Black-chinned Hummingbird -26%Broad-tailed Hummingbird -32%Calliope Hummingbird -59%

Wrens Troglodytidae

Bewick's Wren +51%Canyon Wren -88%Marsh Wren +14%Northern House Wren +872%Rock Wren +213%

Thrushes Turdidae

American Robin +7%Hermit Thrush +20%Mountain Bluebird +68%Swainson's Thrush -90%Townsend's Solitaire -73%Western Bluebird -48%

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

Ash-throated Flycatcher +880%Black Phoebe -84%Cassin's Kingbird +30%Dusky Flycatcher +218%Eastern Kingbird -21%Gray Flycatcher +2%Hammond's Flycatcher +245%Olive-sided Flycatcher -78%Say's Phoebe +350%Western Kingbird +235%Western Wood-Pewee +68%Willow Flycatcher -8%

Vireos Vireonidae

Gray Vireo +13%Plumbeous Vireo +210%Warbling Vireo +865%

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14.