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State · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024

Utah Breeding Birds

240 species recorded across 116 survey routes, 1968 to 2024. 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 42× 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 22× 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 →

-80%

Game birds

8 species
-41%

Birds of prey

16 species
-30%

Aerial insectivores

22 species
-21%

Generalists

13 species
-19%

Forest birds

72 species
-3%

Arid-land birds

8 species
-1%

Shorebirds

9 species
+5%

Grassland birds

9 species
+37%

Wetland birds

27 species
+461%

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%Cooper's Hawk -72%Ferruginous Hawk -60%Golden Eagle -1%Northern Harrier -30%Red-tailed Hawk -33%Sharp-shinned Hawk -84%Swainson's Hawk -41%

Bushtits Aegithalidae

Bushtit -50%

Larks Alaudidae

Horned Lark +59%

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher -89%

Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae

American Wigeon -7%Blue-winged Teal -49%Canada Goose 42×Canvasback +173%Cinnamon Teal +275%Common Merganser -38%Gadwall -8%Green-winged Teal -78%Lesser Scaup -47%Mallard +433%Northern Pintail -86%Northern Shoveler +14%Redhead -50%Ring-necked Duck -67%Ruddy Duck +153%

Swifts Apodidae

White-throated Swift -75%

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae

American Bittern +376%Black-crowned Night Heron -50%Great Blue Heron -40%Snowy Egret +11%Western Cattle-Egret -82%

Waxwings Bombycillidae

Cedar Waxwing +24%

Nightjars & Nighthawks Caprimulgidae

Common Nighthawk -36%Common Poorwill -20%

Cardinals & Grosbeaks Cardinalidae

Black-headed Grosbeak +205%Blue Grosbeak +26%Indigo Bunting -50%Lazuli Bunting +136%Western Tanager +135%

New World Vultures Cathartidae

Turkey Vulture +422%

Treecreepers Certhiidae

Brown Creeper -50%

Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae

Killdeer +41%Snowy Plover 11×

Dippers Cinclidae

American Dipper -94%

Pigeons & Doves Columbidae

Band-tailed Pigeon -96%Eurasian Collared-Dove 22×Mourning Dove -42%Rock Pigeon +93%

Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae

American Crow +38%Black-billed Magpie -60%Canada Jay -89%Clark's Nutcracker +133%Common Raven +262%Pinyon Jay -18%Steller's Jay -34%Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay -88%

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis Cuculidae

Greater Roadrunner +151%

Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae

American Kestrel -60%Peregrine Falcon -51%Prairie Falcon -55%

Finches Fringillidae

American Goldfinch +24%Cassin's Finch +124%Evening Grosbeak -94%House Finch +609%Lesser Goldfinch +89%Pine Grosbeak -77%Pine Siskin +36%Red Crossbill -3%

Cranes Gruidae

Sandhill Crane 28×

Swallows & Martins Hirundinidae

Bank Swallow -96%Barn Swallow +72%Cliff Swallow +16%Northern Rough-winged Swallow -7%Purple Martin -63%Tree Swallow -82%Violet-green Swallow +114%

Blackbirds & Orioles Icteridae

Bobolink -21%Brewer's Blackbird -57%Brown-headed Cowbird +39%Bullock's Oriole +283%Common Grackle -88%Great-tailed Grackle -37%Red-winged Blackbird +263%Scott's Oriole -58%Western Meadowlark +39%Yellow-headed Blackbird +174%

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted Chat +824%

Shrikes Laniidae

Loggerhead Shrike +105%

Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae

Black Tern -80%California Gull +299%Caspian Tern +57%Forster's Tern -8%Franklin's Gull -63%Ring-billed Gull +128%

Mockingbirds & Thrashers Mimidae

Bendire's Thrasher -98%Gray Catbird -38%Northern Mockingbird +572%Sage Thrasher -10%

New World Quail Odontophoridae

California Quail +832%Gambel's Quail +911%

Osprey Pandionidae

Osprey +578%

Chickadees & Titmice Paridae

Black-capped Chickadee -57%Juniper Titmouse +0%Mountain Chickadee +10%

Wood-Warblers Parulidae

Black-throated Gray Warbler -18%Common Yellowthroat +333%Grace's Warbler +40%Lucy's Warbler +682%MacGillivray's Warbler +346%Orange-crowned Warbler -57%Virginia's Warbler -78%Wilson's Warbler -81%Yellow Warbler +396%

New World Sparrows Passerellidae

Black-chinned Sparrow -82%Black-throated Sparrow 14×Brewer's Sparrow +45%Chipping Sparrow +57%Fox Sparrow -53%Grasshopper Sparrow -62%Green-tailed Towhee +60%Lark Bunting -93%Lark Sparrow +300%Lincoln's Sparrow +373%Sagebrush Sparrow -36%Savannah Sparrow +128%Song Sparrow -52%Spotted Towhee +153%Vesper Sparrow +3%White-crowned Sparrow +483%

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

House Sparrow -23%

Pelicans Pelecanidae

American White Pelican -71%

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant -81%

Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys Phasianidae

Chukar -65%Dusky Grouse -36%Greater Sage-Grouse -92%Ring-necked Pheasant -80%Ruffed Grouse -66%Wild Turkey +43%

Woodpeckers Picidae

American Three-toed Woodpecker +45%Downy Woodpecker -39%Hairy Woodpecker -24%Lewis's Woodpecker -81%Red-naped Sapsucker +177%Williamson's Sapsucker -7%

Grebes Podicipedidae

Clark's Grebe +818%Eared Grebe +193%Pied-billed Grebe -80%Western Grebe +230%

Gnatcatchers Polioptilidae

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher +384%

Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae

American Coot -33%Sora +91%Virginia Rail +11%

Avocets & Stilts Recurvirostridae

American Avocet +248%Black-necked Stilt -18%

Kinglets Regulidae

Golden-crowned Kinglet -8%Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13×

Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae

Long-billed Curlew -11%Spotted Sandpiper -70%Willet -87%Wilson's Phalarope -94%Wilson's Snipe +78%

Nuthatches Sittidae

Pygmy Nuthatch -71%Red-breasted Nuthatch +167%White-breasted Nuthatch -36%

Owls Strigidae

Burrowing Owl -74%Great Horned Owl -48%Short-eared Owl -32%

Starlings & Mynas Sturnidae

European Starling +23%

Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae

White-faced Ibis +910%

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

Black-chinned Hummingbird -26%Broad-tailed Hummingbird -41%Calliope Hummingbird -70%

Wrens Troglodytidae

Bewick's Wren -8%Canyon Wren -95%Marsh Wren +24%Northern House Wren +867%Rock Wren +232%

Thrushes Turdidae

American Robin +11%Hermit Thrush +29%Mountain Bluebird +48%Swainson's Thrush -92%Townsend's Solitaire -69%Western Bluebird -20%

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

Ash-throated Flycatcher +780%Black Phoebe -90%Cassin's Kingbird +16%Dusky Flycatcher +139%Eastern Kingbird +1%Gray Flycatcher -27%Hammond's Flycatcher +234%Olive-sided Flycatcher -77%Say's Phoebe +324%Western Kingbird +228%Western Wood-Pewee +60%Willow Flycatcher -22%

Vireos Vireonidae

Gray Vireo +13%Plumbeous Vireo +217%Warbling Vireo +808%

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.