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BBS Route · Utah · BCR 16

Escalante Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 87 species recorded across 26 survey years, still active.

87Species Recorded
26Years Surveyed
1998–2024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Utah Escalante

Top 40 of 87 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Escalante route.
History
Pinyon JayCorvidae382024+257%2000
Mourning DoveColumbidae332024+234%2000
House SparrowPasseridae312024+536%2000
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae252024+427%2008
Horned LarkAlaudidae192024-33%2000
Ash-throated FlycatcherTyrannidae182024+33%2000
Lark SparrowPasserellidae162024-49%2000
Northern MockingbirdMimidae132024+89%2000
Common RavenCorvidae112024-64%2000
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae112024-50%2000
Canada GooseAnatidae102019+233%2003
Brewer's BlackbirdIcteridae72024+32%2000
House FinchFringillidae72024-45%2000
American RobinTurdidae72024-7%2000
White-faced IbisThreskiornithidae61999n/an/a
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae62023+89%2005
Spotted TowheePasserellidae52024-80%2000
Mountain BluebirdTurdidae52023+117%2000
European StarlingSturnidae42024-5%2001
Western KingbirdTyrannidae42024-18%2001
American CrowCorvidae41999n/an/a
Tree SwallowHirundinidae42005+100%1999
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae42024+250%2002
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae42022+67%2013
Bank SwallowHirundinidae42007n/an/a
Western BluebirdTurdidae42024+300%2019
Gray VireoVireonidae32018+83%2002
BushtitAegithalidae32024+12%2001
Scott's OrioleIcteridae31999n/an/a
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae32024+25%2001
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae22024+0%1999
Turkey VultureCathartidae22022+0%2000
Say's PhoebeTyrannidae22024-69%2000
Gray FlycatcherTyrannidae22023-50%2000
Juniper TitmouseParidae22019-50%2000
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae22024-50%2004
Song SparrowPasserellidae22007+67%2001
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae22022-14%2003
Golden EagleAccipitridae22023+50%2016
Broad-tailed HummingbirdTrochilidae22002n/an/a

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