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BBS Route · Utah · BCR 9

Promontory Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 105 species recorded across 31 survey years, still active.

105Species Recorded
31Years Surveyed
1969–2024Span
11Observers

Bird Species Found on Utah Promontory

Top 40 of 105 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Promontory route.
History
Franklin's GullLaridae7412024+110%1972
White-faced IbisThreskiornithidae3552024+847%1996
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae1502024+67%1971
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae1082024+251%1971
European StarlingSturnidae862024+79%1972
Lark SparrowPasserellidae772024+302%1971
Wilson's PhalaropeScolopacidae75201675×1974
Mourning DoveColumbidae722024-39%1971
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae502010-74%1972
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae442024-30%1971
Turkey VultureCathartidae372024+368%1972
Common RavenCorvidae342024+126%1971
Horned LarkAlaudidae262024+41%1971
ChukarPhasianidae202024+11%1971
MallardAnatidae172023+28%1986
California GullLaridae162024-86%1972
Bullock's OrioleIcteridae162024+360%1986
Black-billed MagpieCorvidae142024-69%1971
Long-billed CurlewScolopacidae132024-53%1971
Western KingbirdTyrannidae122024+162%1972
Bank SwallowHirundinidae122011-82%1974
Yellow-headed BlackbirdIcteridae112024-66%1987
Western GrebePodicipedidae111998+450%1986
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae92024-11%1971
Northern HarrierAccipitridae92024+280%1971
Sage ThrasherMimidae92024-56%1971
Northern MockingbirdMimidae92024+93%1987
Rock WrenTroglodytidae92024+240%1987
Barn SwallowHirundinidae82024+50%1971
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae72024-13%1971
Northern PintailAnatidae72006+50%1987
Gray PartridgePhasianidae61970n/an/a
Short-eared OwlStrigidae62022+14%2005
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae52024+100%1971
House SparrowPasseridae52024+8%1973
Purple MartinHirundinidae51974n/an/a
Black-throated SparrowPasserellidae52021-53%2004
Canada GooseAnatidae4202312×1973
KilldeerCharadriidae42024-36%1971
Swainson's HawkAccipitridae42024+250%2007

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