BBS Route · Wyoming · BCR 17

Arvada Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 94 species recorded across 28 survey years, still active.

94Species Recorded
28Years Surveyed
19822024Span
5Observers

Bird Species Found on Wyoming Arvada

Top 40 of 94 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Arvada route.
History
European StarlingSturnidae425202472×1993
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae3672024+80%1986
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae1522024+511%1986
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae722024+164%1986
Mourning DoveColumbidae712024-49%1986
Lark BuntingPasserellidae542024-24%1988
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae252024+846%1991
Western KingbirdTyrannidae242024+57%1986
American RobinTurdidae242024+19%1986
Lark SparrowPasserellidae222024+250%1987
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae222024+189%1991
Tree SwallowHirundinidae222022-73%1990
American KestrelFalconidae202024+240%1986
Brewer's BlackbirdIcteridae182024-2%1987
Bullock's OrioleIcteridae172024+192%1988
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae162024+0%1986
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae152024+59%1998
Black-billed MagpieCorvidae132024+380%2001
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae112024+79%1986
KilldeerCharadriidae102024-21%1986
Yellow WarblerParulidae92024+322%1986
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae92024+273%1988
Common GrackleIcteridae82024+8%1988
Horned LarkAlaudidae82024+214%1988
Bank SwallowHirundinidae82024+123%1988
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae82024-89%1990
Greater Sage-GrousePhasianidae82000-43%1993
Turkey VultureCathartidae72024+180%1997
Say's PhoebeTyrannidae72024+88%1986
American GoldfinchFringillidae72024+150%1988
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae62024+300%1988
House SparrowPasseridae62024+62%1987
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae52024+13%1986
Violet-green SwallowHirundinidae52012+150%2008
Canada GooseAnatidae42024-13%1996
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae42022+150%1993
Barn SwallowHirundinidae32024+11%1986
Mountain BluebirdTurdidae32024-62%1990
Great Blue HeronArdeidae22016-38%1986
Northern HarrierAccipitridae22008+75%1991

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