Table 4.1   Trends in Selected U.S. Resident and Neotropical Migrant Bird Species, 1966-1999, 1966-1979, and 1980-1999

  Resident/short distance migrant bird species
  Long-term Mid-term Short-term
  trend trend trend
Common name (1966-1999) (1966-1979) (1980-1999)
       
  % change per year
       
Northern Bobwhite -2.8 -0.9 -3.7
American Woodcock -3.6 1.6 -7.5
Mourning Dove -0.4 1.3 -0.6
Great Horned Owl 0.6 1.7 -0.8
Red-headed Woodpecker -2.4 0.8 -4.6
Downy Woodpecker -0.5 0.3 -1.2
Hairy Woodpecker 0.2 1.8 0.6
Pileated Woodpecker 1.0 1.3 0.8
Red-cockaded Woodpecker -2.8 6.3 2.5
Horned Lark -1.6 -0.4 -2.2
Blue Jay -1.3 -1.0 -0.8
Black-capped Chickadee 1.5 1.7 0.5
Carolina Chickadee -0.9 -0.6 -1.5
Tufted Titmouse 1.0 -1.7 1.7
Brown-headed Nuthatch -2.0 -2.6 -1.7
Brown Creeper -1.1 -3.1 0.8
Carolina Wren 1.0 0.0 1.7
Marsh Wren 4.5 -2.5 7.5
Brown Thrasher -1.1 -0.8 -1.1
American Robin 0.8 0.6 0.7
Eastern Bluebird 2.6 -4.7 3.3
Northern Mockingbird -0.8 -2.1 0.1
Northern Cardinal 0.0 -0.6 0.6
Song Sparrow -0.1 -1.9 0.7
Field Sparrow -3.1 -5.6 -2.3
White-throated Sparrow -0.8 -2.5 -0.1
       
       
  Neotropical migrant bird species
  Long-term Mid-term Short-term
  trend trend trend
Common name (1966-1999) (1966-1979) (1980-1999)
       
  % change per year
       
Yellow-billed Cuckoo -1.8 3.3 -3.0
Chuck-will’s-widow -1.6 -0.2 -1.5
Whip-poor-will -2.0 -3.0 -2.0
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2.4 2.7 2.8
Eastern Wood Pewee -1.4 -1.9 -1.2
Least Flycatcher -1.3 -2.1 -0.5
Olive-sided Flycatcher -3.8 -2.5 -3.4
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 3.4 4.6 7.1
Great-crested Flycatcher 0.0 0.6 0.3
Purple Martin 1.0 3.3 -1.4
Barn Swallow -0.1 4.3 -1.3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0.7 1.0 1.1
Veery -1.1 0.8 -1.4
Wood Thrush -1.7 0.5 -1.4
Gray Catbird -0.2 0.7 0.2
White-eyed Vireo 0.0 0.3 0.2
Red-eyed Vireo 1.3 2.4 1.8
Golden-winged Warbler -3.1 -2.7 -0.6
Tennessee Warbler 3.2 11.4 -1.3
Northern Parula 0.5 0.4 1.0
Cape May Warbler -3.6 8.3 -9.8
Blue-winged Warbler 0.0 1.2 0.2
Prairie Warbler -2.3 -4.9 -0.9
Cerulean Warbler -4.1 -5.5 -1.7
Blackpoll Warbler 1.2 4.6 7.8
Chestnut-sided Warbler -0.3 0.2 0.6
Wilson’s Warbler -0.7 -2.1 -2.5
Nashville Warbler 0.4 -2.2 -0.1
Kentucky Warbler -1.2 0.2 -1.6
American Redstart -0.4 -1.4 0.3
Prothonotary Warbler -1.3 0.5 12.7
Ovenbird 1.4 0.8 1.7
Northern Waterthrush -0.2 4.4 -1.0
Louisiana Waterthrush 0.7 0.5 -0.7
Common Yellowthroat -0.2 0.8 -0.6
Yellow-breasted Chat -0.2 -3.5 0.7
Scarlet Tanager -0.2 3.3 -0.8
Summer Tanager -0.2 0.4 -0.5
Baltimore Oriole -0.5 1.9 -1.3
Orchard Oriole -1.5 -2.4 -0.7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0.1 3.5 -1.0
Indigo Bunting -0.7 0.1 -0.9
Grasshopper Sparrow -3.5 -4.3 -2.4
Chipping Sparrow 0.0 -2.0 0.4

Source:  Sauer, J.R., J.E. Hines, I. Thomas, J. Fallon, and G. Gough, The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966-1999, Version 98.1 (U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD, 1999).

Note:  Data are based on United States Trend Results, as of March 19, 2000.

Last Updated on Sunday, April 16, 2000