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Texas Bird List

Y = Year-round | S = Spring | F = Fall | N = Never know when they might visit | Sum = Summer

Ducks, Geese, & Swans

Black-bellied Whistling Duck Y

Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys & Old World Quail

Wild Turkey F to S

New World Quail

Northern Bobwhite Y

Darters

Anhinga Y

Herons, Bitterns, & Allies

Great Blue Heron N
Snowy Egret N

Cranes

Sandhill Crane N

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Purple Gallinule N

New World Vultures

Black Vulture Y
Turkey Vulture Y

Hawks, Kites, Eagles & Allies

Broad-winged Hawk F
Cooper's Hawk Y
Harris's Hawk Y
Red-tailed Hawk F
Sharp-shinned Hawk Y
Swainson's Hawk Y
White-tailed Hawk Y
White-tailed Kite F

Caracaras & Falcons

American Kestrel F
Crested Caracara Y
Merlin F

Owls

Barn Owl Y
Burrowing Owl Sporadic Visitor
Great Horned Owl Y

Pigeons & Doves

Common Ground-Dove Y
Inca Dove Y
Mourning Dove Y
Rock Pigeon Sporadic Visitor
White-tipped Dove Y
White-winged Dove Y

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis

Greater Roadrunner Y
Groove-billed Ani Sum
Yellow-billed Cuckoo S to Sum

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher F
Green Kingfisher Sporadic Visitor

Woodpeckers & Allies

Golden-fronted Woodpecker Y
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Y
Northern Flicker Y
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker F

Tyrant Flycatchers

Brown-crested Flycatcher S
Couch’s Kingbird S

Eastern Phoebe F
Eastern Wood-Pewee F
Greater Pewee F
Great Kiskadee Y
Say’s Phoebe F
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher F & S
Vermilion Flycatcher S

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike Y

Vireos

Blue-headed Vireo S
Philadelphia Vireo S
White-eyed Vireo S

Crows & Jays

Green Jay Y

Penduline Tits & Verdins

Verdin S

Chickadees & Titmice

Black-crested Titmouse Y

Wrens

Bewick's Wren Y
Cactus Wren Y
House Wren Y

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet S

Old World Warblers & Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher F

Thrushes

American Thrush Sporadic Visitor
Clay-colored Thrush (Clay-colored Robin) S
Eastern Bluebird F

Wood Thrush F

Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Curve-billed Thrasher Y
Gray Catbird Y
Long-billed Thrasher Y
Northern Mockingbird Y

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing S

Wood-Warblers

Black-and-White Warbler F
Black-throated Gray Warbler F
Blackburnian Warbler S
Blue-winged Warbler S
Chestnut-sided Warbler S
Common Yellowthroat F
Golden-winged Warbler S
Hooded Warbler S
Louisiana Waterthrush S
Mourning Warbler S
Nashville Warbler S
Northern Parula F
Northern Waterthrush S
Orange-crowned Warbler F
Ovenbird F
Palm Warbler F
Pine Warbler F
Yellow-breasted Chat F
Yellow-rumped Warbler S
Yellow-throated Warbler F
Yellow Warbler S

Tanagers

Summer Tanager Y

Emberizids

Black-throated Sparrow F
Brewer’s Sparrow F

Cassin's Sparrow F
Chipping Sparrow F
Clay-colored Sparrow F
Field Sparrow F
Grasshopper Sparrow F
Green-tailed Towhee F
House Sparrow Y
Lark Bunting S
Lark Sparrow F
Lincoln's Sparrow F
Olive Sparrow Y
Savannah Sparrow F
Vesper Sparrow F
White-crowned Sparrow F
White-throated Sparrow F

Cardinals, Saltators & Allies

Black-headed Grosbeak S
Blue Grosbeak S
Dickcissel S
Indigo Bunting S
Lazuli Bunting S
Northern Cardinal Y
Painted Bunting S
Pyrrhuloxia Y
Rose-breasted Grosbeak S
Varied Bunting S

Blackbirds

Audubon's Oriole S
Bronzed Cowbird S
Brown-headed Cowbird S
Bullock's Oriole S
Eastern Meadowlark F to S
Orchard Oriole S
Red-winged Blackbird S
Western Meadowlark S

Fringilline and Cardueline Finches & Allies

American Goldfinch S
Lesser Goldfinch S
Pine Siskin S

Total Count: 130

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