Texas Birdlist
Species on Texas checklist - 629
Species seen in Texas = 433 (68.8%)
- LOONS
- Red-throated Loon
- Pacific Loon
- Common Loon
- GREBES
- Least Grebe
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Red-necked Grebe
- Horned Grebe
- Eared Grebe
- Western Grebe
- Clark's Grebe
- PELICANS
- American White Pelican
- Brown Pelican
- GANNETS AND BOOBIES
- Northern Gannet
- Masked Booby
- CORMORANTS
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Neotropic Cormorant
- ANHINGAS
- Anhinga
- FRIGATEBIRDS
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- HERONS,EGRETS AND BITTERNS
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Reddish Egret
- Tricolored Heron
- Little Blue Heron
- Snowy Egret
- Cattle Egret
- Green Heron
- Black-crowned Night-Heron
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
- Least Bittern
- American Bittern
- STORKS
- Wood Stork
- IBIS AND SPOONBILLS
- White Ibis
- Glossy Ibis
- White-faced Ibis
- Roseate Spoonbill
- FLAMINGOS
- Greater Flamingo
- DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
- Trumpeter Swan
- Tundra Swan
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Snow Goose
- Ross's Goose
- Canada Goose
- Cackling Goose
- Muscovy Duck
- Wood Duck
- American Wigeon
- Gadwall
- Green-winged Teal
- Mallard
- Mottled Duck
- Northern Pintail
- Blue-winged Teal
- Cinnamon Teal
- Northern Shoveler
- Canvasback
- Redhead
- Ring-necked Duck
- Greater Scaup
- Lesser Scaup
- Long-tailed Duck
- Common Goldeneye
- Bufflehead
- Hooded Merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Common Merganser
- Masked Duck
- Ruddy Duck
- NEW WORLD VULTURES
- Black Vulture
- Turkey Vulture
- OSPREY
- Osprey
- HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
- Hook-billed Kite
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- White-tailed Kite
- Mississippi Kite
- Bald Eagle
- Northern Harrier
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Common Black-Hawk
- Harris's Hawk
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Swainson's Hawk
- White-tailed Hawk
- Zone-tailed Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Ferruginous Hawk
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Golden Eagle
- FALCONS AND CARACARAS
- Crested Caracara
- American Kestrel
- Merlin
- Gyrfalcon
- Prairie Falcon
- Peregrine Falcon
- GUANS, CHACHALACAS, CURASSOWS"
- Plain Chachalaca
- TURKEYS
- Wild Turkey
- GROUSE, PTARMIGAN, PRAIRIE-CHICKENS"
- Greater Prairie-Chicken
- NEW WORLD QUAIL
- Scaled Quail
- Gambel's Quail
- Northern Bobwhite
- Montezuma Quail
- PHEASANTS AND PARTRIDGES
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- CRANES
- Sandhill Crane
- Whooping Crane
- RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS
- Yellow Rail
- Black Rail
- Clapper Rail
- King Rail
- Virginia Rail
- Sora
- Purple Gallinule
- Common Moorhen
- American Coot
- OYSTERCATCHERS
- American Oystercatcher
- AVOCETS AND STILTS
- Black-necked Stilt
- American Avocet
- PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
- American Golden-Plover
- Black-bellied Plover
- Semipalmated Plover
- Wilson's Plover
- Killdeer
- Piping Plover
- Snowy Plover
- Mountain Plover
- SANDPIPERS
- American Woodcock
- Wilson's Snipe
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Marbled Godwit
- Whimbrel
- Long-billed Curlew
- Upland Sandpiper
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Willet
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Red Knot
- Sanderling
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Western Sandpiper
- Least Sandpiper
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- Purple Sandpiper
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Red-necked Phalarope
- JAEGERS AND SKUAS
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- GULLS
- Ring-billed Gull
- California Gull
- Glaucous Gull
- Herring Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Bonaparte's Gull
- Laughing Gull
- Franklin's Gull
- TERNS
- Gull-billed Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Sandwich Tern
- Royal Tern
- Common Tern
- Forster's Tern
- Least Tern
- Bridled Tern
- Black Tern
- SKIMMERS
- Black Skimmer
- PIGEONS AND DOVES
- Rock Dove
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Mourning Dove
- White-winged Dove
- Common Ground-Dove
- Inca Dove
- White-tipped Dove
- CUCKOOS
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Groove-billed Ani
- Greater Roadrunner
- BARN-OWLS
- Barn Owl
- OWLS
- Flammulated Owl
- Eastern Screech-Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Snowy Owl
- Barred Owl
- Elf Owl
- Burrowing Owl
- Long-eared Owl
- Short-eared Owl
- NIGHTJARS
- Lesser Nighthawk
- Common Nighthawk
- Pauraque
- Common Poorwill
- Chuck-will's-widow
- SWIFTS
- Chimney Swift
- White-throated Swift
- HUMMINGBIRDS
- Green Violet-ear
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird
- Lucifer Hummingbird
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird
- Rufous Hummingbird
- KINGFISHERS
- Belted Kingfisher
- Ringed Kingfisher
- Green Kingfisher
- WOODPECKERS
- Lewis's Woodpecker
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Acorn Woodpecker
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Williamson's Sapsucker
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Eastern Wood-Pewee
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Acadian Flycatcher
- "Traill's" Flycatcher
- Gray Flycatcher
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Eastern Phoebe
- Black Phoebe
- Say's Phoebe
- Vermilion Flycatcher
- Ash-throated Flycatcher
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Brown-crested Flycatcher
- Great Kiskadee
- Couch's Kingbird
- Cassin's Kingbird
- Western Kingbird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- LARKS
- Horned Lark
- SWALLOWS
- Purple Martin
- Tree Swallow
- Violet-green Swallow
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Bank Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
- Cave Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- WAGTAILS AND PIPITS
- American Pipit
- Sprague's Pipit
- KINGLETS
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
- Phainopepla
- WAXWINGS
- Cedar Waxwing
- WRENS
- Cactus Wren
- Rock Wren
- Canyon Wren
- Carolina Wren
- Bewick's Wren
- Winter Wren
- House Wren
- Sedge Wren
- Marsh Wren
- MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
- Gray Catbird
- Northern Mockingbird
- Sage Thrasher
- Brown Thrasher
- Long-billed Thrasher
- Curve-billed Thrasher
- Crissal Thrasher
- THRUSHES
- Eastern Bluebird
- Western Bluebird
- Mountain Bluebird
- Townsend's Solitaire
- Veery
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Swainson's Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- Wood Thrush
- American Robin
- Varied Thrush
- GNATCATCHERS
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
- LONG-TAILED TITS
- Bushtit
- CHICKADEES AND TITS
- Carolina Chickadee
- Mountain Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- Black-crested Titmouse
- NUTHATCHES
- Brown-headed Nuthatch
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- CREEPERS
- Brown Creeper
- PENDULINE TITS
- Verdin
- SHRIKES
- Loggerhead Shrike
- CROWS AND JAYS
- Blue Jay
- Green Jay
- Brown Jay
- Western Scrub-Jay
- Mexican Jay
- Pinyon Jay
- American Crow
- Chihuahuan Raven
- Common Raven
- STARLINGS
- European Starling
- VIREOS AND ALLIES
- White-eyed Vireo
- Bell's Vireo
- Black-capped Vireo
- Gray Vireo
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Plumbeous Vireo
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Warbling Vireo
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Yellow-green Vireo
- WOOD WARBLERS
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Golden-winged Warbler
- Tennessee Warbler
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Nashville Warbler
- Virginia's Warbler
- Colima Warbler
- Northern Parula
- Tropical Parula
- Yellow Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Magnolia Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Golden-cheeked Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Yellow-throated Warbler
- Pine Warbler
- Palm Warbler
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Cerulean Warbler
- Black-and-white Warbler
- American Redstart
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Swainson's Warbler
- Ovenbird
- Northern Waterthrush
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Kentucky Warbler
- Mourning Warbler
- MacGillivray's Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Hooded Warbler
- Wilson's Warbler
- Canada Warbler
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- TANAGERS AND ALLIES
- Hepatic Tanager
- Scarlet Tanager
- Summer Tanager
- Western Tanager
- BUNTINGS, SEEDEATERS, ALLIES
- White-collared Seedeater
- SPARROWS, TOWHEES, JUNCOS
- Olive Sparrow
- Green-tailed Towhee
- Spotted Towhee
- Canyon Towhee
- Cassin's Sparrow
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow
- American Tree Sparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- Clay-colored Sparrow
- Brewer's Sparrow
- Field Sparrow
- Black-chinned Sparrow
- Vesper Sparrow
- Lark Sparrow
- Black-throated Sparrow
- Lark Bunting
- Savannah Sparrow
- Seaside Sparrow
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
- Le Conte's Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Harris's Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- McCown's Longspur
- Lapland Longspur
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- SALTATORS, CARDINALS AND ALLIES
- Northern Cardinal
- Pyrrhuloxia
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Blue Grosbeak
- Indigo Bunting
- Varied Bunting
- Painted Bunting
- Dickcissel
- BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC.
- Bobolink
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Western Meadowlark
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Brewer's Blackbird
- Boat-tailed Grackle
- Common Grackle
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Bronzed Cowbird
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Altamira Oriole
- Hooded Oriole
- Baltimore Oriole
- Bullock's Oriole
- Orchard Oriole
- Audubon's Oriole
- Scott's Oriole
- FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS
- Cassin's Finch
- Purple Finch
- House Finch
- Red Crossbill
- Pine Siskin
- Lesser Goldfinch
- American Goldfinch
- OLD WORLD SPARROWS
- House Sparrow