Birds of Texas: The Official State Checklist

All 697 birds on the list

• Abert’s Towhee Melozone aberti
• Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
• Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
• African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogriseaNonnative
• Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
• Allen’s Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
• Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
• Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
• American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
• American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
• American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
• American Black Duck Anas rubripes
• American Coot Fulica americana
• American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
• American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
• American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
• American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
• American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
• American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
• American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
• American Kestrel Falco sparverius
• American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
• American Pipit Anthus rubescens
• American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
• American Robin Turdus migratorius
• American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
• American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
• American Wigeon Mareca americana
• American Woodcock Scolopax minor
• Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis amethystinus
• Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
• Anna’s Hummingbird Calypte anna
• Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
• Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
• Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
• Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
• Asian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
• Audubon’s Oriole Icterus graduacauda
• Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola
• Bachman’s Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis
• Bachman’s Warbler Vermivora bachmanii
• Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
• Baird’s Sparrow Centronyx bairdii
• Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
• Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
• Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Hydrobates castro
• Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
• Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
• Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
• Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
• Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
• Barred Owl Strix varia
• Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
• Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
• Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
• Bell’s Vireo Vireo bellii
• Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
• Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
• Bewick’s Wren Thryomanes bewickii
• Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris
• Black Noddy Anous minutus
• Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
• Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
• Black Scoter Melanitta americana
• Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
• Black Swift Cypseloides niger
• Black Tern Chlidonias niger
• Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
• Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
• Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
• Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
• Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
• Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
• Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
• Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps
• Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata
• Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
• Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
• Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
• Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
• Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
• Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
• Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus mexicanus
• Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
• Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
• Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
• Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
• Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
• Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
• Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
• Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
• Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
• Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
• Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
• Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
• Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
• Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
• Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
• Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
• Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
• Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
• Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
• Blue-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis clemenciae
• Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
• Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
• Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
• Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
• Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
• Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
• Botteri’s Sparrow Peucaea botterii
• Brant Branta bernicla
• Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
• Brewer’s Sparrow Spizella breweri
• Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
• Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
• Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
• Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
• Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
• Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
• Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
• Brown Creeper Certhia americana
• Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
• Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
• Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
• Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
• Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
• Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
• Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
• Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
• Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
• Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
• Bullock’s Oriole Icterus bullockii
• Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
• Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
• Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
• Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
• California Gull Larus californicus
• Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
• Canada Goose Branta canadensis
• Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
• Canvasback Aythya valisineria
• Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
• Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
• Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
• Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
• Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis
• Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
• Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
• Cassin’s Finch Haemorhous cassinii
• Cassin’s Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
• Cassin’s Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
• Cassin’s Vireo Vireo cassinii
• Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
• Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
• Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
• Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
• Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
• Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae
• Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
• Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
• Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
• Chuck-will’s-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
• Chukar Alectoris chukarNonnative
• Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
• Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
• Clark’s Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
• Clark’s Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
• Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
• Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
• Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
• Colima Warbler Leiothlypis crissalis
• Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
• Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
• Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
• Common Crane Grus grus
• Common Eider Somateria mollissima
• Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
• Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
• Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
• Common Loon Gavia immer
• Common Merganser Mergus merganser
• Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
• Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
• Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Common Tern Sterna hirundo
• Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
• Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
• Cooper’s Hawk Astur cooperii
• Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis
• Costa’s Hummingbird Calypte costae
• Couch’s Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
• Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
• Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa
• Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
• Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno
• Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
• Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
• Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
• Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
• Dickcissel Spiza americana
• Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
• Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
• Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
• Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
• Dunlin Calidris alpina
• Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
• Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
• Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
• Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
• Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
• Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
• Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
• Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
• Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
• Eastern Warbling-Vireo Vireo gilvus
• Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
• Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
• Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacaNonnative
• Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
• Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
• Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
• Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis
• Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaoctoNonnative
• Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
• European Starling Sturnus vulgarisNonnative
• Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
• Fan-tailed Warbler Euthlypis lachrymosus
• Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
• Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
• Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
• Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
• Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
• Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus
• Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
• Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri
• Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
• Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
• Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
• Gadwall Mareca strepera
• Gambel’s Quail Callipepla gambelii
• Garganey Spatula querquedula
• Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
• Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
• Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
• Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia
• Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
• Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
• Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
• Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
• Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
• Grace’s Warbler Setophaga graciae
• Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
• Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
• Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
• Gray Gull Leucophaeus modestus
• Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus
• Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
• Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus
• Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior
• Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
• Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
• Gray-collared Becard Pachyramphus major
• Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
• Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
• Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
• Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
• Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
• Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
• Great Egret Ardea alba
• Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
• Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
• Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
• Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
• Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
• Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido
• Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
• Greater Scaup Aythya marila
• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
• Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
• Green Heron Butorides virescens
• Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
• Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
• Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus
• Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
• Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
• Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
• Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
• Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
• Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
• Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
• Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
• Hammond’s Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
• Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
• Harris’s Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
• Harris’s Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
• Heermann’s Gull Larus heermanni
• Henslow’s Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
• Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava
• Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
• Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
• Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
• Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
• Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
• Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
• Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
• Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
• House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
• House Sparrow Passer domesticusNonnative
• Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
• Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus
• Hutton’s Vireo Vireo huttoni
• Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
• Inca Dove Columbina inca
• Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
• Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis
• Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
• Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi
• Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
• Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
• Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
• King Eider Somateria spectabilis
• King Rail Rallus elegans
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
• Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
• Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
• Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
• Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
• Lawrence’s Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
• Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
• Leach’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhoa
• Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
• Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
• Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
• Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
• Least Tern Sternula antillarum
• LeConte’s Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
• Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
• Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
• Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
• Lesser Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
• Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
• Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
• Lewis’s Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
• Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschiNonnative
• Limpkin Aramus guarauna
• Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
• Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
• Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
• Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
• Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
• Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
• Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
• Long-eared Owl Asio otus
• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
• Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
• Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
• Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer
• Lucy’s Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
• MacGillivray’s Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
• Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
• Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
• Mangrove Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
• Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
• Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
• Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
• Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
• Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
• Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
• Merlin Falco columbarius
• Mexican Duck Anas diazi
• Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi
• Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus
• Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae
• Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
• Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachusNonnative
• Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
• Morelet’s Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
• Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
• Mottled Owl Strix virgata
• Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
• Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
• Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
• Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
• Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
• Murre sp. Uria sp.
• Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
• Mute Swan Cygnus olorNonnative
• Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
• Nazca Booby Sula granti
• Nelson’s Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
• Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
• Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
• Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
• Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
• Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
• Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
• Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
• Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
• Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
• Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
• Northern Parula Setophaga americana
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
• Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
• Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
• Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
• Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• Northern Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva
• Nutting’s Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
• Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
• Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus
• Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
• Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
• Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
• Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
• Osprey Pandion haliaetus
• Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
• Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
• Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
• Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
• Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
• Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
• Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus
• Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
• Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
• Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius
• Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
• Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
• Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
• Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
• Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
• Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
• Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
• Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
• Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
• Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
• Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
• Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
• Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
• Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
• Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
• Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
• Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
• Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
• Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus
• Purple Martin Progne subis
• Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
• Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
• Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
• Razorbill Alca torda
• Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
• Red Knot Calidris canutus
• Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
• Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
• Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
• Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
• Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
• Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
• Red-cockaded Woodpecker Dryobates borealis
• Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
• Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
• Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
• Red-footed Booby Sula sula
• Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
• Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
• Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalisNonnative
• Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
• Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
• Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
• Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
• Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
• Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
• Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
• Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus caferNonnative
• Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
• Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
• Redhead Aythya americana
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
• Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
• Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicusNonnative
• Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
• Rivoli’s Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
• Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
• Rock Pigeon Columba liviaNonnative
• Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
• Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
• Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
• Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
• Ross’s Goose Anser rossii
• Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
• Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
• Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
• Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
• Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Ruff Calidris pugnax
• Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
• Rufous-backed Robin Turdus rufopalliatus
• Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
• Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
• Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
• Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
• Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini
• Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
• Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
• Sanderling Calidris alba
• Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
• Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
• Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
• Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
• Say’s Phoebe Sayornis saya
• Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
• Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulataNonnative
• Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
• Scopoli’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
• Scott’s Oriole Icterus parisorum
• Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
• Sedge Wren Cistothorus stellaris
• Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
• Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
• Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
• Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
• Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
• Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
• Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
• Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
• Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
• Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
• Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus
• Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
• Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
• Smith’s Longspur Calcarius pictus
• Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
• Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
• Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
• Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
• Snowy Egret Egretta thula
• Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
• Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
• Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
• Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
• Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
• Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
• Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
• Sora Porzana carolina
• South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
• Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
• Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis
• Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
• Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
• Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
• Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
• Sprague’s Pipit Anthus spragueii
• Stejneger’s Petrel Pterodroma longirostris
• Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
• Steller’s Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus
• Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
• Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
• Stygian Owl Asio stygius
• Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
• Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
• Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
• Surfbird Calidris virgata
• Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni
• Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus
• Swainson’s Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
• Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
• Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
• Tamaulipas Crow Corvus imparatus
• Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
• Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
• Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
• Townsend’s Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
• Townsend’s Warbler Setophaga townsendi
• Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
• Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
• Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana
• Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
• Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
• Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
• Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
• Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
• Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
• Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
• Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
• Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
• Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
• Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
• Vaux’s Swift Chaetura vauxi
• Veery Catharus fuscescens
• Vega Gull Larus vegae
• Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
• Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
• Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
• Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
• Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
• Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
• Virginia’s Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
• Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
• Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
• Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
• Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis
• Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
• Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
• Western Gull Larus occidentalis
• Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
• Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
• Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
• Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii
• Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
• Western Warbling-Vireo Vireo swainsoni
• Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
• White Ibis Eudocimus albus
• White Wagtail Motacilla alba
• White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
• White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
• White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
• White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
• White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
• White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
• White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
• White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis
• White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
• White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
• White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
• White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
• White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
• White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
• White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
• White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
• White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
• White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
• White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
• White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
• White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
• Whooping Crane Grus americana
• Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
• Willet Tringa semipalmata
• Williamson’s Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
• Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
• Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
• Wilson’s Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
• Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata
• Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
• Wilson’s Warbler Cardellina pusilla
• Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
• Wood Duck Aix sponsa
• Wood Stork Mycteria americana
• Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
• Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
• Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
• Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus
• Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
• Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
• Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
• Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
• Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
• Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
• Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens
• Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
• Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrixNonnative
• Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
• Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima
• Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
• Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
• Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
• Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
• Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
• Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister
• Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus

Birds people confuse

Turkey vulture or Black vulture?

Turkey vulture Not stated

No confirmed photo of Black vulture

Black vulture Not stated

Black vulture: grayish-black head, shorter tail, a white patch near the wing tips (seen from below), and wings held nearly horizontal when soaring, with frequent flapping (Missouri). Tennessee and NPS Everglades say the same: black head, white patch at the wing tips, wings held flat. Turkey vulture: red head (adults), two-toned wings held in a V, rarely flaps. Note: juvenile turkey vultures also have dark heads.

Turkey vulture or Eagle?

Turkey vulture Not stated

Eagle Not stated

An eagle holds its wings flat and they are uniformly black; a turkey vulture's are held in a slight V and are two-toned.

Bald eagle or Golden eagle?

Bald eagle Not stated

No confirmed photo of Golden eagle

Golden eagle Not stated

Young bald eagles lack the white head and tail and are often mistaken for golden eagles. Bald eagles have unfeathered lower legs and hold their wings flat when soaring; TWRA says golden eagles have feathered legs, limited white under the wing, and lift the outer wing in a slight V.

Red-tailed hawk or Red-shouldered hawk?

Red-tailed hawk Not stated

No confirmed photo of Red-shouldered hawk

Red-shouldered hawk Not stated

A red-tail's rust-colored, broad, short tail distinguishes it from the smaller red-shouldered hawk (North Carolina). Tennessee: the red-shouldered hawk has a black and white banded tail and appears more uniformly colored.

Northern cardinal or Summer tanager?

Northern cardinal Not stated

Summer tanager Not stated

MDC: the adult male summer tanager is entirely rosy red, slightly darker on wings and tail, and is a summer resident; the adult male northern cardinal has a crest and a black area around its large red bill and is present year-round. TWRA says the summer tanager is the only other all-red songbird in Tennessee.

Northern cardinal or Pyrrhuloxia?

Northern cardinal Not stated

Pyrrhuloxia Not stated

The pyrrhuloxia is a grayish bird with red highlights that lives in the desert Southwest.

Photos show typical adults; individuals vary. Never get close to compare.

When birds are active in Texas

Records of birds in Texas peak in January to May and December. They show when people record birds, not how many there are (about month bars).

If you see one

Official advice from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department:

• Do not kill or handle snakes; freeze, let the snake retreat, and back away slowly. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

How to report

Aquatic invasive species: email [email protected] (TPWD). TPWD general phone: (512) 389-4800 or (800) 792-1112. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

About this list

The species list comes from A Checklist of Texas Birds, Eighth Edition (TPWD Technical Series No. 32) (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (Nature Tourism Program); Bryan, Gallucci, Lockwood, Riskind, 2025 (Eighth Edition, (c) 2025; taxonomy through AOS 66th supplement 2025)).

Venom does not apply to birds.

"Nonnative" and "Invasive" follow the wording of the source list. See invasive species in Texas.