Texas Birds
during FONT Birding
& Nature Tours
(including those in nearby New Mexico)
1994 thru 2007
(during the months of April & May)
PHOTO AT RIGHT: a female PAINTED BUNTING
(A photo of a male PAINTED BUNTING is in the list below.)
The following list compiled by Armas Hill
318 species of birds have cumulatively been seen
during FONT tours in Texas and nearby New Mexico.
Codes:
e: east -
along the Gulf Coast, including the areas of Rockport & Aransas
s: south - the southern Rio Grande Valley, as far upriver as San
Ignacio
c: central - including areas of the Edwards Plateau & Fort Clark
Springs
w: west - including Big Bend National Park, the Davis Mtns area,
& lakes near I-10
nm: in nearby New Mexico
mx: seen across the Rio Grande in Mexico
(mex):
a mostly
"Mexican species" that occurs in Texas
(some of these birds are also common further south in the tropics)
(USe):
endemic
to the United States
(USqe): quasi (or nearly) endemic to the
United States
(USeb): endemic-breeder in the United
States
(USneb): near-endemic breeder in the United States
(NAi): species introduced into North America
(USri): re-introduced species
into the United States
(USr): rare in the
United States
(TXr): rare in Texas
(NMr): rare in New Mexico
(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical (t2): endangered (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally
Links:
Upcoming
Texas Tour Itineraries
List of Texas Mammals
List of Texas Butterflies
Notes regarding some Texas Plant-Life

Black-capped Vireo, a Texas bird specialty

Bird-List:
- Scaled Quail ______ c,w
nm
Callipepla squamata pallida
- Gambel's Quail ______ w
Callipepla g. gambelii
- Northern Bobwhite ______ e,s
Colinus virginianus
- Montezuma Quail ______ w
(has historically been called the Harlequin, or "Mearn's", Quail)
Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi
- Plain Chachalaca ______ s
(mex)
Ortalis vetula
- Wild Turkey ______ e,c,w
nm
Meleagris galloparo
- Common Pheasant (NAi) ______ nm
Phasianus colchicus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck ______ e,s,c
(mex)
Dendrocygna autumnalis

Black-bellied Whistling Duck
(photo by Howard Eskin)
- Wood Duck ______ w
Aix sponsa
- Gadwall ______ w
Anas strepera
- American Wigeon ______ w
mx
Anas americana
- "Mexican" Mallard ______ w
mx
Anas platyrhynchos diazi
- Mottled Duck ______ e,s
mx
Anas fulvigula
- Blue-winged Teal ______ e,s,w
nm
Anas discolors

Blue-winged Teal
(photo by Marie Gardner)
- Northern Shoveler ______ e,s,w
nm,mx
Anas clypeata
- Northern Pintail ______ w
Anas acita
- Green-winged Teal ______ w
(was conspecific with the Eurasian Teal)
Anas carolinensis

A male Green-winged Teal
(photo by Howard Eskin)
- Ring-necked Duck ______ nm
Aythya collaris
(monotypic)