The Birds of Texas 
throughout the state

A Complete List

Compiled by Armas Hill

Noting those found during 
Focus On Nature Tours 
with an (*),  390 species. 

PHOTO AT RIGHT: 
a male BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD


Codes:

cent:     primarily in central Texas
east:     primarily in east Texas
gulf:      the Gulf of Mexico (pelagic)
north:   primarily in north Texas
south:   primarily in south Texas
west:    primarily in west Texas
thru:     widespread throughout the state

sum:     primarily summer only
mig:     migrant only (northbound or southbound)
win:     primarily winter only

(mex): a mostly Mexican species that occurs in Texas
            (some of these are also common further south in the tropics)

(USe):          endemic to the USA 
(USqe):        quasi (or nearly) endemic to the USA
(USeb):        endemic-breeder in USA 
(USneb):      near-endemic breeder in the USA
(NAi):           species introduced into North America
(NAri):          re-introduced species
(USr):           rare in the USA
(TXr):           rare in Texas

(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical   (t2): endangered   (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally

(ph):   species with a photo in this FONT website

Directory of Photos in this Website

IN TEXAS, MORE BIRD SPECIES HAVE BEEN RECORDED THAN IN ANY OTHER U.S. STATE.

       
Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Texas  

A List & Photo Gallery of Texas Birds:
Part 1: Quails to Becards
Part 2: Flycatchers to Buntings

A Complete List (with some photos) of North American Birds, north of Mexico, in 6 parts:
Part #1: Grouse to Anhinga
Part #2: Condor to Shorebirds
Part #3: Jaegers to Cuckoos
Part #4: Owls to Flycatchers
Part #5:  Shrikes to Pipits 
Part #6: OIive Warbler to Buntings

List of Texas Mammals  (with some photos)

List of Texas Butterflies  (with some photos)

Notes regarding some Texas Plant-Life  (with some photos) 

List of Birds:

1. Plain Chachalaca (*) ______ south
   Ortalis vetula
   
   
2. Chukar Partridge (i) ______
   Alectoris chukar
   
   
3. Common (or Ring-necked) Pheasant (i) (*) ______
   Phasianus colchicus
   
   
4. "Attwater's" Greater Prairie Chicken (t3) (TXr) (*) ______ east  (now an extremely rare subspecies)
   Tympanuchus cupido attwateri (t1) (USr)
   
   
5. Lesser Prairie Chicken (t3) ______ north
   Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
   
   
6. Wild Turkey (*) ______ thru
   Meleagris galloparo
   
   
7. Scaled Quail (*) ______ west
   Callipepla squamata pallida
   
   
8. Gambel's Quail (*) ______ west
   Callipepla g. gambelii
   
   
9. Northern Bobwhite (*) ______ thru (ex west)
   Colinus virginianus
   
   
10. Montezuma Quail (*) ______ west  (a former name was Harlequin Quail) 
    Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi
    
    
11. Black-bellied Whistling Duck (*) ______ east
    Dendrocygna autumnalis
    
    
12. Fulvous Whistling Duck ______ east
    Dendrocygna bicolor
    
    
13. Greater White-fronted Goose (*) ______ win-east
    Anser albifrons
    
    
14. Snow Goose (*) ______ win-east
    Anser (has been Chen) caerulescens
    
    
15. Ross's Goose ______ win-east
    Anser (has been Chen rossii
    
    
16. Canada Goose (*)  ______ thru
    Branta canadensis
    
    
17. Cackling Goose (*)  ______
    Branta hutchinsii
    
    
18. Brant _____
    Branta bernicla
    
    
19. Mute Swan (i) ______
    Cygnus olor
    
    
20. Tundra Swan ______ win (was called "Whistling Swan"  before it was conspecific with the Bewick's Swan of Eurasia)
    Cygnus columbianus
    
    
21. Trumpeter Swan _____
    Cygnus buccinator
    
    
22. Muscovy Duck (*) ______ south (mex)
    Cairina moschata
    
    
23. Wood Duck (*) ______ thru
    Aix sponsa
    
    
24. Gadwall (*) ______ win-thru
    Anas strepera
    
    
25. American Wigeon (*) ______ win-thru
    Anas americana|
    
    
26. Eurasian Wigeon ______
    Anas penelope
    
    
27. Mallard (*) ______ win, thru (has included the Mexican Duck of west Texas)
    Anas platyrhynchos
    
    
28. Mexican Duck (*) ______  (has been considered conspecific with the Mallard) 
    Anas diazi
    
    
29. Mottled Duck (*) ______ east
    Anas fulvigula 
    
    
30. American Black Duck  (TXr) (ph) ______
    Anas rubripes
    
    
31. Blue-winged Teal (*) ______ thru
    Anas discolors
    
    
32. Cinnamon Teal (*) ______ west
    Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium
    
    
33. Garganey  (USr) (TXr) ______
    Anas querquedula
    
    
34. Northern Shoveler (*) ______ win-thru
    Anas clypeata
    
    
35. Northern Pintail (*) ______ win-thru
    Anas acita
    
    
36. White-cheeked Pintail  (USr) (TXr)  ______
    Anas bahamensis 
    
    
37. Green-winged Teal (*) ______ win-thru (was conspecific with Common Teal of Eurasia)
    Anas carolinensis
    
    
38. Canvasback (*) ______ win-thru
    Aythya valisineria
    
    
39. Redhead (*) ______ win-thru
    Aythya americana
    
    
40. Ring-necked Duck (*) ______ win-thru
    Aythya collaris
    
    
41. Greater Scaup ______ win-east
    Aythya marila mariloides
    
    
42. Lesser Scaup (*) ______ win-thru
    Aythya affinis
    
    
43. King Eider  (TXr) ______
    Somateria spectabilis
    
    
44. Harlequin Duck  (TXr) ______
    Histrionicus histrionicus
    
    
45. Surf Scoter ______ win-east
    Melanitta perspicillata
    
    
46. White-winged Scoter ______ win-east (was conspecific with the Velvet Scoter of Eurasia)
    Melanitta deglandi
    
    
47. Black Scoter ______ win-east (was conspecific with the Common Scoter of Eurasia)
    Melanitta americana
    
    
48. Long-tailed Duck ______ win-east  (a former name was Oldsquaw)
    Clangula hyemalis
    
    
49. Bufflehead (*) ______ win-thru
    Bucephala albeola
    
    
50. Common Goldeneye (*) ______ win
    Bucephala clangula (americana) 
    
    
51. Barrow's Goldeneye  (TXr) ______
    Bucephalia islandica
    
    
52. Hooded Merganser (*) ______ win-east
    Lodhodytes cucullatus
    
    
53. Common Merganser ______ win 
    Mergus merganser americanus
    
    
54. Red-breasted Merganser (*) ______ win-east
    Mergus serrator
    
    
55. Ruddy Duck (*) ______ win-thru
    Oxyura j. jamaicensis 
    
    
56. Masked Duck  (USr) (TXr) ______
    Nomonyx dominicus
    
    
57. Red-throated Loon ______ win
    Gavia stellata
    
    
58. Pacific Loon ______ win
    Gavia pacifica
    
    
59. Common Loon (*) ______ win  (another name, in the Old World, has been Great Northern Diver)
    Gavia immer
    
    
60. Yellow-billed Loon  (TXr) ______
    Gavia adamsii
    
    
61. Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross  (nt) (USr) (TXr) ______  gulf
    Thalassarche chlororhynchos
    
    
62. Black-capped Petrel  (t2) (TXr) (ph) ______  gulf
    Pterodroma hasitata
    
    
63. Stejneger's Petrel  (t3) (USr) (TXr) ______  gulf
    Pterodroma longirostris
    
    
64. White-chinned Petrel  (t3) (USr) (TXr) ______
    Procellaria aequinoctialis
    
    
65. Cory's Shearwater  (ph) ______ gulf
    Calonectris diomedea borealis 
    
    
66. Greater Shearwater  (TXr) (ph) ______  gulf
    Puffinus gravis
    
    
67. Sooty Shearwater  (TXr) ______  gulf
    Puffinus griseus
    
    
68. Manx Shearwater  (TXr) ______  gulf
    Pufinus puffinus
    
    
69. Audubon's Shearwater ______ gulf
    Puffinus iherminieri
    
    
70. Wilson's Storm Petrel  (TXr) (ph) ______  gulf
    Oceanites oceanicus
    
    
71. Leach's Storm Petrel  (TXr) ______  gulf
    Oceanodroma leucorhoa
    
    
72. Band-rumped Storm Petrel ______ gulf (has also been called Madeiran or Harcourt's Storm-Petrel)
    Oceanodroma castro 
    
    
73. Least Grebe  (ph) (*)  ______ south
    Tachybaptus dominicus
    
    
74. Pied-billed Grebe (*) ______ thru
    Podilymbis p. podiceps
    
    
75. Horned Grebe (*) ______ win  (has been called Slavonian Grebe in Eurasia)
    Podiceps auritus cornutus
    
    
76. Black-necked Grebe (*) ______ win (has been called Eared Grebe)
    Podiceps nigricollis californicus
    
    
77. Red-necked Grebe  (TXr) ______
    Podiceps grisegena
    
    
78. Western Grebe (*) (ph) ______ west (this & the Clark's Grebe were formerly conspecific)
    Aechmophorus occidentalis
    
    
79. Clark's Grebe (*) ______ west (this & the Western Grebe were formerly conspecific) 
    Aechmophorus clarkii  
    
    
80. American White Ibis  (ph) (*) ______ east
    Eudocimus albus
    
    
81. Glossy Ibis  (ph) (*) ______ east
    Plegadis falcinellus
    
    
82. White-faced Ibis  (ph) (*) ______ thru
    Plegadis chihi
    
    
83. Roseate Spoonbill  (ph) (*) ______ east
    Ajaia ajaja
    
    
84. American Flamingo  (USr) (TXr) (ph) ______
    Phoenicopterus ruber
    
    
85. Wood Stork  (ph)  ______ east
    Mycteria americana  
    
    
86. Jabiru  (USr) (TXr) (ph) ______
    Jabiru mycteria
    
    
87. American Bittern (*) ______ win
    Botaurus lentiginosus
    
    
88. Least Bittern  (ph) (*) ______ east
    Ixobrychus exilis
    
    
89. Great Blue Heron (*) ______ thru
    Ardea herodias 
    
    
90. Great Egret  (ph) (*) ______ east
    Casmerodius (has been Ardea) alba egretta
    
    
91. Snowy Egret (*) ______ east
    Egretta thula brewsteri
    
    
92. Little Blue Heron  (ph) (*) ______ east
    Egretta caerulea
    
    
93. Tricolored Heron (*) ______ east (a former name was Louisiana Heron)
    Egretta tricolor
    
    
94. Reddish Egret (*) ______ east (2 morphs: white & dark) 
    Egretta rufescens 
    
    
95. Western Cattle Egret (*) ______ thru
    Bubulcus ibis
    
    
96. Green Heron (*) ______ thru
    Butorides virescens anthonyi
    
    
97. Black-crowned Night Heron (*) ______ thru
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactii
    
    
98. Yellow-crowned Night Heron  (ph) (*) ______ east
    Nyctanassa violacea
    
    
99. Red-billed Tropicbird  (TXr) (ph) ______
    Phaethon aethereus 
    
    
100. Magnificent Frigatebird ______ east
     Fregata magnificens 
     
     
101. Masked Booby ______ gulf
     Sula d. dactylatra
     
     
102. Blue-footed Booby  (TXr) ______
     Sula nebouxii
     
     
103. Brown Booby  (TXr) ______
     Sula leucogaster
     
     
104. Red-footed Booby  (TXr) (ph)  ______
     Sula sula 
     
     
105. Northern Gannet  (ph)  ______ gulf
     Morus (formerly Sula) bassanus
     
     
106. American White Pelican  (ph) (*) ______ win
     Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
     
     
107. Brown Pelican  (ph) (*) ______ east
     Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
     
     
108. Neotropic Cormorant (*) ______ east
     Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus
     
     
109. Double-crested Cormorant (*) ______ win-east
     Phalacocorax a. auritus
     
     
110. Anhinga  (ph) (*) ______ east
     Anhinga anhinga leucogaster  
     
     
111. Black Vulture  (ph) (*) ______ thru (except parts of far west & the far north Texas)
     Coragyps atratus
     
     
112. Turkey Vulture (*) ______ thru
     Cathartes aura
     
     
113. Northern Crested Caracara (*) ______ south, east
     Caracara cheriwayi
     
     
114. Collared Forest Falcon  (TXr)  ______
     Micrastur semitorquatus 
     
     
115. American Kestrel  (ph) (*) ______ thru
     Falco s. sparverius
     
     
116. Merlin (*) ______ win, thru
     Falco c. columbarius
     
     
117. Aplomado Falcon (ri) (r/US) (ph) (*) ______ south (mex)
     Falco femoralis
     
     
118. Gyrfalcon  (TXr)  ______  
     Falco rusticolus
     
     
119. Peregrine Falcon  (ph) (*) ______ west, east
     Falco peregrinus
     
     
120. Prairie Falcon  (ph) (*) ______ west
     Falco mexicanus
     
     
121. Osprey  (ph) (*) ______ thru
     Pandion haliaetus carolinensis
     
     
122. Hook-billed Kite (USr) (*) ______ south (mex)
     Chondrohierax uncinatus
     
     
123. Swallow-tailed Kite ______ east
     Elanoides forficatus
     
     
124. White-tailed Kite (*) ______ east
     Elanus leucurus
     
     
125. Snail Kite  (TXr) (ph)  ______ 
     Rostrhamus sociabilis
     
     
126. Mississippi Kite (*) ______ mig
     Ictinia mississippiensis
     
     
127. Bald Eagle  (ph) (*) ______ win-thru
     Haliaeetus leucocephalus
     
     
128. Northern Harrier (*) ______ win-thru (considered conspecific with the Hen Harrier of Eurasia)
     Circus cyaneus hudsonius
     
     
129. Sharp-shinned Hawk (*) ______ win-thru
     Accipiter striatus
     
     
130. Cooper's Hawk  (ph) (*) ______ thru
     Accipiter cooperi
     
     
131. Northern Goshawk  (TXr)  ______
     Accipiter gentilis
      
     
132. Crane Hawk  (USr) (TXr) (ph) ______ (mex)
     Geranospiza caerulescens
     
     
133. Gray Hawk  (ph) (*) ______ south (merged with the Gray-lined Hawk of southern Central America and South America)
     Asturina nitida plagiatus
     
     
134. Common Black Hawk (*) ______ west
     Buteogallus a. anthracinus
     
     
135. Harris's Hawk  (ph) (*) ______ west, south  (also called Bay-winged Hawk)
     Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi
     
     
136. Red-shouldered Hawk  (ph) (*) ______ east
     Buteo lineatus
     
     
137. Roadside Hawk  (USr) (TXr) (ph)  ______  (mex)
     Buteo magnirostris 
     
     
138. Broad-winged Hawk (*) ______ mig & east
     Buteo p. platypterus
     
     
139. Short-tailed Hawk  (TXr) (ph) ______  (mex)
     Buteo brachurus
     
     
140. Swainson's Hawk  (ph) (*) ______ thru (ex east)
     Buteo swainsoni  (monotypic, but with light & dark morphs)
     
     
141. White-tailed Hawk (*) ______ south, east
     Buteo albicaudatus
     
     
142. Zone-tailed Hawk  (ph) (*) ______ west (mex)
     Buteo albonotatus
     
     
143. Red-tailed Hawk  (ph) (*) ______ thru
     Buteo jamaicensis calurus
     
     
144. Ferruginous Hawk (nt) ______ win
     Buteo regalis
     
     
145. Rough-legged Hawk ______ win  (another name is Rough-legged Buzzard in the Old World) 
     Buteo lagopus
     
     
146. Golden Eagle (*) ______ west
     Aquila chrysaetos canadensis 
     
     
147. Yellow Rail ______ win-east
     Coturnicops noveboracensis
     
     
148. Black Rail (nt) (*) ______ win-east
     Laterallus jamaicensis
     
     
149. Clapper Rail (*) ______ east
     Rallus longirostris
     
     
150. King Rail (*) ______ east
     Rallus elegans
     
     
151. Virginia Rail ______ win-east
     Rallus limicola
     
     
152. Sora (*) ______ win-east
     Porzana carolina
     
     
153. Paint-billed Crake  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Neocrex erythrops
     
     
154. Spotted Rail  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Pardirallus maculatus
     
     
155. Purple Gallinule (*) ______ sum-east
     Porphyrio martinica
     
     
156. Common Moorhen (*) ______ east  (has been called Common Gallinule)
     Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
     
     
157. American Coot (*) ______ thru
     Fulica a. americana
     
     
158. Sandhill Crane (*) ______ win
     Grus canadensis 
     
     
159. Whooping Crane (t2) (*) ______ win-east
     Grus americana
     
     
160. Double-striped Thick-knee  (USr) (TXr) ______ (mex)
     Burhinus bistriatus
     
     
161. American Oystercatcher (*) ______ east
     Haematopus palliatus
     
     
162. Black-necked Stilt (*) ______ west, east (has been considered by some as conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus)
     Himantopus mexicanus 
     
     
163. American Avocet (*) ______ west, east
     Recurvirostra americana 
     
     
164. Black-bellied (or Grey) Plover (*) ______ win-east 
     Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
     
     
165. American Golden Plover ______ mig
     Pluvialis dominica
     
     
166. Collared Plover  (USr) (TXr) ______  (mex)
     Charadrius collaris
     
     
167. Snowy Plover (*) ______ west  (was conspecific with the Kentish Plover in Eurasia)
     Charadrius alexandrius nivosus
     
     
168. Wilson's Plover (*) ______ east  
     Charadrius wilsonia
     
     
169. Semipalmated Plover (*) ______ win, mig
     Charadrius semipalmatus
     
     
170. Piping Plover (t3) (*) ______ win-east
     Charadrius melodus
     
     
171. Killdeer (*) ______ thru
     Charadrius v. vociferus
     
     
172. Mountain Plover (t3) ______ win-south,west  (an alternate name could be "Mountain Dotterel")
     Charadrius montanus 
     
     
173. Northern Jacana  (r/US) (*) ______ south (mex)
     Jacana spinosa
     
     
174. Greater Yellowlegs (*) ______ win-east
     Tringa melanoleuca
     
     
175. Lesser Yellowlegs (*) ______ win-east
     Tringa flavipes
     
     
176. Spotted Redshank  (USr) (TXr) ______  
     Tringa erythropus
     
     
177. Solitary Sandpiper (*) ______ mig
     Tringa solitaria cinnamomea
     
     
178. Willet (*) ______ east, mig-thru
     Tringa (has been Catoptrophorus) s. semipalmatus 
     
     
179. Wandering Tattler  (TXr)  ______
     Heteroscelus incanus
     
     
180. Spotted Sandpiper (*) ______ win
     Actitis macularia
     
     
181. Upland Sandpiper (*) ______ mig
     Bartramia longicauda
     
     
182. Whimbrel  (*) ______ win-east
     Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
     
     
183. Long-billed Curlew (nt) (*) ______ win-east, mig-thru
     Numenius americanus parvus
     
     
184. Hudsonian Godwit (nt) (*) ______ mig
     Limosa haemastica
     
     
185. Marbled Godwit (*) ______ win-east
     Limosa fedoa
     
     
186. Ruddy Turnstone (*) ______ win-east 
     Arenaria interpres morinella
     
     
187. Surfbird  (TXr)  ______
     Aphriza virgata
     
     
188. Red Knot (*) ______ mig 
     Calidris canutus rufa
     
     
189. Sanderling (*) ______ win-east
     Calidris alba rubida
     
     
190. Semipalmated Sandpiper (*) _____ mig
     Calidris pusilla
     
     
191. Western Sandpiper (*) ______ mig
     Calidris mauri
     
     
192. Red-necked Stint  (USr) (TXr) ______  (has been called Rufous-necked Stint)
     Calidris ruficollis
     
     
193. Least Sandpiper (*) _____ win-thru
     Calidris minutilla
     
     
194. White-rumped Sandpiper (*) ______ mig
     Calidris fuscicollis
     
     
195. Baird's Sandpiper (*) ______ mig
     Calidris bairdii
     
     
196. Pectoral Sandpiper (*) ______ mig
     Calidris melanotos
     
     
197. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper  (USr) (TXr)
     Calidris acuminata
     
     
198. Dunlin (*) ______ win-east
     Calidris alpina
     
     
199. Curlew Sandpiper  (TXr) ______
     Calidris ferruginea
     
     
200. Purple Sandpiper (*) ______ win-east
     Calidris maritima
     
     
201. Stilt Sandpiper (*) _______ win-east
     Calidris (has been Micropama) himantopus
     
     
202. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (nt) ______ mig
     Tryngites subruficollis
     
     
203. Ruff / Reeve  (TXr)  ______
     Philomachus pugnax
     
     
204. Short-billed Dowitcher (*) ______
     Limnodromus griseus
     
     
205. Long-billed Dowitcher (*) ______  win 
     Limnodromus scolopaceus
     
     
206. Wilson's Snipe (*) ______ win-thru (was conspecific with the Common Snipe in Eurasia)
     Gallinago delicata
     
     
207. American Woodcock ______ east
     Scolopax minor
     
     
208. Wilson's Phalarope (*) ______ mig
     Phalaropus tricolor
     
     
209. Red-necked Phalarope ______ mig-gulf
     Phalaropus lobatus
     
     
210. Red Phalarope  (TXr)   ______
     Phalaropus fulicarius
     
     
211. Pomarine Jaeger ______ gulf  (called Pomarine Skua in the Old World)
     Stercorarius pomarinus
     
     
212. Parasitic Jaeger ______  gulf   (called Arctic Skua in the Old World)
     Stercorarius parasiticus
     
     
213. Long-tailed Jaeger  (TXr) ______ gulf  (called Long-tailed Skua in the Old World) 
     Stercorarius longicaudus 
     
     
214. Laughing Gull (*) ______ east
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) atricilla
     
     
215. Franklin's Gull (*) ______ mig
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) pipixcan
     
     
216. Bonaparte's Gull (*) ______ win-east
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) philadelphia
     
     
217. Black-headed Gull  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) ridibundus
     
     
218. Little Gull  (TXr)  ______
     Hydrocoloeus (formerly Larus) minutus
      
     
219. Heermann's Gull  (TXr) ______
     Larus heermanni
     
     
220. Black-tailed Gull  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Larus crassirostris
     
     
221. Mew Gull  (TXr)  ______  (called Common Gull in the Old World)
     Larus canus brachyrhynchus
     
     
222. Ring-billed Gull (*) ______ win-thru
     Larus delawarensis
     
     
223. California Gull (*) ______
     Larus californicus
     
     
224. "American" Herring Gull (*) ______ win-thru
     Larus argentatus smithsonianus
     
     
225. Thayer's Gull  (TXr) ______
     Larus thayeri
     
     
226. Iceland Gull  (TXr) ______
     Larus glaucoides
     
     
227. Lesser Black-backed Gull ______ win-east
     Larus fuscus graellsii   
     
     
228. Slaty-backed Gull  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Larus schistisagus
     
     
229. Yellow-footed Gull  (TXr)  ______
     Larus livens
     
     
230. Western Gull  (TXr) ______
     Larus occidentalis
      
     
231. Glaucous Gull (*) ______
     Larus hyperboreus
     
     
232. Great Black-backed Gull  (TXr)  ______
     Larus marinus
     
     
233. Kelp Gull  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Larus dominicanus
     
     
234. Sabine's Gull ______
     Xema sabini
     
     
235. Black-legged Kittiwake ______
     Rissa tridactyla
     
     
236. Gull-billed Tern (*) ______ east
     Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) nilotica
     
     
237. Caspian Tern (*) ______ east
     Hydroprogne (formerly Sterna) caspia
     
     
238. Royal Tern (*) ______ east
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
     
     
239. Elegant Tern  (TXr) ______
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) elegans
     
     
240. Sandwich Tern (*) ______ east
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavida
     
     
241. Roseate Tern  (TXr)  ______
     Sterna dougallii
     
     
242. Common Tern (*) ______ win
     Sterna h. hirundo
     
     
243. Arctic Tern  (TXr)  ______
     Sterna paradisaea 
     
     
244. Forster's Tern (*) ______ east
     Sterna forsteri
     
     
245. Least Tern (*) ______ east
     Sterna antillarum
     
     
246. Bridled Tern ______ sum-gulf
     Sterna anaethetus
     
     
247. Sooty Tern ______ sum-gulf
     Sterna fuscata
     
     
248. Black Tern ______ mig
     Chlidonias niger surinamensis
     
     
249. Brown Noddy  (TXr)  ______
     Anous stolidus
     
     
250. Black Noddy  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Anous minutus
     
     
251. Black Skimmer (*) ______ east
     Rynchops niger
     
     
252. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) (*) ______
     Columba livia
     
     
253. Red-billed Pigeon ______ south (mex)
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) flavirostris
     
     
254. Band-tailed Pigeon (*) ______ west
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) fasciata
     
     
255. White-crowned Pigeon  (TXr)  ______
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) leucocephala
     
     
256. Eurasian Collared-Dove (i) (*) ______ east
     Streptopelia decaocto
     
     
257. White-winged Dove (*) ______ thru
     Zenaida asiatica
     
     
258. Mourning Dove (*) ______ thru
     Zenaida macroura
     
     
259. Inca Dove (*) ______ thru
     Columbina inca
     
     
260. Common Ground Dove (*) ______ south
     Columbina passerina
     
     
261. Ruddy Ground Dove  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Columbina talpacoti
     
     
262. White-tipped Dove (*) ______ south
     Leptotila verreauxi
     
     
263. Ruddy Quail-Dove  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Geotrygon montana 
     
     
264. Monk Parakeet (i) (*) ______
     Myiopsitta monachus
     
     
265. Green Parakeet (*) ______ south (mex)
     Aratinga holochlora
     
     
266. Red-crowned Amazon (or Parrot) (t2) (*) ______ south (mex)
     Amazona viridigenalis
     
     
267. Red-lored Amazon (or Parrot) (NAi) ______
     Amazona autumnalis
     
     
268. Yellow-headed Amazon (or Parrot) (NAi) ______ south
     Amazona oratrix
     
     
269. Black-billed Cuckoo ______ mig
     Coccyzus erythropithlmus
     
     
270. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*) ______ sum-thru
     Coccyzus americanus
     
     
271. Mangrove Cuckoo  (TXr) ______  (mex)
     Coccyzus minor
     
     
272. Dark-billed Cuckoo  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Coccyzus melacoryphus
     
     
273. Greater Roadrunner (*) ______ thru
     Geococcyx californianus
     
     
274. Groove-billed Ani (*) ______ south
     Crotophaga suicirostris
     
     
275. Barn Owl (*) ______ thru
     Tyto alba pratincola
     
     
276. Flammulated Owl ______ west
     Megascops (formerly Otus) flammeolus
     
     
277. Western Screech Owl (*) ______ west
     Megascops (formerly Otus) kennicottii suttoni
     
     
278. Eastern Screech Owl (*) ______ thru (ex far-west)
     Megascops (formerly Otus) asio
     
     
279. Great Horned Owl (*) ______ thru
     Bubo virginanus pallescens
     
     
280. Snowy Owl  (TXr) (ph) ______
     Bubo scandiacus
     
     
281. Northern Pygmy Owl  (TXr)  ______
     Glaucidium gnoma
     
     
282. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl ______ south
     Glaucidium brasilianum 
     
     
283. Elf Owl (*) ______ west
     Micrathene w. whitneyi
     
     
284. Burrowing Owl ______ west
     Athene cunicularia
     
     
285. Spotted Owl (nt) ______ west
     Strix occidentalis
     
     
286. Barred Owl (*)  ______ east
     Strix varia
     
     
287. Mottled Owl  (USr) (TXr)  ______  (mex)
     Strix virgata
     
     
288. Northern Long-eared Owl ______ win
     Asio otus
     
     
289. Stygian Owl  (USr) (TXr) ______  (mex)
     Asio stygius
     
     
290. Short-eared Owl (*) ______ win
     Asio f. flammeus
     
     
291. Northern Saw-whet Owl  (TXr) ______
     Aegolius acadicus
     
     
292. Lesser Nighthawk (*) ______ west, south
     Chordeiles acutipennis
     
     
293. Common Nighthawk (*) ______ thru
     Chordeiles minor
     
     
294. Pauraque (*) ______ south
     Nyctidromus albicollis merrilli
     
     
295. Common Poorwill (*) ______ west
     Phanaenoptilus n. nuttallii
     
     
296. Chick-will's-widow (*) ______ east
     Caprimulgus carolinensis
     
     
297. Whip-poor-will ______ 
     Caprimulgus vociferus
     
     
298. White-collared Swift  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Strptoprocne zonaris
     
     
299. Chimney Swift (*) ______ thru (ex west)
     Chaetura pelagica
     
     
300. White-throated Swift (*) ______ west
     Aeronautes saxatalis
     
     
301. American Black Swift  (TXr) ______
     Cypseloides niger
     
     
302. Green Violetear  (USr) (TXr) ______  (mex)
     Colibri thalassinus
     
     
303. Green-breasted Mango  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Anthracothorax prevostii
     
     
304. Broad-billed Hummingbird  (TXr) ______
     Cynanthus latirostris
     
     
305. White-eared Hummingbird  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Hylocharis leucotis
     
     
306. Berylline Hummingbird  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Amazilia beryllina
     
     
307. Buff-bellied Hummingbird (*) ______ south
     Amazilia yucatanensis
     
     
308. Violet-crowned Hummingbird  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Amazilia violiceps
     
     
309. Blue-throated Mountain-gem (*) ______ west  (has been called Blue-throated Hummingbird)
     Lampornis clemenciae
     
     
310. "Rivoli's" Magnificent Hummingbird ______ west 
     Eugenes fulgens
     
     
311. Lucifer Sheartail (*) ______ west (mex)  (has been called Lucifer Hummingbird)
     Calothorax lucifer
     
     
312. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (*) ______ east
     Archilochus colubris
     
     
313. Black-chinned Hummingbird (*) ______ west  
     Archilochus alexandri 
     
     
314. Anna's Hummingbird ______ west
     Calypte anna
     
     
315. Costa's Hummingbird  (TXr) ______
     Calypte costae
     
     
316. Calliope Hummingbird ______ mig
     Stellula calliope
     
     
317. Broad-tailed Hummingbird (*) ______ west
     Selasphorus platycercus
     
     
318. Allen's Hummingbird  (TXr)  ______
     Selasphorus sasin
     
     
319. Elegant Trogon (TXr) ______
     Trogon elegans 
     
     
320. Rufous Hummingbird ______ mig
     Selasphorus rufus
     
     
321. Ringed Kingfisher (*) ______ south
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) t. torquata
     
     
322. Belted Kingfisher (*) ______ thru
     Megaceryle (formerly  Ceryle) alcyon
     
     
323. Green Kingfisher (*) ______ south
     Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis
     
     
324. Lewis's Woodpecker ______ win-west
     Melanerpes lewis
     
     
325. Red-headed Woodpecker (*) ______ east
     Melanerpes erthrocephalus
     
     
326. Acorn Woodpecker (*) ______ west
     Melanerpes f. formicivorus
     
     
327. Golden-fronted Woodpecker (*) ______ thru (ex east)
     Melanerpes a. aurifrons
     
     
328. Red-bellied Woodpecker (*) ______ east
     Melanerpes carolinus
     
     
329. Williamson's Sapsucker ______ win-west
     Sphyrapicus thyroideus nataliae
     
     
330. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*) ______ win-thru
     Sphyrapicus varius
     
     
331. Red-naped Sapsucker (*) ______ win-thru
     Sphyrapicus nuchalis
     
     
332. Red-breasted Sapsucker  (TXr) ______
     Sphyrapicus ruber
     
     
333. Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*) ______ thru (ex east)
     Picoides scalaris
     
     
334. Downy Woodpecker (*) ______ thru (ex west, south)
     Picoides p. pubescens
     
     
335. Hairy Woodpecker (*) ______ thru (ex south) (mostly win)
     Picoides villosus
     
     
336. Red-cockaded Woodpecker (t3) (e) ______ east
     Picoides borealis
     
     
337. Northern Flicker (*) ______ thru
     Colaptes auratus collaris  ("Red-shafted Flicker") (*) ______ west
     Colaptes a. auratus  ("Yellow-shafted Flicker") (*) ______ cent, east  
     
     
338. Pileated Woodpecker (*) ______ east
     Dryocopus pileatus
     
     
339. Masked Tityra  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Tityra semifasciata 
     
     
340. Rose-throated Becard  (r/US) (*) ______  (mex)
     Pachyramphus aglaiae 
     
     
341. Northern Beardless Tyrannulet ______ south
     Camptostoma imberbe
     
     
342. Greenish Elaenia  (USr) (TXr) ______  (mex)
     Myiopagis viridicata
     
     
343. Northern Tufted Flycatcher  (USr) (TXr) ______  (mex)
     Mitrephanes phaeocercus  
     
     
344. Olive-sided Flycatcher (*) ______ mig  (an alternate name could be Boreal Pewee)
     Contopus cooperi (previously Contopus borealis)
     
     
345. Greater Pewee  (TXr) ______
     Contopus pertinax 
     
     
346. Western Wood Pewee (*) ______ west
     Contopus sordidulus 
     
     
347. Eastern Wood Pewee (*) ______ east
     Contopus virens
     
     
348. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ______ mig
     Empidonax flaviventris
     
     
349. Acadian Flycatcher (*) ______ east
     Empidonax virescens
     
     
350. Alder Flycatcher (*) ______ mig
     Empidonax alnorum
     
     
351. Willow Flycatcher (*) ______ mig
     Empidonax trailii
     
     
352. Least Flycatcher (*) ______ mig
     Empidonax minimus
     
     
353. Hammond's Flycatcher ______ mig-west
     Empidonax hammondii
     
     
354. Gray Flycatcher (*) ______ mig-west
     Empidonax wrightii
     
     
355. Dusky Flycatcher (*) ______ mig-west
     Empidonax obehholseri
     
     
356. Cordilleran Flycatcher (*) ______ west (this & the Pacific-slope Flycatcher were formerly combined as the Western Flycatcher, E. difficilis) 
     Empidonax occidentalis
     
     
357. Buff-breasted Flycatcher  (TXr) ______
     Empidonax fulvifrons
     
     
358. Black Phoebe (*) ______ west
     Sayornis nigricans
     
     
359. Eastern Phoebe (*) ______ thru
     Sayornis phoebe
     
     
360. Say's Phoebe (*) ______ west
     Sayornis saya
     
     
361. Vermilion Flycatcher (*) ______ west, south
     Pyrocephalus rubinus
     
     
362. Dusky-capped Flycatcher  (TXr) ______
     Myiarchus tuberculifer
     
     
363. Ash-throated Flycatcher (*) ______ thru (ex east)
     Myiarchus cinerascens
     
     
364. Great Crested Flycatcher (*) ______ east
     Myiarchus crinitus
     
     
365. Brown-crested Flycatcher (*) ______ south (a former name was Wied's Crested Flycatcher) 
     Myiarchus tyrannulus
     
     
366. Great Kiskadee (*) ______ south
     Pilangus sulphuratus
     
     
367. Social Flycatcher  (USr) (TXr)  ______
     Myiozetetes similes
     
     
368. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher  (TXr) ______
     Myiodynastes luteiventris
     
     
369. Piratic Flycatcher  (USr) (TXr)  ______
     Legatus leucophaius
     
     
370. Tropical Kingbird (*) ______ south (uncommon in lower Rio Grande Valley)
     Tyrannus melancholicus
     
     
371. Couch's Kingbird (*) ______ south (common in lower Rio Grande Valley) 
     Tyrannus couchii
     
     
372. Cassin's Kingbird (*) ______ west
     Tyrannus v. vociferans
     
     
373. Thick-billed Kingbird  (TXr) ______
     Tyrannus crassirostris
     
     
374. Western Kingbird (*) ______ thru (ex south)
     Tyrannus verticalis
     
     
375. Eastern Kingbird (*) ______ east
     Tyrannus tyrannus
     
     
376. Gray Kingbird  (TXr)  ______
     Tyrannus dominicensis
     
     
377. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (*) ______ thru (uncommon-west)
     Tyrannus forficalus
     
     
378. Fork-tailed Flycatcher  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Tyrannus savana
     
     
379. Loggerhead Shrike (*) ______ thru
     Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides
     
     
380. Northern Shrike ______ (is also called Great Grey Shrike, in the Old World) 
     Lanius excubitor
     
     
381. White-eyed Vireo (*) ______ east
     Vireo griseus
     
     
382. Bell's Vireo (*) ______ thru
     Vireo bellii
     
     
383. Black-capped Vireo (t3) (USneb) (*) ______ cent  (the small breeding range also extends into northern Mexico)
     Vireo atricapillus
     
     
384. Gray Vireo (*) ______ west
     Vireo vicinior
     
     
385. Yellow-throated Vireo ______ east
     Vireo flavifrons
     
     
386. Plumbeous Vireo (*) ______ west (formerly part of Solitary Vireo)
     Vireo plumbeus
     
     
387. Cassin's Vireo ______ mig-west (formerly part of Solitary Vireo)
     Vireo cassinii
     
     
388. Blue-headed Vireo (*) ______ win-east (formerly Solitary Vireo)
     Vireo solitarius
     
     
389. Hutton's Vireo (*) ______ west
     Vireo huttoni
     
     
390. Warbling Vireo (*) ______ mig
     Vireo gilvus
     
     
391. Philadelphia Vireo (*) ______ mig
     Vireo philadelphicus
     
     
392. Red-eyed Vireo (*) ______ east
     Vireo olivaceus
     
     
393. Yellow-green Vireo  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Vireo flavoviridis
     
     
394. Black-whiskered Vireo  (TXr) ______
     Vireo altiloquus
     
     
395. Yucatan Vireo  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Vireo magister
     
     
396. Steller's Jay ______ west
     Cyanocitta stelleri
     
     
397. Blue Jay (*)  ______ thru (ex west, south)
     Cyanocitta cristata
     
     
398. Green Jay (*) ______ south (former southern population of this species, in South America, now called Inca Jay)
     Cyanocorax yncas
     
     
399. Brown Jay (*) ______ south ("white-tipped form")
     Cyanocorax morio
     
     
400. Western Scrub Jay (*) ______ west, cent
     Aphelocoma californica
     
     
401. Mexican Jay (*) ______ west
     Aphelocoma ultramarina
     
     
402. Pinyon Jay ______ west
     Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
     
     
403. Clark's Nutcracker  (TXr) ______
     Nucifraga columbiana
     
     
404. Black-billed Magpie  (TXr) ______
     Pica hudsonia
     
     
405. American Crow (*) ______ thru (ex west, south)
     Corvus brachyrhynchos
     
     
406. Tamaulipas Crow  (USr) (TXr) ______  (was called Mexican Crow)
     Corvus imparatus
     
     
407. Fish Crow  (USe) ______ east
     Corvus ossifragus
     
     
408. Chihuahuan Raven (*) ______ west, south
     Corvus  cryptoleucus
     
     
409. Northern Raven (*) ______ west
     Corvus corax
     
     
410. Cedar Waxwing (*) ______ win-thru
     Bombycilla garrulus
     
     
411. Bohemian Waxwing  (TXr)  ______
     Bombycilla garrulus
     
     
412. Phainopepla (*) ______ west 
     Phainopepla nitens
     
     
413. Gray Silky Flycatcher  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Ptilogonys cinereus
     
     
414. Carolina Chickadee (USe) (*) ______ east, cent
     Poecile (formerly Parus) carolinensis
     
     
415. Black-capped Chickadee  (TXr) ______
     Poecile (formerly Parus) atricpillus
     
     
416. Mountain Chickadee (*) ______west
     Poecile (formerly Parus) g. gambeli
     
     
417. Juniper Titmouse  (TXr)  ______ west   (was, with the more-westerly Oak Titmouse, part of the former Plain Titmouse)
     Baeolophus (formerly Parus) ridgwayi
     
     
418. Tufted Titmouse (*) ______ east
     Baeolophus (formerly Parus) bicolor
     
     
419. Black-crested Titmouse (*) ______ west, cent, south (was considered conspecific with the Tufted Titmouse, B. bicolor)
     Baeolophus (formerly Parus) atricristatus
     
     
420. Verdin (*) ______ west, south
     Auriparus flaviceps ornatus
     
      
421. Purple Martin (*) ______ thru (ex west)
     Progne subis
     
     
422. Gray-breasted Martin  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Progne chalybea
     
     
423. Tree Swallow (*) ______ win-east, mig-thru 
     Tachycineta bicolor
     
     
424. Violet-green Swallow (*) ______ west 
     Tachycineta thalassina
     
     
425. Northern Rough-winged Swallow (*) ______ thru
     Stelgidopteryx s. serripennis
     
     
426. Bank Swallow (*) ______ mig-thru, cent (also called Sand Martin)
     Riparia r. riparia
     
     
427. American Cliff Swallow (*) ______ thru
     Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (5 subspecies can occur in TX)
     
     
428. Cave Swallow (*) ______ west, south
     Petrochelidon fulva pallida
     
     
429. Barn Swallow (*) ______ thru 
     Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
     
     
430. Horned Lark (*) ______ thru
     Eremophila alpestris  
     
     
431. American Bushtit (*) ______ west, central 
     Psaltriparus minimus plumbeus ("Lead-colored Bushtit")
     (Another subspecies occurs in TX: P. m. dimorphicus)
     
     
432. Red-breasted Nuthatch ______ win
     Sitta canadensis
     
     
433. White-breasted Nuthatch (*) ______ west 
     Sitta carolinensis nelsoni
     
     
434. Pygmy Nuthatch ______ west
     Sitta pygmaea
     
     
435. Brown-headed Nuthatch (*) ______ east
     Sitta pusilla
     
     
436. Brown Creeper ______ win-thru (an alternate name could be American Treecreeper)
     Certhia americana
     
     
437. Cactus Wren (*) ______ west, south
     Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus guttatus
     
     
438. Rock Wren (*) ______ west, central 
     Salpinctes obsoletus
     
     
439. Canyon Wren (*) ______ west, central 
     Catherpes mexicanus
     
     
440. Carolina Wren (*) ______ east, central, south
     Thryothorus indovicianus
     
     
441. Bewick's Wren (*) ______ thru (ex east only in win)
     Thryomanes bewickii sadai (subspecies in south TX)
     
     
442. House Wren (*) ______ win-west, south, east
     Troglodytes aedon
     
     
443. Winter Wren ______ win-east  (an alternate name would be Northern Wren)
     Troglodytes troglodytes hiemalis
     
     
444. Sedge Wren (*) ______ win-east
     Cistothorus platensis stellaris
     
     
445. Marsh Wren (*) ______ win-thru
     Cistothorus palustris
     
     
446. American Dippeer  (TXr) ______
     Cinclus mexicanus
     
     
447. Colden-crowned Kinglet (*) ______ win-thru
     Regulus satrapa
     
     
448. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (*) ______ win-thru
     Regulus c. calendula
     
     
449. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*) ______ thru
     Polioptila caerulea obscura
     
     
450. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (*) ______ west 
     Polioptila m. melanura
     
     
451. Northern Wheatear  (TXr) ______
     Oenanthe oenanthe
      
     
452. Eastern Bluebird (*) ______ east, win-thru
     Sialia sialis
     
     
453. Western Bluebird (*) ______ west 
     Sialia mexicana jacoti
     
     
454. Mountain Bluebird (*) ______ west
     Sialia currucoides
     
     
455. Townsend's Solitaire (*) ______ west
     Myadestes t. townsendi
     
     
456. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Catharus aurantiirostris
     
     
457. Veery (*) ______ mig-east
     Catharus fuscescens
     
     
458. Gray-cheeked Thrush (*) ______ mig
     Catharus minimus
     
     
459. Swainson's Thrush (*) ______ mig
     Catharus ustulatus
     
     
460. Hermit Thrush (*) ______ win-thru
     Catharus guttatus
     
     
461. Wood Thrush (*) ______ east 
     Hylocichia mustelina
     
     
462. Clay-colored Thrush (*) ______ south  (mex)  (has been called Clay-colored Robin)
     Turdus grayi
     
     
463. White-throated Thrush  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Turdus assimilis
     
     
464. Rufous-backed Robin  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Turdus rufopalliatus
     
     
465. American Robin (*) ______ thru (south-win)
     Turdus migratorius
     
     
466. Varied Thrush  (TXr)  ______
     Ixoreus naevius
     
     
467. Aztec Thrush  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Ridgwayia pinicola
     
     
468. Gray Catbird (*) ______ east
     Dumetella carolinensis
     
     
469. Black Catbird  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Melanoptila glabrirostris
     
     
470. Northern Mockingbird (*) ______ thru (the "state bird" of Texas)
     Mimus polyglottos
     
     
471. Sage Thrasher ______ west
     Oreoscoptes montanus
     
     
472. Brown Thrasher (*) ______ east, win-cent
     Toxostoma rufum
     
     
473. Long-billed Thrasher (*) ______ south
     Toxostoma longirostre
     
     
474. Curve-billed Thrasher (*) ______ west, south 
     Toxostoma curvirostre
     
     
475. Crissal Thrasher (*) ______ west 
     Toxostoma crissale
     
     
476. Blue Mockingbird  (USr) (TXr) ______  (mex)
     Melanotis caerulescens
     
     
477. Common Starling (i) (*) ______ thru 
     Sturnus vulgaris
     
     
478. House Sparrow (i) (*) ______ thru
     Passer domesticus
     
     
479. American Pipit (*) ______ win-thru  (another name is Buff-bellied Pipit)
     Anthus rubescens
     
     
480. Sprague's Pipit (t3) (*) ______ win-east, south
     Anthus spragueii 
     
     
481. Olive Warbler  (TXr) ______ 
     Peucedramus taeniatus
     
     
482. Pine Grosbeak  (TXr) ______
     Pinicola enucleator
      
     
483. Purple Finch ______ win-east
     Carpodacus purpureus
     
     
484. Cassin's Finch ______ west  (uncommon in TX)
     Carpodacus cassinii
     
     
485. House Finch (*) ______ thru
     Carpodacus mexicanus
     
     
486. Red Crossbill ______ west
     Loxia curvirostra
     
     
487. White-winged Crossbill  (TXr) _____
     Loxia leucoptera
     
     
488. Common Redpoll  (TXr) ______
     Carduelis flammea
     
     
489. Pine Siskin (*) ______ win (ex west where year-round)
     Carduelis pinus
     
     
490. Lesser Goldfinch (*) ______ west, cent
     Carduelis psaltria
     
     
491. Lawrence's Goldfinch  (TXr) ______
     Carduelis lawrencei
     
     
492. American Goldfinch (*) ______ win
     Carduelis tristis
     
     
493. Evening Grosbeak ______ west
     Coccothraustes vespertinus 
     
     
494. Blue-winged Warbler (*) ______ mig 
     Vermivora pinus
     
     
495. Golden-winged Warbler (*) ______ mig 
     Vermivora chrysoptera
     
     
496. Tennessee Warbler (*) ______ mig 
     Vermivora peregrina
     
     
497. Orange-crowned Warbler (*) ______ mig, win-east
     Vermivora celata orestera
     
     
498. Nashville Warbler (*) ______ mig
     Vermivora ruficapilla
     
     
499. Virginia's Warbler ______ west 
     Vermivora virginiae
     
     
500. Colima Warbler (nt) (*) ______ west (mex) (the only breeding location in the US is in the highlands of west Texas, in the Chisos Mountains)
     Vermivora crissalis
     
     
501. Lucy's Warbler ______ west (rare in TX)
     Vermivora luciae
     
     
502. Northern Parula (*) ______ east
     Parula americana
     
     
503. Tropical Parula (*) ______ south (mex)
     Parula pitiayumi
     
     
504. Crescent-chested Warbler  (USr) (TXr)  ______
     Parula superciliosa
     
     
505. Yellow Warbler (*) ______ mig
     Dendroica petechia
     
     
506. Mangrove Warbler  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Dendroica erithachorides
     
     
507. Chestnut-sided Warbler (*) ______ mig-east
     Dendroica pensylvanica
     
     
508. Magnolia Warbler (*) ______ mig-east
     Dendroica magnolia
     
     
509. Cape May Warbler (*) ______ mig 
     Dendroica tigrina
     
     
510. Black-throated Blue Warbler ______ mig
     Dendroica caerulescens
     
     
511. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler (*) ______ win-thru (ex far-west) 
     Dendroica c. coronata
     
     
512. "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler (*) ______win-west
     Dendroica coronata auduboni 
     
     
513. Black-throated Gray Warbler (*) ______ mig-west 
     Dendroica nigrescens
     
     
514. Golden-cheeked Warbler (t2) (USeb) (*) ______ cent  (not only a US endemic breeder, but also one for Texas) 
     Dendroica chrysoparia
     
     
515. Black-throated Green Warbler (*) ______ mig-east
     Dendroica virens
     
     
516. Townsend's Warbler (*) ______ mig-west
     Dendroica townsendi
     
     
517. Hermit Warbler ______ mig-west
     Dendroica occidentalis
     
     
518. Blackburnian Warbler (*) ______ mig-east
     Dendroica fusca
     
     
519. Yellow-throated Warbler (*) ______ east
     Dendroica dominca
     
     
520. Grace's Warbler ______ west 
     Dendroica graciae
     
     
521. Pine Warbler (*) ______ win-east, south 
     Dendroica pinus
     
     
522. Prairie Warbler ______ east
     Dendroica discolor
     
     
523. Palm Warbler ______ mig, win-east
     Dendroica palmarum
     
     
524. Bay-breasted Warbler (*) ______ mig-east
     Dendroica castanea
     
     
525. Blackpoll Warbler (*) ______ mig
     Dendroica striata
     
     
526. Cerulean Warbler  (t3) ______ mig
     Dendroica cerulea
     
     
527. Black-and-white Warbler (*) ______ east, cent
     Mniotilta varia
     
     
528. American Redstart (*) ______ east
     Setophaga ruticilla
     
     
529. Prothonotary Warbler ______ east 
     Protonotaria citrea
     
     
530. Worm-eating Warbler (*) ______ east 
     Helmitheros vermivorus
     
     
531. Swainson's Warbler ______ east 
     Limnothlypis swainsonii
     
     
532. Ovenbird (*) ______ mig-east
     Seiurus aurocapillus
     
     
533. Northern Waterthrush (*) ______ mig
     Seiurus noveboracensis
     
     
534. Louisiana Waterthrush ______ east 
     Seiurus molacilla 
     
     
535. Kentucky Warbler (*) ______ east 
     Oporornis formosus
     
     
536. Mourning Warbler (*) ______ mig 
     Oporornis philadelphia
     
     
537. MacGillivray's Warbler ______ mig-west
     Oporornis tolmiei
     
     
538. Connecticut Warbler  (TXr) ______
     Oporornis agilis
     
     
539. Common Yellowthroat (*) ______ east, west, win-south
     Geothylpis trichas
     
     
540. Gray-crowned Yellowthroat  (TXr) (*) ______ south (mex)
     Chamaethlypis (formerly Geothylpis) poliocephala
     
     
541. Hooded Warbler (*) ______ east
     Wilsonia citrina
     
     
542. Wilson's Warbler (*) ______ mig-west, win-east
     Wilsonia pusilla
     
     
543. Canada Warbler (*) ______ mig-east
     Wilsonia canadensis
     
     
544. Red-faced Warbler  (TXr) ______
     Cardellina rubrifrons
     
     
545. Painted Whitestart (*) ______ west (rare in TX)  (has been called Painted Redstart)
     Myioborus p. pictus
     
     
546. Slate-throated Whitestart  (USr) (TXr) ______  (has been called Slate-throated Redstart)
     Myioborus miniatus
     
     
547. Stripe-crowned Warbler  (USr) (TXr) ______  (has been called Golden-crowned Warbler)
     Basileuterus culicivorus
      
     
548. Rufous-capped Warbler  (TXr) (*)  ______  south (mex)
     Basileuterus rufifrons
        
     
549. Yellow-breasted Chat (*) ______ sum-north, cent, east
     Icteria virens
     
     
550. Bobolink ______ mig
     Dolichonyx oryzivorus
     
     
551. Red-winged Blackbird (*) ______ thru
     Agelaius phoeniceus
     
     
552. Eastern Meadowlark (*) ______ thru
     Sturnella magna
     
     
553. Western Meadowlark (*) ______ west, win-cent,south,east
     Sturnella neglecta
     
     
554. Yellow-headed Blackbird (*) ______ mig-west
     Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
     
     
555. Rusty Blackbird ______ win-east
     Euphagus carolinus
     
     
556. Brewer's Blackbird (*) ______ win-thru
     Euphagus cyanocephalus
     
     
557. Common Grackle (*) ______ thru (ex far-south) 
     Quiscalus quiscula
     
     
558. Boat-tailed Grackle (*) ______ east 
     Quiscalus major
     
     
559. Great-tailed Grackle (*) ______ thru
     Quiscalus mexicanus
     
     
560. Bronzed Cowbird (*) ______ sum-west,south
     Molothrus aeneus
     
     
561. Brown-headed Cowbird (*) ______ thru
     Molothrus ater
     
     
562. Shiny Cowbird  (TXr) ______
     Molothrus bonariensis
     
     
563. Black-vented Oriole  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Icterus wagleri
     
     
564. Orchard Oriole (*) ______ sum-thru
     Icterus spurius
     
     
565. Hooded Oriole (*) ______ west, south
     Icterus cucullatus
     
     
566. Bullock's Oriole (*) ______ west, cent (formerly said to be conspecific with the Baltimore Oriole and was then part of Northern Oriole)
     Icterus bullockii
     
     
567. Baltimore Oriole (*) ______ east  (when formerly said to be conspecific with Bullock's Oriole was called Northern Oriole)
     Icterus galbula
     
     
568. Altamira Oriole (*) ______ far-south  (was, at one time, called Lichtenstein's Oriole)
     Icterus gularis
     
     
569. Audubon's Oriole (*) ______ south (has been called Black-headed Oriole)
     Icterus graduacauda
     
     
570. Scott's Oriole (*) ______ west
     Icterus parisorum 
     
     
571. Hepatic Tanager (*) ______ west 
     Piranga hepatica
     
     
572. Summer Tanager (*) ______ sum-thru (ex north) 
     Piranga rubra
     
     
573. Scarlet Tanager (*) ______ mig 
     Piranga olivacea
     
     
574. Western Tanager (*) ______ mig-west
     Piranga ludoviciana
     
     
575. Flame-colored Tanager  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Piranga bidentata
     
     
576. White-collared Seedeater (USr) (TXr) (*) ______ south (mex)
     Sporophila torqueola
     
     
577. Yellow-faced Grassquit  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Tiaris olivacea
     
     
578. Olive Sparrow (*) ______ south (mex)
     Arremonops rufivirgatus
     
     
579. Green-tailed Towhee (*) ______ win-west, south 
     Pipilo chlorurus
     
     
580. Spotted Towhee (*) ______ win-thru (ex east)  (this & the Eastern Towhee were considered conspecific, and when so was called Rufous-sided Towhee) 
     Pipilo maculatus montanus
     
     
581. Eastern Towhee (*) ______ win-east  (this & the Spotted Towhee were considered conspecific, and when so was called Rufous-sided Towhee) 
     Pipilo erythrophthalmus
     
     
582. Canyon Towhee (*) ______ west, cent  (formerly with California Towhee combined as Brown Towhee)
     Pipilo fuscus texanus 
     
     
583. Cassin's Sparrow (*) ______ thru (ex east)
     Aimophila cassinii
     
     
584. Bachman's Sparrow (nt) ______ east
     Aimophila aestivalis
     
     
585. Botteri's Sparrow (*) ______ far-south (rare in TX)
     Aimophila botterii
     
     
586. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (*) ______ west, cent
     Aimophila ruficeps
     
     
587. American Tree Sparrow ______ win
     Spizella arborea
     
     
588. Chipping Sparrow (*) ______ thru (ex cent & south only in win)
     Spizella passerina
     
     
589. Clay-colored Sparrow (*) ______ win-south, mig 
     Spizella pallida
     
     
590. Brewer's Sparrow (*) ______ win-west 
     Spizella breweri
     
     
591. Field Sparrow (*) ______ win-thru, cent (all-year)
     Spizella pusilla
     
     
592. Black-chinned Sparrow (*) ______ west
     Spizella atrogularis
     
     
593. Vesper Sparrow (*) ______ win-thru
     Pooecetes gramineus
     
     
594. Lark Sparrow (*) ______ thru
     Chondestes grammacus
     
     
595. Black-throated Sparrow (*) ______ west, cent
     Amphispiza bilineata
     
     
596. Sage Sparrow ______ win-west
     Amphispiza belli
     
     
597. Lark Bunting (*) ______ win (ex east)
     Calamospiz melanocorys
     
     
598. Savannah Sparrow (*) ______ win-thru
     Passerculus sandwichensis
     
     
599. Grasshopper Sparrow (*) ______ west,cent (all-year), win-east,south
     Ammodramus savannarum
     
     
600. Bairds's Sparrow (*) ______ west
     Ammodramus bairdii
     
     
601. Henslow's Sparrow (*) ______ win-east
     Ammodramus henslowii
     
     
602. LeConte's Sparrow (*) ______  win-east
     Ammodramus leconteii
     
     
603. Nelson's Sparrow ______ win-east  (was formerly, with the Salt Marsh Sparrow, part of the Sharp-tailed Sparrow)
     Ammodramus nelsoni
     
     
604. Seaside Sparrow ______ east
     Ammodramus maritimus
     
     
605. "Red" Fox Sparrow (*) ______ win (ex south)
     Passerella iliaca
     
     
606. Song Sparrow (*) ______ win 
     Melospiza melodia
     
     
607. Lincoln's Sparrow (*) ______ win-thru
     Melospiza lincolnii
     
     
608. Swamp Sparrow (*) ______ win
     Melospiza georgiana
     
     
609. White-throated Sparrow ______ win-thru
     Zonotrichia albicollis
     
     
610. Harris's Sparrow (*) ______ win-cent
     Zonotrichia querula
     
     
611. White-crowned Sparrow (*) ______ win-thru
     Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii
     
     
612. Golden-crowned Sparrow  (TXr) ______
     Zonotrichia atricapilla
     
     
613. "Slate-colored" Dark-eyed Junco ______
     Junco hyemalis
     
     
614. "White-winged" Dark-eyed Junco  (TXr)  ______
     Junco hyemalis
     
     
615. "Oregon" Dark-eyed Junco  ______
     Junco hyemalis
     
     
616. "Gray-headed" Dark-eyed Junco (*) ______ win (ex far-south)
     Junco hyemalis caniceps
     
     
617. Yellow-eyed Junco  (TXr) ______
     Junco phaeonotus
     
     
618. McCown's Longspur ______ win (ex south, east)
     Calcarius mccownii
     
     
619. Lapland Longspur ______ win-north
     Calcarius lapponicus
     
     
620. Smith's Longspur ______ win-east
     Calcarius pictus
     
     
621. Chestnut-collared Longspur ______ win (ex south,east)
     Calcarius ornatus
     
     
622. Snow Bunting  (TXr) ______
     Calcarius (formerly Plectrophenax) nivalis
     
     
623. Dickcissel (*) ______ sum (ex west)
     Spiza americana
     
     
624. Crimson-collared Grosbeak  (USr) (TXr) ______  (mex)
     Rhodothraupis celaebo
     
     
625. Northern Cardinal (*) ______ thru
     Cardinalis cardinalis
     
     
626. Pyrrhuloxia (*) ______ west, south
     Cardinalis sinnatus
     
     
627. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (*) ______ mig-east
     Pheucticus indoviciannus
     
     
628. Black-headed Grosbeak (*) ______ west
     Pheucticus m. melanocephalus
     
     
629. Blue Bunting  (USr) (TXr) ______
     Cyanocompsa parellina
     
     
630. Blue Grosbeak (*) ______ sum-thru
     Passerina caerulea interfusa
     
     
631. Lazuli Bunting ______ mig-west
     Passerina amoena
     
     
632. Indigo Bunting (*) ______ sum (ex west)
     Passerina cyanea
     
     
633. Varied Bunting (*) ______ sum-west
     Passerina v. versicolor
     
     
634. Painted Bunting (*) ______ sum-thru
     Passerina ciris pallidior  
     
     
     Hypothetical (or Historical) in Texas:
     
     
635. White-tailed Tropicbird ______
     Phaethon lepiturus
     
     
636. Scarlet Ibis ______
     Eudocimus ruber
     
     
637. Barnacle Goose ______
     Branta leucopsis
     
     
638. Sharp-tailed Grouse ______
     Tympanuchus phasianellus
     
     
639. Limpkin ______
     Aramus guarauna
     
     
640. Bar-tailed Godwit ______
     Limosa lapponica
     
     
641. Vaux's Swift ______
     Chaetura pelagica
     
     
642. Antillean Crested Hummingbird ______
     Orthorhynchus cristatus
     
     
643. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird ______
     Amazilia tzacatl
     
     
644. Black-capped Gnatcatcher ______
     Polioptila nigriceps
     
     
645. Bachman's Warbler (t1) ______ (may now be extinct)
     Vermivora bachmanii
     
     
646. Abert's Towhee ______
     Pipilo aberti 
     
     
     
     Extirpated, probably extinct:
     
     
647. Eskimo Curlew  ______
     Numenius borealis
     
     The last documented record of the Eskimo Curlew in Texas was in 1962, in the Galveston area. There were about 20 accepted records in that area from 1959 to 1962. 
     Eskimo Curlews were formerly regular migrants in Texas in the spring, with records occurring from March 8 to April 23.  
     
     
648. Ivory-billed Woodpecker
     Campephilus principalis
     
     The Ivory-billed Woodpecker was formerly a resident in the eastern part of Texas, west to the bottomlands of the Trinity River, and along the Gulf Coast west to the Brazos River.
     The three only well-documented records in Texas were in 1885, 1900, & 1904, although there have been 45 other published reports for the state.
     
     
     Extinct:
     
     
649. Passenger Pigeon
     Ectopistes migratorius
     
     
650. Carolina Parakeet
     Conuropsis carolinensis
     
     

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