Texas Almanac, 1992-1993 Page: 17
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BIRDS 17
The Birds of Texas
The following is a generally recognized list of birds found in Texas, using their common names only. The
illustrations accompanying the text provide a sampling of some of the state's most beautiful birds.Anhinga
Groove-billed Ani
American Avocet
Rose-throated Becard
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Brewer's Blackbird
Red-Winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Bobolink
Northern Bobwhite
Blue-faced Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Brant
Bufflehead
Indigo Bunting
Lark Bunting
Lazuli Bunting
Painted Bunting
Varied Bunting
Bushtit
Canvasback
Crested Caracara
Northern Cardinal
Gray Catbird
Plain Chachalaca
Yellow-breasted Chat
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Chuck-will's-widow
American Coot
Double-crested Cormorant
Olivaceous Cormorant
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Brown Creeper
Red Crossbill
American Crow
Fish Crow
Mexican Crow
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Long-billed Curlew
Dickcissel
American Dipper
Ground Dove
Inca Dove
Mourning Dove
Ringed Turtle-Dove
Rock Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
White-fronted Dove
White-winged Dove
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed Dowitcher
American Black Duck
Harlequin Duck
Masked Duck
Mottled Duck
Muscovy Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Wood Duck
Dunlin
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Common Eider
Aplomado Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Purple FinchGreater Flamingo
Northern Flicker
Acadian Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Magnificent Frigatebird
Gadwall
Purple Gallinule
Northern Gannet
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
American Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch
Barnacle Goose
Blue Goose
Canada Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross' Goose
Snow Goose
Northern Goshawk
Boat-tailed Grackle
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Eared Grebe
Horned Grebe
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Bonaparte's Gull
California Gull
Franklin's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Sabine's Gull
Northern Harrier
Broad-winged Hawk
Common Black-Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Gray Hawk
Harris' Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Great Blue Heron
Green-backed Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Allen's Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Black-chinned HummingbirdBlue-throated Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Lucifer Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Glossy Ibis
Scarlet Ibis
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Northern Jacana
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Blue Jay
Brown Jay
Green Jay
Pinyon Jay
Scrub Jay
Steller's Jay
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-eyed Junco
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Cassin's Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Tropical Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Great Kiskadee
Black-shouldered Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Black-legged Kittiwake
Red Knot
Horned Lark
Limpkin
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Lapland Longspur
McCown's Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Arctic Loon
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Black-billed Magpie
Mallard
Gray-breasted Martin
Purple Martin
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Merlin
Northern Mockingbird
Common Moorhen
Rufous Mourner
Common Nighthawk
Lesser Nighthawk
Clark's Nutcracker
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Oldsquaw
Altamira Oriole
Audubon's Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Northern Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Osprey
Ovenbird
Barn Owl
Barred Owl
Burrowing Owl
Elf Owl
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