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A guide to the birds of Austin and Travis County, TX; USA

This is a guide to the birds of Austin and Travis County, TX.

Sora 1
Porzana carolina
King Rail 2
Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail 3
Rallus limicola
Common Moorhen 4
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 5
Fulica americana
Purple Gallinule 6
Porphyrio martinica
Red Junglefowl 7
Gallus gallus
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 8
Phasianus colchicus
Greater Prairie-Chicken 9
Tympanuchus cupido
Indian Peafowl 10
Pavo cristatus
Northern Bobwhite 11
Colinus virginianus
Helmeted Guineafowl 12
Numida meleagris
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 13
Coccyzus americanus
Greater Roadrunner 14
Geococcyx californianus
Belted Kingfisher 15
Megaceryle alcyon
Ringed Kingfisher 16
Megaceryle torquata
Green Kingfisher 17
Chloroceryle americana
Eurasian Collared Dove 18
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 19
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 20
Zenaida macroura
White-winged Dove 21
Zenaida asiatica
Inca Dove 22
Columbina inca
Common Ground-Dove 2
Columbina passerina
Diamond Dove 23
Geopelia cuneata
Passenger Pigeon 24
Ectopistes migratorius
White Ibis 25
Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis 26
Plegadis falcinellus
White-faced Ibis 27
Plegadis chihi
Brown Booby 28
Sula leucogaster
Red Knot 22
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 29
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 30
Calidris himantopus
Baird's Sandpiper 31
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 32
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 33
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 34
Calidris pusilla
Curlew Sandpiper 35
Calidris ferruginea
Least Sandpiper 22
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 35
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 22
Calidris fuscicollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 36
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 37
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 38
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 39
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 40
Tringa flavipes
Long-billed Curlew 1
Numenius americanus
Common Snipe 41
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 2
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 42
Arenaria interpres
Hudsonian Godwit 43
Limosa haemastica
Marbled Godwit 44
Limosa fedoa
Red-necked Phalarope 1
Phalaropus lobatus
Upland Sandpiper 2
Bartramia longicauda
Eared Grebe 45
Podiceps nigricollis
Horned Grebe 39
Podiceps auritus
Least Grebe 39
Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed Grebe 46
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 47
Phalacrocorax auritus
Neotropic Cormorant 48
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Brown Pelican 49
Pelecanus occidentalis
American White Pelican 50
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Glaucous Gull 51
Larus hyperboreus
Ring-billed Gull 52
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 53
Larus argentatus
California Gull 54
Larus californicus
Forster's Tern 55
Sterna forsteri
Long-tailed Jaeger 56
Stercorarius longicaudus
Black Tern 57
Chlidonias niger
Sabine's Gull 2
Xema sabini
Northern Jacana 58
Jacana spinosa
Pacific Loon 39
Gavia pacifica
Common Loon 2
Gavia immer
Magnificent Frigatebird 59
Fregata magnificens
Peregrine Falcon 60
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 61
Falco sparverius
Merlin 44
Falco columbarius
Crested Caracara 62
Caracara cheriway
Wood Stork 22
Mycteria americana
Turkey Vulture 63
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 64
Coragyps atratus
Killdeer 65
Charadrius vociferus
Semipalmated Plover 66
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-necked Stilt 67
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 68
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 22
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden Plover 69
Pluvialis dominica
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns 1
Ardeidae
Little Blue Heron 70
Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron 2
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret 71
Egretta thula
Reddish Egret 35
Egretta rufescens
Great Blue Heron 72
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 73
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 74
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 22
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret 22
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 75
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 76
Botaurus lentiginosus

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