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Nature of Val Verde County, Texas

A guide to some of the most common nature in Val Verde County and nearby places.

Mountain Lion ¹
Puma concolor

Yellow Garden Spider ²
Argiope aurantia

Phidippus arizonensis ³

Bold Jumping Spider ⁴
Phidippus audax

Brown Recluse ⁵
Loxosceles reclusa

Spinybacked Orbweaver ⁶
Gasteracantha cancriformis

Western Black Widow ⁷
Latrodectus hesperus

Southern Black Widow ⁸
Latrodectus mactans

Greater Roadrunner ⁹
Geococcyx californianus

Belted Kingfisher ¹⁰
Megaceryle alcyon

Ringed Kingfisher ¹¹
Megaceryle torquata

Green Kingfisher ¹²
Chloroceryle americana

Eurasian Collared-Dove ¹³
Streptopelia decaocto

Rock Pigeon ¹⁴
Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon ¹⁵
Patagioenas fasciata

White-tipped Dove ³
Leptotila verreauxi

White-winged Dove ¹⁶
Zenaida asiatica

Mourning Dove ¹⁷
Zenaida macroura

Inca Dove ³
Columbina inca

Common Ground Dove ¹⁸
Columbina passerina

Common Moorhen ¹⁹
Gallinula chloropus

American Coot ²⁰
Fulica americana

Turkey Vulture ²¹
Cathartes aura

Black Vulture ²²
Coragyps atratus

Northern Bobwhite ²³
Colinus virginianus

Scaled Quail ²⁴
Callipepla squamata

Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo

Greater Yellowlegs ²⁵
Tringa melanoleuca

Common Loon ²⁶
Gavia immer

Red-throated Loon ²⁷
Gavia stellata

White-faced Ibis ³
Plegadis chihi

Least Bittern ³
Ixobrychus exilis

Black-crowned Night-Heron ²⁸
Nycticorax nycticorax

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ²⁹
Nyctanassa violacea

Merlin ³⁰
Falco columbarius

Aplomado Falcon
Falco femoralis

Prairie Falcon ³⁰
Falco mexicanus

Peregrine Falcon ³¹
Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel ³²
Falco sparverius

Crested Caracara ³³
Caracara cheriway

Black-chinned Hummingbird ³⁴
Archilochus alexandri

Ruby-throated Hummingbird ³⁵
Archilochus colubris

White-throated Swift ³⁶
Aeronautes saxatalis

Chimney Swift ³
Chaetura pelagica

Golden Eagle ³⁷
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ³⁸
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ³⁹
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ¹⁰
Accipiter striatus

Zone-tailed Hawk ³⁴
Buteo albonotatus

Red-tailed Hawk ⁴⁰
Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk ⁴¹
Buteo lagopus

Red-shouldered Hawk ⁴²
Buteo lineatus

Gray Hawk ⁴³
Buteo nitidus

Ferruginous Hawk ⁴⁴
Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk ⁴⁵
Buteo swainsoni

Harris's Hawk ³⁴
Parabuteo unicinctus

Mississippi Kite ⁴⁶
Ictinia mississippiensis

Double-crested Cormorant ⁴⁷
Phalacrocorax auritus

Neotropic Cormorant ⁴⁸
Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Mule Deer ⁴⁹
Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed Deer ⁵⁰
Odocoileus virginianus

European Fallow Deer ⁵⁰
Dama Dama

Axis Deer ⁵¹
Axis axis

Sika Deer ⁵²
Cervus nippon

Eastern Red Bat ⁵³
Lasiurus borealis

Scimitar-horned Oryx ⁵⁴
Oryx dammah

Blackbuck ⁵⁵
Antilope cervicapra

Aoudad ⁵⁶
Ammotragus lervia

Javelina ⁵⁷
Pecari tajacu

Wild Boar ⁵⁸
Sus scrofa

Hoary Bat ⁵⁹
Lasiurus cinereus

Seminole Bat ⁶⁰
Lasiurus seminolus

Pallid Bat ⁶¹
Antrozous pallidus

Big Brown Bat ⁶²
Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat ⁶³
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Western Pipistrelle ⁶⁴
Pipistrellus hesperus

Eastern Pipistrelle ⁶⁵
Pipistrellus subflavus

Fringed Myotis ⁶⁶
Myotis thysanodes

Cave Myotis
Myotis velifer

Yuma Myotis ⁶⁷
Myotis yumanensis

Western Bonneted Bat
Eumops perotis

Mexican Free-tailed Bat ⁶⁸
Tadarida brasiliensis

Big Free-tailed Bat ⁶⁹
Nyctinomops macrotis

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat ⁷⁰
Diphylla ecaudata

Ghost-faced Bat ⁷¹
Mormoops megalophylla

Common Raccoon ⁸
Procyon lotor

Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake ⁷²
Pellaea ovata

Small-leaf False Cloak Fern ⁷³
Argyrochosma microphylla

scaly cloak-fern ⁷⁴
Astrolepis cochisensis

Hybrid Cloakfern ⁷⁵
Astrolepis integerrima

wavy scale cloakfern ⁷⁵
Astrolepis sinuata

Windham's scaly cloakfern ⁷⁶
Astrolepis windhamii

Ashe juniper ⁷⁷
Juniperus ashei

papershell pinyon ⁷⁸
Pinus remota

Texas Paloverde ⁷⁹
Cercidium texanum

Two-Leaved Senna ⁷⁴
Senna bauhinioides

Lindheimer's Senna ⁸⁰
Senna lindheimeriana

Two-leaved Senna ⁸¹
Senna roemeriana

Mexican palo verde ⁸²
Parkinsonia aculeata

Texas Paloverde
Parkinsonia texana

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