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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

Greater Roadrunner ²
Geococcyx californianus

Belted Kingfisher ³
Megaceryle alcyon

Ringed Kingfisher ⁴
Megaceryle torquata

Green Kingfisher ⁵
Chloroceryle americana

Eurasian Collared-Dove ⁶
Streptopelia decaocto

Rock Pigeon ⁷
Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon ⁸
Patagioenas fasciata

White-tipped Dove ⁹
Leptotila verreauxi

White-winged Dove ¹⁰
Zenaida asiatica

Mourning Dove ¹¹
Zenaida macroura

Inca Dove ⁹
Columbina inca

Common Ground Dove ¹²
Columbina passerina

Common Moorhen ¹³
Gallinula chloropus

American Coot ¹⁴
Fulica americana

Turkey Vulture ¹⁵
Cathartes aura

Black Vulture ¹⁶
Coragyps atratus

Northern Bobwhite ¹⁷
Colinus virginianus

Scaled Quail ¹⁸
Callipepla squamata

Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo

Greater Yellowlegs ¹⁹
Tringa melanoleuca

Common Loon ²⁰
Gavia immer

Red-throated Loon ²¹
Gavia stellata

White-faced Ibis ⁹
Plegadis chihi

Least Bittern ⁹
Ixobrychus exilis

Black-crowned Night-Heron ²²
Nycticorax nycticorax

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ²³
Nyctanassa violacea

Merlin ²⁴
Falco columbarius

Aplomado Falcon
Falco femoralis

Prairie Falcon ²⁴
Falco mexicanus

Peregrine Falcon ²⁵
Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel ²⁶
Falco sparverius

Crested Caracara ²⁷
Caracara cheriway

Black-chinned Hummingbird ²⁸
Archilochus alexandri

Ruby-throated Hummingbird ²⁹
Archilochus colubris

White-throated Swift ³⁰
Aeronautes saxatalis

Chimney Swift ⁹
Chaetura pelagica

Golden Eagle ³¹
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ³²
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ³³
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ³
Accipiter striatus

Zone-tailed Hawk ²⁸
Buteo albonotatus

Red-tailed Hawk ³⁴
Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk ³⁵
Buteo lagopus

Red-shouldered Hawk ³⁶
Buteo lineatus

Gray Hawk ³⁷
Buteo nitidus

Ferruginous Hawk ³⁸
Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk ³⁹
Buteo swainsoni

Harris's Hawk ²⁸
Parabuteo unicinctus

Mississippi Kite ⁴⁰
Ictinia mississippiensis

Double-crested Cormorant ⁴¹
Phalacrocorax auritus

Neotropic Cormorant ⁴²
Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Mule Deer ⁴³
Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed Deer ⁴⁴
Odocoileus virginianus

European Fallow Deer ⁴⁴
Dama Dama

Axis Deer ⁴⁵
Axis axis

Sika Deer ⁴⁶
Cervus nippon

Eastern Red Bat ⁴⁷
Lasiurus borealis

Scimitar-horned Oryx ⁴⁸
Oryx dammah

Blackbuck ⁴⁹
Antilope cervicapra

Aoudad ⁵⁰
Ammotragus lervia

Javelina ⁵¹
Pecari tajacu

Wild Boar ⁵²
Sus scrofa

Hoary Bat ⁵³
Lasiurus cinereus

Seminole Bat ⁵⁴
Lasiurus seminolus

Pallid Bat ⁵⁵
Antrozous pallidus

Big Brown Bat ⁵⁶
Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat ⁵⁷
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Western Pipistrelle ⁵⁸
Pipistrellus hesperus

Eastern Pipistrelle ⁵⁹
Pipistrellus subflavus

Fringed Myotis ⁶⁰
Myotis thysanodes

Cave Myotis
Myotis velifer

Yuma Myotis ⁶¹
Myotis yumanensis

Western Bonneted Bat
Eumops perotis

Mexican Free-tailed Bat ⁶²
Tadarida brasiliensis

Big Free-tailed Bat ⁶³
Nyctinomops macrotis

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat ⁶⁴
Diphylla ecaudata

Ghost-faced Bat ⁶⁵
Mormoops megalophylla

Common Raccoon ⁶⁶
Procyon lotor

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