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Birds of Central Texas

A Guide to all birds of Central Texas

Whooping Crane
Grus americana
Sora 1
Porzana carolina
King Rail 2
Rallus elegans
Common Moorhen 3
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 4
Fulica americana
Purple Gallinule 5
Porphyrio martinica
Red Junglefowl 6
Gallus gallus
Wild Turkey 7
Meleagris gallopavo
Greater Prairie-Chicken 8
Tympanuchus cupido
Indian Peafowl 9
Pavo cristatus
Northern Bobwhite 10
Colinus virginianus
Helmeted Guineafowl 11
Numida meleagris
Black-billed Cuckoo 12
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 23
Columbina passerina
Passenger Pigeon 24
Ectopistes migratorius
White Ibis 25
Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis 26
Plegadis falcinellus
White-faced Ibis 22
Plegadis chihi
Stilt Sandpiper 27
Calidris himantopus
Baird's Sandpiper 28
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 29
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 30
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 31
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 22
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 17
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 22
Calidris fuscicollis
Solitary Sandpiper 4
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 32
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 33
Tringa flavipes
Common Snipe 34
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 35
Scolopax minor
Hudsonian Godwit 36
Limosa haemastica
Red-necked Phalarope 37
Phalaropus lobatus
Upland Sandpiper 38
Bartramia longicauda
Eared Grebe 17
Podiceps nigricollis
Pied-billed Grebe 39
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 40
Phalacrocorax auritus
Neotropic Cormorant 41
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
American White Pelican 42
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Iceland Gull 43
Larus glaucoides
Ring-billed Gull 44
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 45
Larus argentatus
Forster's Tern 46
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 47
Chlidonias niger
Common Loon 48
Gavia immer
Peregrine Falcon 49
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 50
Falco sparverius
Merlin 51
Falco columbarius
Crested Caracara 52
Caracara cheriway
Wood Stork 53
Mycteria americana
Turkey Vulture 54
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 55
Coragyps atratus
Killdeer 56
Charadrius vociferus
Piping Plover 22
Charadrius melodus
Mountain Plover 22
Charadrius montanus
Semipalmated Plover 57
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-necked Stilt 58
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 59
Recurvirostra americana
American Golden-Plover 60
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 61
Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron 62
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret 63
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 64
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 65
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 66
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 22
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret 67
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 68
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 69
Botaurus lentiginosus
Anhinga 70
Anhinga anhinga
Sharp-shinned Hawk 71
Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk 72
Accipiter cooperii
Swainson's Hawk 73
Buteo swainsoni
Rough-legged Hawk 74
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 75
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 76
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 77
Buteo platypterus
White-tailed Kite 78
Elanus leucurus
Bald Eagle 79
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi Kite 80
Ictinia mississippiensis
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 81
Archilochus colubris
Black-chinned Hummingbird 81
Archilochus alexandri
Chimney Swift 22
Chaetura pelagica
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 82
Dendrocygna autumnalis
American Black Duck 83
Anas rubripes
Mallard 84
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 85
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 86
Anas crecca
Common Goldeneye 87
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 29
Bucephala albeola

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