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Tarrant County Vertebrate Animals

This is a list of vertebrate animals (i.e., those with a backbone) in Tarrant County, Texas.

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
Wild Turkey 7
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
Groove-billed Ani 14
Crotophaga sulcirostris
Greater Roadrunner 15
Geococcyx californianus
Belted Kingfisher 16
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 17
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Dove 18
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 19
Zenaida macroura
White-winged Dove 20
Zenaida asiatica
Inca Dove 21
Columbina inca
Passenger Pigeon 22
Ectopistes migratorius
White Ibis 23
Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis 24
Plegadis falcinellus
White-faced Ibis 25
Plegadis chihi
Brown Booby 26
Sula leucogaster
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 2
Calidris acuminata
Sanderling 27
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 28
Calidris himantopus
Baird's Sandpiper 29
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 30
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 31
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 27
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 32
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 33
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Calidris fuscicollis
Long-billed Dowitcher 34
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 35
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 36
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 37
Tringa flavipes
Long-billed Curlew 1
Numenius americanus
Common Snipe 38
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 2
Scolopax minor
Hudsonian Godwit 39
Limosa haemastica
Marbled Godwit 40
Limosa fedoa
Upland Sandpiper 2
Bartramia longicauda
Eared Grebe 41
Podiceps nigricollis
Horned Grebe 36
Podiceps auritus
Clark's Grebe 36
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 1
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Least Grebe 36
Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed Grebe 42
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 43
Phalacrocorax auritus
Neotropic Cormorant 44
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
American White Pelican 45
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Glaucous Gull 46
Larus hyperboreus
Ring-billed Gull 47
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 48
Larus argentatus
Glaucous-winged Gull 49
Larus glaucescens
Forster's Tern 50
Sterna forsteri
Long-tailed Jaeger 51
Stercorarius longicaudus
Black Tern 52
Chlidonias niger
Peregrine Falcon 53
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 54
Falco sparverius
Merlin 40
Falco columbarius
Crested Caracara 55
Caracara cheriway
Turkey Vulture 56
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 57
Coragyps atratus
Killdeer 58
Charadrius vociferus
Semipalmated Plover 59
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-necked Stilt 60
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 61
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 21
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden Plover 62
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 63
Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron 2
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret 64
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 1
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 65
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 66
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 21
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret 21
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 67
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 68
Botaurus lentiginosus
Anhinga 69
Anhinga anhinga
Golden Eagle 70
Aquila chrysaetos
Sharp-shinned Hawk 16
Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk 71
Accipiter cooperii
Circus cyaneus 40
Swainson's Hawk 72
Buteo swainsoni
Rough-legged Hawk 73
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 74
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 75
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 76
Buteo platypterus
White-tailed Kite 77
Elanus leucurus
Swallow-tailed Kite 2
Elanoides forficatus
Bald Eagle 78
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Harris's Hawk 2
Parabuteo unicinctus
Mississippi Kite 54
Ictinia mississippiensis

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