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Birds of the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center

Bird species found at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center in Houston, TX.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus americanus
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker 4
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 5
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 7
Dryobates pubescens
Monk Parakeet 8
Myiopsitta monachus
Eastern Screech-Owl 9
Megascops asio
Barred Owl 10
Strix varia
Great Horned Owl 11
Bubo virginianus
Belted Kingfisher 12
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 13
Streptopelia decaocto
Feral Pigeon 14
Columba livia domestica
White-winged Dove 15
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 16
Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove 4
Columbina inca
Wood Stork 4
Mycteria americana
American Coot 17
Fulica americana
Purple Gallinule 18
Porphyrio martinica
Turkey Vulture 19
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 20
Coragyps atratus
Northern Bobwhite 21
Colinus virginianus
Indian Peafowl 22
Pavo cristatus
Solitary Sandpiper 23
Tringa solitaria
American Woodcock 24
Scolopax minor
Spotted Sandpiper 25
Actitis macularius
Ring-billed Gull 26
Larus delawarensis
Laughing Gull 13
Leucophaeus atricilla
Killdeer 27
Charadrius vociferus
Pied-billed Grebe 28
Podilymbus podiceps
White Ibis 29
Eudocimus albus
Least Bittern 4
Ixobrychus exilis
American Bittern 30
Botaurus lentiginosus
Little Blue Heron 31
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret 32
Egretta thula
Tricolored Heron 24
Egretta tricolor
Great Egret 33
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 33
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 34
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 35
Nyctanassa violacea
Cattle Egret 4
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 36
Butorides virescens
Peregrine Falcon 37
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 38
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 4
Chordeiles minor
Chuck-will's-widow 39
Antrostomus carolinensis
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 40
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 41
Selasphorus rufus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 42
Archilochus colubris
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 43
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Green-winged Teal 44
Anas crecca
Mallard 45
Anas platyrhynchos
Snow Goose 46
Anser caerulescens
Ring-necked Duck 47
Aythya collaris
Wood Duck 48
Aix sponsa
Muscovy Duck 49
Cairina moschata
Domestic Muscovy Duck 50
Cairina moschata domestica
Osprey 51
Pandion haliaetus
Cooper's Hawk 52
Accipiter cooperii
Red-tailed Hawk 41
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 53
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 54
Buteo platypterus
Swainson's Hawk 55
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 56
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi Kite 38
Ictinia mississippiensis
Double-crested Cormorant 57
Phalacrocorax auritus
Anhinga 58
Anhinga anhinga
Cave Swallow 4
Petrochelidon fulva
Cliff Swallow 59
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 60
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 61
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 47
Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 24
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Brown-headed Cowbird 24
Molothrus ater
Bobolink 62
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Baltimore Oriole 63
Icterus galbula
Orchard Oriole 64
Icterus spurius
Great-tailed Grackle 18
Quiscalus mexicanus
Common Grackle 65
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 66
Agelaius phoeniceus
Loggerhead Shrike 4
Lanius ludovicianus
Tufted Titmouse 67
Baeolophus bicolor
Carolina Chickadee 64
Poecile carolinensis
House Sparrow 68
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 69
Sitta canadensis
European Starling 70
Sturnus vulgaris
Carolina Wren 71
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 24
Troglodytes aedon
Winter Wren 24
Troglodytes hiemalis
Marsh Wren 47
Cistothorus palustris
Sedge Wren 24
Cistothorus platensis
American Robin 72
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 73
Catharus guttatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 38
Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush 54
Catharus ustulatus
Eastern Bluebird 74
Sialia sialis
Wood Thrush 75
Hylocichla mustelina
Great Crested Flycatcher 24
Myiarchus crinitus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 76
Contopus cooperi

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