Statewide Checklist in eBird Order: Texas Birding Classic teams may use this list in the field to keep track of sightings.
DO NOT SUBMIT a paper, printed, or emailed version of this list to Birding Classic staff. This PDF is only for teams to use in the field in an effort to aid final electronic input of official team checklist into eBird (http://ebird.org/content/tx/). All teams must submit an official checklist to eBird within 48 hours of the completion of their tournament day(s) and share with the Birding Classic eBird account (GTBCStaff). Please see Rule II.B. on Time and Rule IX on Scoring for more information on checklist submission.
Black Scoter WATERFOWL o o Common Ground-Dove o Long-tailed Duck White-tipped Dove o Black-bellied Whistling-Duck o o Bufflehead White-winged Dove o Fulvous Whistling-Duck o o Common Goldeneye Mourning Dove o Swan Goose (Domestic type) o o Hooded Merganser o Greater White-fronted Goose o Common Merganser CUCKOOS o Graylag Goose (Domestic type) o Red-breasted Merganser o Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) o Groove-billed Ani o Ruddy Duck o Snow Goose o Greater Roadrunner o Ross’s Goose o Yellow-billed Cuckoo CHACHALACAS o Snow/Ross’s Goose o Black-billed Cuckoo Plain Chachalaca o Cackling Goose o o Canada Goose NIGHTJARS Cackling/Canada Goose GROUSE, QUAIL, AND ALLIES o o Lesser Nighthawk Tundra Swan Scaled Quail o o o Common Nighthawk Muscovy Duck Gambel’s Quail o o o Common Pauraque Muscovy Duck (Domestic type) Northern Bobwhite o o o Common Poorwill Wood Duck Montezuma Quail o o o Chuck-will’s-widow Gadwall Ring-necked Pheasant o o o Eastern Whip-poor-will American Wigeon Greater Prairie-Chicken o o o Mexican Whip-poor-will Mallard Lesser Prairie-Chicken o o Mallard (Mexican) o o Wild Turkey SWIFTS o Mallard (Domestic type) o Chimney Swift Mottled Duck GREBES o White-throated Swift Blue-winged Teal o o Least Grebe o o Cinnamon Teal o Pied-billed Grebe HUMMINGBIRDS o Northern Shoveler o Horned Grebe Northern Pintail o Rivoli’s Hummingbird o Eared Grebe o (previously Magnificent) o Green-winged Teal o Western Grebe Canvasback o Blue-throated Hummingbird o Clark’s Grebe o Lucifer Hummingbird o Redhead o Ring-necked Duck o Ruby-throated Hummingbird o PIGEONS AND DOVES Black-chinned Hummingbird o Greater Scaup o o Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Lesser Scaup o Ruby-throated/Black-chinned o Red-billed Pigeon o Hummingbird o Greater/Lesser Scaup o Band-tailed Pigeon Surf Scoter o Anna’s Hummingbird o Eurasian Collared-Dove o Broad-tailed Hummingbird o White-winged Scoter o o Inca Dove o Rufous Hummingbird
1 o Allen’s Hummingbird o Buff-breasted Sandpiper LOONS o Rufous/Allen’s Hummingbird o Pectoral Sandpiper o Red-throated Loon o Calliope Hummingbird o Semipalmated Sandpiper o Pacific Loon o Broad-billed Hummingbird o Western Sandpiper o Common Loon o Buff-bellied Hummingbird o Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher o STORKS RAILS, GALLINULES, AND ALLIES Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher o Wood Stork Wilson’s Snipe o o Yellow Rail o Black Rail American Woodcock o o FRIGATEBIRDS, BOOBIES, AND King Rail Wilson’s Phalarope o o GANNETS Red-necked Phalarope o Clapper Rail o Spotted Sandpiper o Magnificent Frigatebird o King/Clapper Rail o Solitary Sandpiper o Masked Booby o Virginia Rail o Greater Yellowlegs o Northern Gannet o Sora o Willet o Purple Gallinule o Lesser Yellowlegs CORMORANTS AND ANHINGAS o Common Gallinule o Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs Neotropic Cormorant o American Coot o o o Double-crested Cormorant SKUAS AND JAEGERS CRANES o Anhinga Pomarine Jaeger o Sandhill Crane o Parasitic Jaeger PELICANS o Whooping Crane o jaeger sp. o o American White Pelican SHOREBIRDS o Brown Pelican GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS o Black-necked Stilt Sabine’s Gull HERONS, IBIS, AND ALLIES o American Avocet o Bonaparte’s Gull American Bittern o American Oystercatcher o o Little Gull Least Bittern o Black-bellied Plover o o Laughing Gull Great Blue Heron o American Golden-Plover o o Franklin’s Gull Great Egret o Snowy Plover o o Ring-billed Gull Snowy Egret o Wilson’s Plover o o Yellow-footed Gull Little Blue Heron o Semipalmated Plover o o California Gull Tricolored Heron o Piping Plover o o Herring Gull Reddish Egret o Killdeer o o Thayer’s Gull Cattle Egret o Mountain Plover o o Lesser Black-backed Gull Green Heron o Upland Sandpiper o o Glaucous Gull Black-crowned Night-Heron o Whimbrel o o Sooty Tern Yellow-crowned Night-Heron o Long-billed Curlew o o Bridled Tern White Ibis o Hudsonian Godwit o o Least Tern Glossy Ibis o Marbled Godwit o o Gull-billed Tern White-faced Ibis o Ruddy Turnstone o o Caspian Tern Glossy/White-faced Ibis o Red Knot o o Black Tern Roseate Spoonbill o Stilt Sandpiper o o Common Tern o Sanderling o Forster’s Tern VULTURES, HAWKS, AND ALLIES o Dunlin o Baird’s Sandpiper o Royal Tern o o Black Vulture Least Sandpiper o Sandwich Tern o o Turkey Vulture White-rumped Sandpiper o Black Skimmer o o Osprey 2 o White-tailed Kite o Red-bellied Woodpecker o Dusky-capped Flycatcher o Hook-billed Kite o Williamson’s Sapsucker o Ash-throated Flycatcher o Swallow-tailed Kite o Yellow-bellied Sapsucker o Great Crested Flycatcher o Golden Eagle o Red-naped Sapsucker o Brown-crested Flycatcher o Mississippi Kite o Yellow-bellied/Red-naped Sapsucker o Myiarchus sp. o Northern Harrier o Ladder-backed Woodpecker o Great Kiskadee o Sharp-shinned Hawk o Downy Woodpecker o Tropical Kingbird o Cooper’s Hawk o Hairy Woodpecker o Couch’s Kingbird o Sharp-shinned/Cooper’s Hawk o Red-cockaded Woodpecker o Tropical/Couch’s Kingbird o Bald Eagle o Northern Flicker o Cassin’s Kingbird o Common Black Hawk o Pileated Woodpecker o Western Kingbird o Harris’s Hawk o Eastern Kingbird o White-tailed Hawk FALCONS AND CARACARAS o Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Gray Hawk o o Crested Caracara Red-shouldered Hawk SHRIKES o o American Kestrel Broad-winged Hawk o o Merlin o Loggerhead Shrike Swainson’s Hawk o o Aplomado Falcon o Northern Shrike Zone-tailed Hawk o o Peregrine Falcon Red-tailed Hawk o o Prairie Falcon VIREOS o Rough-legged Hawk o Black-capped Vireo o Ferruginous Hawk PARROTS, PARAKEETS, AND o White-eyed Vireo ALLIES Bell’s Vireo OWLS o o Monk Parakeet o Gray Vireo Barn Owl o o Red-crowned Parrot o Hutton’s Vireo Flammulated Owl o o Green Parakeet o Yellow-throated Vireo Western Screech-Owl o o Cassin’s Vireo Eastern Screech-Owl o TYRANT FLYCATCHERS: o Blue-headed Vireo Great Horned Owl o PEWEES, KINGBIRDS, AND ALLIES o Plumbeous Vireo o Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Philadelphia Vireo o Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet o o Elf Owl Warbling Vireo o Olive-sided Flycatcher o o Burrowing Owl Red-eyed Vireo o Western Wood-Pewee o o Spotted Owl Yellow-green Vireo o Eastern Wood-Pewee o o Barred Owl o Yellow-bellied Flycatcher o Long-eared Owl JAYS, CROWS, AND RAVENS o Acadian Flycatcher o Short-eared Owl o Alder Flycatcher o Green Jay Willow Flycatcher Steller’s Jay KINGFISHERS o o o Least Flycatcher o Blue Jay Ringed Kingfisher o o Hammond’s Flycatcher o Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay Belted Kingfisher o o Gray Flycatcher o Mexican Jay Green Kingfisher o o Dusky Flycatcher o American Crow o Cordilleran Flycatcher o Fish Crow WOODPECKERS o Empidonax sp. o Chihuahuan Raven o Lewis’s Woodpecker o Black Phoebe o Common Raven o Red-headed Woodpecker o Eastern Phoebe o raven sp. o Acorn Woodpecker o Say’s Phoebe o Golden-fronted Woodpecker o Vermilion Flycatcher
3 LARKS GNATCATCHERS FINCHES AND ALLIES o Horned Lark o Blue-gray Gnatcatcher o House Finch o Black-tailed Gnatcatcher o Purple Finch MARTINS AND SWALLOWS o Cassin’s Finch KINGLETS Red Crossbill o Northern Rough-winged Swallow o Pine Siskin o Purple Martin o Golden-crowned Kinglet o Lesser Goldfinch o Tree Swallow o Ruby-crowned Kinglet o American Goldfinch o Violet-green Swallow o o Bank Swallow THRUSHES Barn Swallow LONGSPURS o o Eastern Bluebird Cliff Swallow Lapland Longspur o o Western Bluebird o Cave Swallow Chestnut-collared Longspur o o Mountain Bluebird o Cliff/Cave Swallow Smith’s Longspur o o Townsend’s Solitaire o McCown’s Longspur o Veery o CHICKADEES AND TITMICE o Gray-cheeked Thrush NEW WORLD SPARROWS o Carolina Chickadee o Swainson’s Thrush o Mountain Chickadee o Hermit Thrush o Botteri’s Sparrow o Juniper Titmouse o Wood Thrush o Cassin’s Sparrow o Tufted Titmouse o Clay-colored Thrush o Bachman’s Sparrow o Black-crested Titmouse o American Robin o Grasshopper Sparrow o Baird’s Sparrow VERDIN AND BUSHTIT CATBIRDS, MOCKINGBIRDS, AND o Henslow’s Sparrow THRASHERS Le Conte’s Sparrow o Verdin o Nelson’s Sparrow o Bushtit o Gray Catbird o Seaside Sparrow o Curve-billed Thrasher o Olive Sparrow NUTHATCHES o Brown Thrasher o American Tree Sparrow Red-breasted Nuthatch o Long-billed Thrasher o o Chipping Sparrow White-breasted Nuthatch o Crissal Thrasher o o Clay-colored Sparrow Pygmy Nuthatch o Sage Thrasher o o Black-chinned Sparrow Brown-headed Nuthatch o Northern Mockingbird o o Field Sparrow o Brewer’s Sparrow TREECREEPERS STARLINGS o o Black-throated Sparrow Brown Creeper o European Starling o o Lark Sparrow
o Lark Bunting WRENS PIPITS o Fox Sparrow Rock Wren American Pipit o o o Dark-eyed Junco Canyon Wren Sprague’s Pipit o o o White-crowned Sparrow House Wren o o Harris’s Sparrow Winter Wren WAXWINGS o o White-throated Sparrow Sedge Wren Cedar Waxwing o o o Sagebrush Sparrow Marsh Wren o o Vesper Sparrow Carolina Wren SILKY-FLYCATCHERS o o Savannah Sparrow Bewick’s Wren o Phainopepla o Song Sparrow Cactus Wren o o o Lincoln’s Sparrow o Swamp Sparrow
4 o Canyon Towhee o Louisiana Waterthrush o Prairie Warbler o Rufous-crowned Sparrow o Northern Waterthrush o Grace’s Warbler o Green-tailed Towhee o Golden-winged Warbler o Black-throated Gray Warbler o Spotted Towhee o Blue-winged Warbler o Townsend’s Warbler o Eastern Towhee o Black-and-white Warbler o Hermit Warbler o Spotted/Eastern Towhee o Prothonotary Warbler o Golden-cheeked Warbler (Rufous-sided Towhee) o Swainson’s Warbler o Black-throated Green Warbler o Crescent-chested Warbler o Canada Warbler YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT o Tennessee Warbler o Wilson’s Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Red-faced Warbler o Yellow-breasted Chat o o o Colima Warbler o Painted Redstart BLACKBIRDS o Lucy’s Warbler o Nashville Warbler CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS, AND o Yellow-headed Blackbird o Virginia’s Warbler ALLIES o Bobolink o MacGillivray’s Warbler Hepatic Tanager o Western Meadowlark o o Mourning Warbler Summer Tanager o Eastern Meadowlark o o Kentucky Warbler Scarlet Tanager o Western/Eastern Meadowlark o o Common Yellowthroat Western Tanager o Orchard Oriole o o Hooded Warbler Northern Cardinal o Hooded Oriole o o American Redstart Pyrrhuloxia o Bullock’s Oriole o o Cape May Warbler Rose-breasted Grosbeak o Altamira Oriole o o Cerulean Warbler Black-headed Grosbeak o Audubon’s Oriole o o Northern Parula Blue Grosbeak o Baltimore Oriole o o Tropical Parula Lazuli Bunting o Scott’s Oriole o o Magnolia Warbler Indigo Bunting o Red-winged Blackbird o o Bay-breasted Warbler Varied Bunting o Bronzed Cowbird o o Blackburnian Warbler Painted Bunting o Brown-headed Cowbird o o Yellow Warbler Dickcissel o Rusty Blackbird o o Chestnut-sided Warbler o Brewer’s Blackbird o Blackpoll Warbler SEEDEATERS o Common Grackle o Black-throated Blue Warbler o Boat-tailed Grackle o Morelet’s Seedeater o Palm Warbler o Great-tailed Grackle (previously White-collared) o Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler WOOD-WARBLERS o OLD WORLD SPARROWS o Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) Ovenbird House Sparrow o o Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) o Worm-eating Warbler o o Yellow-throated Warbler
5 PWD 245–W7000 (2/19)