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Appendix C. Texas Birds Including Those Found in Three Urban Centers and in Other States Appendix C. Texas birds including those found in three urban centers and in other states. (Courtesy of Cassandra LaFleur) Texas Birds Scientific Name Austin Dallas Houston States Checklistb 1. Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) H 38 2. Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) 14 3. Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) 42 4. Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) 20 5. Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) 1 6. American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) D 49 7. American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) H 49 8. American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 47 9. American Coot (Fulica americana) D H 50 10. American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Da H 49 11. American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) 16 12. American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) 8 13. American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) 48 14. American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) A D H 49 15. American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) D H 49 16. American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) 21 17. American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) 50 18. American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) Da 49 19. American Robin (Turdus migratorius) A Da H 49 20. American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) 49 (Pelecanus 21. American White Pelican D 49 erythrorhynchos) 22. American Wigeon (Anas americana) D 50 23. American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) H 42 24. Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) D 37 25. Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 30 26. Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) 3 27. Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) 44 28. Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) 39 29. Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda) 2 30. Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) 17 31. Aztec Thrush (Ridgwayia pinicola) 2 32. Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis) 24 33. Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) 50 34. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) D H 49 35. Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) A Da 48 36. Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro) 21 37. Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata) 38 38. Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) 49 39. Barn Owl (Tyto alba) A D H 48 Appendix C. (Continued…) Texas Birds Scientific Name Austin Dallas Houston States Checklistb 40. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) A D H 50 41. Barred Owl (Strix varia) A D H 46 42. Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) 42 43. Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) Da 48 44. Bell's Sparrow (sage sparrow) (Amphispiza belli) 17 45. Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) 42 46. Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) D H 50 47. Berylline Hummingbird (Amazilia beryllina) 3 48. Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) A Da 46 49. Black Noddy (Anous minutus) 3 50. Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) 15 51. Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) 36 52. Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) 50 53. Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) 32 54. Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) 50 55. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) D H 40 56. Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) Da 49 57. Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 49 58. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) D H 32 59. Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) 47 60. Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) 30 61. Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) Da 47 62. Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 42 63. Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) 17 64. Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapilla) 9 65. Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) A 29 66. Black-chinned Sparrow (Spizella atrogularis) 8 67. Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) A 2 68. Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) D H 50 (Pheucticus 69. Black-headed Grosbeak 49 melanocephalus) (Chroicocephalus 70. Black-headed Gull 38 ridibundus) 71. Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) 50 72. Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) D 50 73. Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) 49 74. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura) 7 75. Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris ) 17 76. Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 49 77. Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens) 44 78. Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) Da 48 Appendix C. (Continued…) Texas Birds Scientific Name Austin Dallas Houston States Checklistb 79. Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) 29 80. Black-vented Oriole (Icterus wagleri) 2 81. Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus) 7 82. Blue Bunting (Cyanocompsa parellina) 2 83. Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) D 48 84. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) A Da H 48 85. Blue Mockingbird (Melanotis caerulescens) 2 86. Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) 6 87. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Da H 48 88. Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) Da 48 89. Blue-throated Hummingbird (Lampornis clemenciae) 8 90. Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) D 50 91. Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) 48 92. Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major) H 16 93. Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) 49 94. Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) 39 (Chroicocephalus 95. Bonaparte's Gull D 50 philadelphia) 96. Botteri's Sparrow (Peucaea botterii) 3 97. Brant (Branta bernicla) 50 98. Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) 49 99. Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri) 23 100. Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) 20 101. Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) 23 102. Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) 25 103. Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) H 48 104. Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus) 14 105. Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) 18 106. Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) Da 49 107. Brown Jay (Psilorhinus morio) 1 108. Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus) 13 109. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 46 110. Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Da H 49 111. Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus) 10 112. Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Da H 49 113. Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) 24 114. Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis) 9 115. Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Empidonax fulvifrons) 4 116. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) D 49 117. Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) D 50 Appendix C. (Continued…) Texas Birds Scientific Name Austin Dallas Houston States Checklistb 118. Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) 45 119. Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) 38 120. Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) 13 121. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) 29 (Campylorhynchus 122. Cactus Wren 5 brunneicapillus) 123. California Gull (Larus californicus) 42 124. Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) 36 125. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) D 50 126. Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) Da 47 127. Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) D 50 128. Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca) 8 129. Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus) H 16 130. Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) 49 131. Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) A Da H 24 132. Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) A Da H 41 133. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 50 134. Cassin's Finch (Haemorhous cassinii) 20 135. Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans) 21 136. Cassin's Sparrow (Peucaea cassinii) 22 137. Cassin's Vireo (Vireo cassinii) 20 138. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) A D H 50 139. Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) 32 140. Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) A Da H 49 141. Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) 42 142. Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) 37 143. Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 49 144. Chihuahuan Raven (Corvus cryptoleucus) 7 145. Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) A Da H 46 146. Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) A Da H 49 147. Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis) H 38 148. Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) 44 149. Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) 26 150. Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii) 26 151. Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) 27 152. Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) 49 153. Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi) 2 154. Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) D H 49 155. Colima Warbler (Oreothlypis crissalis) 1 156. Common Black-Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) 7 Appendix C. (Continued…) Texas Birds Scientific Name Austin Dallas Houston States Checklistb 157. Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 33 158. Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) D 48 159. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 50 160. Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) A Da H 49 161. Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina) 38 162. Common Loon (Gavia immer) 49 163. Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 50 164. Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) A Da H 50 165. Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) 1 166. Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) 20 167. Common Raven (Corvus corax) H 46 168. Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) 47 169. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) 50 170. Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) H 49 171. Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) 46 172. Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) A D H 48 173. Cordilleran Flycatcher (Empidonax occidentalis) 17 174. Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) 22 175. Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) 17 176. Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii) 9 177. Crescent-chested Warbler (Oreothlypis superciliosa) 2 178. Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) D 20 179. Crimson-collared Gosbeak (Rhodothraupis celaeno) 1 180. Crissal Thrashe (Toxostoma crissale) 7 181. Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) 44 182. Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) 20 183. Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Da 49 184. Dickcissel (Spiza americana) D 49 185. Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) D H 49 186. Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) A Da H 49 187. Dunlin (Calidris alpina) 50 188. Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri) 22 189. Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer) 8 190. Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) 50 191. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) A D H 43 192.
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