Bird checklist for the coastal bend (Birds of interest are in bold print)
KEY: R- year round resident W-winter resident S-summer resident M-migrant
a-abundant c-common f-fairly common u-uncommon r-rare o-occasional
____Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck Rf
____Fulvous Whistling-Duck SuWr
____Greater White-Fronted Goose Wf
____Snow Goose Wf
____Ross's Goose Wu
____Cackling Goose Wo
____Canada Goose Wo
____Wood Duck Wr
____Gadwall Wc
____American Wigeon Wc
____Mallard Wu
____Mottled Duck Rc
____Blue-Winged Teal WcSr
____Cinnamon Teal Wu
____Northern Shoveler WaSr
____Northern Pintail Wc
____Green-Winged Teal Wc
____Canvasback Wu
____Redhead Wa
____Ring-Necked Duck Wf
____Greater Scaup Wr
____Lesser Scaup Wc
____Surf Scoter Wr
____White-Winged Scoter Wo
____Black Scoter Wo
____Long-Tailed Duck Wo
____Bufflehead Wf
____Common Goldeneye Wu
____Hooded Merganser Wu
____Red-Breasted Merganser Wf
____Masked Duck Ro
____Ruddy Duck WfSu
____Wild Turkey Ru
____Northern Bobwhite Ru
____Pacific Loon Wo
____Common Loon Wf
____Least Grebe Rf
____Pied-Billed Grebe Rc
____Horned Grebe Wr
____Eared Grebe Wf
____Masked Booby So
____Northern Gannet Wu
____American White Pelican WaSu
____Brown Pelican Ra
____Neotropic Cormorant Rc
____Double-Crested Cormorant WaSr
____Anhinga Ru
____Magnificent Frigatebird Sf
____American Bittern Wr
____Least Bittern SfWr
____Great Blue Heron Ra
____Great Egret Ra
____Snowy Egret Rc
____Little Blue Heron Rf
____Tricolored Heron Rc
____Reddish Egret Rf
____Cattle Egret ScWr
____Green Heron SfWr
____Black-Crowned Night-Heron Rf
____Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron Ru
____White Ibis Rf
____Glossy Ibis Rr
____White-Faced Ibis Ru
____Roseate Spoonbill Rf
____Wood Stork Su
____Black Vulture Rf
____Turkey Vulture Ra
____Osprey WcSu
____Swallow-Tailed Kite Mr
____White-Tailed Kite Rr
____Mississippi Kite Mf
____Bald Eagle Wu
____Northern Harrier Wf
____Sharp-Shinned Hawk Wu
____Cooper's Hawk WfSr
____Harris's Hawk Rf
____Red-Shouldered Hawk Rf
____Broad-Winged Hawk Mc
____Swainson's Hawk MfSr
____White-Tailed Hawk Rf
____Zone-Tailed Hawk Ro
____Red-Tailed Hawk WaSu
____Ferruginous Hawk Wr
____Crested Caracara Rc
____American Kestrel Wa
____Merlin Wu
____Aplomado Falcon Rr
____Peregrine Falcon Wf
____Prairie Falcon Wo
____Black Rail Rr
____Clapper Rail Rf
____King Rail Ru
____Virginia Rail Wu
____Sora WcSr
____Purple Gallinule Su
____Common Moorhen Rc
____American Coot WaSr
____Sandhill Crane Wc
____Whooping Crane Wf
____Black-Bellied Plover WcSu
____American Golden-Plover Mf
____Snowy Plover Ru
____Wilson's Plover SfWo
____Semipalmated Plover Rf
____Piping Plover WcSr
____Killdeer Rc
____Mountain Plover Wr
____American Oystercatcher Ru
____Black-Necked Stilt Rf
____American Avocet Rf
____Greater Yellowlegs WcSu
____Lesser Yellowlegs WfSr
____Solitary Sandpiper MuWr
____Willet Ra
____Spotted Sandpiper Wf
____Upland Sandpiper Mu
____Whimbrel MuWr
____Long-Billed Curlew WcSu
____Hudsonian Godwit Mr
____Marbled Godwit WfSr
____Ruddy Turnstone WcSu
____Red Knot MfWu
____Sanderling WaSf
____Semipalmated Sandpiper Mc
____Western Sandpiper Wf
____Least Sandpiper WcSu
____White-Rumped Sandpiper Mu
____Baird's Sandpiper Mu
____Pectoral Sandpiper Mc
____Dunlin Wc
____Stilt Sandpiper McWu
____Buff-Breasted Sandpiper Mu
____Short-Billed Dowitcher Wu
____Long-Billed Dowitcher WcSr
____Wilson's Snipe Wf
____American Woodcock Wr
____Wilson's Phalarope Mf
____Red-Necked Phalarope Mo
____Laughing Gull Ra
____Bonaparte's Gull Wu
____Ring-Billed Gull WaSr
____Herring Gull WcSr
____Thayer's Gull Wo
____Lesser Black-Backed Gull Wu
____Glaucous Gull Wo
____Gull-Billed Tern SfWu
____Caspian Tern Rf
____Royal Tern Rc
____Sandwich Tern SaWr
____Common Tern McSuWr
____Forster's Tern Rc
____Least Tern ScWo
____Sooty Tern So
____Black Tern Sa
____Brown Noddy So
____Black Skimmer Rf
____Rock Pigeon Ra
____Eurasian Collared-Dove Ra
____White-Winged Dove Rc
____Mourning Dove Ra
____Inca Dove Rf
____Common Ground-Dove Rf
____White-Tipped Dove Ru
____Monk Parakeet Ru
____Black-Billed Cuckoo Mr
____Yellow-Billed Cuckoo MfSu
____Greater Roadrunner Ru
____Groove-Billed Ani SuWr
____Barn Owl Ru
____Eastern Screech-Owl Ru
____Great Horned Owl Rf
____Burrowing Owl Wu
____Barred Owl Rf
____Short-Eared Owl Wr
____Lesser Nighthawk Su
____Common Nighthawk Sf
____Common Pauraque Rf
____Common Poorwill Rr
____Chuck-Will's-Widow Mf
____Eastern Whip-Poor-Will Mr
____Chimney Swift Sc
____Buff-Bellied Hummingbird SfWu
____Ruby-Throated Hummingbird MaWr
____Black-Chinned Hummingbird MuSuWr
____Anna's Hummingbird Wo
____Rufous Hummingbird Wr
____Allen's Hummingbird Wo
____Ringed Kingfisher Ro
____Belted Kingfisher WcSr
____Green Kingfisher Rr
____Red-Headed Woodpecker Wo
____Golden-Fronted Woodpecker Rc
____Red-Bellied Woodpecker Rc
____Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker Wu
____Ladder-Backed Woodpecker Rf
____Downy Woodpecker Wr
____Northern Flicker Wr
____Pileated Woodpecker Rr
____Olive-Sided Flycatcher Mu
____Eastern Wood-Pewee Mc
____Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher Mu
____Acadian Flycatcher Mc
____Alder Flycatcher Mu
____Willow Flycatcher Mc
____Least Flycatcher MfWr
____Eastern Phoebe Wc
____Say's Phoebe Wu
____Vermilion Flycatcher WfSr
____Ash-Throated Flycatcher SfWo
____Great Crested Flycatcher Mc
____Brown-Crested Flycatcher SfWo
____Great Kiskadee Rf
____Couch's Kingbird Rf
____Western Kingbird Su
____Eastern Kingbird Mc
____Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher SaWr
____Loggerhead Shrike WcSr
____White-Eyed Vireo Rc
____Bell's Vireo Mr
____Yellow-Throated Vireo Mu
____Plumbeous Vireo Wo
____Blue-Headed Vireo Wu
____Warbling Vireo Mf
____Philadelphia Vireo Mu
____Red-Eyed Vireo Mf
____Yellow-Green Vireo Mo
____Green Jay Ru
____American Crow Rf
____Chihuahuan Raven Rr
____Horned Lark Ru
____Purple Martin Sc
____Tree Swallow Wu
____Northern Rough-Winged Swallow McWr
____Bank Swallow Mu
____Cliff Swallow Sa
____Cave Swallow SaWu
____Barn Swallow SaWr
____Carolina Chickadee Ru
____Black-Crested Titmouse Ru
____Verdin Ru
____Red-Breasted Nuthatch Wo
____Brown Creeper Wo
____Cactus Wren Ru
____Carolina Wren Rc
____Bewick's Wren Ru
____House Wren Wc
____Winter Wren Wr
____Sedge Wren Wf
____Marsh Wren Wc
____Golden-Crowned Kinglet Wr
____Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Wa
____Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Ru
____Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher Ro
____Eastern Bluebird WuSr
____Veery Mu
____Gray-Cheeked Thrush Mu
____Swainson's Thrush Mc
____Hermit Thrush Wu
____Wood Thrush Mf
____Clay-Colored Thrush Wo
____American Robin Wf
____Gray Catbird Wf
____Northern Mockingbird Ra
____Sage Thrasher Wo
____Brown Thrasher Wr
____Long-Billed Thrasher Rf
____Curve-Billed Thrasher Ru
____European Starling Ra
____American Pipit Wf
____Sprague's Pipit Wu
____Cedar Waxwing Wu
____Blue-Winged Warbler Mu
____Golden-Winged Warbler Mr
____Tennessee Warbler Mc
____Orange-Crowned Warbler Wc
____Nashville Warbler MfWr
____Northern Parula McWr
____Tropical Parula Mo
____Yellow Warbler McWr
____Chestnut-Sided Warbler Mf
____Magnolia Warbler Mf
____Cape May Warbler Mr
____Black-Throated Blue Warbler Mr
____Yellow-Rumped Warbler Wa
____Black-Throated Gray Warbler MoWo
____Black-Throated Green Warbler McWr
____Townsend's Warbler Mo
____Hermit Warbler Mo
____Blackburnian Warbler Mu
____Yellow-Throated Warbler MuWr
____Pine Warbler Wu
____Prairie Warbler MrWo
____Palm Warbler Wr
____Bay-Breasted Warbler Mu
____Blackpoll Warbler Mu
____Cerulean Warbler Mr
____Black-and-White Warbler McWu
____American Redstart MfWr
____Prothonotary Warbler Mu
____Worm-Eating Warbler Mu
____Swainson's Warbler MrSr
____Ovenbird MfWr
____Northern Waterthrush McWr
____Louisiana Waterthrush Mc
____Kentucky Warbler Mu
____Mourning Warbler Mu
____MacGillivray's Warbler Mo
____Common Yellowthroat Wc
____Hooded Warbler Mf
____Wilson's Warbler MfWu
____Canada Warbler Mu
____Yellow-Breasted Chat McWr
____Summer Tanager McWo
____Scarlet Tanager Mu
____Western Tanager MrWr
____Olive Sparrow Ru
____Green-Tailed Towhee Wo
____Spotted Towhee Wr
____Eastern Towhee Wo
____Cassin's Sparrow ScWu
____Chipping Sparrow Wc
____Clay-Colored Sparrow MfWu
____Field Sparrow Wu
____Vesper Sparrow Wf
____Lark Sparrow Rf
____Black-Throated Sparrow Rr
____Lark Bunting Wr
____Savannah Sparrow Wa
____Grasshopper Sparrow WuSr
____LeConte's Sparrow Wu
____Nelson's Sharp-Tailed Sparrow Wu
____Seaside Sparrow Ru
____Fox Sparrow Wo
____Song Sparrow Wr
____Lincoln's Sparrow Wc
____Swamp Sparrow Wf
____White-Throated Sparrow Wr
____White-Crowned Sparrow Wf
____Northern Cardinal Ra
____Pyrrhuloxia Rc
____Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Mf
____Black-Headed Grosbeak MrWr
____Blue Grosbeak Mf
____Lazuli Bunting Mr
____Indigo Bunting McWo
____Painted Bunting MfSuWo
____Dickcissel McSc
____Bobolink Mr
____Red-Winged Blackbird Ra
____Eastern Meadowlark Rf
____Western Meadowlark Wu
____Yellow-Headed Blackbird MuWr
____Brewer's Blackbird Wu
____Common Grackle Wu
____Boat-Tailed Grackle Rc
____Great-Tailed Grackle Ra
____Bronzed Cowbird ScWr
____Brown-Headed Cowbird Rc
____Orchard Oriole Mc
____Hooded Oriole Mo
____Bullock's Oriole MuSu
____Baltimore Oriole McWr
____Audubon's Oriole Ru
____House Finch Ro
____Pine Siskin Wr
____Lesser Goldfinch Rr
____American Goldfinch Wf
____House Sparrow Ra
