Birds of the Austin Area & Texas Hill Country

The birds people come here for

Golden-cheeked WarblerThe bird people fly in for. On territory mid-March through May; endemic breeder of the Hill Country.See the tour →

Black-capped VireoThe other Hill Country endemic. Reliable April into May at Balcones Canyonlands.See the tour →

Painted BuntingCommon summer breeder in brushy edges - the most colorful bird in Texas.

Vermilion FlycatcherOpen country with scattered trees; year-round.

Canyon WrenCascading song from limestone canyon walls; year-round.

Rufous-crowned SparrowRocky Hill Country slopes; year-round resident.

Photographed in Austin 219

FlycatchersAcadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensFlycatchersAlder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumRails, Gallinules, CootsAmerican CootFulica americanaCrows and JaysAmerican CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosShorebirdsAmerican Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaFinchesAmerican GoldfinchSpinus tristisRaptorsAmerican KestrelFalco sparveriusSongbirdsAmerican PipitAnthus rubescensWarblersAmerican RedstartSetophaga ruticillaThrushesAmerican RobinTurdus migratoriusPelicans & CormorantsAmerican White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosWaterfowlAmerican WigeonMareca americanaRaptorsBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusSwallows & SwiftsBarn SwallowHirundo rusticaOwlsBarred OwlStrix variaWarblersBay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaKingfishersBelted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonWarblersBlack-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaWaterfowlBlack-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalisVireosBlack-capped VireoVireo atricapillaHummingbirdsBlack-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandriSongbirdsBlack-crested TitmouseBaeolophus atricristatusShorebirdsBlack-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusWarblersBlack-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSparrowsBlack-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineataWarblersBlackburnian WarblerSetophaga fuscaCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsBlue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaSongbirdsBlue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaWaterfowlBlue-winged TealSpatula discorsWarblersBlue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanopteraBlackbirds & OriolesBobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPelicans & CormorantsBrown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisFlycatchersBrown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulusBlackbirds & OriolesBrown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterShorebirdsBuff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisWaterfowlBuffleheadBucephala albeolaOwlsBurrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWarblersCanada WarblerCardellina canadensisWaterfowlCanvasbackAythya valisineriaWrensCanyon WrenCatherpes mexicanusSongbirdsCarolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensisWrensCarolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusSparrowsCassin's SparrowPeucaea cassiniiSwallows & SwiftsCave SwallowPetrochelidon fulvaSongbirdsCedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWarblersCerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaWarblersChestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSwallows & SwiftsChimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaSparrowsChipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWaterfowlCinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSwallows & SwiftsCliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaRails, Gallinules, CootsCommon GallinuleGallinula galeataWaterfowlCommon GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaBlackbirds & OriolesCommon GrackleQuiscalus quisculaPigeons and DovesCommon Ground DoveColumbina passerinaLoons & GrebesCommon LoonGavia immerNightjarsCommon NighthawkChordeiles minorWarblersCommon YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasFlycatchersCouch's KingbirdTyrannus couchiiRaptorsCrested CaracaraCaracara plancusCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsDickcisselSpiza americanaPelicans & CormorantsDouble-crested CormorantNannopterum auritumWoodpeckersDowny WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensLoons & GrebesEared GrebePodiceps nigricollisThrushesEastern BluebirdSialia sialisFlycatchersEastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusBlackbirds & OriolesEastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaFlycatchersEastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeFlycatchersEastern Wood-PeweeContopus virensWaterfowlEgyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPigeons and DovesEurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSparrowsField SparrowSpizella pusillaGulls & TernsForster's TernSterna forsteriGulls & TernsFranklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWaterfowlFulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorWaterfowlGadwallMareca streperaWarblersGolden-cheeked WarblerSetophaga chrysopariaSongbirdsGolden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaWoodpeckersGolden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsWarblersGolden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraSparrowsGrasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumMockingbirds & ThrashersGray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisThrushesGray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusWading BirdsGreat Blue HeronArdea herodiasFlycatchersGreat Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWading BirdsGreat EgretArdea albaOwlsGreat Horned OwlBubo virginianusBlackbirds & OriolesGreat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanusCuckoosGreater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusShorebirdsGreater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWading BirdsGreen HeronButorides virescensWaterfowlGreen-winged TealAnas creccaRaptorsHarris's HawkParabuteo unicinctusSparrowsHarris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaThrushesHermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWaterfowlHooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWarblersHooded WarblerSetophaga citrinaFinchesHouse FinchHaemorhous mexicanusSparrowsHouse SparrowPasser domesticusPigeons and DovesInca DoveColumbina incaCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsIndigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaShorebirdsKilldeerCharadrius vociferusWoodpeckersLadder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisSparrowsLark SparrowChondestes grammacusFlycatchersLeast FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusShorebirdsLeast SandpiperCalidris minutillaGulls & TernsLesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusFinchesLesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltriaNightjarsLesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennisWaterfowlLesser ScaupAythya affinisShorebirdsLesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSparrowsLincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWading BirdsLittle Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaSongbirdsLoggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusShorebirdsLong-billed CurlewNumenius americanusWarblersLouisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacillaWarblersMacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmieiWarblersMagnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWaterfowlMallardAnas platyrhynchosRaptorsMerlinFalco columbariusRaptorsMississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensisParrotsMonk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusPigeons and DovesMourning DoveZenaida macrouraWarblersMourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWarblersNashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPelicans & CormorantsNeotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianumCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsNorthern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWoodpeckersNorthern FlickerColaptes auratusRaptorsNorthern HarrierCircus hudsoniusWrensNorthern House WrenTroglodytes aedonMockingbirds & ThrashersNorthern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosWarblersNorthern ParulaSetophaga americanaWaterfowlNorthern PintailAnas acutaSwallows & SwiftsNorthern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisWarblersNorthern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWarblersNorthern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaWarblersOrange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataBlackbirds & OriolesOrchard OrioleIcterus spuriusRaptorsOspreyPandion haliaetusCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsPainted BuntingPasserina cirisShorebirdsPectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsPhainopeplaPhainopepla nitensVireosPhiladelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusLoons & GrebesPied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWoodpeckersPileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWarblersPine WarblerSetophaga pinusShorebirdsPiping PloverCharadrius melodusWarblersPrairie WarblerSetophaga discolorSwallows & SwiftsPurple MartinProgne subisWoodpeckersRed-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusVireosRed-eyed VireoVireo olivaceusRaptorsRed-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusRaptorsRed-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisBlackbirds & OriolesRed-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusWading BirdsReddish EgretEgretta rufescensWaterfowlRedheadAythya americanaGulls & TernsRing-billed GullLarus delawarensisWaterfowlRing-necked DuckAythya collarisKingfishersRinged KingfisherMegaceryle torquataWrensRock WrenSalpinctes obsoletusCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsRose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWading BirdsRoseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajajaSongbirdsRuby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWaterfowlRuddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSparrowsRufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficepsBlackbirds & OriolesRusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusMockingbirds & ThrashersSage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanusShorebirdsSanderlingCalidris albaCranesSandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSparrowsSavannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisFlycatchersSay's PhoebeSayornis sayaTanagersScarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaFlycatchersScissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusOwlsShort-eared OwlAsio flammeusRaptorsShort-tailed HawkButeo brachyurusWaterfowlSnow GooseAnser caerulescensWading BirdsSnowy EgretEgretta thulaShorebirdsSnowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosusSparrowsSong SparrowMelospiza melodiaRails, Gallinules, CootsSoraPorzana carolinaShorebirdsSpotted SandpiperActitis maculariusSparrowsSpotted TowheePipilo maculatusShorebirdsStilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusTanagersSummer TanagerPiranga rubraWaterfowlSurf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataRaptorsSwainson's HawkButeo swainsoniThrushesSwainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWarblersSwainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsoniiSparrowsSwamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSwallows & SwiftsTree SwallowTachycineta bicolorRaptorsTurkey VultureCathartes auraShorebirdsUpland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaThrushesVeeryCatharus fuscescensSongbirdsVerdinAuriparus flavicepsFlycatchersVermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinusSparrowsVesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusRails, Gallinules, CootsVirginia RailRallus limicolaThrushesWestern BluebirdSialia mexicanaWading BirdsWestern Cattle-EgretArdea ibisFlycatchersWestern KingbirdTyrannus verticalisBlackbirds & OriolesWestern MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSparrowsWhite-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysVireosWhite-eyed VireoVireo griseusWading BirdsWhite-faced IbisPlegadis chihiShorebirdsWhite-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSparrowsWhite-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisShorebirdsWilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorShorebirdsWilson's SnipeGallinago delicataWarblersWilson's WarblerCardellina pusillaWrensWinter WrenTroglodytes hiemalisThrushesWood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaFlycatchersYellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWoodpeckersYellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusCuckoosYellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusWarblersYellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensWading BirdsYellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violaceaBlackbirds & OriolesYellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusWarblersYellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWarblersYellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica

Also seen in Austin 82

Birds Bryan has recorded here whose photos below were taken elsewhere in Texas.

HummingbirdsAllen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasinShorebirdsAmerican AvocetRecurvirostra americanaGulls & TernsAmerican Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPelicans & CormorantsAnhingaAnhinga anhingaFlycatchersAsh-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascensBlackbirds & OriolesBaltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaVireosBell's VireoVireo belliiWrensBewick's WrenThryomanes bewickiiGulls & TernsBlack SkimmerRynchops nigerGulls & TernsBlack TernChlidonias nigerRaptorsBlack VultureCoragyps atratusShorebirdsBlack-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsBlack-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalusWarblersBlack-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWarblersBlack-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescensCrows and JaysBlue JayCyanocitta cristataVireosBlue-headed VireoVireo solitariusGulls & TernsBonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaHummingbirdsBroad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercusRaptorsBroad-winged HawkButeo platypterusBlackbirds & OriolesBronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneusSeabirdsBrown BoobySula leucogasterBlackbirds & OriolesBullock's OrioleIcterus bullockiiSongbirdsBushtitPsaltriparus minimusWaterfowlCanada GooseBranta canadensisSparrowsCanyon TowheeMelozone fuscaGulls & TernsCaspian TernHydroprogne caspiaSparrowsClay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaCrows and JaysCommon RavenCorvus coraxGulls & TernsCommon TernSterna hirundoRaptorsCooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiSongbirdsDark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisShorebirdsDunlinCalidris alpinaOwlsEastern Screech-OwlMegascops asioSparrowsEastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmusVireosEastern Warbling VireoVireo gilvusSongbirdsEuropean StarlingSturnus vulgarisWaterfowlGreater ScaupAythya marilaCrows and JaysGreen JayCyanocorax yncasKingfishersGreen KingfisherChloroceryle americanaCuckoosGroove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostrisLoons & GrebesHorned GrebePodiceps auritusSparrowsHorned LarkEremophila alpestrisShorebirdsHudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicusVireosHutton's VireoVireo huttoniCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsLark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorysGulls & TernsLaughing GullLeucophaeus atricillaGulls & TernsLeast TernSternula antillarumWading BirdsLimpkinAramus guaraunaShorebirdsMarbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWaterfowlMottled DuckAnas fulvigulaQuailNorthern BobwhiteColinus virginianusWaterfowlNorthern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWarblersOvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWarblersPalm WarblerSetophaga palmarumRaptorsPeregrine FalconFalco peregrinusRails, Gallinules, CootsPurple GallinulePorphyrio martinicaCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsPyrrhuloxiaCardinalis sinuatusWaterfowlRed-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSongbirdsRed-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisPigeons and DovesRock PigeonColumba liviaHummingbirdsRuby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisShorebirdsRuddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresHummingbirdsRufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusBlackbirds & OriolesScott's OrioleIcterus parisorumWrensSedge WrenCistothorus stellarisShorebirdsSolitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWarblersTennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWarblersTownsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendiWading BirdsTricolored HeronEgretta tricolorTanagersWestern TanagerPiranga ludovicianaFlycatchersWestern Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulusWading BirdsWhite IbisEudocimus albusRaptorsWhite-tailed HawkGeranoaetus albicaudatusPigeons and DovesWhite-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxiPigeons and DovesWhite-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaCranesWhooping CraneGrus americanaGame BirdsWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoShorebirdsWilletTringa semipalmataWaterfowlWood DuckAix sponsaCrows and JaysWoodhouse's Scrub-JayAphelocoma woodhouseiiWarblersWorm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum

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Other birds possible in the area include 81

81 more species Bryan has recorded in Austin — all fair game on a tour, photos to come:

• Acorn Woodpecker
• American Barn Owl
• American Bittern
• American Woodcock
• Anna's Hummingbird
• Baird's Sandpiper
• Bank Swallow
• Black Scoter
• Black-billed Cuckoo
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Blackpoll Warbler
• Brewer's Blackbird
• Brewer's Sparrow
• Brown Creeper
• Brown Thrasher
• Cackling Goose
• California Gull
• Cassin's Kingbird
• Cassin's Vireo
• Chestnut-collared Longspur
• Chuck-will's-widow
• Common Merganser
• Common Poorwill
• Eastern Whip-poor-will
• Ferruginous Hawk
• Fork-tailed Flycatcher
• Fox Sparrow
• Glossy Ibis
• Golden-fronted x Red-bellied Woodpecker (hybrid)
• Gray Crowned-Crane
• Greater White-fronted Goose
• Green-tailed Towhee
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Hammond's Flycatcher
• Hermit Warbler
• Hudsonian Godwit
• Kentucky Warbler
• Lapland Longspur
• Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)
• Lazuli Bunting
• Least Grebe
• LeConte's Sparrow
• Long-billed Dowitcher
• Marsh Wren
• Mexican Duck
• Mountain Bluebird
• Mountain Plover
• Northern Shrike
• Olive-sided Flycatcher
• Pacific Loon
• Philippine Duck
• Pine Siskin
• Prairie Falcon
• Prothonotary Warbler
• Purple Finch
• Red-headed Woodpecker
• Red-naped Sapsucker
• Red-necked Phalarope
• Red-throated Loon
• Ross's Goose
• Semipalmated Plover
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Short-billed Dowitcher
• Sprague's Pipit
• Thick-billed Longspur
• Tropical Parula
• Tufted Titmouse
• Tufted x Black-crested Titmouse (hybrid)
• Western Grebe
• Western Sandpiper
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• White-winged Scoter
• Willow Flycatcher
• Wood Stork
• Yellow Rail
• Yellow-billed Duck
• Yellow-crowned Night Heron
• Yellow-green Vireo
• Yellow-throated Vireo
• Zone-tailed Hawk

Other wildlife photographed here

AlligatorAmerican Snout ButterflyBordered PatchCelia's Roadside SkipperCheckered WhiteCommon BuckeyeCommon MestraFiery skipperGoatweed LeafwingGulf Fritillary ButterflyJuliaMonarch ButterflyPipevine SwallowtailQuestion Mark ButterflyTawny EmperorTexan CrescentVariegated Fritillary ButterflyWhite-striped LongtailAmerican RubyspotBlue-fronted DancerEbony Jewelwing DamselflyFamiliar Bluet DamselflyGreat SpreadwingNeon SkimmerSmoky RubyspotSpringwater DancerBlue DasherEastern PondhawkEastern Ringtail DragonflyFour-spotted Pennant DragonflyHalloween Pennant DragonflyRed-mantled Saddlebags DragonflyWandering GliderWidow Skimmer DragonflyBlue MistflowerGiant SpiderwortJulia's GoldenrodTexas SpiderwortTurk's CapBull FrogGulf Coast ToadBand-winged GrasshopperSpotted Bird GrasshopperCrane FlyRed Harvester AntWalking StickGreater Earless LizardGreen AnoleTexas Spiny LizardTexas Spotted WhiptailCottontail RabbitCowEastern Fox SquirrelGray FoxNutriaRock SquirrelEight-spotted Forester MothLucerne MothYellow-collared Scape MothCattailsSunsetBroad-banded Water SnakeCottonmouthRed-striped Ribbon SnakeGreen Lynx SpiderOrb WeaverSpined MicrathenaWestern Spotted OrbweaverSpiny Softshell TurtleBrown-legged Grass-carrying WaspGiant Black Robber FlyGuinea Paper WaspRed Paper WaspRed-footed CannibalflySand Wasp