Birds of North Texas

The birds people come here for

Bald EagleWinter and now year-round at the big reservoirs.

Scissor-tailed FlycatcherThe state's signature roadside bird, spring through fall.

Painted BuntingCommon summer breeder in brushy edges.

American White PelicanBig winter flocks on the reservoirs.

Harris's SparrowThe big winter sparrow of North Texas hedgerows.

Photographed in North Texas 13

ShorebirdsAmerican AvocetRecurvirostra americanaGulls & TernsBlack-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusOwlsBurrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsLark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorysGulls & TernsLesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusRaptorsNorthern HarrierCircus hudsoniusCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsPine GrosbeakPinicola enucleatorSparrowsRed CrossbillLoxia curvirostraGame BirdsRing-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusFlycatchersSay's PhoebeSayornis sayaSparrowsSpotted TowheePipilo maculatusSparrowsWhite-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysGulls & TernsYellow-footed GullLarus livens

Also seen in North Texas 147

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

Rails, Gallinules, CootsAmerican CootFulica americanaCrows and JaysAmerican CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosGulls & TernsAmerican Herring GullLarus smithsonianusRaptorsAmerican KestrelFalco sparveriusSongbirdsAmerican PipitAnthus rubescensThrushesAmerican RobinTurdus migratoriusPelicans & CormorantsAmerican White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosWaterfowlAmerican WigeonMareca americanaRaptorsBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusBlackbirds & OriolesBaltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSwallows & SwiftsBarn SwallowHirundo rusticaVireosBell's VireoVireo belliiKingfishersBelted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonWrensBewick's WrenThryomanes bewickiiGulls & TernsBlack TernChlidonias nigerRaptorsBlack VultureCoragyps atratusSongbirdsBlack-crested TitmouseBaeolophus atricristatusWarblersBlackburnian WarblerSetophaga fuscaCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsBlue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaCrows and JaysBlue JayCyanocitta cristataSongbirdsBlue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaWaterfowlBlue-winged TealSpatula discorsGulls & TernsBonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaRaptorsBroad-winged HawkButeo platypterusBlackbirds & OriolesBrown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterWaterfowlBuffleheadBucephala albeolaWaterfowlCanada GooseBranta canadensisSparrowsCanyon TowheeMelozone fuscaSongbirdsCarolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensisWrensCarolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusSongbirdsCedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSwallows & SwiftsChimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaSwallows & SwiftsCliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaBlackbirds & OriolesCommon GrackleQuiscalus quisculaLoons & GrebesCommon LoonGavia immerWarblersCommon YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasRaptorsCrested CaracaraCaracara plancusSongbirdsDark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsDickcisselSpiza americanaPelicans & CormorantsDouble-crested CormorantNannopterum auritumWoodpeckersDowny WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensLoons & GrebesEared GrebePodiceps nigricollisThrushesEastern BluebirdSialia sialisFlycatchersEastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusBlackbirds & OriolesEastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaFlycatchersEastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeVireosEastern Warbling VireoVireo gilvusFlycatchersEastern Wood-PeweeContopus virensPigeons and DovesEurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSongbirdsEuropean StarlingSturnus vulgarisGulls & TernsForster's TernSterna forsteriGulls & TernsFranklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWaterfowlGadwallMareca streperaSparrowsGolden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapillaWoodpeckersGolden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsSparrowsGrasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumMockingbirds & ThrashersGray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWading 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 creccaSparrowsHarris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaWaterfowlHooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSparrowsHorned LarkEremophila alpestrisFinchesHouse FinchHaemorhous mexicanusSparrowsHouse SparrowPasser domesticusCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsIndigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaShorebirdsKilldeerCharadrius vociferusSparrowsLark SparrowChondestes grammacusFlycatchersLeast FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusShorebirdsLeast SandpiperCalidris minutillaGulls & TernsLeast TernSternula antillarumWaterfowlLesser ScaupAythya affinisShorebirdsLesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSparrowsLincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWading BirdsLittle Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaSongbirdsLoggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusShorebirdsLong-billed CurlewNumenius americanusWaterfowlMallardAnas platyrhynchosRaptorsMississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensisPigeons and DovesMourning DoveZenaida macrouraWarblersNashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPelicans & CormorantsNeotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianumQuailNorthern BobwhiteColinus virginianusCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsNorthern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWoodpeckersNorthern FlickerColaptes auratusWrensNorthern House WrenTroglodytes aedonMockingbirds & ThrashersNorthern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosWarblersNorthern ParulaSetophaga americanaWaterfowlNorthern PintailAnas acutaSwallows & SwiftsNorthern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisWaterfowlNorthern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWarblersNorthern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaWarblersOrange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataBlackbirds & OriolesOrchard OrioleIcterus spuriusRaptorsOspreyPandion haliaetusCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsPainted BuntingPasserina cirisShorebirdsPectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosLoons & GrebesPied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWoodpeckersPileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSwallows & SwiftsPurple MartinProgne subisWoodpeckersRed-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWaterfowlRed-breasted MerganserMergus serratorVireosRed-eyed VireoVireo olivaceusRaptorsRed-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusRaptorsRed-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisBlackbirds & OriolesRed-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusWaterfowlRedheadAythya americanaGulls & TernsRing-billed GullLarus delawarensisWaterfowlRing-necked DuckAythya collarisPigeons and DovesRock PigeonColumba liviaSongbirdsRuby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaHummingbirdsRuby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWaterfowlRuddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisCranesSandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSparrowsSavannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisFlycatchersScissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWaterfowlSnow GooseAnser caerulescensWading BirdsSnowy EgretEgretta thulaShorebirdsSolitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSparrowsSong SparrowMelospiza melodiaShorebirdsSpotted SandpiperActitis maculariusTanagersSummer TanagerPiranga rubraRaptorsSwainson's HawkButeo swainsoniThrushesSwainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSwallows & SwiftsTree SwallowTachycineta bicolorRaptorsTurkey VultureCathartes auraShorebirdsUpland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSparrowsVesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWading BirdsWestern Cattle-EgretArdea ibisFlycatchersWestern KingbirdTyrannus verticalisBlackbirds & OriolesWestern MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaVireosWhite-eyed VireoVireo griseusSparrowsWhite-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisPigeons and DovesWhite-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaShorebirdsWilletTringa semipalmataShorebirdsWilson's SnipeGallinago delicataWaterfowlWood DuckAix sponsaCuckoosYellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusWarblersYellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensWarblersYellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWarblersYellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica

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Other birds possible in the area include 35

35 more species Bryan has recorded in North Texas — all fair game on a tour, photos to come:

• American Tree Sparrow
• Baird's Sandpiper
• Bank Swallow
• Brewer's Blackbird
• Brewer's Sparrow
• Brown Thrasher
• Cackling Goose
• Cassin's Kingbird
• Chestnut-collared Longspur
• Chihuahuan Raven
• Chuck-will's-widow
• Common Merganser
• Ferruginous Hawk
• Fish Crow
• Fox Sparrow
• Greater White-fronted Goose
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Lapland Longspur
• Little Gull
• Mountain Bluebird
• Northern Shrike
• Prairie Falcon
• Prothonotary Warbler
• Purple Finch
• Red-headed Woodpecker
• Ross's Goose
• Rough-legged Hawk
• Sabine's Gull
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Smith's Longspur
• Sprague's Pipit
• Thick-billed Longspur
• Tufted Titmouse
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• Yellow-throated Vireo