Birds of West Texas - Big Bend & the Davis Mountains

The birds people come here for

Colima WarblerThe Chisos Mountains of Big Bend are its ONLY U.S. home; April through June.

Montezuma QuailThe Davis Mountains are the classic place; year-round but elusive.

Lucifer HummingbirdBig Bend desert specialty, spring through early fall.

Varied BuntingDesert washes of Big Bend in summer.

Peregrine FalconBreeds on the remote cliffs of the West Texas mountains.

Rivoli's HummingbirdThe big glittering hummingbird of the Davis Mountains feeders.

Mexican JayNoisy flocks in the Chisos and Davis Mountains oaks; year-round.

Photographed in West Texas 40

FlycatchersAsh-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascensPigeons and DovesBand-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciataFlycatchersBlack PhoebeSayornis nigricansSparrowsBlack-chinned SparrowSpizella atrogularisSongbirdsBlack-crested TitmouseBaeolophus atricristatusCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsBlack-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalusSongbirdsBlack-tailed GnatcatcherPolioptila melanuraSongbirdsBlue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaHummingbirdsBroad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercusOwlsBurrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSongbirdsBushtitPsaltriparus minimusWrensCactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillusSparrowsCanyon TowheeMelozone fuscaWarblersColima WarblerLeiothlypis crissalisRaptorsCommon Black HawkButeogallus anthracinusMockingbirds & ThrashersCrissal ThrasherToxostoma crissaleSongbirdsDark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisFlycatchersDusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculiferWarblersGrace's WarblerSetophaga graciaeRaptorsGray HawkButeo plagiatusTanagersHepatic TanagerPiranga flavaHummingbirdsLucifer HummingbirdCalothorax luciferCrows and JaysMexican JayAphelocoma wollweberiQuailMontezuma QuailCyrtonyx montezumaeRaptorsPeregrine FalconFalco peregrinusCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsPhainopeplaPhainopepla nitensHummingbirdsRivoli's HummingbirdEugenes fulgensSparrowsRufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficepsQuailScaled QuailCallipepla squamataBlackbirds & OriolesScott's OrioleIcterus parisorumSparrowsSpotted TowheePipilo maculatusCrows and JaysSteller's JayCyanocitta stelleriFlycatchersThick-billed KingbirdTyrannus crassirostrisThrushesTownsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendiCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsVaried BuntingPasserina versicolorSongbirdsVerdinAuriparus flavicepsFlycatchersVermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinusThrushesWestern BluebirdSialia mexicanaTanagersWestern TanagerPiranga ludovicianaFlycatchersWestern Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus

Also seen in West Texas 158

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

HummingbirdsAllen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasinShorebirdsAmerican AvocetRecurvirostra americanaRails, Gallinules, CootsAmerican CootFulica americanaFinchesAmerican GoldfinchSpinus tristisRaptorsAmerican KestrelFalco sparveriusSongbirdsAmerican PipitAnthus rubescensThrushesAmerican RobinTurdus migratoriusPelicans & CormorantsAmerican White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosWaterfowlAmerican WigeonMareca americanaSwallows & SwiftsBarn SwallowHirundo rusticaVireosBell's VireoVireo belliiKingfishersBelted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonWrensBewick's WrenThryomanes bewickiiGulls & TernsBlack TernChlidonias nigerRaptorsBlack VultureCoragyps atratusHummingbirdsBlack-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandriShorebirdsBlack-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusWarblersBlack-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescensSparrowsBlack-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineataCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsBlue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaWaterfowlBlue-winged TealSpatula discorsHummingbirdsBroad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostrisPelicans & CormorantsBrown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisFlycatchersBrown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulusBlackbirds & OriolesBrown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterWaterfowlBuffleheadBucephala albeolaBlackbirds & OriolesBullock's OrioleIcterus bullockiiWaterfowlCanada GooseBranta canadensisWaterfowlCanvasbackAythya valisineriaWrensCanyon WrenCatherpes mexicanusSparrowsCassin's SparrowPeucaea cassiniiSwallows & SwiftsCave SwallowPetrochelidon fulvaSongbirdsCedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSparrowsChipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWaterfowlCinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSparrowsClay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSwallows & SwiftsCliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaPigeons and DovesCommon Ground DoveColumbina passerinaLoons & GrebesCommon LoonGavia immerNightjarsCommon NighthawkChordeiles minorCrows and JaysCommon RavenCorvus coraxRaptorsCooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiMockingbirds & ThrashersCurve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostreCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsDickcisselSpiza americanaPelicans & CormorantsDouble-crested CormorantNannopterum auritumLoons & GrebesEared GrebePodiceps nigricollisThrushesEastern BluebirdSialia sialisFlycatchersEastern PhoebeSayornis phoebePigeons and DovesEurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSongbirdsEuropean StarlingSturnus vulgarisGulls & TernsForster's TernSterna forsteriWaterfowlGadwallMareca streperaQuailGambel's QuailCallipepla gambeliiWoodpeckersGolden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsWading BirdsGreat Blue HeronArdea herodiasWading BirdsGreat EgretArdea albaOwlsGreat Horned OwlBubo virginianusBlackbirds & OriolesGreat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanusCuckoosGreater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusShorebirdsGreater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWading BirdsGreen HeronButorides virescensWaterfowlGreen-winged TealAnas creccaRaptorsHarris's HawkParabuteo unicinctusThrushesHermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWaterfowlHooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusFinchesHouse FinchHaemorhous mexicanusSparrowsHouse SparrowPasser domesticusShorebirdsHudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicusVireosHutton's VireoVireo huttoniPigeons and DovesInca DoveColumbina incaCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsIndigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaSongbirdsJuniper TitmouseBaeolophus ridgwayiShorebirdsKilldeerCharadrius vociferusWoodpeckersLadder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsLark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorysSparrowsLark SparrowChondestes grammacusGulls & TernsLaughing GullLeucophaeus atricillaFlycatchersLeast FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusShorebirdsLeast SandpiperCalidris minutillaGulls & TernsLeast TernSternula antillarumFinchesLesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltriaNightjarsLesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennisWaterfowlLesser ScaupAythya affinisShorebirdsLesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSparrowsLincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSongbirdsLoggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusShorebirdsLong-billed CurlewNumenius americanusWarblersMacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmieiWaterfowlMallardAnas platyrhynchosRaptorsMerlinFalco columbariusPigeons and DovesMourning DoveZenaida macrouraWarblersNashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPelicans & CormorantsNeotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianumQuailNorthern BobwhiteColinus virginianusCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsNorthern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWoodpeckersNorthern FlickerColaptes auratusRaptorsNorthern HarrierCircus hudsoniusWrensNorthern House WrenTroglodytes aedonMockingbirds & ThrashersNorthern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosWaterfowlNorthern PintailAnas acutaWaterfowlNorthern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWarblersNorthern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaWarblersOrange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataBlackbirds & OriolesOrchard OrioleIcterus spuriusCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsPainted BuntingPasserina cirisShorebirdsPectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosLoons & GrebesPied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsCardinals, Grosbeaks & BuntingsPyrrhuloxiaCardinalis sinuatusSparrowsRed CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWaterfowlRed-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSongbirdsRed-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisRaptorsRed-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisBlackbirds & OriolesRed-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusWading BirdsReddish EgretEgretta rufescensWaterfowlRedheadAythya americanaGulls & TernsRing-billed GullLarus delawarensisWaterfowlRing-necked DuckAythya collarisPigeons and DovesRock PigeonColumba liviaWrensRock WrenSalpinctes obsoletusSongbirdsRuby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaHummingbirdsRuby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWaterfowlRuddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisHummingbirdsRufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusMockingbirds & ThrashersSage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanusSparrowsSavannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisFlycatchersSay's PhoebeSayornis sayaFlycatchersScissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWaterfowlSnow GooseAnser caerulescensWading BirdsSnowy EgretEgretta thulaShorebirdsSolitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSparrowsSong SparrowMelospiza melodiaRails, Gallinules, CootsSoraPorzana carolinaShorebirdsSpotted SandpiperActitis maculariusShorebirdsStilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusTanagersSummer TanagerPiranga rubraRaptorsSwainson's HawkButeo swainsoniWarblersTownsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendiSwallows & SwiftsTree SwallowTachycineta bicolorWading BirdsTricolored HeronEgretta tricolorRaptorsTurkey VultureCathartes auraShorebirdsUpland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSparrowsVesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusFlycatchersWestern KingbirdTyrannus verticalisBlackbirds & OriolesWestern MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSparrowsWhite-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWading BirdsWhite-faced IbisPlegadis chihiSparrowsWhite-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisPigeons and DovesWhite-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaGame BirdsWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoShorebirdsWilletTringa semipalmataShorebirdsWilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorWarblersWilson's WarblerCardellina pusillaWrensWinter WrenTroglodytes hiemalisCrows and JaysWoodhouse's Scrub-JayAphelocoma woodhouseiiWoodpeckersYellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWarblersYellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensBlackbirds & OriolesYellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusWarblersYellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata

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Other birds possible in the area include 67

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

• Acorn Woodpecker
• American Black Duck
• Anna's Hummingbird
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Blue-throated Mountain-gem
• Brewer's Blackbird
• Brewer's Sparrow
• Brown Creeper
• Calliope Hummingbird
• Cassin's Finch
• Cassin's Kingbird
• Cassin's Vireo
• Chihuahuan Meadowlark
• Chihuahuan Raven
• Clark's Grebe
• Colima x Virginia's Warbler (hybrid)
• Common Merganser
• Common Poorwill
• Dusky Flycatcher
• Elf Owl
• Evening Grosbeak
• Ferruginous Hawk
• Flammulated Owl
• Golden Eagle
• Gray Flycatcher
• Gray Vireo
• Green-tailed Towhee
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Hammond's Flycatcher
• Hermit Warbler
• Lazuli Bunting
• Long-billed Dowitcher
• Lucy's Warbler
• Mallard x Mexican Duck (hybrid)
• Mexican Duck
• Mexican Whip-poor-will
• Mountain Bluebird
• Mountain Chickadee
• Northern Saw-whet Owl
• Olive-sided Flycatcher
• Pacific Wren
• Painted Redstart
• Pine Siskin
• Pinyon Jay
• Plumbeous Vireo
• Pygmy Nuthatch
• Red-faced Warbler
• Red-naped Sapsucker
• Red-necked Phalarope
• Ross's Goose
• Semipalmated Plover
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Slate-throated Redstart
• Spotted Owl
• Tropical Kingbird
• Violet-green Swallow
• Virginia's Warbler
• Western Flycatcher
• Western Grebe
• Western Screech-Owl
• Western Warbling Vireo
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• White-eared Hummingbird
• White-throated Swift
• Williamson's Sapsucker
• Yellow-crowned Night Heron
• Zone-tailed Hawk

Other wildlife photographed here

Arizona SisterGiant Desert CentipedeAmerican Black BearBlack BearCollared PeccaryGray-footed ChipmunkMule DeerOcotilloRagwortChisos MountainsRio Grande VillageSceneryYellow Mud Turtle