Birds of Texas
The 150 most-observed birds in Texas, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
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Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis260 obstiming → - 2
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus115 obstiming → - 3
House SparrowPasser domesticus112 obstiming → - 4
MallardAnas platyrhynchos106 obstiming → - 5
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos101 obstiming → - 6
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica98 obstiming → - 7
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis94 obstiming → - 8
Great EgretArdea alba90 obstiming → - 9
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias88 obstiming → - 10
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura88 obstiming → - 11
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus74 obstiming → - 12
Black VultureCoragyps atratus73 obstiming → - 13
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata64 obstiming → - 14
Turkey VultureCathartes aura60 obstiming → - 15Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus59 obstiming →
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Snowy EgretEgretta thula59 obstiming → - 17
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus57 obstiming → - 18Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus53 obstiming →
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Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis52 obstiming → - 20
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe51 obstiming → - 21
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea50 obstiming → - 22
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata49 obstiming → - 23
Green HeronButorides virescens48 obstiming → - 24
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos47 obstiming → - 25
American CootFulica americana46 obstiming → - 26
American RobinTurdus migratorius44 obstiming → - 27
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys42 obstiming → - 28
American KestrelFalco sparverius42 obstiming → - 29
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea40 obstiming → - 30
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus40 obstiming → - 31
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor38 obstiming → - 32Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata37 obstiming →
- 33Painted BuntingPasserina ciris37 obstiming →
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Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens37 obstiming → - 35
Rock DoveColumba livia36 obstiming → - 36
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus34 obstiming → - 37
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis33 obstiming → - 38Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula33 obstiming →
- 39Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus32 obstiming →
- 40
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo32 obstiming → - 41Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris32 obstiming →
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Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis31 obstiming → - 43
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum31 obstiming → - 44
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina30 obstiming → - 45
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii30 obstiming → - 46
GadwallMareca strepera30 obstiming → - 47
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis29 obstiming → - 48
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris28 obstiming → - 49Black-crested TitmouseBaeolophus atricristatus28 obstiming →
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American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos28 obstiming → - 51
American WigeonMareca americana27 obstiming → - 52Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris27 obstiming →
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Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis26 obstiming → - 54Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria25 obstiming →
- 55Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata25 obstiming →
- 56Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianus25 obstiming →
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Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis25 obstiming → - 58
Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus25 obstiming → - 59
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater25 obstiming → - 60
Canada GooseBranta canadensis25 obstiming → - 61
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla25 obstiming → - 62
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis24 obstiming → - 63
Eurasian TealAnas crecca23 obstiming → - 64
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis23 obstiming → - 65
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus23 obstiming → - 66
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata22 obstiming → - 67
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca22 obstiming → - 68
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra22 obstiming → - 69
American White IbisEudocimus albus22 obstiming → - 70Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps21 obstiming →
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Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea21 obstiming → - 72
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus21 obstiming → - 73
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis20 obstiming → - 74Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus20 obstiming →
- 75Wood DuckAix sponsa19 obstiming →
- 76Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii19 obstiming →
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Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax18 obstiming → - 78
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus17 obstiming → - 79
Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus17 obstiming → - 80Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis17 obstiming →
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White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis17 obstiming → - 82
Inca JayCyanocorax yncas17 obstiming → - 83
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis16 obstiming → - 84
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus16 obstiming → - 85Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor16 obstiming →
- 86Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons16 obstiming →
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Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus16 obstiming → - 88
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja16 obstiming → - 89Blue-winged TealSpatula discors16 obstiming →
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Barred OwlStrix varia15 obstiming → - 91
DickcisselSpiza americana15 obstiming → - 92
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus15 obstiming → - 93
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca15 obstiming → - 94Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris15 obstiming →
- 95Field SparrowSpizella pusilla14 obstiming →
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Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea14 obstiming → - 97
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica14 obstiming → - 98
Northern PintailAnas acuta14 obstiming → - 99
Whooping CraneGrus americana13 obstiming → - 100
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius13 obstiming → - 101
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto12 obstiming → - 102
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga12 obstiming → - 103
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla12 obstiming → - 104
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus12 obstiming → - 105Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis12 obstiming →
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Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia12 obstiming → - 107
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia12 obstiming → - 108
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis12 obstiming → - 109
Purple MartinProgne subis11 obstiming → - 110
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva11 obstiming → - 111
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus11 obstiming → - 112
BuffleheadBucephala albeola11 obstiming → - 113
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius11 obstiming → - 114
SanderlingCalidris alba11 obstiming → - 115Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni11 obstiming →
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Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetula11 obstiming → - 117Eastern Screech OwlMegascops asio10 obstiming →
- 118Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis10 obstiming →
- 119White-eyed VireoVireo griseus10 obstiming →
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Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas10 obstiming → - 121
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi10 obstiming → - 122
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus10 obstiming → - 123
Inca DoveColumbina inca10 obstiming → - 124
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus10 obstiming → - 125Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla10 obstiming →
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American AvocetRecurvirostra americana9 obstiming → - 127Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens9 obstiming →
- 128Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula9 obstiming →
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Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea9 obstiming → - 130
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus9 obstiming → - 131
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus9 obstiming → - 132Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus9 obstiming →
- 133Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus9 obstiming →
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OspreyPandion haliaetus9 obstiming → - 135Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus9 obstiming →
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Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon9 obstiming → - 137Swan GooseAnser cygnoides8 obstiming →
- 138WilletTringa semipalmata8 obstiming →
- 139Royal TernThalasseus maximus8 obstiming →
- 140Wood StorkMycteria americana8 obstiming →
- 141Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola8 obstiming →
- 142CanvasbackAythya valisineria8 obstiming →
- 143Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris8 obstiming →
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Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula7 obstiming → - 145
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus7 obstiming → - 146Altamira OrioleIcterus gularis7 obstiming →
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Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius7 obstiming → - 148Long-billed ThrasherToxostoma longirostre7 obstiming →
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Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi7 obstiming → - 150
Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatus7 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.