Birds of Central Brazos Valley

  Abundant, common, uncommon only
* denotes nesting
Grebes    
  ___ * Pied-billed Grebe
  ___   Eared Grebe
Pelicans    
  ___   American White Pelican
Cormorants
  ___   Double-crested Cormorant
  ___   Neotropic Cormorant
Herons, Egrets and Bitterns
  ___ * Great Blue Heron
  ___ * Great Egret
  ___ * Snowy Egret
  ___ * Little Blue Heron
  ___ * Cattle Egret
  ___ * Green Heron
  ___ * Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Ibis and Spoonbills
  ___ * White Ibis
  ___ * White-faced Ibis
  ___ * Roseate Spoonbill
Storks    
  ___   Wood Stork
Waterfowl  
  ___ * Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
  ___   Greater White-fronted Goose
  ___   Snow Goose
  ___   Canada Goose
  ___ * Wood Duck
  ___   Green-winged Teal
  ___   Mallard
  ___   Northern Pintail
  ___   Blue-winged Teal
  ___   Cinnamon Teal
  ___   Northern Shoveler
  ___   Gadwall
  ___   American Wigeon
  ___   Canvasback
  ___   Redhead
  ___   Ring-necked Duck
  ___   Lesser Scaup
  ___   Bufflehead
  ___   Ruddy Duck
New World Vultures
  ___ * Black Vulture
  ___ * Turkey Vulture
Hawks, Eagles and Kites
  ___   Osprey
  ___   Northern Harrier
  ___   Sharp-shinned Hawk
  ___ * Red-shouldered Hawk
  ___   Broad-winged Hawk
  ___   Swainson's Hawk
  ___ * Red-tailed Hawk
Falcons and Caracaras
  ___   American Kestrel
Rails and Coots
  ___   Sora
  ___ * Common Moorhen
  ___ * American Coot
Cranes    
  ___   Sandhill Crane
Plovers and Lapwings
  ___   Black-bellied Plover
  ___   American Golden-Plover
  ___ * Killdeer
Sandpipers
  ___   Greater Yellowlegs
  ___   Lesser Yellowlegs
  ___   Spotted Sandpiper
  ___   Upland Sandpiper
  ___   Western Sandpiper
  ___   Least Sandpiper
  ___   White-rumped Sandpiper
  ___   Pectoral Sandpiper
  ___   Common Snipe
  ___ * American Woodcock
Gulls and Terns
  ___   Franklin's Gull
  ___   Bonaparte's Gull
  ___   Ring-billed Gull
  ___   Herring Gull
  ___   Caspian Tern
  ___   Forster's Tern
  ___   Black Tern
Pigeons and Doves
  ___ * Rock Dove
  ___ * Mourning Dove
  ___ * Inca Dove
Old World Cuckoos
  ___ * Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  ___ * Greater Roadrunner
Owls    
  ___ * Eastern Screech-Owl
  ___ * Great Horned Owl
  ___ * Barred Owl
Nightjars  
  ___ * Common Nighthawk
  ___ * Chuck-will's-widow
  ___   Whip-poor-will
Swifts    
  ___ * Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
  ___ * Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Kingfishers
  ___ * Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
  ___ * Red-headed Woodpecker
  ___ * Red-bellied Woodpecker
  ___   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  ___ * Downy Woodpecker
  ___   Northern Flicker
  ___ * Pileated Woodpecker
Tyrant Flycatchers
  ___   Eastern Wood-Pewee
  ___ * Acadian Flycatcher
  ___   Eastern Phoebe
  ___ * Great Crested Flycatcher
  ___ * Western Kingbird
  ___ * Eastern Kingbird
  ___ * Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Larks    
  ___   Horned Lark
Swallows  
  ___ * Purple Martin
  ___   Tree Swallow
  ___ * Cliff Swallow
  ___ * Barn Swallow
Crows and Jays
  ___ * Blue Jay
  ___ * American Crow
Tits and Allies
  ___ * Carolina Chickadee
  ___ * Tufted Titmouse
Wrens    
  ___ * Carolina Wren
  ___   Bewick's Wren
  ___   House Wren
Old World Flycatchers
  ___   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  ___ * Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  ___ * Eastern Bluebird
  ___   Swainson's Thrush
  ___   Hermit Thrush
  ___ * Wood Thrush
  ___ * American Robin
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
  ___ * Gray Catbird
  ___ * Northern Mockingbird
  ___ * Brown Thrasher
Wagtails and Pipits
  ___   American Pipit
Waxwings and Silky-flycatchers
  ___   Cedar Waxwing
Shrikes    
  ___ * Loggerhead Shrike
Starlings  
  ___ * European Starling
Vireos and Allies
  ___ * White-eyed Vireo
  ___   Solitary Vireo
  ___   Yellow-throated Vireo
  ___   Warbling Vireo
  ___ * Red-eyed Vireo
Tanagers,Buntings,Sparrows and Allies
  ___   Blue-winged Warbler
  ___   Tennessee Warbler
  ___   Orange-crowned Warbler
  ___   Nashville Warbler
  ___ * Northern Parula
  ___   Yellow Warbler
  ___   Chestnut-sided Warbler
  ___   Magnolia Warbler
  ___   Yellow-rumped Warbler
  ___   Black-throated Green Warbler
  ___   Blackburnian Warbler
  ___ * Yellow-throated Warbler
  ___   Pine Warbler
  ___   Bay-breasted Warbler
  ___   Black-and-white Warbler
  ___   American Redstart
  ___ * Prothonotary Warbler
  ___   Northern Waterthrush
  ___ * Kentucky Warbler
  ___   Mourning Warbler
  ___ * Common Yellowthroat
  ___   Hooded Warbler
  ___   Wilson's Warbler
  ___ * Yellow-breasted Chat
  ___ * Summer Tanager
  ___ * Northern Cardinal
  ___   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  ___ * Indigo Bunting
  ___ * Painted Bunting
  ___ * Dickcissel
  ___   Eastern Towhee
  ___   Chipping Sparrow
  ___   Field Sparrow
  ___   Vesper Sparrow
  ___ * Lark Sparrow
  ___   Savannah Sparrow
  ___   Le Conte's Sparrow
  ___   Fox Sparrow
  ___   Song Sparrow
  ___   Lincoln's Sparrow
  ___   Swamp Sparrow
  ___   White-throated Sparrow
  ___   White-crowned Sparrow
  ___   Harris' Sparrow
  ___   Dark-eyed Junco
  ___ * Red-winged Blackbird
  ___ * Eastern Meadowlark
  ___   Western Meadowlark
  ___   Yellow-headed Blackbird
  ___   Brewer's Blackbird
  ___ * Great-tailed Grackle
  ___ * Common Grackle
  ___ * Brown-headed Cowbird
  ___ * Orchard Oriole
  ___   Baltimore Oriole
Siskins, Crossbills and Allies
  ___   Purple Finch
  ___ * House Finch
  ___   Pine Siskin
  ___   American Goldfinch
  ___   Evening Grosbeak
Old World Sparrows
  ___ * House Sparrow

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