Seasonal Presence and Relative Frequency of Selected Species
This list summarizes the seasonal presence of selected bird species in Texas, indicating whether each species occurs year-round, during the breeding season, or during the non-breeding season (winter and migration). Within each seasonal category, species are numbered and ordered from least to most frequently observed in the United States based on eBird frequency data. This ordering reflects how commonly a species has been observed by U.S. birders over time and is used here as a relative priority indicator, not as a measure of local abundance or the likelihood of encountering a species at a specific site or season within Texas.
Brown Jay
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Hook-billed Kite
Red-billed Pigeon
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Morelet’s Seedeater
Aplomado Falcon
Black Rail
Audubon’s Oriole
Brown Booby
Ringed Kingfisher
Common Pauraque
Black-chinned Sparrow
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Bachman’s Sparrow
Green Kingfisher
Chihuahuan Meadowlark
White-tailed Hawk
Clay-colored Thrush
King Rail
Cassin’s Sparrow
Altamira Oriole
Scaled Quail
Crissal Thrasher
Mexican Duck
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Chihuahuan Raven
Cave Swallow
Gull-billed Tern
Gray Hawk
Olive Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
White-tipped Dove
Lark Bunting
Plain Chachalaca
Gray Flycatcher
Harris’s Hawk
Bronzed Cowbird
Snowy Plover
Couch’s Kingbird
Long-billed Thrasher
Muscovy Duck
Mexican Jay
Green Jay
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Sandwich Tern
Ruffed Grouse
Reddish Egret
Northern Gannet
Great Kiskadee
Pyrrhuloxia
Canyon Wren
Brewer’s Sparrow
Limpkin
Clapper Rail
White-tailed Kite
Canyon Towhee
White-throated Swift
Crested Caracara
Black-throated Sparrow
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Inca Dove
Northern Bobwhite
Long-billed Curlew
Black Skimmer
Greater Roadrunner
American Oystercatcher
Cactus Wren
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Roseate Spoonbill
Hutton’s Vireo
Phainopepla
Common Ground Dove
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Mottled Duck
Vermilion Flycatcher
Black-crested Titmouse
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Neotropic Cormorant
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Gambel’s Quail
Curve-billed Thrasher
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Yellow-throated Warbler
Cinnamon Teal
Royal Tern
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Verdin
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Anhinga
Tricolored Heron
Boat-tailed Grackle
Acorn Woodpecker
White Ibis
Steller’s Jay
Indigo Bunting
Colima Warbler
Tropical Parula
Lucifer Hummingbird
Botteri’s Sparrow
Elf Owl
Gray Vireo
Black-capped Vireo
Groove-billed Ani
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Blue-throated Mountain-gem
Common Black Hawk
Varied Bunting
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Zone-tailed Hawk
Swainson’s Warbler
Grace’s Warbler
Lesser Nighthawk
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Rivoli’s Hummingbird
Hepatic Tanager
Scott’s Oriole
Painted Redstart
Magnificent Frigatebird
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Plumbeous Vireo
Kentucky Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Bell’s Vireo
Mississippi Kite
Swainson’s Hawk
Hooded Oriole
Louisiana Waterthrush
Prothonotary Warbler
Least Tern
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Dickcissel
Painted Bunting
Cassin’s Kingbird
Band-tailed Pigeon
Hooded Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Bullock’s Oriole
Western Flycatcher
Western Tanager
Orchard Oriole
Black-headed Grosbeak
Summer Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
Yellow Rail
Smith’s Longspur
Black-whiskered Vireo
Mountain Plover
Thick-billed Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Whooping Crane
LeConte’s Sparrow
Sagebrush Sparrow
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Nelson’s Sparrow
Hudsonian Godwit
Henslow’s Sparrow
Wilson’s Plover
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Sage Thrasher
American Golden-Plover
Hermit Warbler
Red Knot
Ross’s Goose
Stilt Sandpiper
Piping Plover
American Woodcock
Harris’s Sparrow
Sedge Wren
Clay-colored Sparrow
Rough-legged Hawk
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Green-tailed Towhee
Cassin’s Finch
Black Scoter
Mountain Bluebird
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Greater White-fronted Goose
Marbled Godwit
Cackling Goose
Eared Grebe
Ruddy Turnstone
Snow Goose
Western Grebe
Surf Scoter
Sanderling
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