Phil Jeffrey: Texas Life List TBRC, All records Record(s) 1 to 389 of 389 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 2 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 4 Ross's Goose Anser rossii 5 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii 7 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 8 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata 14/11/2007 Salineno, TX 10 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 11 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 12 Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera 13 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula 18 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 19 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 20 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Choke Cyn 21 Redhead Aythya americana 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 24 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 25 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 26 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28 Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus Yes 14/11/2007 Mathis, TX 29 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 30 Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula 31 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus 32 Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata 33 Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae Davis Mountains 34 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 35 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus 36 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 37 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/01/2010 Laguna Atascosa 38 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 39 Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris 12/04/2008 Salineno, TX 40 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 41 Inca Dove Columbina inca 42 Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina 43 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 44 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 45 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 46 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris 47 Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus 48 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 13/04/2015 49 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis 50 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 51 Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 52 Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis 14/04/2014 53 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 54 White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis 16/04/2014 Big Bend TX 55 Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus Yes 10/04/2024 South Padre Island, TX 56 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 57 Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri 58 Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Estero Llano Grande 59 Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin 60 Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus Estero Llano Grande, Big Bend TX 61 Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis 62 King Rail Rallus elegans 63 Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans Yes 64 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola 65 Sora Porzana carolina 66 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata 67 American Coot Fulica americana 68 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus 69 Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis 08/04/2017 TX 70 Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis 71 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis 72 Whooping Crane Grus americana 73 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 74 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana 75 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus 76 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 77 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica 78 Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 79 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 80 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 81 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus 82 Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia 83 Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus 84 Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus 85 Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa Yes 30/12/2009 Choke Canyon SP 86 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda 87 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 88 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus 89 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica 90 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa 91 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 92 Red Knot Calidris canutus 93 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 03/08/2008 Jamaica Bay WR, NYC, NY 94 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 95 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 03/08/2008 Jamaica Bay WR, NYC, NY 96 Sanderling Calidris alba 97 Dunlin Calidris alpina 98 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Yes 99 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 100 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 101 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 102 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 103 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 104 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 105 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 106 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 107 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 108 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 109 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 110 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 111 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 112 Willet Tringa semipalmata 113 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 114 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 115 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus 116 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia SPI 117 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla 118 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan 119 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 120 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 121 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 122 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 123 Least Tern Sternula antillarum 124 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 125 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 126 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 127 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 128 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri 129 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus 130 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 131 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger 132 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata 133 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica 134 Common Loon Gavia immer 135 Wood Stork Mycteria americana 136 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga 137 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 138 Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum 139 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 140 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 141 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 142 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Port Aransas 143 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum Yes 31/12/2009 Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Texas 144 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 145 Great Egret Ardea alba 146 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 147 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 148 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor 149 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens 150 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 151 Green Heron Butorides virescens 152 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 153 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea 154 White Ibis Eudocimus albus 155 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 156 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi 157 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja 158 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 159 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 160 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 161 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus 162 Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus 12/04/2008 Salineno, TX 163 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus 164 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 165 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius 166 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 167 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 168 American Goshawk Accipiter atricapillus 169 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 170 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis 171 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis Yes 172 Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris Yes 10/01/2024 Resaca de la Palma 173 Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus 174 White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus 175 Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus Yes 176 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 177 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 178 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus Yes 179 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni 180 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus 181 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 182 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus 183 Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis 184 Barn Owl Tyto alba 185 Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus 13/01/2013 South Padre Island, TX 186 Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio 187 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Zapata 188 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum 189 Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi 190 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 191 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata 192 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 193 Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Yes 10/12/2016 Laredo, TX 194 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana 195 Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus 16/04/2014 Big Bend TX 196 Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons 197 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 198 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 199 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 200 Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris 201 Red-cockaded Woodpecker Dryobates borealis 202 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 203 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 204 Crested Caracara Caracara plancus Crested Caracara (cheriway). 205 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 206 Merlin Falco columbarius 207 Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis 15/04/2008 Laguna Vista, TX 208 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 209 Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus 210 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus 16/04/2023 211 Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus 212 Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis 213 Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae Yes 09/01/2024 Resaca de la Palma 214 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe 215 Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens 216 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 217 Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus 218 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus 219 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 220 Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii 221 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis 222 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 223 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus 224 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 225 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 226 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 227 Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya 06/11/2000 La Hoya 228 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus 229 Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla 230 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus 231 Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii 11/04/2024 Falcon CP 232 Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni Big Bend 233 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons 234 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 235 Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus 16/04/2014 Big Bend TX 236 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 14/04/2015 237 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 238 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus 239 Brown Jay Psilorhinus morio Yes 12/04/2002 Chapeno, TX 240 Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas 241 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 242 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii 243 Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi Yes 16/04/2014 Big Bend TX 244 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 245 Tamaulipas Crow Corvus imparatus Yes 04/04/2001 Brownsville, TX 246 Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus 247 Common Raven Corvus corax 248 Verdin Auriparus flaviceps 249 Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 250 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 08/12/2016 The Woodlands 251 Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus 252 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 253 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 254 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 255 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 256 Purple Martin Progne subis 257 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 258 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 259 Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva 260 Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus 16/04/2014 Big Bend TX 261 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula 262 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 263 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 09/04/2015 264 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 16/04/2014 Big Bend TX 265 Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla 266 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 267 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 268 Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus 269 Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii 270 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 271 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 272 Sedge Wren Cistothorus stellaris 273 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 274 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 275 Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre 276 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 19/04/2014 UTC 277 Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre 278 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 279 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 280 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 281 Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi 16/04/2014 Big Bend TX 282 Veery Catharus fuscescens 18/04/2016 High Island 283 Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus 18/04/2016 High Island 284 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 12/04/2015 285 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 286 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 14/04/2016 SPI 287 Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi 08/04/2002 Santa Ana NWR, TX 288 White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis Yes 11/04/2007 Pharr, TX 289 Rufous-backed Robin Turdus rufopalliatus Yes 19/01/2011 Bentsen Rio-Grande SP 290 American Robin Turdus migratorius 291 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 292 American Pipit Anthus rubescens 293 Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii 294 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 295 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 16/04/2014 Big Bend TX 296 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 297 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 298 Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii 299 Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis 300 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum 13/04/2015 301 Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus 302 Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata Falcon 303 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus 304 Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys Sparrow Road 305 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 306 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida 307 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 308 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 309 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 310 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 311 LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii 312 Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima 18/04/2016 Anahuac 313 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 314 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 315 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 316 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana 317 Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca 16/04/2014 Big Bend TX 318 Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps 319 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 320 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 321 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 322 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 323 Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta 324 Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri Yes 16/01/2011 Bentsen RV Park 325 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 326 Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus 327 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii 12/04/2015 328 Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis 329 Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda 330 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 331 Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum 332 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 333 Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus 334 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 335 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus 336 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 337 Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major 338 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 339 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 340 Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum 18/04/2014 Lafitte's Cove, Galveston 341 Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla 11/04/2015 342 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis 11/04/2002 High Island 343 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera 344 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera 11/04/2015 345 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 346 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea 347 Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii 16/04/2015 Sabine Woods 348 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina 349 Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata 350 Colima Warbler Leiothlypis crissalis 16/04/2014 Big Bend TX 351 Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla 352 Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala Yes 05/04/2000 Santa Ana NWR, TX 353 Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa 11/04/2014 354 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 355 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina 356 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 357 Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea 15/04/2016 SPI 358 Northern Parula Setophaga americana 359 Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi 06/04/2000 Anzalduas State Park, TX 360 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia 19/04/2016 High Island 361 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca 14/04/2016 SPI 362 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 363 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica 14/04/2016 SPI 364 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum 11/04/2002 Anahuac 365 Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus 366 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 367 Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica 368 Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens 369 Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi 16/04/2014 Big Bend TX 370 Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia 371 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens 372 Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus Yes 10/01/2024 Resaca de la Palma 373 Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus Yes 28/01/2012 Frontera Audubon 374 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis 14/04/2016 SPI 375 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 376 Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava 16/04/2014 Big Bend TX 377 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 378 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 379 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana 14/04/2023 380 Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno Yes 28/12/2008 Weslaco, TX 381 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 382 Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus 383 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 384 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea 385 Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena 386 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 387 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris 388 Dickcissel Spiza americana 389 Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti 13/04/2008 San Ygnacio, TX