Nearctic-Temperate Migrants
- Breeding: Temperate; Wintering: southery North Temperate and Northern Neotropics (major shifts between breeding and non-breeding distributions)
- Breeding: Temperate; Wintering: southern North Temperate and northern Neotropics (minor shift between breeding and non-breeding distributions)
- Breeding and wintering: Temperate (can include northern Mexico; major shifts between breeding and non-breeding distributions)
- Breeding: Temperate; Wintering: Southwest U.S. and Northern Mexico (arid temperate)
- Breeding and wintering: Temperate (including northern Mexico; minor shift between breeding and non-breeding distributions)
Legend
* = endangered species/subspecies(species)=species in parentheses are considered either very rare and local in Texas or as a vagrant in Texas
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Breeding: Temperate; Wintering: southern North Temperate and Northern Neotropics (major shifts between breeding and non-breeding distributions)
Land Birds
- Northern Harrier
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Long-eared Owl
- Short-eared Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Red-naped Sapsucker
- Williamson's Sapsucker
- Eastern Phoebe
- Say's Phoebe
- Tree Swallow
- Brown Creeper
- Sedge Wren
- Marsh Wren
- Golden-crowned
- Kinglet
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Townsend's Solitaire
- Hermit Thrush
- American Pipit
- Cedar Waxwing
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Vesper Sparrow
- Savannah Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Western Meadowlark
- Brewer's Blackbird
- Cassin's Finch
- Pine Siskin
- (Evening Grosbeak)
Water Birds
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Eared Grebe
- Western Grebe
- Clark's Grebe
- American White Pelican
- American Bittern
- Great Blue Heron
- Green-winged Teal
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Shoveler
- Gadwall
- American Wigeon
- Canvasback
- Redhead
- Ring-necked Duck
- Lesser Scaup
- Bufflehead
- Ruddy Duck
- Black Rail
- Virginia Rail
- Sora
- Snowy Plover
- Piping Plover*
- American Avocet
- Willet
- Marbled Godwit
- (Surfbird)
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Common Snipe
- Ring-billed Gull
- (California Gull)
- Herring Gull
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Breeding: Temperate; Wintering: southern North Temperate and northern Neotropics(minor shift between breeding and non-breeding distributions)
Land Birds
Male and Female Mallards
- Turkey Vulture
- (Northern Goshawk)
- Red-tailed Hawk
- "Northern" American Kestrel
- Mourning Dove
- Burrowing Owl
- (Northern Saw-whet Owl)
- White-throated Swift
- "Red-shafted" Northern Flicker
- Black Phoebe
- Horned Lark
- Chihuahuan Raven
- Rock Wren
- Bewick's
- Wren
- Eastern Bluebird
- Western Bluebird
- American Robin
- Northern Mockingbird
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Pine Warbler
- Spotted Towhee
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- House Finch
- Red Crossbill (all types)
- Lesser Goldfinch
Water Birds
- American Coot
- Killdeer
- Mallard
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Breeding and wintering: Temperate (can include northern Mexico; major shifts between breeding and non-breeding distributions)
Land Birds
Canada Goose
- Bald Eagle
- "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Golden Eagle
- (Lewis' Woodpecker)
- (Red-breasted Sapsucker)
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Winter Wren
- (Varied Thrush)
- (Bohemian Waxwing)
- (Northern Shrike)
- American Tree Sparrow
- Henslow's Sparrow
- Le Conte's Sparrow
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- (Golden-crowned Sparrow)
- Harris' Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Lapland Longspur
- Smith's Longspur
- (Snow Bunting)
- Rusty Blackbird
- Purple Finch
- (Common Redpoll)
- American Goldfinch
Water Birds
- (Red-throated Loon)
- (Pacific Loon)
- Common Loon
- (Yellow-billed Loon)
- Horned Grebe
- (Red-necked Grebe)
- Northern Gannet
- Double-crested Cormorant
- (Tundra Swan)
- (Trumpeter Swan)
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Snow Goose
- Ross's Goose
- (Brant)
- Canada Goose
- (American Black Duck)
- Greater Scaup
- (King Eider)
- (Harlequin Duck)
- (Oldsquaw)
- (Black Scoter)
- Surf Scoter
- White-winged Scoter
- Common Goldeneye
- (Barrow's Goldeneye)
- Hooded Merganser
- Common Merganse
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Yellow Rail
- King Rail
- Whooping Crane *
- (Purple Sandpiper)
- Dunlin
- Bonaparte's Gull
- (Mew Gull)
- (Thayer's Gull)
- (Iceland Gull)
- (Western Gull)
- (Glaucous Gull)
- (Black-legged Kittiwake)
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Breeding: Temperate; Wintering: Southwest U.S. and Northern Mexico (arid temperate)
Land Birds
- Ferruginous Hawk
- Prairie Falcon
- Common Poorwill
- Anna's Hummingbird
- (Costa's Hummingbird)
- Gray Flycatcher
- Mountain Bluebird
- Sage Thrasher
- Sprague's Pipit
- Phainopepla
- Gray Vireo
- Green-tailed Towhee
- Cassin's Sparrow
- Clay-colored Sparrow
- Brewer's Sparrow
- Black-chinned Sparrow
- Lark Sparrow
- Black-throated Sparrow
- Sage Sparrow
- Lark Bunting
- (Baird's Sparrow)
- McCown's Longspur
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- (Lawrence's Goldfinch)
Water Birds
- Sandhill Crane
- Mountain Plover
- Long-billed Curlew
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Breeding and wintering: Temperate (including northern Mexico; minor shift between breeding and non-breeding distributions)
Land Birds
Blue Jay
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- (Snowy Owl)
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker
- Blue Jay
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- Brown Thrasher
- Eastern Towhee
- Bachman's Sparrow
- Field Sparrow
- Seaside Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- (Pine Grosbeak)
- (White-winged Crossbill)
Water Birds
- Glossy Ibis
- American Woodcock
- Wood Duck
- (Great Black-backed Gull)
Contact Information:
For more information, please contact:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Wildlife Diversity
4200 Smith School Road
Austin, Texas 78744