Trans-Gulf Migrants
Defined as those bird species that cross the Gulf of Mexico from the Yucatan Peninsula to the U. S. Gulf Coast (Texas to Florida). Trans-Gulf migration is characteristic of the following species, but does not exclude the possibility of some circum-Gulf passage either. Bird migration is not black or white. In the biological world there are rules, but there are always exceptions. This is not a complete list.
- Chimney Swift
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Belted Kingfisher
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Common Nighthawk
- Chuck-will's-widow
- Whip-poor-will
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Eastern Wood-Pewee
- Eastern Phoebe
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Eastern Kingbird
- Western Kingbird
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- White-eyed Vireo
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Warbling Vireo
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Purple Martin
- Barn Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
- House Wren
- Marsh Wren
- Veery
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Swainson's Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- Wood Thrush
- Gray Catbird
- Cedar Waxwing
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Golden-winged Warbler
- Tennessee Warbler
- Nashville Warbler
- Northern Parula
- Yellow Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler*
- Magnolia Warbler
- Cape May Warbler
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Yellow-throated Warbler
- Prairie Warbler
- Palm Warbler
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Cerulean Warbler
- Black-and-white Warbler
- American Redstart
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Swainson's Warbler
- Ovenbird
- Northern Waterthrush
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Kentucky Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Hooded Warbler
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Summer Tanager
- Scarlet Tanager
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Blue Grosbeak
- Dickcissel
- Bobolink
- Orchard Oriole
- Baltimore Oriole
Swainson's Thrush
photo courtesy of Mark Lockwood
Prothonotary Warbler
photo courtesy of Mark Lockwood
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
photo courtesy of Mark Lockwood
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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