Common Birds in Texas
Our list for Texas has 58 common birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 10 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Texas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 58, most common first
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made