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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Texas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 58, most common first
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Aug–May
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 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