Birds to See in Texas in February
161 bird species on our list for Texas are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Turkey Vulture and Mourning Dove. New this month: Purple Martin, Budgerigar and Arctic Jaeger.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Texas’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 161 birds in February
161 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.17% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Feb
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.49% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Feb
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.28% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.84% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.81% in Feb
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.77% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.77% in Feb
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.57% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.57% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.48% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.45% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.39% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.38% in Feb
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.31% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Feb
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Feb
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Feb
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.16% in Feb
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Feb
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.08% in Feb
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Feb
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Feb
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.03% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Feb
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Feb
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Feb
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Feb
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Feb
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Feb
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusWinter visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Feb
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.00% in Feb
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