New World Blackbirds in Texas
Our list for Texas has 5 new world blackbirds recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 winter visitor 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 5, most common first
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Apr–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Baltimore Oriole 17–19 cm
- Bobolink 16–20 cm
- Red-winged Blackbird 17–23 cm
- Western Meadowlark 16–26 cm
- Common Grackle 28–34 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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