Birds in Texas
Explore 100 species found in this region.
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House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanusLC
Year-round

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Year-round

Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalarisLC
Year-round

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Oct–Feb

Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Apr–Sep

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Year-round

Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Sep–Apr

Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Year-round
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Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Year-round

Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Year-round

Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Aug–May

Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
Year-round

Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Sep–Mar

Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Aug–Jun

Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Year-round

Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Apr–Oct

Painted Bunting
Passerina cirisLC
Apr–Oct

Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Mar–Oct

Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Sep–Apr

Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Year-round

Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatusLC
Year-round

Pine Siskin
Spinus pinusLC
Oct–May

Piping Plover
Charadrius melodusNT
Jul–Apr