Birds in Texas

Explore 170 species found in this region.

Visiting in April? Look out for Acorn Woodpecker and American Redstart arriving this month, and Bonaparte's Gull and Fox Sparrow depart for the season.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruby-throated HummingbirdSmallest · 7cm
to
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue HeronLargest · 137cm
Ranges from the Ruby-throated Hummingbird (7cm) to the Great Blue Heron (137cm)41 families represented

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Showing 70–92 of 170 species

Hermit Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatusLC

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Oct–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hooded Merganser

Hooded Merganser

Lophodytes cucullatusLC

Non-breedingRarely spotted

Nov–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Horned Grebe

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritusVU

Non-breedingRarely spotted

Nov–Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Horned Lark

Horned Lark

Eremophila alpestrisLC

ResidentRarely spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
House Finch

House Finch

Haemorhous mexicanusLC

ResidentCommonly spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
House Sparrow

House Sparrow

Passer domesticusLC

ResidentCommonly spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hudsonian Godwit

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemasticaVU

PassageRarely spotted

May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hudsonian Whimbrel

Hudsonian Whimbrel

Numenius hudsonicusLC

PassageRarely spotted

Apr–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Dryobates scalarisLC

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Lark Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Chondestes grammacusLC

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Least Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax minimusLC

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Apr–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Least Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutillaNT

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Jul–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Lesser Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscusLC

Non-breedingRarely spotted

Oct–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipesVU

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Jul–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Lincoln's Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Melospiza lincolniiLC

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Sep–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Little Tern

Little Tern

Sternula albifronsLC

BreedingUncommonly spotted

Apr–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Long-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceusNT

ResidentRarely spotted

Jul–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Magnolia Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Setophaga magnoliaLC

PassageUncommonly spotted

Apr–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Mallard

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchosLC

ResidentUncommonly spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Marbled Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Limosa fedoaVU

ResidentRarely spotted

Jul–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Marsh Wren

Marsh Wren

Cistothorus palustrisLC

ResidentRarely spotted

Oct–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Merlin

Merlin

Falco columbariusLC

Non-breedingRarely spotted

Sep–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Monk Parakeet

Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachusLC

ResidentRarely spotted

Year-round

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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