A Checklist of the Birds of
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA & nearby COASTAL TEXAS

Bold-faced species are rare, unusual or local species.
x = observed       h = heard only
  Apr Apr Apr
  1995 2005 2007
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck x x x
Fulvous Whistling-Duck x x x
Greater White-fronted Goose x x  
Snow Goose   x  
Canada Goose x   x
Wood Duck x   x
Gadwall x x x
American Wigeon x   x
Mallard x x x
Mottled Duck x x x
Blue-winged Teal x x x
Northern Shoveler x x x
Northern Pintail x    
Green-winged Teal x x x
Ring-necked Duck x x x
Lesser Scaup x x x
Black Scoter     x
Bufflehead x    
Red-breasted Merganser x   x
Ruddy Duck x    
Ring-necked Pheasant x   x
Northern Bobwhite x   x
Western Grebe   x  
Pied-billed Grebe x x x
Northern Gannet     x
American White Pelican x x x
Brown Pelican x x x
Neotropic Cormorant x x x
Double-crested Cormorant x x x
Anhinga x x x
American Bittern   x  
Least Bittern x x  
Great Blue Heron x x x
Great Egret x x x
Snowy Egret x x x
Little Blue Heron x x x
Tricolored Heron x x x
Cattle Egret x x x
Green Heron x x x
Black-crowned Night-Heron x x x
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron x x x
White Ibis x x x
Glossy Ibis   x  
White-faced Ibis x x x
Roseate Spoonbill x x x
Black Vulture x x x
Turkey Vulture x x x
Osprey x x x
Swallow-tailed Kite x    
White-tailed Kite x    
Mississippi Kite x x x
Bald Eagle     x
Northern Harrier x x x
Sharp-shinned Hawk x    
Cooper's Hawk   x  
Red-shouldered Hawk x x x
Broad-winged Hawk x x x
Swainson's Hawk   x  
Red-tailed Hawk x x x
Crested Caracara   x x
American Kestrel x   x
Merlin x x  
Peregrine Falcon x x x
Clapper Rail x x x
King Rail x x h
Virginia Rail x x  
Sora x x h
Purple Gallinule x x  
Common Moorhen x x x
American Coot x x x
Black-bellied Plover x x x
American Golden-Plover x x  
Snowy Plover   x  
Wilson's Plover x x x
Semipalmated Plover x x x
Piping Plover x   x
Killdeer x x x
Black-necked Stilt x x x
American Avocet x x x
Greater Yellowlegs x x x
Lesser Yellowlegs x x x
Solitary Sandpiper x   x
Willet x x x
Spotted Sandpiper x   x
Upland Sandpiper x    
Whimbrel x x x
Long-billed Curlew x x x
Marbled Godwit x   x
Ruddy Turnstone x x x
Red Knot x   x
Sanderling x x x
Semipalmated Sandpiper x    
Western Sandpiper x   x
Least Sandpiper x x x
White-rumped Sandpiper x    
Baird's Sandpiper x    
Pectoral Sandpiper x x x
Dunlin x   x
Stilt Sandpiper x x x
Short-billed Dowitcher     x
Long-billed Dowitcher x x x
Wilson's Snipe x x x
Wilson's Phalarope x   x
Laughing Gull x x x
Franklin's Gull   x  
Bonaparte's Gull x x x
Ring-billed Gull x x x
Herring Gull x x x
Lesser Black-backed Gull   x  
Gull-billed Tern x x x
Caspian Tern x x x
Royal Tern x x x
Sandwich Tern x x x
Common Tern x x x
Forster's Tern x x x
Least Tern x x x
Black Tern x x x
Black Skimmer x x x
Rock Pigeon x x x
Eurasian Collared-Dove   x x
White-winged Dove   x x
Mourning Dove x x x
Inca Dove x x x
Yellow-billed Cuckoo x x x
Chuck-will's-widow x    
Barn Owl   x x
Great Horned Owl     x
Burrowing Owl     x
Barred Owl x   x
Chimney Swift x x x
Ruby-throated Hummingbird x x x
Belted Kingfisher x x x
Red-headed Woodpecker x x  
Red-bellied Woodpecker x x x
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker x x x
Downy Woodpecker x x x
Hairy Woodpecker     x
Red-cockaded Woodpecker   x x
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker x    
Pileated Woodpecker x x x
Eastern Wood-Pewee x x  
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher   x  
Willow/Alder Flycatcher   x  
Least Flytcatcher   x  
Great Crested Flycatcher x x x
Western Kingbird   x  
Eastern Kingbird x x x
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher x x x
Loggerhead Shrike x x x
White-eyed Vireo x x x
Yellow-throated Vireo x x x
Blue-headed Vireo x x x
Warbling Vireo x x x
Philadelphia Vireo x x x
Red-eyed Vireo x x x
Purple Martin x x x
Tree Swallow x x x
Northern Rough-winged Swallow x x x
Bank Swallow   x  
Cliff Swallow x    
Cave Swallow x    
Barn Swallow x x x
Blue Jay x x x
American Crow x x x
Fish Crow x x x
Carolina Chickadee x x x
Tufted Titmouse x x x
Carolina Wren x x x
House Wren x x x
Sedge Wren x x  
Marsh Wren x x x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x x x
Eastern Bluebird x x x
Gray-cheeked Thrush x    
Swainson's Thrush x x  
Hermit Thrush   x x
Wood Thrush x x x
Gray Catbird x x x
Northern Mockingbird x x x
Brown Thrasher x x x
European Starling x x x
Blue-winged Warbler x x  
Tennessee Warbler x x  
Orange-crowned Warbler   x  
Northern Parula x x x
Yellow Warbler   x  
Chestnut-sided Warbler x x  
Black-throated Blue Warbler x    
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler x x x
Black-throated Green Warbler x   x
Blackburnian Warbler x x  
Yellow-throated Warbler x x x
Pine Warbler x x x
Prairie Warbler   x  
Palm Warbler x x x
Blackpoll Warbler x    
Cerulean Warbler x x  
Black-and-white Warbler x x x
American Redstart x x x
Prothonotary Warbler x x x
Worm-eating Warbler x x  
Swainson's Warbler x x  
Ovenbird x x  
Northern Waterthrush x x  
Louisiana Waterthrush x   x
Kentucky Warbler x x  
Common Yellowthroat x x x
Hooded Warbler x x  
Wilson's Warbler x x  
Yellow-breasted Chat x x  
Summer Tanager x x x
Scarlet Tanager x x x
Western Tanager x    
Eastern Towhee x x x
Bachman's Sparrow x x  
Chipping Sparrow     x
Savannah Sparrow x x x
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow   x  
Seaside Sparrow x    
Lincoln's Sparrow x   x
Swamp Sparrow x x x
White-throated Sparrow x x x
White-crowned Sparrow x   x
Northern Cardinal x x x
Rose-breasted Grosbeak x x x
Blue Grosbeak x x  
Indigo Bunting x x x
Painted Bunting x x  
Dickcissel x    
Red-winged Blackbird x x x
Eastern Meadowlark x x x
Yellow-headed Blackbird x    
Common Grackle x x x
Boat-tailed Grackle x x x
Great-tailed Grackle x x x
Brown-headed Cowbird x x x
Orchard Oriole x x x
Baltimore Oriole x x x
House Sparrow x x x

x = observed       d = dead       s = smell
  Apr Apr Apr
  1995 2005 2007
BUTTERFLIES      
Giant Swallowtail   x x
Monarch   x x
Viceroy   x x
Red Admiral   x x
Cloudless Sulphur   x x
Spicebush Swallowtail     x
Zebra Swallowtail     x
       
NATURAL PHENOMENA      
Rainbow     x
       
MAMMALS      
White-tailed Deer x   d
Nutria x x x
Muskrat x d  
River Otter x x  
Swamp Rabbit x x x
Eastern Cottontail   x x
Virginia Opossum x d d
Eastern Fox Squirrel x x x
Eastern Gray Squirrel x x x
Atlantic Bottle-nosed Dolphin x x x
Raccoon d x x
Striped Skunk d d s
Nine-banded Armadillo d d d
Wild Pig (feral) d    
Fox sp.     x
       
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS      
American Alligator x x x
Snapping Turtle x d  
Red-eared Slider x x x
Common Slider x x x
Mud Turtle x x x
Carolina Anole x x x
Western Ribbon Snake x x  
Black Water Snake x    
Yellowbelly Water Snake   x  
Mud Snake     d
Blotched Water Snake     d
Bullfrog   x h
Fowler's Toad     h
       

Checklist of the Birds of SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA & nearby COASTAL TEXAS
Compiled by Robert M. Schutsky
Bird Treks, 216 Spring Lane
Peach Bottom, PA USA 17563-4008
717-548-3303 info@birdtreks.com
www.birdtreks.com
Created by Valerie K. M. Schutsky

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