A Checklist of the Birds of the TEXAS HILL COUNTRY

Bold-faced species are rare, unusual or local species.
  May May May May May
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck x x x x x
Wood Duck       x x
Mallard         x
Blue-winged Teal       x  
Wild Turkey x x   x x
Northern Bobwhite   x   x  
Double-crested Cormorant         x
Great Blue Heron x x   x x
Great Egret     x   x
Cattle Egret x       x
Green Heron x x   x x
Black-crowned Night-Heron       x  
White-faced Ibis       x  
Black Vulture x x x x x
Turkey Vulture x x x x x
White-tailed Kite       x  
Mississippi Kite       x  
Cooper's Hawk   x   x x
Harris's Hawk     x    
Red-shouldered Hawk x x x x x
Swainson's Hawk       x  
Zone-tailed Hawk   x x x x
Red-tailed Hawk x x x x x
Crested Caracara x x x x x
Sora       x  
Common Moorhen       x  
American Coot       x  
Killdeer x x   x x
Spotted Sandpiper x     x  
Greater Yellowlegs       x  
Lesser Yellowlegs       x  
White-rumped Sandpiper     x x  
Wilson's Phalarope       x  
Rock Pigeon x x x x x
Eurasian Collared-Dove       x  
White-winged Dove x x x x x
Mourning Dove x x x x x
Common Ground-Dove   x x x x
Yellow-billed Cuckoo x x x x x
Greater Roadrunner       x x
Barn Owl       x  
Eastern Screech-Owl   x   x  
Great Horned Owl x x x    
Common Nighthawk x x   x x
Common Poorwill x x   x  
Chuck-will's-widow x x x x x
Chimney Swift x x x x x
Black-chinned Hummingbird x x x x x
Ringed Kingfisher   x x    
Belted Kingfisher x        
Green Kingfisher x x x x x
Golden-fronted Woodpecker x x x x x
Ladder-backed Woodpecker x x x x x
Eastern Wood-Pewee x x x x x
Acadian Flycatcher x x x x x
Black Phoebe x x x x x
Eastern Phoebe x x x x x
Vermilion Flycatcher x x x x x
Ash-throated Flycatcher x x   x x
Great Crested Flycatcher x     x x
Brown-crested Flycatcher x   x x x
Western Kingbird x x x x x
Eastern Kingbird         x
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher x x x x x
Loggerhead Shrike     x x x
White-eyed Vireo x x x x x
Bell's Vireo x x x x x
Black-capped Vireo x x x x x
Yellow-throated Vireo x x x x x
Warbling Vireo x     x x
Red-eyed Vireo x x x x x
Blue Jay         x
Western Scrub-Jay x x x x x
Common Raven x x   x x
Purple Martin x x x x x
Tree Swallow       x x
Northern Rough-winged Swallow x x x x x
Bank Swallow       x  
Cliff Swallow x x x x x
Cave Swallow x x x x x
Barn Swallow x x x x x
Carolina Chickadee x x x x x
Black-crested Titmouse x x x x x
Verdin   x x    
Bushtit x   x x x
Cactus Wren   x   x x
Rock Wren     x   x
Canyon Wren x x x x x
Carolina Wren x x x x x
Bewick's Wren x x x x x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x x x x x
Eastern Bluebird x x x x x
Northern Mockingbird x x x x x
Long-billed Thrasher x x x x x
Curve-billed Thrasher   x   x  
European Starling x x x x x
Cedar Waxwing x   x   x
Blue-winged Warbler x x x x x
Northern Parula x     x x
Yellow Warbler x x x x x
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler x   x   x
Golden-cheeked Warbler x x x x x
Yellow-throated Warbler x x x x x
Black-and-white Warbler x   x x x
Lousiana Waterthrush x   x x x
Common Yellowthroat x x   x x
Wilson's Warbler     x   x
Canada Warbler x        
Yellow-breasted Chat x x x x x
Summer Tanager x x x x x
Olive Sparrow x x x x x
Canyon Towhee x     x x
Cassin's Sparrow   x x x x
Rufous-crowned Sparrow x x x x x
Chipping Sparrow x x x x x
Field Sparrow x x x x x
Vesper Sparrow x        
Lark Sparrow x x x x x
Black-throated Sparrow   x x x x
Grasshopper Sparrow     x x  
Lincoln's Sparrow   x      
Northern Cardinal x x x x x
Pyrrhuloxia   x x x  
Blue Grosbeak x x x x x
Lazuli Bunting   x      
Indigo Bunting x x x x x
Painted Bunting x x x x x
Dickcissel x   x x x
Red-winged Blackbird x x x x x
Eastern Meadowlark   x   x x
Western Meadowlark x        
Common Grackle   x x    
Great-tailed Grackle x x x x x
Bronzed Cowbird x x x x x
Brown-headed Cowbird x x x x x
Orchard Oriole   x      
Hooded Oriole x x x x x
Bullock's Oriole x x x x x
Scott's Oriole x x     x
House Finch x x x x x
Pine Siskin     x    
Lesser Goldfinch x x x x x
House Sparrow x x x x x
           
Total Species 97 97 93 120 108

x = observed     d = dead
  May May May May May
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
MAMMALS          
Virginia Opossum   d d x d
Striped Skunk d d s d x
Raccoon d x x x x
Ringtail       x  
Gray Fox d x      
Bobcat     x    
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel       x  
Eastern Gray Squirrel x x      
Rock Squirrel     x x x
Eastern Fox Squirrel   x x x x
Nutria       x  
Eastern Cottontail x x x x x
Blacktail Jackrabbit   x   x x
Whitetail Deer x x x x x
Nine-banded Armadillo d d d   x
Collared Peccary (Javelina)   d      
Mexican Free-tailed Bat x x x x x
Cave Myotis     x x  
Porcupine d        
Axis Deer (introduced) x x   x x
Ibex (introduced)       x  
Impala (introduced)       x  
           
NATURAL PHENOMENA          
Lightning and Thunderstorm x        
10 million Mexican Free-tailed Bats x x x x x
Red-tailed Hawks feeding on bats x x x x  
Black-chinned Hummingbird nest   x      
Bobcat carrying a Rat     x    
           
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS          
Crevice Spiny Lizard     x   x
Texas Spiny Lizard   x   x  
Greater Earless Lizard         x
Green Anole x x   x x
Five-lined Skink       x  
Texas Spotted Lizard   x x   x
Bull Snake       d  
Western Coach Whip         x
Ribbon or Garter Snake       x  
Guadalupe Spiny Softshell x x x    
Red-eared Slider x x x x x
Sawtooth Slider         x
           
FISHES          
Channel Catfish   x x   x
Bluegill x x x   x
Longear Sunfish       x x
Largemouth Bass x x x   x
Rio Grande Perch   x      
Spottail Shiner         x
           
INVERTEBRATES          
Tree Snail sp. (white)   x x    
Ant Lion   x   x x
Tarantula x     x  
Tarantula Hawk x     x x
Dobsonfly x       x
Scarab Beetle x        
Scorpion       x  

A Checklist of the Birds of the TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
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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