Texas bird checklist

791 bird species in 92 families have been recorded in Texas, according to eBird; about 533 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

The most common birds in Texas right now

  1. 1Rock Pigeon
  2. 2Yellow-rumped Warbler
  3. 3European Starling
  4. 4House Sparrow
  5. 5Double-crested Cormorant
  6. 6American Robin
  7. 7Great Egret
  8. 8Turkey Vulture
  9. 9Barn Swallow
  10. 10Ring-billed Gull
The top 20, and how they are ranked

Texas bird checklist

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Cassowaries and Emu

  • Emu

Rheas

  • Greater Rhea

Magpie Goose

  • Magpie Goose

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

  • White-faced Whistling-Duck
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
  • West Indian Whistling-Duck
  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck
  • Bar-headed Goose
  • Snow Goose
  • Ross's Goose
  • Graylag Goose
  • Swan Goose
  • Greater White-fronted Goose
  • Brant
  • Barnacle Goose
  • Cackling Goose
  • Canada Goose
  • Mute Swan
  • Black Swan
  • Black-necked Swan
  • Trumpeter Swan
  • Tundra Swan
  • Whooper Swan
  • Coscoroba Swan
  • Egyptian Goose
  • Ruddy Shelduck
  • South African Shelduck
  • Common Shelduck
  • Crested Duck
  • Muscovy Duck
  • Ringed Teal
  • Wood Duck
  • Mandarin Duck
  • Garganey
  • Silver Teal
  • Blue-winged Teal
  • Cinnamon Teal
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Gadwall
  • Falcated Duck
  • Eurasian Wigeon
  • American Wigeon
  • Chiloe Wigeon
  • Mallard
  • Mexican Duck
  • American Black Duck
  • Mottled Duck
  • White-cheeked Pintail
  • Northern Pintail
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Marbled Duck
  • Red-crested Pochard
  • Rosy-billed Pochard
  • Canvasback
  • Redhead
  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Ferruginous Duck
  • Greater Scaup
  • Lesser Scaup
  • King Eider
  • Common Eider
  • Harlequin Duck
  • Surf Scoter
  • White-winged Scoter
  • Black Scoter
  • Long-tailed Duck
  • Bufflehead
  • Common Goldeneye
  • Barrow's Goldeneye
  • Hooded Merganser
  • Common Merganser
  • Red-breasted Merganser
  • Masked Duck
  • Ruddy Duck

Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows

  • Plain Chachalaca

Guineafowl

  • Helmeted Guineafowl

New World Quail

  • Northern Bobwhite
  • Scaled Quail
  • California Quail
  • Gambel's Quail
  • Montezuma Quail

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

  • Wild Turkey
  • Greater Prairie-Chicken
  • Lesser Prairie-Chicken
  • Gray Partridge
  • Golden Pheasant
  • Lady Amherst's Pheasant
  • Ring-necked Pheasant
  • Green Pheasant
  • Indian Peafowl
  • Red Junglefowl
  • Chukar

Pigeons and Doves

  • Rock Pigeon
  • Common Wood-Pigeon
  • White-crowned Pigeon
  • Red-billed Pigeon
  • Band-tailed Pigeon
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
  • African Collared-Dove
  • Ring-necked Dove
  • Diamond Dove
  • Inca Dove
  • Common Ground Dove
  • Ruddy Ground Dove
  • Ruddy Quail-Dove
  • White-tipped Dove
  • White-winged Dove
  • Mourning Dove

Cuckoos

  • Smooth-billed Ani
  • Groove-billed Ani
  • Greater Roadrunner
  • Dark-billed Cuckoo
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Mangrove Cuckoo
  • Black-billed Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

  • Lesser Nighthawk
  • Common Nighthawk
  • Common Pauraque
  • Common Poorwill
  • Chuck-will's-widow
  • Eastern Whip-poor-will
  • Mexican Whip-poor-will

Swifts

  • Black Swift
  • White-collared Swift
  • Chimney Swift
  • Vaux's Swift
  • White-throated Swift

Hummingbirds

  • Mexican Violetear
  • Green-breasted Mango
  • Rivoli's Hummingbird
  • Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem
  • Blue-throated Mountain-gem
  • Lucifer Hummingbird
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird
  • Anna's Hummingbird
  • Costa's Hummingbird
  • Calliope Hummingbird
  • Rufous Hummingbird
  • Allen's Hummingbird
  • Broad-tailed Hummingbird
  • Broad-billed Hummingbird
  • White-eared Hummingbird
  • Violet-crowned Hummingbird
  • Berylline Hummingbird
  • Buff-bellied Hummingbird

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

  • King Rail
  • Clapper Rail
  • Virginia Rail
  • Spotted Rail
  • Paint-billed Crake
  • Sora
  • Common Gallinule
  • American Coot
  • Purple Gallinule
  • Yellow Rail
  • Black Rail

Limpkin

  • Limpkin

Cranes

  • Gray Crowned-Crane
  • Sandhill Crane
  • Whooping Crane
  • Common Crane

Thick-knees

  • Double-striped Thick-knee

Stilts and Avocets

  • Black-necked Stilt
  • American Avocet

Oystercatchers

  • American Oystercatcher

Plovers and Lapwings

  • Black-bellied Plover
  • American Golden-Plover
  • Pacific Golden-Plover
  • Killdeer
  • Semipalmated Plover
  • Piping Plover
  • Southern Lapwing
  • Wilson's Plover
  • Collared Plover
  • Mountain Plover
  • Snowy Plover

Jacanas

  • Northern Jacana

Sandpipers and Allies

  • Upland Sandpiper
  • Hudsonian Whimbrel
  • Eurasian Whimbrel
  • Eskimo Curlew
  • Long-billed Curlew
  • Bar-tailed Godwit
  • Black-tailed Godwit
  • Hudsonian Godwit
  • Marbled Godwit
  • Short-billed Dowitcher
  • Long-billed Dowitcher
  • American Woodcock
  • Wilson's Snipe
  • Wilson's Phalarope
  • Red Phalarope
  • Red-necked Phalarope
  • Spotted Sandpiper
  • Solitary Sandpiper
  • Wandering Tattler
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Willet
  • Spotted Redshank
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Ruddy Turnstone
  • Black Turnstone
  • Red Knot
  • Surfbird
  • Ruff
  • Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
  • Curlew Sandpiper
  • Stilt Sandpiper
  • Red-necked Stint
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  • Sanderling
  • Dunlin
  • Purple Sandpiper
  • Baird's Sandpiper
  • White-rumped Sandpiper
  • Least Sandpiper
  • Pectoral Sandpiper
  • Western Sandpiper
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper

Skuas and Jaegers

  • Long-tailed Jaeger
  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Pomarine Jaeger
  • South Polar Skua

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

  • Little Gull
  • Black-legged Kittiwake
  • Sabine's Gull
  • Bonaparte's Gull
  • Black-headed Gull
  • Gray Gull
  • Laughing Gull
  • Franklin's Gull
  • Black-tailed Gull
  • Heermann's Gull
  • Short-billed Gull
  • Ring-billed Gull
  • Yellow-footed Gull
  • Western Gull
  • Kelp Gull
  • American Herring Gull
  • Vega Gull
  • European Herring Gull
  • Yellow-legged Gull
  • Great Black-backed Gull
  • Glaucous Gull
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • California Gull
  • Glaucous-winged Gull
  • Slaty-backed Gull
  • Iceland Gull
  • Black Skimmer
  • Brown Noddy
  • Black Noddy
  • Sooty Tern
  • Bridled Tern
  • Least Tern
  • Gull-billed Tern
  • Caspian Tern
  • Black Tern
  • Forster's Tern
  • Arctic Tern
  • Common Tern
  • Roseate Tern
  • Sandwich Tern
  • Elegant Tern
  • Royal Tern

Flamingos

  • American Flamingo
  • Greater Flamingo
  • Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

  • Least Grebe
  • Pied-billed Grebe
  • Horned Grebe
  • Red-necked Grebe
  • Eared Grebe
  • Western Grebe
  • Clark's Grebe

Tropicbirds

  • White-tailed Tropicbird
  • Red-billed Tropicbird

Loons

  • Red-throated Loon
  • Pacific Loon
  • Common Loon
  • Yellow-billed Loon

Albatrosses

  • Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross

Southern Storm-Petrels

  • Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Northern Storm-Petrels

  • Leach's Storm-Petrel
  • Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

  • Trindade Petrel
  • Black-capped Petrel
  • Stejneger's Petrel
  • White-chinned Petrel
  • Cory's Shearwater
  • Scopoli's Shearwater
  • Great Shearwater
  • Wedge-tailed Shearwater
  • Sooty Shearwater
  • Manx Shearwater
  • Sargasso Shearwater

Storks

  • Jabiru
  • Wood Stork

Frigatebirds

  • Magnificent Frigatebird

Boobies and Gannets

  • Northern Gannet
  • Red-footed Booby
  • Brown Booby
  • Masked Booby
  • Nazca Booby
  • Blue-footed Booby

Anhingas

  • Anhinga

Cormorants and Shags

  • Double-crested Cormorant
  • Neotropic Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

  • White Ibis
  • Glossy Ibis
  • White-faced Ibis
  • Roseate Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

  • Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
  • American Bittern
  • Least Bittern
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron
  • Black-crowned Night Heron
  • Little Blue Heron
  • Tricolored Heron
  • Reddish Egret
  • Snowy Egret
  • Green Heron
  • Western Cattle-Egret
  • Great Egret
  • Great Blue Heron

Pelicans

  • American White Pelican
  • Brown Pelican

New World Vultures

  • Black Vulture
  • Turkey Vulture

Osprey

  • Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

  • White-tailed Kite
  • Hook-billed Kite
  • Swallow-tailed Kite
  • Golden Eagle
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk
  • Cooper's Hawk
  • American Goshawk
  • Northern Harrier
  • Double-toothed Kite
  • Bald Eagle
  • Steller's Sea-Eagle
  • Mississippi Kite
  • Crane Hawk
  • Snail Kite
  • Common Black Hawk
  • Great Black Hawk
  • Roadside Hawk
  • Harris's Hawk
  • White-tailed Hawk
  • Gray Hawk
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • Red-shouldered Hawk
  • Zone-tailed Hawk
  • Short-tailed Hawk
  • Swainson's Hawk
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Rough-legged Hawk
  • Ferruginous Hawk

Barn-Owls

  • American Barn Owl

Owls

  • Flammulated Owl
  • Western Screech-Owl
  • Eastern Screech-Owl
  • Snowy Owl
  • Great Horned Owl
  • Northern Pygmy-Owl
  • Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
  • Elf Owl
  • Burrowing Owl
  • Mottled Owl
  • Spotted Owl
  • Barred Owl
  • Long-eared Owl
  • Stygian Owl
  • Short-eared Owl
  • Northern Saw-whet Owl

Trogons

  • Coppery-tailed Trogon

Hornbills

  • Western Red-billed Hornbill

Kingfishers

  • Ringed Kingfisher
  • Belted Kingfisher
  • Amazon Kingfisher
  • Green Kingfisher

Toucans

  • Keel-billed Toucan

Woodpeckers

  • Williamson's Sapsucker
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Red-naped Sapsucker
  • Red-breasted Sapsucker
  • Lewis's Woodpecker
  • Red-headed Woodpecker
  • Acorn Woodpecker
  • Golden-fronted Woodpecker
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker
  • Red-cockaded Woodpecker
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Ivory-billed Woodpecker
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • Northern Flicker

Falcons and Caracaras

  • Collared Forest-Falcon
  • Crested Caracara
  • Yellow-headed Caracara
  • American Kestrel
  • Merlin
  • Aplomado Falcon
  • Bat Falcon
  • Gyrfalcon
  • Peregrine Falcon
  • Prairie Falcon

Cockatoos

  • Cockatiel
  • Little Corella
  • Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Old World Parrots

  • Alexandrine Parakeet
  • Rose-ringed Parakeet
  • Red-rumped Parrot
  • Budgerigar
  • Rosy-faced Lovebird
  • Fischer's Lovebird
  • Yellow-collared Lovebird
  • Lilian's Lovebird

New World and African Parrots

  • Barred Parakeet
  • Monk Parakeet
  • White-winged Parakeet
  • Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
  • White-crowned Parrot
  • Red-crowned Amazon
  • Lilac-crowned Amazon
  • Red-lored Amazon
  • Yellow-naped Amazon
  • Yellow-headed Amazon
  • Yellow-crowned Amazon
  • White-fronted Amazon
  • Yellow-lored Amazon
  • Green-cheeked Parakeet
  • Hyacinth Macaw
  • Olive-throated Parakeet
  • Orange-fronted Parakeet
  • Nanday Parakeet
  • Sun Parakeet
  • Blue-and-yellow Macaw
  • Chestnut-fronted Macaw
  • Military Macaw
  • Scarlet Macaw
  • Blue-crowned Parakeet
  • Green Parakeet
  • Mitred Parakeet
  • Red-masked Parakeet

Typical Antbirds

  • Barred Antshrike

Tityras and Allies

  • Masked Tityra
  • Gray-collared Becard
  • Rose-throated Becard

Tyrant Flycatchers

  • Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
  • Greenish Elaenia
  • Small-billed Elaenia
  • White-crested Elaenia
  • Tufted Flycatcher
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher
  • Greater Pewee
  • Western Wood-Pewee
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  • Acadian Flycatcher
  • Alder Flycatcher
  • Willow Flycatcher
  • Least Flycatcher
  • Hammond's Flycatcher
  • Gray Flycatcher
  • Dusky Flycatcher
  • Western Flycatcher
  • Buff-breasted Flycatcher
  • Black Phoebe
  • Eastern Phoebe
  • Say's Phoebe
  • Vermilion Flycatcher
  • Dusky-capped Flycatcher
  • Ash-throated Flycatcher
  • Nutting's Flycatcher
  • Great Crested Flycatcher
  • Brown-crested Flycatcher
  • Cattle Tyrant
  • Great Kiskadee
  • Social Flycatcher
  • Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
  • Piratic Flycatcher
  • Variegated Flycatcher
  • Tropical Kingbird
  • Couch's Kingbird
  • Cassin's Kingbird
  • Thick-billed Kingbird
  • Western Kingbird
  • Eastern Kingbird
  • Gray Kingbird
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  • Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis

  • Black-capped Vireo
  • White-eyed Vireo
  • Bell's Vireo
  • Gray Vireo
  • Hutton's Vireo
  • Yellow-throated Vireo
  • Cassin's Vireo
  • Blue-headed Vireo
  • Plumbeous Vireo
  • Philadelphia Vireo
  • Eastern Warbling Vireo
  • Western Warbling Vireo
  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • Yellow-green Vireo
  • Black-whiskered Vireo
  • Yucatan Vireo

Shrikes

  • Loggerhead Shrike
  • Northern Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

  • Black-throated Magpie-Jay
  • Brown Jay
  • Green Jay
  • Yucatan Jay
  • Purplish-backed Jay
  • San Blas Jay
  • Pinyon Jay
  • Steller's Jay
  • Blue Jay
  • Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
  • Mexican Jay
  • Black-billed Magpie
  • Clark's Nutcracker
  • House Crow
  • American Crow
  • Tamaulipas Crow
  • Fish Crow
  • Chihuahuan Raven
  • Hooded Crow
  • Common Raven

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

  • Carolina Chickadee
  • Black-capped Chickadee
  • Mountain Chickadee
  • Juniper Titmouse
  • Tufted Titmouse
  • Black-crested Titmouse

Penduline-Tits

  • Verdin

Larks

  • Horned Lark

Swallows

  • Bank Swallow
  • Tree Swallow
  • Violet-green Swallow
  • Purple Martin
  • Gray-breasted Martin
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  • Blue-and-white Swallow
  • Barn Swallow
  • Cliff Swallow
  • Cave Swallow

Bulbuls

  • Red-whiskered Bulbul
  • Red-vented Bulbul

Long-tailed Tits

  • Bushtit

Kinglets

  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet

Nuthatches

  • White-breasted Nuthatch
  • Pygmy Nuthatch
  • Brown-headed Nuthatch
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch

Treecreepers

  • Brown Creeper

Gnatcatchers

  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  • Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

Wrens

  • Rock Wren
  • Canyon Wren
  • Northern House Wren
  • Pacific Wren
  • Winter Wren
  • Sedge Wren
  • Marsh Wren
  • Carolina Wren
  • Bewick's Wren
  • Cactus Wren

Dippers

  • American Dipper

Starlings

  • European Starling

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

  • Blue Mockingbird
  • Black Catbird
  • Gray Catbird
  • Curve-billed Thrasher
  • Brown Thrasher
  • Long-billed Thrasher
  • Crissal Thrasher
  • Sage Thrasher
  • Tropical Mockingbird
  • Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes and Allies

  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Western Bluebird
  • Mountain Bluebird
  • Townsend's Solitaire
  • Varied Thrush
  • Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
  • Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
  • Veery
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush
  • Swainson's Thrush
  • Hermit Thrush
  • Wood Thrush
  • Aztec Thrush
  • American Robin
  • Rufous-backed Robin
  • White-throated Thrush
  • Clay-colored Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

  • Amur Stonechat
  • Northern Wheatear

Waxwings

  • Bohemian Waxwing
  • Cedar Waxwing

Silky-flycatchers

  • Gray Silky-flycatcher
  • Phainopepla

Olive Warbler

  • Olive Warbler

Weavers and Allies

  • Village Weaver
  • Northern Red Bishop

Waxbills and Allies

  • Zebra Finch
  • Bronze Mannikin
  • Magpie Mannikin
  • Indian Silverbill
  • Scaly-breasted Munia
  • Tricolored Munia
  • Orange-cheeked Waxbill
  • Common Waxbill
  • Black-rumped Waxbill
  • Red-billed Firefinch

Whydahs and Indigobirds

  • Pin-tailed Whydah

Old World Sparrows

  • House Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

  • White Wagtail
  • American Pipit
  • Sprague's Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

  • Evening Grosbeak
  • Pine Grosbeak
  • Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
  • House Finch
  • Purple Finch
  • Cassin's Finch
  • White-rumped Seedeater
  • Yellow-fronted Canary
  • Redpoll
  • Red Crossbill
  • White-winged Crossbill
  • European Goldfinch
  • Island Canary
  • Pine Siskin
  • Black-headed Siskin
  • Lesser Goldfinch
  • Lawrence's Goldfinch
  • American Goldfinch

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

  • Lapland Longspur
  • Chestnut-collared Longspur
  • Smith's Longspur
  • Thick-billed Longspur
  • Snow Bunting

New World Sparrows

  • Botteri's Sparrow
  • Cassin's Sparrow
  • Bachman's Sparrow
  • Grasshopper Sparrow
  • Olive Sparrow
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Clay-colored Sparrow
  • Black-chinned Sparrow
  • Field Sparrow
  • Brewer's Sparrow
  • Black-throated Sparrow
  • Lark Sparrow
  • Lark Bunting
  • American Tree Sparrow
  • Fox Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Yellow-eyed Junco
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • Golden-crowned Sparrow
  • Harris's Sparrow
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • Sagebrush Sparrow
  • Striped Sparrow
  • Vesper Sparrow
  • LeConte's Sparrow
  • Seaside Sparrow
  • Nelson's Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Baird's Sparrow
  • Henslow's Sparrow
  • Song Sparrow
  • Lincoln's Sparrow
  • Swamp Sparrow
  • Canyon Towhee
  • Rufous-crowned Sparrow
  • Green-tailed Towhee
  • Spotted Towhee
  • Eastern Towhee

Yellow-breasted Chat

  • Yellow-breasted Chat

Troupials and Allies

  • Yellow-headed Blackbird
  • Bobolink
  • Western Meadowlark
  • Eastern Meadowlark
  • Chihuahuan Meadowlark
  • Black-vented Oriole
  • Orchard Oriole
  • Hooded Oriole
  • Venezuelan Troupial
  • Streak-backed Oriole
  • Bullock's Oriole
  • Altamira Oriole
  • Audubon's Oriole
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Scott's Oriole
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Shiny Cowbird
  • Bronzed Cowbird
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Rusty Blackbird
  • Brewer's Blackbird
  • Common Grackle
  • Boat-tailed Grackle
  • Great-tailed Grackle

New World Warblers

  • Ovenbird
  • Worm-eating Warbler
  • Louisiana Waterthrush
  • Northern Waterthrush
  • Golden-winged Warbler
  • Blue-winged Warbler
  • Black-and-white Warbler
  • Prothonotary Warbler
  • Swainson's Warbler
  • Crescent-chested Warbler
  • Tennessee Warbler
  • Orange-crowned Warbler
  • Colima Warbler
  • Lucy's Warbler
  • Nashville Warbler
  • Virginia's Warbler
  • Connecticut Warbler
  • Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
  • MacGillivray's Warbler
  • Mourning Warbler
  • Kentucky Warbler
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Hooded Warbler
  • American Redstart
  • Cape May Warbler
  • Cerulean Warbler
  • Northern Parula
  • Tropical Parula
  • Magnolia Warbler
  • Bay-breasted Warbler
  • Blackburnian Warbler
  • Northern Yellow Warbler
  • Mangrove Yellow Warbler
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler
  • Palm Warbler
  • Pine Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Yellow-throated Warbler
  • Prairie Warbler
  • Grace's Warbler
  • Black-throated Gray Warbler
  • Townsend's Warbler
  • Hermit Warbler
  • Golden-cheeked Warbler
  • Black-throated Green Warbler
  • Fan-tailed Warbler
  • Rufous-capped Warbler
  • Golden-crowned Warbler
  • Canada Warbler
  • Wilson's Warbler
  • Red-faced Warbler
  • Painted Redstart
  • Slate-throated Redstart

Cardinals and Allies

  • Hepatic Tanager
  • Summer Tanager
  • Scarlet Tanager
  • Western Tanager
  • Flame-colored Tanager
  • Crimson-collared Grosbeak
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Pyrrhuloxia
  • Yellow Grosbeak
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Black-headed Grosbeak
  • Blue Bunting
  • Blue Grosbeak
  • Lazuli Bunting
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Orange-breasted Bunting
  • Varied Bunting
  • Painted Bunting
  • Dickcissel

Tanagers and Allies

  • Silver-beaked Tanager
  • Red-legged Honeycreeper
  • Saffron Finch
  • Morelet's Seedeater
  • Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater
  • Yellow-faced Grassquit

Most common birds in Texas

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Texas’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

  1. Rock PigeonColumba livia
  2. Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
  3. European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  4. House SparrowPasser domesticus
  5. Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
  6. American RobinTurdus migratorius
  7. Great EgretArdea alba
  8. Turkey VultureCathartes aura
  9. Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
  10. Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
  11. Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
  12. American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
  13. MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  14. KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
  15. Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
  16. Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
  17. American KestrelFalco sparverius
  18. Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
  19. Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
  20. Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus

Largest bird families in Texas

Among its regular birds.

  • Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl46
  • New World Warblers43
  • Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers33
  • Sandpipers and Allies32
  • New World Sparrows31
  • Tyrant Flycatchers29
  • Hawks, Eagles, and Kites21
  • Troupials and Allies20

Reported in the last 30 days

467 species reported to eBird in Texas in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Rock Pigeon, Laughing Gull, Harris's Hawk, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Monk Parakeet, Green Parakeet, European Starling, Northern Flicker, Common Grackle, Lesser Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, American Robin, White-winged Dove, Blue Jay, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Great-tailed Grackle, Eurasian Collared-Dove, House Finch, Turkey Vulture, American Redstart, Carolina Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Gray Catbird, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Indigo Bunting, Black Vulture, White-eyed Vireo, Brown Thrasher, Horned Lark, American Crow, Great Egret, Greater Roadrunner, Western Meadowlark, American Kestrel, Curve-billed Thrasher, Mallard, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Northern Harrier, Bald Eagle, …

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