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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Texas: The Rio Grande Valley in Spring

Cumulative Checklist

with Gavin Bieber as leader

Column A = number of tours out of four on which this species has been recorded

Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2012 tour

Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2012 tour

Column D = H = heard only, N = Nest, X = Seen during 2012 tour

A B C D
4 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 9 300 Dendrocygna autumnalis
3 Fulvous Whistling-Duck 2 10 Dendrocygna bicolor
1 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
4 Muscovy Duck 2 2 Cairina moschata
4 Gadwall 5 20 Anas strepera
3 American Wigeon 2 12 Anas americana
3 Mallard 1 2 Anas platyrhynchos
4 Mottled Duck 6 30 Anas fulvigula
4 Blue-winged Teal 9 40 Anas discors
2 Cinnamon Teal 1 2 Anas cyanoptera
4 Northern Shoveler 6 300 Anas clypeata
3 Northern Pintail 2 2 Anas acuta
3 Green-winged Teal 6 6 Anas crecca
1 Canvasback Aythya valisineria
3 Redhead 4 50 Aythya americana
1 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
1 Greater Scaup Aythya marila
3 Lesser Scaup 1 5 Aythya affinis
2 Bufflehead 2 1 Bucephala albeola
3 Red-breasted Merganser 4 30 Mergus serrator
2 Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
4 Ruddy Duck 4 30 Oxyura jamaicensis
4 Plain Chachalaca 5 40 Ortalis vetula
1 Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
3 Northern Bobwhite 3 4 Colinus virginianus
2 Common Loon 1 1 Gavia immer
4 Least Grebe 1 28 Tachybaptus dominicus
4 Pied-billed Grebe 6 10 Podilymbus podiceps
3 Eared Grebe 2 2 Podiceps nigricollis
2 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
4 American White Pelican 6 350 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
4 Brown Pelican 4 100 Pelecanus occidentalis
4 Neotropic Cormorant 9 50 Phalacrocorax brasilianus
4 Double-crested Cormorant 7 20 Phalacrocorax auritus
4 Anhinga 3 10 Anhinga anhinga
2 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
4 Great Blue Heron 5 12 Ardea herodias
4 Great Egret 9 6 Ardea alba
4 Snowy Egret 6 10 Egretta thula
4 Little Blue Heron 5 10 Egretta caerulea
4 Tricolored Heron 4 5 Egretta tricolor
4 Reddish Egret 4 10 Egretta rufescens
4 Cattle Egret 7 400 Bubulcus ibis
4 Green Heron 4 3 Butorides virescens
4 Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 10 Nycticorax nycticorax
4 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2 7 Nyctanassa violacea
4 White Ibis 4 7 Eudocimus albus
1 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
4 White-faced Ibis 1 1 Plegadis chihi
4 Roseate Spoonbill 5 11 Platalea ajaja
4 Black Vulture 8 20 Coragyps atratus
4 Turkey Vulture 8 2000 Cathartes aura
4 Osprey 7 7 Pandion haliaetus
2 Hook-billed Kite 2 2 Chondrohierax uncinatus
2 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
4 White-tailed Kite 2 1 Elanus leucurus
4 Mississippi Kite 2 20 Ictinia mississippiensis
4 Northern Harrier 1 1 Circus cyaneus
3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 2 Accipiter striatus
4 Cooper's Hawk 2 1 Accipiter cooperii
4 Harris's Hawk 4 6 Parabuteo unicinctus
4 White-tailed Hawk 3 3 Geranoaetus albicaudatus
4 Gray Hawk 3 2 Buteo nitidus
2 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
4 Broad-winged Hawk 2 1200 Buteo platypterus
4 Swainson's Hawk 4 150 Buteo swainsoni
4 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 Buteo jamaicensis
4 Crested Caracara 5 15 Caracara cheriway
2 American Kestrel Falco sparverius
2 Merlin Falco columbarius
4 Aplomado Falcon 1 2 Falco femoralis
4 Peregrine Falcon 2 1 Falco peregrinus
4 Clapper Rail 1 2 Rallus longirostris
1 King Rail Rallus elegans
1 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
4 Sora 1 6 Porzana carolina
2 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
4 Common Gallinule 7 8 Gallinula galeata
4 American Coot 7 60 Fulica americana
4 Black-bellied Plover 3 250 Pluvialis squatarola
4 American Golden-Plover 3 20 Pluvialis dominica
4 Wilson's Plover 1 10 Charadrius wilsonia
4 Semipalmated Plover 1 30 Charadrius semipalmatus
3 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
4 Killdeer 3 6 Charadrius vociferus
4 American Oystercatcher 3 3 Haematopus palliatus
4 Black-necked Stilt 8 30 Himantopus mexicanus
4 American Avocet 5 150 Recurvirostra americana
4 Spotted Sandpiper 4 4 Actitis macularius
4 Solitary Sandpiper 2 1 Tringa solitaria
4 Greater Yellowlegs 5 3 Tringa melanoleuca
4 Willet 4 60 Tringa semipalmatus
4 Lesser Yellowlegs 7 16 Tringa flavipes
4 Upland Sandpiper 1 40 Bartramia longicauda
3 Whimbrel 2 7 Numenius phaeopus
4 Long-billed Curlew 1 2 Numenius americanus
1 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
4 Marbled Godwit 3 20 Limosa fedoa
4 Ruddy Turnstone 3 30 Arenaria interpres
4 Sanderling 2 225 Calidris alba
4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 3 10 Calidris pusilla
4 Western Sandpiper 4 30 Calidris mauri
4 Least Sandpiper 4 50 Calidris minutilla
2 Baird's Sandpiper 3 11 Calidris bairdii
4 Pectoral Sandpiper 5 12 Calidris melanotos
4 Dunlin 4 5 Calidris alpina
3 Stilt Sandpiper 4 10 Calidris himantopus
3 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 8 Tryngites subruficollis
4 Short-billed Dowitcher 3 150 Limnodromus griseus
4 Long-billed Dowitcher 6 200 Limnodromus scolopaceus
2 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
4 Laughing Gull 9 3000 Leucophaeus atricilla
4 Franklin's Gull 2 20 Leucophaeus pipixcan
4 Ring-billed Gull 4 30 Larus delawarensis
1 Glaucous Gull 1 1 Larus hyperboreus
4 Herring Gull 2 30 Larus argentatus
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
4 Gull-billed Tern 3 6 Geochelidon nilotica
4 Caspian Tern 3 20 Hydroprogne caspia
4 Royal Tern 4 200 Thalasseus maxima
4 Sandwich Tern 3 25 Thalasseus sandvicensis
3 Common Tern 1 5 Sterna hirundo
4 Forster's Tern 6 20 Sterna forsteri
4 Least Tern 3 40 Sternula antillarum
4 Black Skimmer 3 300 Rynchops niger
4 Rock Pigeon 9 100 Columba livia
4 Red-billed Pigeon 1 8 Patagioenas flavirostris
4 Eurasian Collared-Dove 8 30 Streptopelia decaocto
4 White-winged Dove 9 50 Zenaida asiatica
4 Mourning Dove 9 30 Zenaida macroura
4 Inca Dove 8 10 Columbina inca
4 Common Ground-Dove 4 4 Columbina passerina
4 White-tipped Dove 5 6 Leptotila verreauxi
4 Green Parakeet 2 8 Aratinga holochlora
3 Red-crowned Parrot 2 6 Amazona viridigenalis
1 Lilac-crowned Parrot Amazona finschii
1 Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis
1 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
4 Greater Roadrunner 2 2 Geococcyx californianus
1 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
1 Barn Owl Tyto alba
3 Eastern Screech-Owl 1 2 Megascops asio
1 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
2 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl 1 1 Glaucidium brasilianum
3 Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
4 Lesser Nighthawk 2 10 Chordeiles acutipennis
1 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
4 Common Pauraque 2 2 Nyctidromus albicollis
3 Chuck-will's-widow 1 2 Caprimulgus carolinensis
4 Chimney Swift 6 20 Chaetura pelagica
4 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 4 4 Amazilia yucatanensis
4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5 2 Archilochus colubris
4 Black-chinned Hummingbird 1 1 Archilochus alexandri
4 Ringed Kingfisher 1 1 Megaceryle torquata
2 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
4 Green Kingfisher 1 1 Chloroceryle americana
4 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 7 12 Melanerpes aurifrons
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
4 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 5 6 Picoides scalaris
4 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 1 1 Camptostoma imberbe
2 Acadian Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax virescens
4 Black Phoebe 3 3 Sayornis nigricans
4 Vermilion Flycatcher 2 2 Pyrocephalus rubinus
4 Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 2 Myiarchus cinerascens
3 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 1 Myiarchus crinitus
4 Brown-crested Flycatcher 6 3 Myiarchus tyrannulus
4 Great Kiskadee 7 10 Pitangus sulphuratus
4 Tropical Kingbird 2 1 Tyrannus melancholicus
4 Couch's Kingbird 8 12 Tyrannus couchii
4 Western Kingbird 3 1 Tyrannus verticalis
3 Eastern Kingbird 2 1 Tyrannus tyrannus
4 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 8 40 Tyrannus forficatus
4 Loggerhead Shrike 6 5 Lanius ludovicianus
4 White-eyed Vireo 4 2 Vireo griseus
1 Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
2 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 1 H Vireo flavifrons
4 Blue-headed Vireo 1 1 Vireo solitarius
4 Warbling Vireo 1 1 Vireo gilvus
1 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
3 Red-eyed Vireo 1 4 Vireo olivaceus
4 Green Jay 4 4 Cyanocorax yncas
2 Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
1 Tamaulipas Crow Corvus imparatus
4 Chihuahuan Raven 3 12 Corvus cryptoleucus
2 Horned Lark 3 6 Eremophila alpestris
4 Purple Martin 5 20 Progne subis
3 Tree Swallow 3 100 Tachycineta bicolor
4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 100 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
4 Bank Swallow 2 24 Riparia riparia
4 Cliff Swallow 6 100 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
4 Cave Swallow 6 50 Petrochelidon fulva
4 Barn Swallow 9 25 Hirundo rustica
4 Black-crested Titmouse 4 6 Baeolophus atricristatus
4 Verdin 1 1 Auriparus flaviceps
4 Cactus Wren 2 2 Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
4 Carolina Wren 2 1 Thryothorus ludovicianus
2 Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
4 House Wren 1 2 Troglodytes aedon
2 Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
4 Marsh Wren 1 1 H Cistothorus palustris
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
3 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 1 1 Polioptila melanura
1 Eastern Bluebird 1 2 Sialia sialis
2 Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
2 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
2 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
4 Clay-colored Robin 4 5 Turdus grayi
4 Gray Catbird 1 1 H Dumetella carolinensis
4 Northern Mockingbird 9 30 Mimus polyglottos
1 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
4 Long-billed Thrasher 7 4 Toxostoma longirostre
4 Curve-billed Thrasher 4 4 Toxostoma curvirostre
4 European Starling 8 20 Sturnus vulgaris
1 American Pipit Anthus rubescens
1 Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
3 Cedar Waxwing 2 60 Bombycilla cedrorum
2 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
3 Worm-eating Warbler 1 1 Helmitheros vermivorum
3 Northern Waterthrush 1 2 Parkesia noveboracensis
1 Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
3 Blue-winged Warbler 1 1 Vermivora pinus
1 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
3 Black-and-white Warbler 1 3 Mniotilta varia
1 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
4 Tennessee Warbler 3 6 Oreothlypis peregrina
4 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 1 Oreothlypis celata
3 Nashville Warbler 2 2 Oreothlypis ruficapilla
1 Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
3 Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosus
4 Common Yellowthroat 2 2 Geothlypis trichas
3 Hooded Warbler 1 1 Setophaga citrina
3 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
3 Northern Parula 2 1 Setophaga americana
1 Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
1 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
1 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
2 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
1 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 6 Setophaga coronata
2 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 2 Setophaga dominica
1 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
4 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 2 Setophaga virens
3 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
4 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 1 Icteria virens
4 White-collared Seedeater 1 1 Sporophila torqueola
4 Olive Sparrow 3 3 Arremonops rufivirgatus
1 Green-tailed Towhee 2 2 Pipilo chlorurus
1 Spotted Towhee 2 1 Pipilo maculatus
4 Cassin's Sparrow 1 4 Peucaea cassinii
2 Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
4 Chipping Sparrow 4 2 Spizella passerina
3 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 1 Spizella pallida
4 Lark Sparrow 3 6 Chondestes grammacus
4 Black-throated Sparrow 1 4 Amphispiza bilineata
4 Savannah Sparrow 3 6 Passerculus sandwichensis
2 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
4 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 1 Melospiza lincolnii
3 Swamp Sparrow 1 1 Melospiza georgiana
1 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
4 Summer Tanager 3 1 Piranga rubra
3 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
2 Crimson-collared Grosbeak 1 1 Rhodothraupis celaeno
4 Northern Cardinal 7 6 Cardinalis cardinalis
4 Pyrrhuloxia 4 12 Cardinalis sinuatus
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
2 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
3 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
1 Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
3 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
1 Dickcissel Spiza americana
4 Red-winged Blackbird 9 200 Agelaius phoeniceus
4 Eastern Meadowlark 5 5 Sturnella magna
4 Western Meadowlark 1 1 Sturnella neglecta
1 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
4 Brewer's Blackbird 2 12 Euphagus cyanocephalus
4 Great-tailed Grackle 9 250 Quiscalus mexicanus
4 Bronzed Cowbird 8 100 Molothrus aeneus
4 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 6 Molothrus ater
4 Orchard Oriole 3 5 Icterus spurius
4 Hooded Oriole 3 4 Icterus cucullatus
4 Bullock's Oriole 2 4 Icterus bullockii
4 Altamira Oriole 5 4 Icterus gularis
3 Audubon's Oriole 1 1 Icterus graduacauda
3 Baltimore Oriole 1 1 Icterus galbula
1 House Finch 2 2 Carpodacus mexicanus
4 Lesser Goldfinch 6 8 Spinus psaltria
1 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
4 House Sparrow 8 100 Passer domesticus

Mammals

2 Virginia Opossum 1 X Didelphis virginiana
4 Black-tailed Jackrabbit 1 X Lepus californicus
4 Eastern Cottontail 3 X Sylvilagus floridanus
3 Desert Cottontail 3 X Sylvilagus audubonii
1 Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus
2 Mexican Ground Squirrel Spermophilus mexicanus
4 Eastern Fox Squirrel 6 X Sciurus niger
4 Nutria 1 X Myocastor coypus
1 Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor
1 Coyote Canis latrans
3 White-tailed Deer 1 X Odocoileus virginianus
1 Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus
4 Javelina 2 X Pecari tajacu

Herps

4 American Alligator 1 X Alligator mississippiensis
4 Red-eared Slider 7 X Trachemys scripta elegans
2 Texas Tortoise 3 X Gopherus berlandieri
1 Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin littoralis
2 Yellow Mud Turtle 1 X Kinosternon flavescens
4 Spiny Softshelled Turtle 4 X Apalone spinifera emoryi
4 Green Anole 1 X Anolis carolinensis
3 Brown Anole Anolis sagrei
1 Reticulate Collared Lizard Crotaphytus reticulatus
2 Texas Spiny Lizard 3 X Sceloporus olivaceus
2 Blue Spiny Lizard 1 X Sceloporus serrifer
1 Mesquite Lizard 1 X Sceloporus grammicus
1 Rose-bellied Lizard 1 X Sceloporus variabilis
4 Texas Spotted Whiptail 7 X Cnemidophorus gularis gularis
2 Laredo Striped Whiptail Cnemidophorus laredoensis
3 Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
1 Green Toad Bufo debilis debilis
1 Gulf Coast Toad 1 X Bufo valliceps
1 Green Treefrog Hyla cinerea
2 Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
2 Rio Grande Leopard Frog 1 X Rana berlandieri
3 Diamond-backed Watersnake 1 X Nerodia rhombifer
2 Western Ribbon Snake 2 X Thamnophis proximus orarius
3 Mexican Racer Coluber constrictor oaxaca

Butterflies

4 Pipevine Swallowtail 4 X Battus philenor
1 Polydamus Swallowtail Battus polydamus
4 Giant Swallowtail 3 X Papilo cresphontes
4 Great Southern White 5 X Ascia monuste
3 Checkered White 5 X Pontia protodice
1 White-angled Sulphur Anteos clorinde
3 Little Yellow 1 X Eurema lisa
3 Lyside Sulphur 3 X Kricogonia lyside
2 Dainty Sulphur 3 X Nathalis iole
3 Large Orange Sulphur 2 X Phoebis agarithe
3 Cloudless Sulphur 1 X Phoebis sennae
1 Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea
2 Dusky-blue Groundstreak Calycopis isobeon
2 Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
1 Mallow Scrub-hairstreak Strymon istapa
1 Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exilis
2 Reakirt's Blue Hemiargus isola
1 Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus
2 Fatal Metalmark 2 X Calephelis nemesis
4 Gulf Frittilary 2 X Agraulis vanillae
2 Julia 1 X Dryas julia
3 White Peacock 2 X Anartia jatrophae
2 Common Buckeye 1 X Junonia coenia
3 Texan Crescent 4 X Phyciodes texana
1 Pearl Crescent Phycoides tharos
1 Phaon Crescent 1 X Phycoides phaon
1 Elada Checkerspot 1 X Texola elada
3 Red Admiral 6 X Vanessa atalanta
1 Tropical Leafwing Anaea troglodyta
1 Goatweed Leafwing Anaea andria
1 Hackberry Emperor Asterocampa celtis
1 Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton
2 Carolina Satyr Hermeuptchia sosybius
4 Queen 4 X Danaus gilippus
4 Monarch 2 X Danaus plexippus
1 White-striped Longtail Chiodes catillus
1 Brown Longtail Urbanus procne
4 Checkered Skipper 3 X Pyrgus communis/albescens
1 Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis
2 Laviana White-Skipper Heliopetes laviana
1 Turk's-cap White-Skipper Heliopetes macaira
4 Fiery Skipper 2 X Hylephila phyleus
1 Southern Skipperling Copaeodes minima
1 Celia's Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes celia
1 Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala

Odonates

1 Smoky Rubyspot Hataerina titia
2 American Rubyspot Hataerina americana
1 Common Spreadwing Lestes disjunctus
4 Powdered Dancer 2 X Argia moesta
1 Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula
4 Rambur's Forktail 2 X Ishnura ramburii
3 Familiar Bluet 1 X Enallagma civile
3 Desert Firetail 1 X Telebasis salva
3 Common Green Darner 1 X Anax longipes
1 Prince Baskettail Epitheca princeps
2 Black Setwing Dythemis nigrescens
3 Pin-tailed Pondhawk 1 X Erythemis plebeja
4 Eastern Pondhawk 2 X Erythemis simplicicollis
3 Great Pondhawk 1 X Erythemis vesiculosa
3 Band-winged Dragonlet 1 X Erythrodiplax umbrata
1 Needham's Skimmer Libellula needhami
3 Thornbush Dasher 1 X Micrathyria hagenii
4 Blue Dasher 1 X Pachydiplax longipennis
4 Roseate Skimmer 5 X Orthemis ferruginea
3 Eastern Amberwing 2 X Perithemis tenera
1 Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens
1 Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea
4 Red Saddlebags 2 X Tramea onusta
2 Black Saddlebags 2 X Tramea lacerta
1 Red-tailed Pennant 1 X Brachymesia furcata