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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Texas: The Rio Grande Valley

with Whooping Crane Extension

Cumulative Checklist

With Gavin Bieber as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of eight in which this species was recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2010 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2010 tour
  • Column D = H = heard only, U= Uncountable by current ABA standards
A B C
8 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2 250 Dendrocygna autumnalis
1 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
6 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
7 Snow Goose 1 4000 Chen caerulescens
2 Ross's Goose Chen rossii
2 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
8 Gadwall 7 60 Anas strepera
8 American Wigeon 7 120 Anas americana
7 "Northern" Mallard 2 6 Anas p. platyrhynchos
8 "Mexican" Mallard 2 2 Anas platyrhynchos diazi
8 Mottled Duck 5 12 Anas fulvigula
8 Blue-winged Teal 7 40 Anas discors
8 Cinnamon Teal 2 6 Anas cyanoptera
8 Northern Shoveler 7 250 Anas clypeata
8 Northern Pintail 5 300 Anas acuta
8 Green-winged Teal 7 75 Anas crecca
7 Canvasback 1 1 Aythya valisineria
8 Redhead 1 100 Aythya americana
8 Ring-necked Duck 5 20 Aythya collaris
8 Lesser Scaup 5 500 Aythya affinis
5 Bufflehead 4 30 Bucephala albeola
7 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
3 Hooded Merganser 1 1 Lophodytes cucullatus
8 Red-breasted Merganser 1 30 Mergus serrator
7 Ruddy Duck 4 40 Oxyura jamaicensis
8 Plain Chachalaca 5 40 Ortalis vetula
4 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
4 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
8 Common Loon 2 5 Gavia immer
8 Least Grebe 3 10 Tachybaptus dominicus
8 Pied-billed Grebe 6 6 Podilymbus podiceps
8 Eared Grebe 1 1 Podiceps nigricollis
4 Northern Gannet 1 2 Morus bassanus
8 American White Pelican 6 250 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
8 Brown Pelican 2 75 Pelecanus occidentalis
8 Neotropic Cormorant 6 45 Phalacrocorax brasilianus
8 Double-crested Cormorant 7 150 Phalacrocorax auritus
7 Anhinga 2 3 Anhinga anhinga
2 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
8 Great Blue Heron 7 24 Ardea herodias
8 Great Egret 7 16 Ardea alba
8 Snowy Egret 7 40 Egretta thula
8 Little Blue Heron 6 8 Egretta caerulea
8 Tricolored Heron 3 20 Egretta tricolor
8 Reddish Egret 2 4 Egretta rufescens
8 Cattle Egret 2 4 Bubulcus ibis
3 Green Heron Butorides virescens
6 Black-crowned Night-Heron 5 8 Nycticorax nycticorax
5 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 25 Nyctanassa violacea
7 White Ibis 2 50 Eudocimus albus
6 White-faced ibis 1 12 Plegadus chihi
8 Roseate Spoonbill 4 60 Platalea ajaja
8 Black Vulture 7 60 Coragyps atratus
8 Turkey Vulture 7 150 Cathartes aura
8 Osprey 7 12 Pandion haliaetus
3 Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
8 White-tailed Kite 3 4 Elanus leucurus
8 Northern Harrier 6 10 Circus cyaneus
7 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 2 Accipiter striatus
8 Cooper's Hawk 4 3 Accipiter cooperii
8 Gray Hawk 1 1 Asturina nitida
1 Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
8 Harris's Hawk 6 21 Parabuteo unicinctus
2 Roadside Hawk 1 1 Buteo magnirostris
8 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 6 Buteo lineatus
2 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
8 White-tailed Hawk 3 9 Buteo albicaudatus
2 Zone-tailed Hawk 2 1 Buteo albonotatus
8 Red-tailed Hawk 7 10 Buteo jamaicensis
2 Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
8 Crested Caracara 7 38 Caracara cheriway
8 American Kestrel 7 24 Falco sparverius
6 Merlin 1 1 Falco columbarius
2 Aplomado Falcon 1 1 Falco femoralis
7 Peregrine Falcon 2 2 Falco peregrinus
3 Clapper Rail 1 3 Rallus longirostris
2 King Rail Rallus elegans
2 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
7 Sora 2 2 Porzana carolina
8 Common Moorhen 6 15 Gallinula chloropus
8 American Coot 7 120 Fulica americana
8 Sandhill Crane 3 85 Grus canadensis
8 Whooping Crane 1 21 Grus americana
8 Black-bellied Plover 1 12 Pluvialis squatarola
5 Snowy Plover 1 5 Charadrius alexandrinus
7 Semipalmated Plover 1 3 Charadrius semipalmatus
1 Piping Plover 1 10 Charadrius melodus
8 Killdeer 6 20 Charadrius vociferus
8 American Oystercatcher 1 7 Haematopus palliatus
8 Black-necked Stilt 4 50 Himantopus mexicanus
8 American Avocet 4 80 Recurvirostra americana
1 Northern Jacana 1 1 Jacana spinosa
8 Spotted Sandpiper 6 12 Actitis macularia
4 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
8 Greater Yellowlegs 7 16 Tringa melanoleuca
8 "Western" Willet 3 30 Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus
7 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 10 Tringa flavipes
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
8 Long-billed Curlew 4 11 Numenius americanus
7 Marbled Godwit 2 40 Limosa fedoa
8 Ruddy Turnstone 1 8 Arenaria interpres
8 Sanderling 2 100 Calidris alba
8 Western Sandpiper 2 10 Calidris mauri
8 Least Sandpiper 4 60 Calidris minutilla
1 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
8 Dunlin 3 6 Calidris alpina
7 Stilt Sandpiper 2 12 Calidris himantopus
1 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
8 Long-billed Dowitcher 5 40 Limnodromus scolopaceus
8 Wilson's Snipe 1 2 Gallinago delicata
1 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
8 Bonaparte's Gull 1 30 Chroicocephalus philadelphia
8 Laughing Gull 3 800 Leucophaeus atricilla
8 Ring-billed Gull 3 60 Larus delawarensis
8 Herring Gull 3 15 Larus argentatus
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
4 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
8 Caspian Tern 4 10 Hydroprogne caspia
8 Royal Tern 2 20 Thalasseus maximus
2 Sandwich Tern 1 1 Thalasseus sandvicensis
1 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
8 Forster's Tern 2 90 Sterna forsteri
8 Black Skimmer 2 400 Rynchops niger
8 Rock Pigeon 6 200 Columba livia
4 Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
7 Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 30 Streptopelia decaocto
8 White-winged Dove 4 25 Zenaida asiatica
8 Mourning Dove 7 40 Zenaida macroura
8 Inca Dove 4 10 Columbina inca
8 Common Ground-Dove 5 8 Columbina passerina
8 White-tipped Dove 5 16 Leptotila verreauxi
8 Green Parakeet 1 450 Aratinga holochlora holochlora
8 Red-crowned Parrot 2 30 Amazona viridigenalis
5 Lilac-crowned Parrot 2 12 Amazona finschi
8 Greater Roadrunner 3 1 Geococcyx californianus
3 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
5 Barn Owl Tyto alba
7 Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio mccallii
7 Great Horned Owl 2 2 Bubo virginianus
5 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
2 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
2 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
1 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
8 Common Pauraque 1 3 Nyctidromus albicollis
8 Buff-bellied Hummingbird 5 5 Amazilia yucatanensis
4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 4 Archilochus colubris
6 Black-chinned Hummingbird 1 1 Archilochus alexandri
3 Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
1 Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
1 Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
8 Ringed Kingfisher 3 5 Megaceryle torquata
8 Belted Kingfisher 2 4 Megaceryle alcyon
8 Green Kingfisher 3 2 Chloroceryle americana
8 Golden-fronted Woodpecker 6 20 Melanerpes aurifrons
7 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 1 Sphyrapicus varius
1 Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
8 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 6 8 Picoides scalaris
5 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 2 1 Camptostoma imberbe
6 Black Phoebe 3 4 Sayomis nigricans
8 Eastern Phoebe 3 4 Sayornis phoebe
8 Vermilion Flycatcher 5 4 Pyrocephalus rubinus
1 Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
2 Brown-crested Flycatcher 1 1 Myiarchus tyrannulus
8 Great Kiskadee 6 48 Pitangus sulphuratus
8 Tropical Kingbird 2 3 Tyrannus melancholicus
7 Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 1 Tyrannus forficatus
1 Rose-throated Becard 1 1 Pachyramphus aglaiae
8 Loggerhead Shrike 7 20 Lanius ludovicianus
8 White-eyed Vireo 3 5 Vireo griseus
8 Blue-headed Vireo 2 2 Vireo solitarius
1 Black-throated Magpie-Jay Calocitta colliei
8 Green Jay 6 45 Cyanocorax yncas
5 Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
8 Chihuahuan Raven 2 6 Corvus cryptoleucus
3 Horned Lark 1 9 Eremophila alpestris
6 Purple Martin 1 2 Progne subis
7 Tree Swallow 3 2 Tachycineta bicolor
8 No. Rough-winged Swallow 1 6 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
8 Cave Swallow 3 10 Petrochelidon fulva
5 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
8 Black-crested Titmouse 6 8 Baeolophus atricristatus
8 Verdin 1 3 Auriparus flaviceps
8 Cactus Wren 2 4 Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
2 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
8 Carolina Wren 3 1 Thryothorus ludovicianus lomitensis
8 Cinnamon-rumped [White-collared] Seedeater 1 5 Sporophila torqueola
8 House Wren 5 4 Troglodytes aedon
4 Sedge Wren 1 3 Cistothorus platensis
7 Marsh Wren 2 2 Cistothorus palustris
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 18 Regulus calendula
8 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 10 Polioptila caerulea
1 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 1 1 Polioptila melanura
1 Northern Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe oenanthe
4 Eastern Bluebird Salia salis
5 Hermit Thrush 1 1 Catharus guttatus
8 Clay-colored Robin 3 4 Turdus grayi
1 White-throated Robin Turdus assimilis
7 American Robin 1 2 Turdus migratorius
2 Gray Catbird 3 2 Durmetella carolinensis
8 Northern Mockingbird 7 24 Mimus polyglottos
1 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
8 Long-billed Thrasher 6 7 Toxostoma longirostre
8 Curve-billed Thrasher 4 3 Toxostoma curvirostre oberholseri
1 Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
8 European Starling 5 100 Sturnus vulgaris
8 American Pipit 4 40 Anthus rubescens
8 Sprague's Pipit 1 1 Anthus spragueii
3 Cedar Waxwing 5 18 Bombycilla cedrorum
8 Orange-crowned Warbler 7 30 Vermivora celata
7 Nashville Warbler 2 1 Vermivora ruficapilla
3 Northern Parula Parula americana
6 Tropical Parula 1 1 Parula pitiayumi
4 Yellow Warbler 1 1 Dendroica petechia
7 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 24 Dendroica coronata coronata
7 "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata auduboni
3 Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens
6 Black-thr. Green Warbler 1 1 Dendroica virens
5 Yellow-throated Warbler 2 1 Dendroica dominica
6 Pine Warbler 1 1 Dendroica pinus
7 Black-and-white Warbler 1 2 Mniotilta varia
1 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
3 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
8 Common Yellowthroat 5 10 Geothlypis trichas
1 Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
8 Wilson's Warbler 2 1 Wilsonia pusilla
2 Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
4 White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
8 Olive Sparrow 5 4 Arremonops rufivirgatus
8 Cassin's Sparrow 3 5 Aimophila cassinii
8 Chipping Sparrow 4 40 Spizella passerina
7 Clay-colored Sparrow 3 40 Spizella pallida
2 Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
4 Vesper Sparrow 3 4 Pooecetes gramineus
8 Lark Sparrow 4 50 Chondestes grammacus
7 Black-throated Sparrow 1 2 Amphispiza bilineata
3 Lark Bunting 1 15 Calamospiza melanocorys
8 Savannah Sparrow 5 120 Passerculus sandwichensis
4 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 6 Ammodramus savannarum
3 Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii
2 Song Sparrow 1 1 Melospiza melodia
8 Lincoln's Sparrow 4 10 Melospiza lincolnii
7 Swamp Sparrow 1 7 Melospiza georgiana
4 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
4 Summer Tanager 2 1 Piranga rubra
3 Crimson-collared Grosbeak 1 1 Rhodothraupis celaeno
8 Northern Cardinal 6 26 Cardinalis cardinalis
8 Pyrrhuloxia 4 60 Cardinalis sinuatus
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
1 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 1 Pheucticus melanocephalus
1 Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
8 Indigo Bunting 2 9 Passerina cyanea
1 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
8 Red-winged Blackbird 7 400 Agelaius phoeniceus
8 Dickey's [Audubon's] Oriole 1 2 Icterus graduacauda dickayae
8 Western Meadowlark 6 200 Sturnella neglecta
7 Brewer's Blackbird 1 25 Euphagus cyanocephalus
2 Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
8 Great-tailed Grackle 7 900 Quiscalus mexicanus
8 Bronzed Cowbird 1 1 Molothrus aeneus
8 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 6 Molothrus ater
1 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
7 Hooded Oriole 2 4 Icterus cucullatus
1 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
8 Altamira Oriole 3 40 Icterus gularis
8 Audubon's Oriole 3 3 Icterus graduacauda
5 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
7 Lesser Goldfinch 2 6 Carduelis psaltria
8 American Goldfinch 2 4 Carduelis tristis
8 House Sparrow 7 180 Passer domesticus

Mammals

2 Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
2 Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger
1 Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus
2 Nutria Myocastor coypus
2 Coyote Canis latrans
1 Raccoon Procyon lotor
2 Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
2 Javelina Tayassu tajacu
1 Feral Pig Sus scrofa
2 White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
1 Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus

Herps

2 Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans
1 Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin littoralis
1 Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens
1 American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis
1 Green Anole Anolis carolinensis

Amphibians and Reptiles

2 Rio Grande Cooter Pseudemys concinna gorzugi
1 Texas Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera

Butterflies

1 Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor
1 Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
1 Great Southern White Ascia monuste
1 Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme
1 Southern Dogface Colias cesonia
1 Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea
1 Lyside Sulphur Kricogonia lyside
1 Little Yellow Eurema lisa
1 Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe
1 Great Purple Hairstreak Atlides halesus
1 Reakert's Blue Hemiargus isola
1 American Snout Libytheana carinenta
1 Zebra Heliconian Heliconius chantoius
1 Variegated Fritillary Eutoieta claudia
1 Texan Crescent Phyciodes texana
1 Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon
1 White Peacock Anartia jatrophae
1 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
1 Tropical Leafwing Anaea aidea
1 Mexican Bluewing Myscelia ethusa
1 Empress Leilia Asterocampa leilia
1 Carolina Satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius hermes
1 Queen Danaus gilippus
1 Monarch Danaus plexippus
1 Viceroy Limenitis archippus
1 Brown Longtail Urbanus procne
1 Dorante's Longtail Urbanus dorantes
1 Sickle-winged Skipper Achlyodes thraso
1 Tropical Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus oileus
1 Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus

Butterflies and Skippers

1 Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes
1 Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae