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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Texas: The Upper Coast

Cumulative Checklist

with Jon Dunn as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of eleven on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour
  • Column D = H = heard, N=Nest, X=Seen in 2011, Y = dependent young
A B C D
11 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 7 10 Dendrocygna autumnalis
10 Fulvous Whistling-Duck 4 50 Dendrocygna bicolor
1 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
5 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
7 Wood Duck Aix sponsa
7 Gadwall Anas strepera
7 American Wigeon Anas americana
7 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
11 Mottled Duck 6 10 Y Anas fulvigula maculosa
11 Blue-winged Teal 6 30 Anas discors
1 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
10 Northern Shoveler 3 2 Anas clypeata
2 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
3 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
7 Lesser Scaup 1 1 Aythya affinis
1 King Eider Somateria spectabilis
2 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
1 Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
9 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
2 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
5 Northern Bobwhite 2 2 Colinus virginianus
1 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
1 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
6 Common Loon 1 32 Gavia immer
10 Pied-billed Grebe 2 4 Podilymbus podiceps
2 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
1 Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
2 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
11 American White Pelican 1 4 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
11 Brown Pelican 4 150 Pelecanus occidentalis
11 Neotropic Cormorant 5 40 Phalacrocorax brasilianus
11 Double-crested Cormorant 1 2 Phalacrocorax auritus
10 Anhinga 2 1 Anhinga anhinga
5 Magnificent Frigatebird 2 7 Fregata magnificens
9 American Bittern 1 1 Botaurus lentiginosus
9 Least Bittern 2 3 Ixobrychus exilis
11 Great Blue Heron 6 2 Ardea herodias
11 Great Egret 7 50 N Ardea alba
11 Snowy Egret 6 200 N Egretta thula
11 Little Blue Heron 6 25 Egretta caerulea
11 Tricolored Heron 6 100 Egretta tricolor
11 Reddish Egret 2 8 Egretta rufescens
11 Cattle Egret 7 200 Bubulcus ibis
11 Green Heron 6 10 Butorides virescens
10 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
11 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4 3 Nyctanassa violaceus
11 White Ibis 6 50 Eudocimus albus
6 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
2 Glossy Ibis x White-faced Ibis 1 1 Plegadis falcinellus x P. chihi
10 White-faced Ibis 5 100 Plegadis chihi
11 Roseate Spoonbill 4 100 N Platalea ajaja
11 Black Vulture 7 25 Coragyps atratus
11 Turkey Vulture 7 15 Cathartes aura
10 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
7 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
8 White-tailed Kite 1 2 Elanus leucurus
10 Mississippi Kite 1 12 Ictinia mississippiensis
4 Bald Eagle 1 1 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
10 Northern Harrier 6 6 Circus cyaneus
4 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
4 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 N Accipiter cooperii
10 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 3 Buteo lineatus alleni
10 Broad-winged Hawk 1 2 Buteo platypterus
10 Swainson's Hawk 4 3 Buteo swainsonii
10 Red-tailed Hawk 5 4 Buteo jamaicensis borealis
5 Crested Caracara 4 2 Caracara cheriway
3 American Kestrel Falco sparverius
7 Merlin Falco c. columbarius
7 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
9 Yellow Rail 1 1 Coturnicops noveboracensis
4 Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
10 Clapper Rail 1 3 Rallus longirostris saturatus
10 King Rail 2 6 Rallus elegans
4 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
10 Sora 3 6 Porzana carolina
9 Purple Gallinule 1 1 Porphyrio martinica
9 Common Moorhen 3 30 Gallinula chloropus
9 American Coot 3 15 Fulica americana
11 Black-bellied Plover 4 30 Pluvialis squatarola
10 American Golden-Plover 3 15 Pluvialis dominica
9 Snowy Plover 1 1 Charadrius alexandrinus
11 Wilson's Plover 2 3 Charadrius wilsonia wilsonia
11 Semipalmated Plover 4 30 Charadrius semipalmatus
11 Piping Plover 2 3 Charadrius melodus
11 Killdeer 5 8 N Charadrius vociferus
10 American Oystercatcher 4 6 N Haematopus palliatus
11 Black-necked Stilt 6 50 Himantopus mexicanus
11 American Avocet 3 500 Recurvirostra americana
10 Spotted Sandpiper 2 2 Actitis macularia
11 Solitary Sandpiper 4 3 Tringa solitaria solitaria
11 Greater Yellowlegs 3 6 Tringa melanoleuca
11 Willet ("Eastern") 4 20 Tringa s. semipalmatus
11 Willet ("Western") 4 50 Tringa s. inornatus
11 Lesser Yellowlegs 5 200 Tringa flavipes
9 Upland Sandpiper 1 4 Bartramia longicauda
11 Whimbrel 5 400 Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
7 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
10 Marbled Godwit 2 6 Limosa fedoa
6 Hudsonian Godwit 1 1 Limosa haemastica
11 Ruddy Turnstone 3 15 Arenaria interpres morinella
11 Red Knot 1 2 Calidris canutus
11 Sanderling 3 30 Calidris alba
10 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 30 Calidris pusilla
10 Western Sandpiper 3 25 Calidris mauri
10 Least Sandpiper 3 25 Calidris minutilla
4 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
5 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
10 Pectoral Sandpiper 4 300 Calidris melanotos
10 Dunlin 4 1000 Calidris alpina hudsonia
11 Stilt Sandpiper 2 200 Calidris himatopus
10 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2 15 Tryngites subruficollis
11 Short-billed Dowitcher 2 50 Limnodromus griseus hendersoni
1 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus griseus
11 Long-billed Dowitcher 5 50 Limnodromus scolopaceus
10 Wilson's Snipe 2 3 Gallinago delicata
9 Wilson's Phalarope 2 8 Phalaropus tricolor
5 Bonaparte's Gull 1 4 Chroicocephalus philadelphia
1 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
11 Laughing Gull 5 500 Leucophaeus atricilla
3 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
11 Ring-billed Gull 4 10 Larus delawarensis
11 Herring Gull 4 40 Larus argentatus smithsonianus
3 Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
1 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
11 Least Tern 3 100 Sternula antillarum
11 Gull-billed Tern 4 3 Geochelidon nilotica
11 Caspian Tern 3 4 Hydroprogne caspia
11 Black Tern 2 125 Chlidonias niger
11 Common Tern 3 50 Sterna hirundo
11 Forster's Tern 5 50 Sterna forsteri
11 Royal Tern 4 200 Thalasseus maxima
11 Sandwich Tern 3 20 Thalasseus sandvicensis
11 Black Skimmer 4 200 Rhynchops niger
1 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
11 Rock Pigeon 5 30 Columba livia
11 Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 10 Streptopelia decaocto
11 White-winged Dove 5 5 Zenaida asiatica
11 Mourning Dove 7 15 Zenaida macroura
11 Inca Dove 6 4 Columbina inca
3 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
11 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 5 2 Coccyzus americanus
3 Greater Roadrunner 1 1 Geococcyx californianus
1 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
2 Barn Owl 1 1 Tyto alba
1 Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
2 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
5 Barred Owl Strix varia
1 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
8 Common Nighthawk 2 1 Chordeiles minor
11 Chimney Swift 4 3 Chaetura pelagica
1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
11 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 2 Archilochus colubris
11 Belted Kingfisher 3 1 Megaceryle halcyon
11 Red-headed Woodpecker 2 3 Melanerpes erythrocephalus
11 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 4 Melanerpes carolinus
7 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
11 Downy Woodpecker 3 1 Picoides pubescens
3 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
11 Red-cockaded Woodpecker 1 3 N Picoides borealis
5 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus auratus
11 Pileated Woodpecker 2 3 Dryocopus pileatus
11 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 4 Contopus virens
11 Acadian Flycatcher 1 1 H Empidonax virescens
1 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
11 Great Crested Flycatcher 4 3 Myiarchus crinitus
1 Great Kiskadee itangus sulphuratus texanus
1 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
3 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
11 Eastern Kingbird 6 20 Tyrannus tyrannus
11 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 4 4 Tyrannus forficatus
10 Loggerhead Shrike 7 8 Lanius ludovicianus
11 White-eyed Vireo 3 8 Vireo griseus
11 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 3 Vireo flavifrons
8 Blue-headed Vireo 2 1 Vireo solitarius
7 Warbling Vireo 2 8 Vireo gilvus gilvus
4 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
10 Red-eyed Vireo 5 5 Vireo olivaceus
11 Blue Jay 5 8 Cyanocitta cristata
11 American Crow 4 6 Corvus brachyrhynchos
11 Fish Crow 1 1 Corvus ossifragus
7 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
11 Purple Martin 6 70 N Progne subis
11 Tree Swallow 6 200 Tachycineta bicolor
11 N. Rough-winged Swallow 2 2 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
9 Bank Swallow 1 1 Riparia riparia
11 Cliff Swallow 7 200 N Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
8 Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
11 Barn Swallow 7 30 Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
11 Carolina Chickadee 3 3 Poecile carolinensis
11 Tufted Titmouse 2 4 Baeolophus bicolor
11 Brown-headed Nuthatch 2 4 Sitta pusilla
1 Brown Creeper Certhia americana montana
11 Carolina Wren 6 8 Thryothorus ludovicianus
10 House Wren 1 1 H Troglodytes aedon
11 Sedge Wren 2 15 Cistothorus platensis
11 Marsh Wren "Eastern" 3 8 Cistothorus palustris marianae
10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
11 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 4 Polioptila caerulea
11 Eastern Bluebird 2 6 Sialia sialis
7 Veery Catharus fuscescens
7 Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
11 Swainson's Thrush 3 1 Catharus ustulatus swainsoni
11 Wood Thrush 4 2 Hylocichla mustelina
4 American Robin 1 1 Turdus migratorius
11 Gray Catbird 7 25 Dumetella carolinensis
11 Northern Mockingbird 7 10 Mimus polyglottos
11 Brown Thrasher 1 1 Toxostoma rufum
11 European Starling 7 30 Sturnus vulgaris
10 Cedar Waxwing 1 20 Bombycilla cedrorum
9 Blue-winged Warbler 3 5 Vermivora pinus
6 Golden-winged Warbler 2 2 Vermivora chrysoptera
11 Tennessee Warbler 4 20 Vermivora peregrina
8 Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata celata
5 Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla ruficapilla
11 Northern Parula 3 10 Parula americana
10 Yellow Warbler 2 1 Dendroica petechia aestiva
6 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 2 Dendroica pensylvanica
3 Magnolia Warbler 1 1 Dendroica magnolia
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
2 Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
10 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 1 Dendroica coronata coronata
1 "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata memorablis/auduboni
11 Black-throated Green Warbler 3 6 Dendroica virens
1 Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
1 Hermit Warbler Dendroica occidentalis
8 Blackburnian Warbler 1 1 Dendroica fusca
9 Yellow-throated Warbler 2 4 Dendroica dominica albilora
11 Pine Warbler 2 10 Dendroica pinus
11 Prairie Warbler 2 1 Dendroica discolor
7 "Western" Palm Warbler 2 3 Dendroica palmarum palmarum
1 Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
7 Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
8 Cerulean Warbler 1 1 Dendroica cerulea
10 Black-and-white Warbler 5 5 Mniotilta varia
10 American Redstart 2 2 Setophaga ruticilla
11 Prothonotary Warbler 3 1 Protonotaria citrea
10 Worm-eating Warbler 4 2 Helmitheros vermivorus
10 Swainson's Warbler 2 2 Limnothlypis swainsonii
8 Ovenbird 1 2 Seiurus aurocapilla
11 Northern Waterthrush 3 3 Seiurus noveboracensis
7 Louisiana Waterthrush 2 1 Seiurus motacilla
11 Kentucky Warbler 3 2 Oporornis formosus
11 Common Yellowthroat 4 4 Geothlypis trichas
10 Hooded Warbler 5 6 Wilsonia citrine
1 Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla pusilla
2 Canada Warbler 2 2 Wilsonia canadensis
1 Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus
11 Yellow-breasted Chat 3 4 Icteria virens virens
6 Eastern Towhee 1 1 Pipilo erythrophthalmus
11 Bachman's Sparrow 1 3 Aimophila aestivalis illinoensis
4 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
2 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
11 Savannah Sparrow 5 25 Passerculus sandwichensis
1 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum pratensis
8 Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii
9 Nelson's Sparrow 1 2 Ammodramus nelsoni
11 Seaside Sparrow 3 20 Ammodramus maritimus fischeri
8 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
9 Swamp Sparrow 4 6 Melospiza georgiana
11 White-throated Sparrow 3 2 Zonotrichia albicollis
8 White-crowned Sparrow 3 5 Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys
1 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii
10 Summer Tanager 7 5 Piranga rubra rubra
11 Scarlet Tanager 3 2 Piranga olivacea
11 Northern Cardinal 7 10 Cardinalis cardinalis
11 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 10 Pheucticus ludovicianus
11 Blue Grosbeak 2 4 Passerina caerulea
11 Indigo Bunting 7 100 Passerina cyanea
10 Painted Bunting 6 4 Passerina ciris pallidior
7 Dickcissel 3 2 Spiza americana
4 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
11 Red-winged Blackbird 6 200 Agelaius phoeniceus
11 Eastern Meadowlark 4 6 Sturnella magna argutula
1 Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 1 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
11 Common Grackle 6 50 Quiscalus quiscula versicolor
11 Boat-tailed Grackle 5 200 Quiscalus major major
11 Great-tailed Grackle 7 60 Quiscalus mexicanus prosopidicola
11 Brown-headed Cowbird 7 100 Molothrus ater ater
11 Orchard Oriole 7 100 Icterus spurius
11 Baltimore Oriole 5 50 Icterus galbula
1 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
11 House Sparrow 7 25 Passer domesticus

Mammals
3 Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana
4 Nine-banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus
9 Swamp Rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus
5 Eastern Cottontail 1 1 Sylvilagus floridanus
8 Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
5 Eastern Fox Squirrel 2 6 Sciurus niger
1 Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
1 Common Muskrat 1 1 Ondatra zibethicus
4 Nutria (Coypu) 1 1 Myocastor coypus
3 Coyote Canis latrans
4 Northern Raccoon 1 1 Procyon lotor
4 Northern River Otter 1 1 Ehydra lutris
3 White-tailed Deer 1 5 Odocoileus virginianus
5 Atlantic Bottlenosed Dolphin Tursiops truncates

Amphibians and Reptiles
2 Northern Cricket Frog Acris crepitans
1 Common Gray Treefrog Hyla versicolor
2 Green Treefrog 2 2 H Hyla cinerea
1 Squirrel Treefrog Hyla squirella
4 Green Frog Rana clamitans
6 Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
3 Gulf Coast Toad Bufo valiceps
1 Eastern Narrowmouth Toad 1 1 H Gastrophryna carolinensis
11 American Alligator 3 12 Alligator mississippiensis
3 Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
1 Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis
2 Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus
1 Mississippi Map Turtle 1 1 Graptemys kohnii
11 Red-eared Slider 4 4 Trachemys scripta elegans
1 Chiken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia
2 Spiny Softshell Turtle Apalone spinifera pallidus
8 Green Anole 2 3 Anolis carolinensis
1 Brown Anole Anolis sagrei
1 Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
2 Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus
1 Broadhead Skink Eumeces laticeps
3 Ground Skink Scincella lateralis
2 Eastern Fence Lizard 1 1 Sceloporous undulatus
3 Yellowbelly Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster
5 Broad-banded Water Snake 1 1 Nerodia fasciata confluens
3 Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus
1 Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
6 W. Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus orarius
2 Racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris
1 Texas Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta lindheimerii
1 Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula holbrooki
1 Southern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix
4 Western Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

Butterflies
6 Pipevine Swallowtail 1 1 Battus philenor
8 Zebra Swallowtail 1 1 Eurytides marcellus
6 Black Swallowtail 1 3 Papilio polyxenes
7 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2 2 Papilio glaucus
6 Spicebush Swallowtail 2 2 Papilio Troilus
9 Palamedes Swallowtail 1 6 Papilio palamedes
1 Checkered White Pontia protodice
4 Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice
2 Little Yellow Eurema lisa
1 Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
1 Western Pygmy Blue Brephidium exile
1 Eastern Pygmy Blue Brephidium isophthalma
5 American Snout 1 1 Libytheana carinenta
2 Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon
3 Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos
3 Question Mark 1 1 Polygonia interrogationis
2 Eastern Comma Polygonia comma
2 American Lady 1 1 Vanessa virginiensis
5 Red Admiral 1 1 Vanessa atalanta
3 Viceroy Limenitis archippus
5 Goatweed Leafwing 1 1 Limenitis arthemis
8 Monarch 1 1 Danaus plexippus
2 Queen Danaus gilippus
1 Southern Pearly-Eye Enodia portlandia
6 Little Wood Satyr 1 10 Megisto cymela
1 Hoary Edge Achalarus lyciades
1 Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatius
1 Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis
2 Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus
1 Swarthy Skipper Nastra ilherminier
2 Clouded Skipper Lerema accius
1 Northern Broken-Dash Wallengrenia egeremet
1 Twin-spot Skipper Oligoria maculata
2 Salt Marsh Skipper 1 10 Panoquina panoquin

Butterflies and Skippers
10 Giant Swallowtail 5 5 Papilio cresphontes
1 Cabbage White Pieris rapae
4 Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme
6 Cloudless Sulphur 1 1 Phoebis sennae
1 Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa
1 Common Buckeye 1 2 Junonia coenia
1 Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis
1 Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus

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