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The Big Sit! 2005: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	Texas
Country:	United States

1. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
2. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
3. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
4. Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
5. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
6. Great Egret Ardea alba
7. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
8. Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
9. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
10. Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
11. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
12. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
13. White Ibis Eudocimus albus
14. White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
15. Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja
16. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
17. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
18. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
19. Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
20. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
21. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
22. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
23. Gadwall Anas strepera
24. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
25. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
26. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
27. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
28. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
29. Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
30. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
31. White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus
32. Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
33. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
34. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
35. Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
36. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
37. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
38. Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
39. Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
40. American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
41. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
42. Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
43. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
44. Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
45. Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
46. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
47. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
48. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
49. Sanderling Calidris alba
50. Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
51. Wilson's (common) Snipe Gallinago delicata
52. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
53. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
54. Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
55. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
56. Royal Tern Sterna maxima
57. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
58. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
59. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
60. Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
61. Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
62. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
63. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
64. Ringed Turtle-Dove Streptopelia risoria
65. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
66. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
67. Inca Dove Columbina inca
68. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
69. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
70. Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
71. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
72. Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
73. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
74. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
75. Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
76. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
77. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
78. Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
79. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
80. Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
81. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
82. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
83. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
84. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
85. Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
86. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
87. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
88. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
89. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
90. Dickcissel Spiza americana
91. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
92. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
93. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
94. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
95. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
96. Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
97. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
98. Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
99. Green Heron Butorides virescens
100. Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
101. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
102. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
103. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
104. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
105. American Coot Fulica americana
106. American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
107. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
108. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
109. Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
110. Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
111. Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
112. Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
113. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
114. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
115. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
116. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
117. Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
118. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
119. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
120. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
121. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
122. Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata
123. Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
124. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
125. Common Raven Corvus corax
126. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
127. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
128. Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
129. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
130. Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
131. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
132. Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria
133. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
134. Barred Owl Strix varia
135. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
136. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
137. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
138. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
139. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
140. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
141. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
142. American Robin Turdus migratorius
143. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
144. Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
145. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
146. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
147. Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea
148. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
149. hummingbird sp.
150. Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
151. White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
152. Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
153. Merlin Falco columbarius
154. Sora Porzana carolina
155. Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
156. Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
157. Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix
158. Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis
159. Barn Owl Tyto alba
160. Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
161. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
162. Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
163. Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
164. Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
165. Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
166. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
167. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
168. Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
169. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
170. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
171. Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
172. Purple Martin Progne subis
173. Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
174. Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
175. Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
176. Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia
177. Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
178. Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
179. Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
180. Pipit Sp.
181. Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
182. Florida Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens