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The Big Sit! 2006: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	Texas
Country:	United States

1. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
2. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
3. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
4. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
5. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
6. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
7. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
8. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
9. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
10. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
11. Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
12. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
13. Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
14. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
15. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
16. Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
17. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
18. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
19. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
20. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
21. Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria
22. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
23. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
24. Great Egret Ardea alba
25. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
26. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
27. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
28. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
29. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
30. Gadwall Anas strepera
31. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
32. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
33. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
34. Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
35. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
36. Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
37. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
38. Merlin Falco columbarius
39. American Coot Fulica americana
40. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
41. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
42. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
43. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
44. Wilson's (common) Snipe Gallinago delicata
45. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
46. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
47. Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
48. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
49. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
50. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
51. Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
52. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
53. Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
54. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
55. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
56. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
57. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
58. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
59. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
60. Dickcissel Spiza americana
61. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
62. Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
63. Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
64. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
65. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
66. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
67. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
68. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
69. Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
70. Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
71. Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
72. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
73. Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
74. Green Heron Butorides virescens
75. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
76. White Ibis Eudocimus albus
77. Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja
78. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
79. Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
80. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
81. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
82. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
83. Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
84. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
85. American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
86. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
87. Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
88. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
89. Sanderling Calidris alba
90. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
91. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
92. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
93. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
94. Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
95. Royal Tern Sterna maxima
96. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
97. Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
98. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
99. Inca Dove Columbina inca
100. Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
101. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
102. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
103. Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
104. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
105. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
106. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
107. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
108. Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
109. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
110. Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
111. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
112. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
113. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
114. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
115. Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
116. Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
117. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
118. Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivora
119. Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
120. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
121. Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea
122. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
123. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
124. Dowitcher (species unknown)
125. Sparrow (species unknown)
126. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
127. Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
128. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
129. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
130. Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
131. Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio
132. Barred Owl Strix varia
133. Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
134. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
135. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
136. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
137. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
138. Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
139. Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
140. White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
141. Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
142. Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
143. White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
144. Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix
145. Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
146. Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
147. Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata
148. Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
149. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
150. Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris
151. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
152. Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
153. Purple Martin Progne subis
154. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
155. Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
156. Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
157. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
158. Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatu
159. Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
160. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
161. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
162. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
163. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
164. Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
165. Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
166. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
167. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana