eBird Field Checklist
Boca Chica Beach (LTC 043)--USA side
Cameron, Texas, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L128923
239 species (+29 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Plain Chachalaca
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Northern Bobwhite
Grebes
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-tipped Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Groove-billed Ani
Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Common Pauraque
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Clapper Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Wilson's Plover
Snowy Plover
plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
California Gull
Iceland Gull
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Sooty Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Loons
Common Loon
Storks
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Northern Gannet
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
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Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Harris's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Gray Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Aplomado Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Green Parakeet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Alder Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Great Kiskadee
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Tropical/Couch's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Green Jay
Tamaulipas Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Black-crested Titmouse
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Verdin
Larks
Horned Lark
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Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
swallow sp.
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Bewick's Wren
Cactus Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Curve-billed Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
American Robin
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
New World Sparrows
Botteri's Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Olive Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
new world sparrow sp.
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Hooded Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Others
passerine sp.
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