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Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Galveston, Texas, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L248017
180 species (+28 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
duck sp.
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Clapper Rail
Sora
American Coot
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
small plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
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.
Calidris sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Kelp x Herring Gull (hybrid)
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Loons
Common Loon
Storks
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Least Bittern
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
white egret sp.
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
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White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Blue Jay
Larks
Horned Lark
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
Wrens
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
New World Sparrows
Chipping Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
new world sparrow sp.
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Boat-tailed/Great-tailed Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Northern Cardinal
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Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
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