eBird Field Checklist
Texas City Dike (UTC 074)
Galveston, Texas, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L129107
262 species (+49 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
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
Aythya sp.
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
King Rail
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
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
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
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
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Kelp Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
American Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Herring complex/Lesser Black-backed Gull
California Gull
Iceland Gull
American Herring/Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
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.
gull/tern sp.
Flamingos
American Flamingo
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Greater Flamingo
American/Greater Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Grebes
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
grebe sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Storks
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Northern Gannet
Brown Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned/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.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Harris's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Short-eared Owl
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
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Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Monk Parakeet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Couch's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Cliff/Cave Swallow
swallow sp.
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Northern House Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
New World Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Seaside 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
Red-winged Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
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Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Boat-tailed/Great-tailed Grackle
grackle sp.
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Others
passerine sp.
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