eBird Field Checklist
Oyster Lake (Matagorda Co.)
Matagorda, Texas, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L1416055
131 species (+4 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mottled Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Northern Bobwhite
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Mourning Dove
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Clapper Rail
Sora
American Coot
Cranes
Whooping Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Wilson's Plover
Snowy Plover
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
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
peep sp.
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black Skimmer
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Loons
Common Loon
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Cormorants and Anhingas
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
White-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Wrens
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
New World Sparrows
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Blackbirds
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel