eBird Field Checklist
Matagorda Co.—Oyster Lake Rd. (CTC 008)
Matagorda, Texas, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L551334
212 species (+16 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow/Ross's Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
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
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
King Rail
Clapper Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
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
American Woodcock
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
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Black Skimmer
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Loons
Common Loon
Storks
Wood Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
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 Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
White-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Owls
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Short-eared Owl
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Blue Jay
American Crow
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
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Curve-billed Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
New World Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Eastern Meadowlark
Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Boat-tailed/Great-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Others
passerine sp.