eBird Field Checklist
Surfside Bird & Butterfly Trail / Fort Velasco
Brazoria, Texas, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L9253250
194 species (+18 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Lesser Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Northern Bobwhite
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Clapper Rail
Sora
American Coot
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
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
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
American 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
ibis sp.
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Couch's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
American Crow
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
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swallow sp.
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-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
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
New World Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
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
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Hermit Warbler
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Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Others
passerine sp.
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