eBird Field Checklist
Cameron County, Texas, US
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522 species (+184 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Black-bellied x Fulvous Whistling-Duck (hybrid)
whistling-duck sp.
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid)
Snow/Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
goose sp.
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)
Mexican Duck
Mallard/Mexican Duck
Mottled Duck
Mallard x Mottled Duck (hybrid)
Mexican x Mottled Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/Mottled Duck
Mexican/Mottled Duck
White-cheeked Pintail
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Masked Duck
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Plain Chachalaca
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Northern Bobwhite
Scaled Quail
new world quail sp.
Wild Turkey
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Flamingos
American Flamingo
Greater Flamingo
American/Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
White-crowned Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Eurasian/African Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
ground dove/Inca Dove
White-tipped Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Smooth-billed Ani
Groove-billed Ani
Smooth-billed/Groove-billed Ani
Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Common Pauraque
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus sp.
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Chimney/Vaux's Swift
Chaetura sp.
White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds
Mexican Violetear
Green-breasted Mango
Blue-throated Mountain-gem
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna's x Rufous Hummingbird (hybrid)
Allen's Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
King Rail
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Clapper Rail
King/Clapper Rail
large rail sp.
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
rail/crake sp.
Limpkin
Limpkin
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
American/Pacific Golden-Plover (Lesser Golden-Plover)
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Wilson's Plover
Mountain Plover
Snowy Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Northern Jacana
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Eskimo Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
curlew sp.
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
godwit sp.
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Surfbird
Ruff
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.
Calidris sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
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Franklin's Gull
Laughing/Franklin's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Kelp Gull
Herring Gull
Kelp x Herring Gull (hybrid)
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
California Gull
Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Herring/Glaucous-winged Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged x Slaty-backed Gull (hybrid)
Iceland Gull
Herring/Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Brown/Black Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Loons
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Albatrosses
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Atlantic/Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Storm-Petrels
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates sp.
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
Storks
Jabiru
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Northern Gannet
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
booby sp.
sulid sp.
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
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
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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.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
ibis sp.
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
new world vulture sp.
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Snail Kite
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Common Black Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Harris's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Gray Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Flammulated Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Elf Owl
Burrowing Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
owl sp.
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Barbets and Toucans
Keel-billed Toucan
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied/Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Golden-fronted/Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes sp.
Downy Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Aplomado Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
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diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Budgerigar
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Fischer's Lovebird
lovebird sp.
Monk Parakeet
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
White-crowned Parrot
Red-crowned Parrot
Lilac-crowned Parrot
Red-crowned x Lilac-crowned Parrot (hybrid)
Red-lored Parrot
Red-crowned x Red-lored Parrot (hybrid)
Yellow-headed Parrot
Yellow-crowned Parrot
White-fronted Parrot
Yellow-lored Parrot
Amazona sp.
Nanday Parakeet
large macaw sp.
Green Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
Red-masked Parakeet
Psittacara sp.
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Antbirds
Barred Antshrike
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Gray-collared Becard
Rose-throated Becard
Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
White-crested Elaenia
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Great Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Variegated Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Tropical/Couch's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
Black-capped Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Cassin's/Blue-headed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
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solitary vireo sp.
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Black-whiskered Vireo
vireo sp.
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Green Jay
Blue Jay
Tamaulipas Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
raven sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Black-crested Titmouse
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Verdin
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Cliff/Cave Swallow
swallow sp.
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Rock Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Pacific/Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Cactus Wren
wren sp.
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Black Catbird
Gray Catbird
Curve-billed Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher
Brown/Long-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma sp.
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
mimid sp.
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
White-throated Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
American Robin
Rufous-backed Robin
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Northern Wheatear
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Silky-flycatchers
Gray Silky-flycatcher
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
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Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Common Redpoll
Island Canary
Pine Siskin
Black-headed Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
new world goldfinch sp.
Spinus sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Botteri's Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Botteri's/Cassin's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Olive Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia sp.
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Black-vented Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Orchard/Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Audubon's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's x Baltimore Oriole (hybrid)
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
Scott's Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bronzed/Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
grackle sp.
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
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Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis sp.
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Gray-crowned x Common Yellowthroat (hybrid)
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Northern x Tropical Parula (hybrid)
Northern/Tropical Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Townsend's x Black-throated Green Warbler (hybrid)
Setophaga sp.
Fan-tailed Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Painted Redstart
Slate-throated Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager
tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)
Crimson-collared Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Northern Cardinal x Pyrrhuloxia (hybrid)
Northern Cardinal/Pyrrhuloxia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Rose-breasted/Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli x Indigo Bunting (hybrid)
Lazuli/Indigo Bunting
Varied Bunting
Painted Bunting
Indigo x Painted Bunting (hybrid)
Passerina sp.
Dickcissel
Tanagers and Allies
Morelet's Seedeater
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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