eBird Field Checklist
Nueces County, Texas, US
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494 species (+165 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
West Indian Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow/Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
goose sp.
Egyptian Goose
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Mottled Duck
Mallard x Mottled Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/Mottled Duck
Mexican/Mottled Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)
Anas sp.
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Masked Duck
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Northern Bobwhite
Scaled Quail
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
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
Groove-billed Ani
Smooth-billed/Groove-billed Ani
Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Common Pauraque
Common Poorwill
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus sp.
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Chimney/Vaux's Swift
large swift sp.
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
Allen's Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
King Rail
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
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Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
stilt/avocet sp.
American Oystercatcher
American/Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
American/Pacific Golden-Plover (Lesser Golden-Plover)
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Wilson's Plover
Mountain Plover
Snowy Plover
small plover sp.
Northern Jacana
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
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 Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Surfbird
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
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
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Herring Gull
Kelp x Herring Gull (hybrid)
Yellow-legged Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
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Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring/Lesser Black-backed Gull
California Gull
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Slaty-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
white-winged gull sp.
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Storm-Petrels
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates sp. (Band-rumped complex)
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Trindade Petrel
Stejneger's Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Storks
Jabiru
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Northern Gannet
Red-footed Booby
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
pelican sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
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.
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white egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
new world vulture sp.
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Common Black Hawk
Harris's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Gray Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-shouldered/Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Flammulated Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
owl sp.
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied x Red-naped Sapsucker (hybrid)
Yellow-bellied/Red-naped Sapsucker
Lewis's Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Red-bellied 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.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Budgerigar
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Monk Parakeet
Green-cheeked Parakeet
Green Parakeet
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
Small-billed Elaenia
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Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
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
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Nutting's Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Cattle Tyrant
Great Kiskadee
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Tropical/Couch's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Cassin's/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
Cassin's/Plumbeous Vireo
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
crow/raven sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Carolina Chickadee
Black-crested Titmouse
Tufted x Black-crested Titmouse (hybrid)
Tufted/Black-crested Titmouse
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Verdin
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
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Rock Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Cactus Wren
wren sp.
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Curve-billed Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher
Brown/Long-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma sp.
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
bluebird sp.
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
Aztec Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
American Robin
Turdus sp.
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Weavers and Allies
Northern Red Bishop
Estrildids
Scaly-breasted Munia
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
Purple Finch
Purple/Cassin's Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
new world goldfinch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Chestnut-collared Longspur
New World Sparrows
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
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Ammospiza sp.
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
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Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
Spotted/Eastern Towhee (Rufous-sided 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/Baltimore Oriole
Scott's Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Shiny/Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bronzed/Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Boat-tailed/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
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
Lucy's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
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
Grace's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Golden-crowned Warbler
Canada Warbler
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Wilson's Warbler
Red-faced 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/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
Passerina sp.
Dickcissel
Tanagers and Allies
Morelet's Seedeater
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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