2014 Year list
total listed: 185 as of 9/27/14
ANATIDAE - SWANS, GEESE, AND DUCKS (17)
Cygnus olor / Mute Swan
Anser anser / Greylag Goose
Branta canadensis / Canada Goose
Anas carolinensis / Green-winged Teal
Anas platyrhynchos / Mallard
Anas rubripes / American Black Duck
Anas clypeata / Northern Shoveler
Netta rufina / Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Aythya americana / Redhead
Aythya fuligula / Tufted Duck
Aythya affinis / Lesser Scaup
Histrionicus histrionicus / Harlequin Duck
Bucephala albeola / Bufflehead
Lophodytes cucullatus / Hooded Merganser
Mergus serrator / Red-breasted Merganser
Oxyura jamaicensis / Ruddy Duck
ODONTOPHORIDAE - NEW WORLD QUAIL (1)
Callipepla gambelii / Gambel's Quail
GAVIIDAE - LOONS (1)
Gavia immer / Common Loon
PODICIPEDIDAE - GREBES (6)
Tachybaptus ruficollis / Little Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps / Pied-billed Grebe
Podiceps auritus / Horned Grebe (Slavonian Grebe)
Podiceps grisegena / Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis / Eared Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
PHALACROCORACIDAE - CORMORANTS (3)
Phalacrocorax carbo / Great Cormorant (Black Shag)
Phalacrocorax auritus / Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus / Pelagic Cormorant
ARDEIDAE - HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS (7)
Ardea cinerea / Gray Heron
Ardea herodias / Great Blue Heron
Ardea alba / Great Egret
Egretta garzetta / Little Egret
Egretta thula / Snowy Egret
Butorides virescens / Green Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax / Black-crowned Night-Heron
CATHARTIDAE - NEW WORLD VULTURES (2)
Cathartes aura / Turkey Vulture
Coragyps atratus / Black Vulture
PANDIONIDAE - OSPREY (1)
Pandion haliaetus / Osprey
ACCIPITRIDAE - HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES (8)
Milvus milvus / Red Kite
Haliaeetus leucocephalus / Bald Eagle
Circus aeruginosus / Western Marsh-Harrier
Accipiter cooperii / Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter gentilis / Northern Goshawk
Buteo lineatus / Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis / Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo buteo / Common Buzzard
FALCONIDAE - FALCONS AND CARACARAS (3)
Falco tinninculus / Common Kestrel (Eurasian Kestrel)
Falco sparverius / American Kestrel
Eurasian Hobby
RALLIDAE - RAILS, CRAKES, GALLINULES, AND COOTS (4)
Gallinula galeata / Common Gallinule
Gallinula chloropus / Common Moorhen
Fulica atra / Common Coot (Eurasian Coot)
Fulica americana / American Coot
SCOLOPACIDAE - SANDPIPERS, SNIPES, PHALAROPES, AND ALLIES (5)1111
Gallinago delicata / Wilson's Snipe
Numenius arquata / Eurasian Curlew
Bartramia longicauda / Upland Sandpiper
Actitis macularia / Spotted Sandpiper
Tringa melanoleuca / Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa totanus / Common Redshank
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Arenaria interpres / Ruddy Turnstone
Calidris mauri / Western Sandpiper
LARIDAE - GULLS (8)
Larus canus / Mew Gull
Larus delawarensis / Ring-billed Gull
Larus glaucescens / Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus argentatus / European Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus / American Herring Gull
Larus fuscus / Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus ridibundus / Black-headed Gull
Larus philadelphia / Bonaparte's Gull
STERNIDAE - TERNS (1)
Sterna paradisaea / Arctic Tern
ALCIDAE - AUKS (5)
Uria aalge / Common Murre (Guillemot)
Cepphus columba / Pigeon Guillemot
Brachyramphus marmoratus / Marbled Murrelet
Fratercula corniculata / Horned Puffin
Fratercula cirrhata / Tufted Puffin
RECURVIROSTRIDAE - STILTS AND AVOCETS (2)
Himantopus mexicanus / Black-necked Stilt
Recurvirostra americana / American Avocet
HAEMATOPODIDAE - OYSTERCATCHERS (1)
Haematopus ostralegus / Eurasian Oystercatcher
CHARADRIIDAE - PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS (3)
Vanellus vanellus / Northern Lapwing
Pluvialis squatarola / Black-bellied Plover (Gray Plover)
Charadrius vociferus / Killdeer
COLUMBIDAE - PIGEONS AND DOVES (4)
Columba livia / Rock Pigeon (Rock Dove)
Columba palumbus / Common Wood-Pigeon
Streptopelia decaocto / Eurasian Collared-Dove
Zenaida macroura / Mourning Dove
PSITTACIDAE - PARROTS (1)
Psittacula krameri / Rose-ringed Parakeet (Ring-necked Parakeet)
STRIGIDAE - OWLS (1)
Strix varia / Barred Owl
APODIDAE - SWIFTS (2)
Chaetura pelagica / Chimney Swift
Apus apus / Common Swift
TROCHILIDAE - HUMMINGBIRDS (1)
Archilochus alexandri / Black-chinned Hummingbird
PICIDAE - WOODPECKERS (5)
Melanerpes lewis / Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus / Red-bellied Woodpecker
Sphyrapicus varius / Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Picoides pubescens / Downy Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus / Pileated Woodpecker
TYRANNIDAE - TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (8)
Contopus sordidulus / Western Wood-Pewee
Empidonax alnorum / Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax wrightii / Gray Flycatcher
Empidonax oberholseri / Dusky Flycatcher
Sayornis phoebe / Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans / Black Phoebe
Myiarchus cinerascens / Ash-throated Flycatcher
Tyrannus verticalis / Western Kingbird
VIREONIDAE - VIREOS AND ALLIES (1)
Vireo gilvus / Warbling Vireo
CORVIDAE - CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES, AND ALLIES (9)
Cyanocitta cristata / Blue Jay
Pica pica / Eurasian Magpie
Corvus monedula / Eurasian Jackdaw
Corvus frugilegus / Rook
Corvus brachyrhynchos / American Crow
Corvus caurinus / Northwestern Crow
Corvus ossifragus / Fish Crow
Corvus corone / Carrion Crow
Corvus corax / Common Raven
REGULIDAE - KINGLETS (3)
Regulus satrapa / Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula / Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Goldcrest
REMIZIDAE - PENDULINE TITS (1)
Auriparus flaviceps / Verdin
PARIDAE - TITS AND CHICKADEES (7)
Poecile carolinensis / Carolina Chickadee
Poecile atricapilla / Black-capped Chickadee
Poecila hudsonica / Boreal Chickadee
Periparus ater / Coal Tit
Parus major / Great Tit
Cyanistes caeruleus / Blue Tit
Baeolophus bicolor / Tufted Titmouse
HIRUNDINIDAE - SWALLOWS AND MARTINS (5)
Tachycineta bicolor / Tree Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina / Violet-green Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis / Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota / Cliff Swallow
Hirundo rustica / Barn Swallow
AEGITHALIDAE - LONG-TAILED TITS (1)
Aegithalos caudatus / Long-tailed Tit
Leaf warblers?
Reed Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
SITTIDAE - NUTHATCHES (2)
Sitta carolinensis / White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta pusilla / Brown-headed Nuthatch
CERTHIIDAE - CREEPERS (2)
Certhia familiaris / Eurasian Tree-Creeper
Certhia americana / Brown Creeper
TROGLODYTIDAE - WRENS (1)
Thryothorus ludovicianus / Carolina Wren
POLIOPTILIDAE - GNATCATCHERS (2)
Polioptila caerulea / Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila melanura / Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
BOMBYCILLIDAE - WAXWINGS (1)
Bombycilla cedrorum / Cedar Waxwing
PTILOGONATIDAE - SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (1)
Phainopepla nitens / Phainopepla
TURDIDAE - THRUSHES AND ALLIES (8)
Sialia sialis / Eastern Bluebird
Myadestes townsendi / Townsend's Solitaire
Catharus ustulatus / Swainson's Thrush
Catharus guttatus / Hermit Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina / Wood Thrush
Turdus merula / Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus philomelos / Song Thrush
Turdus migratorius / American Robin
MIMIDAE - THRASHERS AND MOCKINGBIRDS (4)
Dumetella carolinensis / Gray Catbird
Mimus polyglottos / Northern Mockingbird
Toxostoma rufum / Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma crissale / Crissal Thrasher
STURNIDAE - STARLINGS AND MYNAS (1)
Sturnus vulgaris / European Starling
PASSERIDAE - OLD WORLD SPARROWS (1)
Passer domesticus / House Sparrow
MOTACILLIDAE - PIPITS AND WAGTAILS (2)
Motacilla alba / White Wagtail
Motacilla yarrellii / Pied Wagtail
FRINGILLIDAE - FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES (4)
Carpodacus mexicanus / House Finch
Carduelis flammea / Common Redpoll
Carduelis tristis / American Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis / European Goldfinch
PARULIDAE - NEW WORLD WARBLERS (11)
Vermivora virginiae / Virginia's Warbler
Vermivora luciae / Lucy's Warbler
Parula americana / Northern Parula
Dendroica petechia / Yellow Warbler
Dendroica coronata / Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle and Audubon's subspecies)
Dendroica townsendi / Townsend's Warbler
Oporornis tolmiei / MacGillivray's Warbler
Seiurus aurocapillus / Ovenbird
Geothlypis trichas / Common Yellowthroat
Wilsonia pusilla / Wilson's Warbler
Icteria virens / Yellow-breasted Chat
EMBERIZIDAE - OLD WORLD BUNTINGS, SEEDEATERS, NEW WORLD SPARROWS, AND ALLIES (11)
Pipilo erythrophthalmus / Eastern Towhee
Spizella passerina / Chipping Sparrow
Spizella breweri / Brewer's Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus / Lark Sparrow
Passerella iliaca / Fox Sparrow
Melospiza melodia / Song Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii / Lincoln's Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys / White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia atricapilla / Golden-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis / White-throated Sparrow
Junco hyemalis / Dark-eyed Junco
CARDINALIDAE - CARDINALS, PIRANGA TANAGERS, AND ALLIES (5)
Cardinalis cardinalis / Northern Cardinal
Pheucticus melanocephalus / Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus / Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa parellina / Blue Bunting [Frontera, Weslaco TX 4/25/09, NV]
Passerina amoena / Lazuli Bunting
ICTERIDAE - BLACKBIRDS, NEW WORLD ORIOLES, GRACKLES, AND ALLIES (7)
Agelaius phoeniceus / Red-winged Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus / Yellow-headed Blackbird
Sturnella magna / Eastern Meadowlark
Quiscalus quiscula / Common Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus / Great-tailed Grackle
Molothrus ater / Brown-headed Cowbird
Icterus bullockii / Bullock's Oriole
ANATIDAE - SWANS, GEESE, AND DUCKS (17)
Cygnus olor / Mute Swan
Anser anser / Greylag Goose
Branta canadensis / Canada Goose
Anas carolinensis / Green-winged Teal
Anas platyrhynchos / Mallard
Anas rubripes / American Black Duck
Anas clypeata / Northern Shoveler
Netta rufina / Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Aythya americana / Redhead
Aythya fuligula / Tufted Duck
Aythya affinis / Lesser Scaup
Histrionicus histrionicus / Harlequin Duck
Bucephala albeola / Bufflehead
Lophodytes cucullatus / Hooded Merganser
Mergus serrator / Red-breasted Merganser
Oxyura jamaicensis / Ruddy Duck
ODONTOPHORIDAE - NEW WORLD QUAIL (1)
Callipepla gambelii / Gambel's Quail
GAVIIDAE - LOONS (1)
Gavia immer / Common Loon
PODICIPEDIDAE - GREBES (6)
Tachybaptus ruficollis / Little Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps / Pied-billed Grebe
Podiceps auritus / Horned Grebe (Slavonian Grebe)
Podiceps grisegena / Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis / Eared Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
PHALACROCORACIDAE - CORMORANTS (3)
Phalacrocorax carbo / Great Cormorant (Black Shag)
Phalacrocorax auritus / Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus / Pelagic Cormorant
ARDEIDAE - HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS (7)
Ardea cinerea / Gray Heron
Ardea herodias / Great Blue Heron
Ardea alba / Great Egret
Egretta garzetta / Little Egret
Egretta thula / Snowy Egret
Butorides virescens / Green Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax / Black-crowned Night-Heron
CATHARTIDAE - NEW WORLD VULTURES (2)
Cathartes aura / Turkey Vulture
Coragyps atratus / Black Vulture
PANDIONIDAE - OSPREY (1)
Pandion haliaetus / Osprey
ACCIPITRIDAE - HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES (8)
Milvus milvus / Red Kite
Haliaeetus leucocephalus / Bald Eagle
Circus aeruginosus / Western Marsh-Harrier
Accipiter cooperii / Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter gentilis / Northern Goshawk
Buteo lineatus / Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis / Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo buteo / Common Buzzard
FALCONIDAE - FALCONS AND CARACARAS (3)
Falco tinninculus / Common Kestrel (Eurasian Kestrel)
Falco sparverius / American Kestrel
Eurasian Hobby
RALLIDAE - RAILS, CRAKES, GALLINULES, AND COOTS (4)
Gallinula galeata / Common Gallinule
Gallinula chloropus / Common Moorhen
Fulica atra / Common Coot (Eurasian Coot)
Fulica americana / American Coot
SCOLOPACIDAE - SANDPIPERS, SNIPES, PHALAROPES, AND ALLIES (5)1111
Gallinago delicata / Wilson's Snipe
Numenius arquata / Eurasian Curlew
Bartramia longicauda / Upland Sandpiper
Actitis macularia / Spotted Sandpiper
Tringa melanoleuca / Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa totanus / Common Redshank
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Arenaria interpres / Ruddy Turnstone
Calidris mauri / Western Sandpiper
LARIDAE - GULLS (8)
Larus canus / Mew Gull
Larus delawarensis / Ring-billed Gull
Larus glaucescens / Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus argentatus / European Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus / American Herring Gull
Larus fuscus / Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus ridibundus / Black-headed Gull
Larus philadelphia / Bonaparte's Gull
STERNIDAE - TERNS (1)
Sterna paradisaea / Arctic Tern
ALCIDAE - AUKS (5)
Uria aalge / Common Murre (Guillemot)
Cepphus columba / Pigeon Guillemot
Brachyramphus marmoratus / Marbled Murrelet
Fratercula corniculata / Horned Puffin
Fratercula cirrhata / Tufted Puffin
RECURVIROSTRIDAE - STILTS AND AVOCETS (2)
Himantopus mexicanus / Black-necked Stilt
Recurvirostra americana / American Avocet
HAEMATOPODIDAE - OYSTERCATCHERS (1)
Haematopus ostralegus / Eurasian Oystercatcher
CHARADRIIDAE - PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS (3)
Vanellus vanellus / Northern Lapwing
Pluvialis squatarola / Black-bellied Plover (Gray Plover)
Charadrius vociferus / Killdeer
COLUMBIDAE - PIGEONS AND DOVES (4)
Columba livia / Rock Pigeon (Rock Dove)
Columba palumbus / Common Wood-Pigeon
Streptopelia decaocto / Eurasian Collared-Dove
Zenaida macroura / Mourning Dove
PSITTACIDAE - PARROTS (1)
Psittacula krameri / Rose-ringed Parakeet (Ring-necked Parakeet)
STRIGIDAE - OWLS (1)
Strix varia / Barred Owl
APODIDAE - SWIFTS (2)
Chaetura pelagica / Chimney Swift
Apus apus / Common Swift
TROCHILIDAE - HUMMINGBIRDS (1)
Archilochus alexandri / Black-chinned Hummingbird
PICIDAE - WOODPECKERS (5)
Melanerpes lewis / Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus / Red-bellied Woodpecker
Sphyrapicus varius / Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Picoides pubescens / Downy Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus / Pileated Woodpecker
TYRANNIDAE - TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (8)
Contopus sordidulus / Western Wood-Pewee
Empidonax alnorum / Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax wrightii / Gray Flycatcher
Empidonax oberholseri / Dusky Flycatcher
Sayornis phoebe / Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans / Black Phoebe
Myiarchus cinerascens / Ash-throated Flycatcher
Tyrannus verticalis / Western Kingbird
VIREONIDAE - VIREOS AND ALLIES (1)
Vireo gilvus / Warbling Vireo
CORVIDAE - CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES, AND ALLIES (9)
Cyanocitta cristata / Blue Jay
Pica pica / Eurasian Magpie
Corvus monedula / Eurasian Jackdaw
Corvus frugilegus / Rook
Corvus brachyrhynchos / American Crow
Corvus caurinus / Northwestern Crow
Corvus ossifragus / Fish Crow
Corvus corone / Carrion Crow
Corvus corax / Common Raven
REGULIDAE - KINGLETS (3)
Regulus satrapa / Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula / Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Goldcrest
REMIZIDAE - PENDULINE TITS (1)
Auriparus flaviceps / Verdin
PARIDAE - TITS AND CHICKADEES (7)
Poecile carolinensis / Carolina Chickadee
Poecile atricapilla / Black-capped Chickadee
Poecila hudsonica / Boreal Chickadee
Periparus ater / Coal Tit
Parus major / Great Tit
Cyanistes caeruleus / Blue Tit
Baeolophus bicolor / Tufted Titmouse
HIRUNDINIDAE - SWALLOWS AND MARTINS (5)
Tachycineta bicolor / Tree Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina / Violet-green Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis / Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota / Cliff Swallow
Hirundo rustica / Barn Swallow
AEGITHALIDAE - LONG-TAILED TITS (1)
Aegithalos caudatus / Long-tailed Tit
Leaf warblers?
Reed Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
SITTIDAE - NUTHATCHES (2)
Sitta carolinensis / White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta pusilla / Brown-headed Nuthatch
CERTHIIDAE - CREEPERS (2)
Certhia familiaris / Eurasian Tree-Creeper
Certhia americana / Brown Creeper
TROGLODYTIDAE - WRENS (1)
Thryothorus ludovicianus / Carolina Wren
POLIOPTILIDAE - GNATCATCHERS (2)
Polioptila caerulea / Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila melanura / Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
BOMBYCILLIDAE - WAXWINGS (1)
Bombycilla cedrorum / Cedar Waxwing
PTILOGONATIDAE - SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (1)
Phainopepla nitens / Phainopepla
TURDIDAE - THRUSHES AND ALLIES (8)
Sialia sialis / Eastern Bluebird
Myadestes townsendi / Townsend's Solitaire
Catharus ustulatus / Swainson's Thrush
Catharus guttatus / Hermit Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina / Wood Thrush
Turdus merula / Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus philomelos / Song Thrush
Turdus migratorius / American Robin
MIMIDAE - THRASHERS AND MOCKINGBIRDS (4)
Dumetella carolinensis / Gray Catbird
Mimus polyglottos / Northern Mockingbird
Toxostoma rufum / Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma crissale / Crissal Thrasher
STURNIDAE - STARLINGS AND MYNAS (1)
Sturnus vulgaris / European Starling
PASSERIDAE - OLD WORLD SPARROWS (1)
Passer domesticus / House Sparrow
MOTACILLIDAE - PIPITS AND WAGTAILS (2)
Motacilla alba / White Wagtail
Motacilla yarrellii / Pied Wagtail
FRINGILLIDAE - FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES (4)
Carpodacus mexicanus / House Finch
Carduelis flammea / Common Redpoll
Carduelis tristis / American Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis / European Goldfinch
PARULIDAE - NEW WORLD WARBLERS (11)
Vermivora virginiae / Virginia's Warbler
Vermivora luciae / Lucy's Warbler
Parula americana / Northern Parula
Dendroica petechia / Yellow Warbler
Dendroica coronata / Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle and Audubon's subspecies)
Dendroica townsendi / Townsend's Warbler
Oporornis tolmiei / MacGillivray's Warbler
Seiurus aurocapillus / Ovenbird
Geothlypis trichas / Common Yellowthroat
Wilsonia pusilla / Wilson's Warbler
Icteria virens / Yellow-breasted Chat
EMBERIZIDAE - OLD WORLD BUNTINGS, SEEDEATERS, NEW WORLD SPARROWS, AND ALLIES (11)
Pipilo erythrophthalmus / Eastern Towhee
Spizella passerina / Chipping Sparrow
Spizella breweri / Brewer's Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus / Lark Sparrow
Passerella iliaca / Fox Sparrow
Melospiza melodia / Song Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii / Lincoln's Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys / White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia atricapilla / Golden-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis / White-throated Sparrow
Junco hyemalis / Dark-eyed Junco
CARDINALIDAE - CARDINALS, PIRANGA TANAGERS, AND ALLIES (5)
Cardinalis cardinalis / Northern Cardinal
Pheucticus melanocephalus / Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus / Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa parellina / Blue Bunting [Frontera, Weslaco TX 4/25/09, NV]
Passerina amoena / Lazuli Bunting
ICTERIDAE - BLACKBIRDS, NEW WORLD ORIOLES, GRACKLES, AND ALLIES (7)
Agelaius phoeniceus / Red-winged Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus / Yellow-headed Blackbird
Sturnella magna / Eastern Meadowlark
Quiscalus quiscula / Common Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus / Great-tailed Grackle
Molothrus ater / Brown-headed Cowbird
Icterus bullockii / Bullock's Oriole