Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Texas

2009 Results: Texas

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

See list of localities in Texas with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	4,266	107
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	10	3
Greater White-fronted Goose	1,224	22
Snow Goose	16,065	44
Ross's Goose	10	8
Cackling Goose	12,289	26
Canada Goose	11,352	108
Muscovy Duck	21	7
Wood Duck	478	85
Gadwall	3,624	179
Eurasian Wigeon	3	3
American Wigeon	2,918	140
Mallard	4,757	328
Mottled Duck	288	51
Blue-winged Teal	1,887	92
Cinnamon Teal	105	35
Northern Shoveler	6,277	184
Northern Pintail	1,704	80
Green-winged Teal	4,013	132
Canvasback	354	45
Redhead	6,771	65
Ring-necked Duck	1,930	136
Greater Scaup	133	16
Lesser Scaup	12,982	137
Surf Scoter	1	1
Bufflehead	571	72
Common Goldeneye	56	16
Hooded Merganser	86	27
Common Merganser	12	4
Red-breasted Merganser	126	22
Ruddy Duck	1,725	64
Plain Chachalaca	158	21
Ring-necked Pheasant	15	4
Wild Turkey	962	72
Scaled Quail	200	22
Gambel's Quail	48	7
Northern Bobwhite	302	39
Pacific Loon	1	1
Common Loon	68	24
Least Grebe	219	46
Pied-billed Grebe	881	238
Horned Grebe	7	3
Eared Grebe	156	18
Western Grebe	14	1
Clark's Grebe	24	1
Northern Gannet	12	4
American White Pelican	3,413	128
Brown Pelican	996	67
Neotropic Cormorant	439	74
Double-crested Cormorant	10,228	319
Anhinga	148	44
American Bittern	15	10
Great Blue Heron	1,285	508
Great Egret	1,178	336
Snowy Egret	683	142
Little Blue Heron	82	52
Tricolored Heron	100	46
Reddish Egret	45	23
Cattle Egret	643	53
Green Heron	20	17
Black-crowned Night-Heron	295	40
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	23	10
White Ibis	1,423	93
Glossy Ibis	2	2
White-faced Ibis	443	38
Roseate Spoonbill	633	47
Black Vulture	4,598	652
Turkey Vulture	4,065	782
Osprey	148	67
White-tailed Kite	42	28
Bald Eagle	59	37
Northern Harrier	230	126
Sharp-shinned Hawk	132	116
Cooper's Hawk	262	222
Harris's Hawk	70	33
Red-shouldered Hawk	470	306
Gray Hawk	3	3
White-tailed Hawk	42	26
Zone-tailed Hawk	3	3
Red-tailed Hawk	1,054	554
Ferruginous Hawk	6	5
Rough-legged Hawk	2	2
Golden Eagle	3	2
Crested Caracara	308	120
American Kestrel	682	325
Merlin	29	27
Aplomado Falcon	1	1
Peregrine Falcon	17	16
Prairie Falcon	12	8
Clapper Rail	17	5
King Rail	2	2
Virginia Rail	6	5
Sora	56	24
Common Moorhen	400	46
American Coot	14,822	318
Sandhill Crane	28,383	51
Whooping Crane	39	6
Black-bellied Plover	79	21
Snowy Plover	4	3
Semipalmated Plover	29	7
Piping Plover	16	5
Killdeer	2,016	334
Mountain Plover	7	1
American Oystercatcher	23	13
Black-necked Stilt	506	25
American Avocet	791	26
Spotted Sandpiper	125	54
Solitary Sandpiper	8	7
Greater Yellowlegs	274	88
Willet	262	36
Lesser Yellowlegs	121	41
Whimbrel	1	1
Long-billed Curlew	194	33
Marbled Godwit	119	12
Ruddy Turnstone	273	27
Sanderling	597	23
Western Sandpiper	807	16
Least Sandpiper	1,519	57
Dunlin	679	17
Stilt Sandpiper	27	5
Short-billed Dowitcher	333	10
Long-billed Dowitcher	1,899	30
Wilson's Snipe	249	66
American Woodcock	3	3
Bonaparte's Gull	711	19
Laughing Gull	6,796	127
Franklin's Gull	3	2
Ring-billed Gull	7,107	288
Herring Gull	601	65
Gull-billed Tern	31	8
Caspian Tern	65	23
Forster's Tern	493	57
Royal Tern	246	23
Sandwich Tern	5	2
Black Skimmer	1,662	19
Pomarine Jaeger	2	1
Parasitic Jaeger	1	1
Rock Pigeon	7,863	352
Red-billed Pigeon	6	1
Band-tailed Pigeon	15	2
Eurasian Collared-Dove	2,009	385
White-winged Dove	15,884	1,323
Mourning Dove	13,375	2,002
Inca Dove	1,875	392
Common Ground-Dove	463	120
Ruddy Ground-Dove	1	1
White-tipped Dove	103	27
Monk Parakeet	167	28
Green Parakeet	91	5
Red-crowned Parrot	117	10
Black-billed Cuckoo	2	1
Greater Roadrunner	174	125
Groove-billed Ani	15	7
Barn Owl	29	24
Western Screech-Owl	1	1
Eastern Screech-Owl	77	63
Great Horned Owl	100	76
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl	2	1
Burrowing Owl	28	8
Barred Owl	67	54
Short-eared Owl	2	1
Common Nighthawk	4	3
Common Pauraque	43	22
Common Poorwill	1	1
White-throated Swift	3	1
Broad-billed Hummingbird	1	1
Buff-bellied Hummingbird	63	44
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	31	29
Black-chinned Hummingbird	16	13
Anna's Hummingbird	4	4
Calliope Hummingbird	4	4
Broad-tailed Hummingbird	1	1
Rufous Hummingbird	89	66
Allen's Hummingbird	2	2
Ringed Kingfisher	32	19
Belted Kingfisher	231	182
Green Kingfisher	41	28
Red-headed Woodpecker	155	94
Golden-fronted Woodpecker	659	283
Red-bellied Woodpecker	1,722	1,035
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	234	190
Red-naped Sapsucker	2	2
Ladder-backed Woodpecker	396	269
Downy Woodpecker	1,341	775
Hairy Woodpecker	99	76
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	4	2
Northern Flicker	319	193
Pileated Woodpecker	162	121
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet	5	5
Least Flycatcher	2	2
Gray Flycatcher	5	5
Black Phoebe	26	8
Eastern Phoebe	687	390
Say's Phoebe	39	19
Vermilion Flycatcher	90	44
Ash-throated Flycatcher	5	3
Great Kiskadee	372	84
Tropical Kingbird	21	13
Couch's Kingbird	85	36
Western Kingbird	1	1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	37	11
Loggerhead Shrike	381	184
White-eyed Vireo	123	68
Blue-headed Vireo	63	44
Hutton's Vireo	2	1
Blue Jay	4,275	1,654
Green Jay	365	84
Western Scrub-Jay	195	90
Mexican Jay	4	1
American Crow	9,158	942
Fish Crow	21	4
Chihuahuan Raven	132	11
Common Raven	94	54
Horned Lark	146	10
Purple Martin	323	85
Tree Swallow	227	19
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	15	6
Cave Swallow	293	15
Barn Swallow	31	9
Carolina Chickadee	5,051	1,688
Tufted Titmouse	2,261	859
Black-crested Titmouse	1,157	462
Verdin	17	11
Bushtit	31	6
Red-breasted Nuthatch	34	18
White-breasted Nuthatch	194	106
Brown-headed Nuthatch	51	29
Brown Creeper	99	70
Cactus Wren	87	31
Rock Wren	21	15
Canyon Wren	40	26
Carolina Wren	2,175	1,128
Bewick's Wren	532	351
House Wren	516	222
Winter Wren	76	39
Sedge Wren	15	6
Marsh Wren	66	26
Golden-crowned Kinglet	63	37
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1,136	575
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	247	86
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	2	1
Eastern Bluebird	1,565	518
Western Bluebird	29	6
Mountain Bluebird	134	10
Townsend's Solitaire	4	4
Hermit Thrush	138	101
Wood Thrush	1	1
Clay-colored Thrush	21	12
American Robin	9,627	779
Gray Catbird	40	29
Northern Mockingbird	3,718	1,684
Sage Thrasher	13	6
Brown Thrasher	154	105
Long-billed Thrasher	67	45
Curve-billed Thrasher	97	52
Crissal Thrasher	5	3
European Starling	13,445	816
American Pipit	1,424	83
Sprague's Pipit	62	5
Cedar Waxwing	4,187	206
Phainopepla	1	1
Orange-crowned Warbler	752	488
Nashville Warbler	8	8
Northern Parula	8	8
Tropical Parula	12	11
Yellow Warbler	6	5
Yellow-rumped Warbler	4,472	785
Black-throated Gray Warbler	6	6
Black-throated Green Warbler	5	4
Yellow-throated Warbler	23	15
Pine Warbler	1,062	347
Palm Warbler	5	5
Black-and-white Warbler	24	22
Ovenbird	9	7
Northern Waterthrush	3	3
Louisiana Waterthrush	78	2
Common Yellowthroat	98	43
Wilson's Warbler	26	20
Yellow-breasted Chat	1	1
Summer Tanager	1	1
Western Tanager	1	1
White-collared Seedeater	2	1
Olive Sparrow	33	24
Green-tailed Towhee	5	4
Spotted Towhee	178	90
Eastern Towhee	32	23
Canyon Towhee	71	26
Cassin's Sparrow	27	5
Bachman's Sparrow	5	1
Rufous-crowned Sparrow	119	45
Chipping Sparrow	8,250	688
Clay-colored Sparrow	7	6
Brewer's Sparrow	57	9
Field Sparrow	1,570	233
Black-chinned Sparrow	3	2
Vesper Sparrow	522	79
Lark Sparrow	179	38
Black-throated Sparrow	179	35
Lark Bunting	93	14
Savannah Sparrow	2,118	193
Grasshopper Sparrow	11	6
Le Conte's Sparrow	4	3
Seaside Sparrow	2	1
Fox Sparrow	129	43
Song Sparrow	671	170
Lincoln's Sparrow	394	144
Swamp Sparrow	133	39
White-throated Sparrow	1,365	283
Harris's Sparrow	600	116
White-crowned Sparrow	3,326	422
Dark-eyed Junco	4,453	762
McCown's Longspur	164	2
Smith's Longspur	2	1
Northern Cardinal	15,138	2,653
Pyrrhuloxia	275	80
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	4	4
Black-headed Grosbeak	6	4
Blue Bunting	2	1
Indigo Bunting	19	9
Red-winged Blackbird	35,676	826
Eastern Meadowlark	1,761	147
Western Meadowlark	1,567	76
Rusty Blackbird	215	14
Brewer's Blackbird	4,227	89
Common Grackle	17,648	531
Boat-tailed Grackle	508	15
Great-tailed Grackle	25,921	654
Bronzed Cowbird	318	12
Brown-headed Cowbird	5,917	338
Hooded Oriole	3	3
Altamira Oriole	24	15
Audubon's Oriole	39	15
Baltimore Oriole	2	2
Purple Finch	334	105
Cassin's Finch	2	1
House Finch	6,903	1,337
Pine Siskin	4,377	402
Lesser Goldfinch	2,898	350
American Goldfinch	23,799	1,576
House Sparrow	17,280	1,581
Nutmeg Mannikin	8	1
Total	515,972

A total of 341 species were reported.

See list of localities in Texas with reports.

This report was updated 15-Mar-2009 16:25 ET. Bird checklists submitted to GBBC are included on these results within about 2 hours of submission.