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Birds at Big Spring State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.
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BIG SPRING SP
BIRD CHECKLIST
This checklist is a list of common and specialty birds seen in the park. Staf
and volunteers have used previous checklists as well as eBird data to compile
these lists. This list should not be used as a comprehensive list of birds seen in
this park. Please help us protect the natural avian communities by refraining
from using playback tapes of bird songs. Thank you for your cooperation.
Waterfowl
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
___ American Wigeon
___ Turkey Vulture
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
___ Mississippi Kite
___ Northern Bobwhite
___ Northern Harrier
___ Scaled Quail
___ Cooper’s Hawk
Pigeons and Doves
___ Rock Pigeon
___ Eurasian Collared-Dove
___ White-winged Dove
___ Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
___ Greater Roadrunner
___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
___ Common Nighthawk
Swifs
___ Chimney Swif
Hummingbirds
___ Black-chinned Hummingbird
Cranes
___ Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
___ Killdeer
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
___ Swainson’s Hawk
___ Red-tailed Hawk
___ Ferruginous Hawk
Woodpeckers
___ Golden-fronted Woodpecker
___ Ladder-backed Woodpecker
___ Northern Flicker
Falcons and Caracaras
___ American Kestrel
___ Prairie Falcon
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees,
Kingbirds, and Allies
___ Ash-throated Flycatcher
___ Western Kingbird
___ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Shrikes
___ Loggerhead Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
___ Blue Jay
___ Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
___ Ring-billed Gull
___ American Crow
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
___ Chihuahuan Raven
___ Great Blue Heron
___ Common Raven
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
___ Verdin
Martins and Swallows
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
___ Purple Martin
___ House Finch
___ Barn Swallow
___ Pine Siskin
___ Clif Swallow
___ Lesser Goldfnch
___ Cave Swallow
___ American Goldfnch
Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit
___ Bushtit
New World Sparrows
___ Cassin’s Sparrow
___ Chipping Sparrow
Kinglets
___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gnatcatchers
___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
___ Clay-colored Sparrow
___ Field Sparrow
___ Black-throated Sparrow
___ Lark Sparrow
___ Dark-eyed Junco
___ Rock Wren
___ White-crowned Sparrow
___ Bewick’s Wren
___ White-throated Sparrow
___ Cactus Wren
___ Song Sparrow
Starlings and Mynas
___ Lincoln’s Sparrow
___ European Starling
___ Canyon Towhee
Catbirds, Mockingbirds,
___ Rufous-crowned Sparrow
and Thrashers
___ Green-tailed Towhee
___ Curve-billed Thrasher
___ Crissal Thrasher
___ Spotted Towhee
Blackbirds
___ Sage Thrasher
___ Western Meadowlark
___ Northern Mockingbird
___ Bullock’s Oriole
___ Scott’s Oriole
Thrushes
___ Mountain Bluebird
___ Red-winged Blackbird
___ Townsend’s Solitaire
___ Brown-headed Cowbird
___ Hermit Thrush
___ Common Grackle
___ American Robin
___ Great-tailed Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Waxwings
___ Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
___ House Sparrow
___ Orange-crowned Warbler
___ Yellow-rumped Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
___ Northern Cardinal
___ Pyrrhuloxia
___ Painted Bunting
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