Birds

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 © 2024 TPWD PWD CD P4506-0003K (4/24) TPWD receives funds from DHS and USFWS. TPWD prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin (including limited English proficiency), disability, age, and gender, pursuant to state and federal law. If you believe you have been discriminated against by TPWD, visit tpwd.texas.gov/nondiscrimination or call (512) 389-4800 for information on filing a complaint. To obtain information in an alternative format, contact TPWD through Relay Texas at 7-1-1 or (800) 735-2989, or by email at accessibility@tpwd.texas.gov. If you speak a language other than English and need assistance, email lep@tpwd.texas.gov. You can also contact Department of the Interior Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Civil Rights, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240, and/or U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), Mail Stop #0190 2707, Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., S.E. Washington, D.C. 20528.