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Birds at Palo Duro Canyon State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.
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PALO DURO CANYON
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
Owls
___ Canada Goose
___ Eastern Screech-Owl
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
___ Great Horned Owl
___ Northern Bobwhite
___ Wild Turkey
Pigeons and Doves
Kingfshers
___ Belted Kingfsher
Woodpeckers
___ Eurasian Collared-Dove
___ Red-headed Woodpecker
___ Mourning Dove
___ Golden-fronted Woodpecker
___ White-winged Dove
___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Cuckoos
___ Downy Woodpecker
___ Greater Roadrunner
___ Ladder-backed Woodpecker
___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
___ Northern Flicker
Nightjars
___ Common Nighthawk
___ Common Poorwill
Swifs
___ Chimney Swif
Hummingbirds
___ Black-chinned Hummingbird
Cranes
___ Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
___ Killdeer
Vultures
___ Turkey Vulture
Hawks and Allies
Falcons
___ American Kestrel
Tyrant Flycatchers
___ Ash-throated Flycatcher
___ Western Kingbird
___ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
___ Eastern Phoebe
___ Say’s Phoebe
Shrikes
___ Loggerhead Shrike
Vireos
___ Bell’s Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
___ Blue Jay
___ Northern Harrier
___ Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
___ Sharp-shinned Hawk
___ American Crow
___ Cooper’s Hawk
___ Chihuahuan Raven
___ Mississippi Kite
Swallows
___ Swainson’s Hawk
___ Barn Swallow
___ Red-tailed Hawk
___ Clif Swallow
Chickadees and Titmice
___ Black-crested Titmouse
Bushtits
Finches and Allies
___ House Finch
___ Pine Siskin
___ Bushtit
Nuthatches and Creepers
___ Lesser Goldfnch
___ American Goldfnch
___ Red-breasted Nuthatch
New World Sparrows
___ White-breasted Nuthatch
___ Lark Sparrow
___ Brown Creeper
___ Lark Bunting
Wrens
___ Chipping Sparrow
___ Rock Wren
___ Fox Sparrow
___ Canyon Wren
___ American Tree Sparrow
___ Carolina Wren
___ Dark-eyed Junco
___ Bewick’s Wren
___ White-crowned Sparrow
Gnatcatchers
___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Kinglets
___ Harris’s Sparrow
___ White-throated Sparrow
___ Song Sparrow
___ Golden-crowned Kinglet
___ Lincoln’s Sparrow
___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
___ Canyon Towhee
Thrushes
___ Rufous-crowned Sparrow
___ Eastern Bluebird
___ Spotted Towhee
___ Mountain Bluebird
___ Blackbirds
___ Townsend’s Solitaire
___ Western Meadowlark
___ Hermit Thrush
___ Orchard Oriole
___ American Robin
___ Bullock’s Oriole
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and
Thrashers
___ Brown-headed Cowbird
Wood-Warblers
___ Gray Catbird
___ Common Yellowthroat
___ Curve-billed Thrasher
___ Yellow Warbler
___ Brown Thrasher
___ Yellow-rumped Warbler
___ Northern Mockingbird
___ Wilson’s Warbler
Starlings
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
___ European Starling
Waxwings
___ Northern Cardinal
___ Blue Grosbeak
___ Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
___ House Sparrows
___ Lazuli Bunting
___ Indigo Bunting
___ Painted Bunting
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