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Every species recorded in Travis County, by family.

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Data from eBird (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), including the eBird Basic Dataset. Weather: National Weather Service and Open-Meteo. Lake level: USGS. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited where shown. Full credits

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Today Rare Hotspots Species Leaders

437 species all-time · 200 reported in the last 14 days · Updated 12:12 PM

Seen in the last 14 days (200)

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow GooseRare
Graylag Goose
Swan Gooseescapee
Canada GooseRare
Mute Swanescapee
Egyptian Goose
Muscovy Duckescapee
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck

New World Quail

Northern Bobwhite

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Wild Turkey
Indian Peafowlescapee

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove

Cuckoos

Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed CuckooRare

Nightjars and Allies

Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill

Swifts

Chimney Swift

Hummingbirds

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Sora
American Coot

Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet

Plovers and Lapwings

American Golden-PloverRare
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover

Sandpipers and Allies

Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's PhalaropeRare
Red-necked PhalaropeRare
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Stilt Sandpiper
DunlinRare
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Franklin's Gull
Forster's Tern

Grebes

Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe

Cormorants and Shags

Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

White IbisRare
White-faced Ibis

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

American Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Reddish EgretRare
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron

Pelicans

American White Pelican

New World Vultures

Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk

Owls

Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing OwlRare
Barred Owl

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker

Falcons and Caracaras

Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon

New World and African Parrots

Monk Parakeet

Tyrant Flycatchers

Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least FlycatcherRare
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion FlycatcherRare
Couch's Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis

White-eyed Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Eastern Warbling Vireo

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Blue Jay
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Carolina Chickadee
Black-crested Titmouse

Penduline-Tits

Verdin

Swallows

Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet

Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Wrens

Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Northern House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge WrenRare
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren

Starlings

European Starling

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes and Allies

Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Hermit Thrush
American Robin

Waxwings

Cedar WaxwingRare

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

House Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch

New World Sparrows

Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Canyon Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Spotted Towhee

Troupials and Allies

Yellow-headed Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Baltimore Oriole
Scott's OrioleRare
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle

New World Warblers

Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning WarblerRare
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American RedstartRare
Magnolia Warbler
Northern Yellow WarblerRare
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson's Warbler

Cardinals and Allies

Summer Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
DickcisselRare

Counts leave out the 28 escaped cage birds on the list (marked “escapee”), as eBird does.

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