Basic Texas Birds: A Field GuideUniversity of Texas Press, 01.07.2007 - 403 Seiten Finding all the birds in Texas can be a lifetime pursuit. Basic Texas Birds, an easy-to-use field guide, will help you identify over 180 species of birds that are found across the state, including a selection of the rarer "Texas specialties" that draw birders to Texas from around the world. These are the birds that form the basis of a birder's life list for Texas. Basic Texas Birds is organized by bird families to aid in identifying any bird you see in the wild. It is loaded with resources, including: 200 full-color, close-up photos of the birds State-of-the-art range maps—the most accurate of any currently available—that show each species' distribution within the state Up-to-date species accounts that provide a wealth of current and historical information, including each bird's appearance, habitat, status, and distribution, and that also identify similar species A glossary of terms used in bird identification A list of selected readings for learning more about birds found in Texas The Texas Ornithological Society's list of birds documented in TexasMuch more convenient for identifying common birds than a comprehensive state or national field guide, Basic Texas Birds is a must-have resource for both beginning and experienced birders. |
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SPECIES ACCOUNTS | 3 |
Lesser Scaup | 38 |
Lesser PrairieChicken | 44 |
Gambels Quail | 50 |
Common Loon | 56 |
American White Pelican | 62 |
Anhinga | 68 |
Great Blue Heron | 74 |
Buffbellied Hummingbird | 192 |
Belted Kingfisher | 198 |
Yellowbellied Sapsucker | 204 |
Redcockaded Woodpecker | 210 |
Vermilion Flycatcher | 216 |
Eastern Kingbird | 222 |
Whiteeyed Vireo | 228 |
Blue Jay | 234 |
Little Blue Heron | 80 |
Green Heron | 86 |
Roseate Spoonbill | 92 |
Osprey | 98 |
Northern Harrier | 104 |
Redshouldered Hawk | 110 |
Swainsons Hawk | 112 |
Redtailed Hawk | 118 |
Aplomado Falcon | 124 |
Sandhill Crane | 130 |
American Avocet | 136 |
Least Sandpiper | 142 |
Ringbilled Gull | 148 |
Black Skimmer | 154 |
Inca Dove | 160 |
Yellowbilled Cuckoo | 166 |
Western ScreechOwl and Eastern ScreechOwl | 173 |
Barred Owl | 180 |
Common Poorwill | 186 |
Mexican Jay | 240 |
Purple Martin | 246 |
Carolina Chickadee | 252 |
Cactus Wren | 258 |
Marsh Wren | 264 |
Eastern Bluebird | 270 |
Claycolored Robin | 276 |
Northern Mockingbird | 282 |
Cedar Waxwing | 288 |
Nashville Warbler | 294 |
Yellow Warbler | 300 |
Blackandwhite Warbler | 306 |
Summer Tanager | 312 |
Chipping Sparrow | 318 |
Savannah Sparrow | 324 |
Darkeyed Junco | 330 |
APPENDIX | 373 |
GLOSSARY | 389 |
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adult American Crow areas BACKGROUND belly bill birds blue body plumage breast breeding plumage bright brown buffy coast Coastal Prairies color common resident common summer resident Common to abundant Common to uncommon County crown dark darker DISTRIBUTION Common Duck Eastern Screech-Owl Edwards Plateau Egret feathers female flight Flycatcher found in Texas gray Greg W HABITAT Found habitats Hawk head Heron High Plains Hummingbird IDENTIFICATION Immature birds Lasley Lesser Nighthawk locally common Lockwood Lower Rio male Masked Duck nesting Northern Northern Cardinal Northern Mockingbird numbers open habitats Oriole overall Panhandle patch Photo by Greg Photo by Mark Pineywoods plumage population range resident throughout Rio Grande Valley Rolling Plains rufous SIMILAR SPECIES South Texas Brush Sparrow STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION stripe Texas Texas Brush Country throat Tim Cooper Trans-Pecos Turkey Vulture uncommon migrant Uncommon to common undertail coverts upperparts Vireo western wing bars winter resident woodlands Woodpecker Wren yellow