Boreal Songbird Initiative : Boreal Birds of the Houston Area
  

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Boreal Birds of the Houston Area (view list)

The Houston area has 92 birds regularly seen that breed in the Boreal Forest. Some of these species winter in the US, many however migrate south to winter in Mexico, Central and South America.
Species Fall Winter Spring Summer
Waterfowl
Common Loon Fall Winter Spring
Pied-billed Grebe Fall Winter Spring Summer
American Bittern Fall Winter Spring
Canada Goose Fall Winter Spring
Mallard Fall Winter Spring
Northern Pintail Fall Winter Spring
American Wigeon Fall Winter Spring
Northern Shoveler Fall Winter Spring
Blue-winged Teal Fall Winter Spring
Green-winged Teal Fall Winter Spring
Canvasback Fall Winter Spring
Redhead Fall Winter Spring
Ring-necked Duck Fall Winter Spring
Lesser Scaup Fall Winter Spring
Common Goldeneye Fall Winter Spring
Bufflehead Fall Winter Spring
Red-breasted Merganser Fall Winter Spring
Hawks and Owls Fall Winter Spring Summer
  Northern Harrier Fall Winter Spring
  Sharp-shinned Hawk> Fall Winter Spring
  Bald Eagle Fall Winter Spring
  Osprey Fall Winter Spring
  Merlin Fall Winter Spring
Shorebirds Fall Winter Spring Summer
Sora Fall Winter Spring
Yellow Rail Fall Winter Spring
Whooping Crane Fall Winter Spring
Sandhill Crane Fall Winter Spring
Killdeer Fall Winter Spring Summer
Greater Yellowlegs Fall Winter Spring
Lesser Yellowlegs Fall Winter Spring
Solitary Sandpiper Fall Spring
Spotted Sandpiper Fall Winter Spring
Upland Sandpiper Fall Spring
Marbled Godwit Fall Winter Spring
Least Sandpiper Fall Winter Spring
Short-billed Dowitcher Fall Winter Spring
Wilson's Snipe Fall Winter Spring
Bonaparte's Gull Fall Winter Spring
Herring Gull Fall Winter Spring
Caspian Tern Fall Winter Spring Summer
Common Tern Fall Spring
Black Tern Fall Spring
Backyard and Trailbirds Fall Winter Spring Summer
  Common Nighthawk Fall   Spring Summer
  Belted Kingfisher Fall Winter Spring Summer
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Fall Winter Spring  
  Northern Flicker Fall Winter Spring Summer
  Olive-sided Flycatcher Fall   Spring  
  Yellow-bellied Flycatcher> Fall   Spring  
  Alder Flycatcher Fall   Spring  
  Least Flycatcher Fall   Spring  
  Eastern Kingbird Fall   Spring  
  Red-eyed Vireo Fall   Spring  
  Philadelphia Vireo Fall   Spring  
  Blue-headed Vireo Fall Winter Spring  
  Bank Swallow Fall   Spring  
  Tree Swallow Fall Winter Spring  
  Cliff Swallow Fall   Spring Summer
  Red-breasted Nuthatch Fall Winter Spring  
  Winter Wren Fall Winter Spring  
  Golden-crowned Kinglet Fall Winter Spring  
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet Fall Winter Spring  
  American Robin Fall Winter Spring Summer
  Swainson's Thrush Fall   Spring  
  Gray-cheeked Thrush Fall   Spring  
  Hermit Thrush Fall Winter Spring  
  Orange-crowned Warblera> Fall Winter Spring  
  Tennessee Warbler Fall   Spring  
  Nashville Warbler Fall   Spring  
  Yellow Warbler Fall   Spring  
  Magnolia Warbler Fall   Spring  
  Blackburnian Warbler Fall   Spring  
  Yellow-rumped "Myrtle" Warbler Fall Winter Spring  
  Black-throated Green Warbler Fall   Spring  
  Palm Warbler Fall Winter Spring  
  Bay-breasted Warbler Fall   Spring  
  Northern Waterthrush Fall   Spring  
  Mourning Warbler Fall   Spring  
  Wilson's Warbler Fall Winter Spring  
  Canada Warbler Fall   Spring  
  Clay-colored Sparrow Fall Winter Spring  
  Chipping Sparrow Fall Winter Spring  
  Le Conte's Sparrow Fall Winter Spring  
  Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Fall Winter Spring  
  Savannah Sparrow Fall Winter Spring  
  Harris's Sparrow Fall Winter Spring  
  White-throated Sparrow Fall Winter Spring  
  White-crowned Sparrow Fall Winter Spring  
  Lincoln's Sparrow Fall Winter Spring  
  Swamp Sparrow Fall Winter Spring  
  Dark-eyed Junco Fall Winter Spring  
  Rusty Blackbird Fall Winter Spring  
  Purple Finch Fall Winter Spring  
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