U.S. Hometown Boreal Bird Species Lists

U.S. Cities Birding Lists

The United States is a boreal bird's home away from home, with an estimated 1.5 billion boreal birds wintering in the U.S. each year. More boreal bird species winter in the U.S. Lower 48 than in any other country or region. Furthermore, the entire wintering population of several boreal bird species occurs only within the U.S. In almost half the states (23), the official bird is a boreal bird.

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Boreal Birds of the Houston Area

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.

Gull-like Birds
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Black Tern	Fall		Spring
Bonaparte's Gull	Fall	Winter	Spring
Caspian Tern	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Common Tern	Fall		Spring
Herring Gull	Fall	Winter	Spring

Hawk-like Birds
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring
Bald Eagle	Fall	Winter	Spring
Merlin	Fall	Winter	Spring
Northern Harrier	Fall	Winter	Spring
Osprey	Fall	Winter	Spring
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Fall	Winter	Spring

Perching Birds
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Alder Flycatcher	Fall		Spring
American Robin	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Bay-breasted Warbler	Fall		Spring
Belted Kingfisher	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Black-throated Green Warbler	Fall		Spring
Blackburnian Warbler	Fall		Spring
Blue-headed Vireo	Fall	Winter	Spring
Canada Warbler	Fall		Spring
Chipping Sparrow	Fall	Winter	Spring
Clay-colored Sparrow	Fall	Winter	Spring
Dark-eyed Junco	Fall	Winter	Spring
Eastern Kingbird	Fall		Spring
Golden-crowned Kinglet	Fall	Winter	Spring
Gray-cheeked Thrush	Fall		Spring
Harris's Sparrow	Fall	Winter	Spring
Hermit Thrush	Fall	Winter	Spring
Le Conte's Sparrow	Fall	Winter	Spring
Least Flycatcher	Fall		Spring
Lincoln's Sparrow	Fall	Winter	Spring
Magnolia Warbler	Fall		Spring
Mourning Warbler	Fall		Spring
Nashville Warbler	Fall		Spring
Northern Waterthrush	Fall		Spring
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Fall		Spring
Orange-crowned Warbler	Fall	Winter	Spring
Palm Warbler	Fall	Winter	Spring
Philadelphia Vireo	Fall		Spring
Purple Finch	Fall	Winter	Spring
Red-eyed Vireo	Fall		Spring
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Fall	Winter	Spring
Rusty Blackbird	Fall	Winter	Spring
Savannah Sparrow	Fall	Winter	Spring
Swainson's Thrush	Fall		Spring
Swamp Sparrow	Fall	Winter	Spring
Tennessee Warbler	Fall		Spring
White-crowned Sparrow	Fall	Winter	Spring
White-throated Sparrow	Fall	Winter	Spring
Wilson's Warbler	Fall	Winter	Spring
Winter Wren	Fall	Winter	Spring
Yellow Warbler	Fall		Spring
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Fall		Spring
Yellow-rumped Warbler	Fall	Winter	Spring

Long-legged Waders
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring
American Bittern	Fall	Winter	Spring
Sandhill Crane	Fall	Winter	Spring
Whooping Crane	Fall	Winter	Spring

Tree-clinging Birds
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Northern Flicker	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Red-breasted Nuthatch	Fall	Winter	Spring
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Fall	Winter	Spring

Upland Ground Birds
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Common Nighthawk	Fall		Spring	Summer

Duck-like Birds
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
American Wigeon	Fall	Winter	Spring
Blue-winged Teal	Fall	Winter	Spring
Bufflehead	Fall	Winter	Spring
Canada Goose	Fall	Winter	Spring
Canvasback	Fall	Winter	Spring
Common Goldeneye	Fall	Winter	Spring
Common Loon	Fall	Winter	Spring
Green-winged Teal	Fall	Winter	Spring
Lesser Scaup	Fall	Winter	Spring
Mallard	Fall	Winter	Spring
Northern Pintail	Fall	Winter	Spring
Northern Shoveler	Fall	Winter	Spring
Pied-billed Grebe	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Red-breasted Merganser	Fall	Winter	Spring
Redhead	Fall	Winter	Spring
Ring-necked Duck	Fall	Winter	Spring

Sandpiper-like Birds
Species	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Greater Yellowlegs	Fall	Winter	Spring
Killdeer	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Least Sandpiper	Fall	Winter	Spring
Lesser Yellowlegs	Fall	Winter	Spring
Marbled Godwit	Fall	Winter	Spring
Short-billed Dowitcher	Fall	Winter	Spring
Solitary Sandpiper	Fall		Spring
Spotted Sandpiper	Fall	Winter	Spring
Upland Sandpiper	Fall		Spring
Wilson's Snipe	Fall	Winter	Spring