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Birds of Aransas NWR Complex - Page 2
 
Sp
Su
F
W
Habitat
Hawks, Kites and Eagles, Continued
Zone-tailed Hawk
Accidental
Red-tailed Hawk
U
U
U
C
B,G,F
Ferruginous Hawk
R
R
R
G,B
Golden Eagle
L
L
G,B
Caracaras and Falcons
Crested Caracara*
C
C
C
C
G,B
American Kestrel
C
C
C
B,G
Merlin
U
U
O
B,G
Aplomado Falcon*
Accidental
Peregrine Falcon
O
L
O
O
G,Q,B
Prairie Falcon
L
L
G
Grouse and Turkeys
Attwater's Greater Prairie Chicken Extirpated
Wild Turkey*
O
O
O
O
F,B
New World Quail
Northern Bobwhite*
C
C
C
C
G,B
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Yellow Rail
R
R
R
M,G
Black Rail*
R
R
R
X
M,G
Clapper Rail*
U
U
U
U
M
King Rail*
O
O
O
U
M
Virginia Rail
O
L
O
O
M
Sora^
C
R
O
U
M
Purple Gallinule*
U
U
O
X
M,Q
Common Moorhen*
C
U
U
C
M,Q
American Coot
C
O
C
C
Q,M
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
U
L
C
C
G,M,Q
Whooping Crane
U
R
U
U
M,G,Q
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
C
O
C
C
Q,M
American Golden-Plover
O
R
G,Q
Snowy Plover^
U
O
U
U
Q
Wilson's Plover*
U
U
U
R
M,G,Q
Semipalmated Plover
U
R
U
O
Q,M
Piping Plover
U
R
U
U
Q,M
Killdeer*
C
C
C
C
M,Q
Mountain Plover
R
R
Farms
Oystercatchers
American Oystercatcher*
U
U
U
U
Q
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt*
C
U
C
O
Q,M
American Avocet^
U
O
U
C
Q,M
Sandpipers, Phalaropes and Allies
Greater Yellowlegs
C
U
C
C
Q,M
Lesser Yellowlegs
C
U
C
C
Q,M
Solitary Sandpiper
U
R
O
R
Q,M
Willet*
C
C
C
C
Q,M
Spotted Sandpiper
U
O
U
U
Q,M
Upland Sandpiper
U
R
U
G
Whimbrel
U
R
O
R
Q,M,G
Long-billed Curlew
C
U
C
C
M,Q,G
Hudsonian Godwit
O
R
Q,G
Marbled Godwit
C
O
U
Q,M
Ruddy Turnstone
U
O
U
U
Q
Red Knot
R
R
R
Q,M
Sanderling
C
O
C
C
Q,M
Semipalmated Sandpiper
U
C
Q,M
Western Sandpiper
C
O
C
C
Q,M
 
Sp
Su
F
W
Hbt
Sandpipers, Phalaropes and Allies, Continued
Least Sandpiper
C
O
C
C
Q,M
White-rumped Sandpiper
U
R
Q,M
Baird's Sandpiper
U
R
Q,M
Pectoral Sandpiper
U
X
U
X
Q,M
Dunlin
C
X
U
C
Q,M
Stilt Sandpiper
U
R
U
R
Q,M
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
O
X
O
G,Farms
Short-billed Dowitcher U O O O
Q,M
Long-billed Dowitcher
U
O
C
C
Q,M
Common Snipe
U
L
U
U
Q,M
American Woodcock
X
R
R
Q,M
Wilson's Phalarope
U
L
O
F,B
Red-necked Phalarope
Accidental
Gulls, Terns and Skimmers
Pomarine Jaeger
Accidental
Laughing Gull*
C
C
C
C
Q,M
Franklin's Gull
U
O
R
Q,M
Little Gull
Accidental
Bonaparte's Gull
U
R
C
M
Ring-billed Gull
U
L
U
C
Q,M
Herring Gull
U
L
U
U
Q,M
Lesser Black-backed Gull
L
L
Q,M
Greater Black-backed Gull
Accidental
Gull-billed Tern*
C
U
U
O
Q,M
Caspian Tern*
C
C
C
C
Q,M
Royal Tern*
U
U
U
U
Q,M
Sandwich Tern*
C
U
U
O
Q,M
Roseate Tern
Accidental
Common Tern
O
O
O
Q
Forster's Tern*
C
C
C
C
Q,M
Least Tern*
U
U
U
Q,M
Sooty Tern
L
Q
Black Tern
U
U
U
Q,M
Black Skimmer*
U
U
U
U
Q,M
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Dove (I)
R
R
R
R
F,B
Band-tailed Pigeon
Accidental
Eurasian Collared-Dove (I)
L
B,G
White-winged Dove
R
R
R
B,G
Mourning Dove*
C
C
C
C
B,G,F
Inca Dove*
U
U
U
U
F,B
Common Ground-Dove^
O
O
O
O
B,F,G
Cuckoos, Roadrunners and Anis
Black-billed Cuckoo
O
X
F,B
Yellow-billed Cuckoo*
C
U
U
F,B
Greater Roadrunner^
R
R
R
R
G,B
Groove-billed Ani
R
O
U
O
F,B
Barn Owls
Barn Owl*
O
R
O
O
F,B,G
Typical Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
R
R
R
R
F,B
Great Horned Owl*
U
U
U
U
F,B
Burrowing Owl
R
R
G
Barred Owl
R
R
F
Short-eared Owl
O
O
U
G

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