This ID Guide to the East Texas Birds is a work in progress. It is meant to primarily be a very basic photo ID list with little other information on the more commonly seen species. This is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all species ever seen at LOP but rather the ones that are more commonly seen. We may add a small amount of text but probably will not add a lot of additional photos for each species. There will likely be only one photo. Color variants, immatures, females and more rarely seen species can be found in the referenced field guide.
NOTE: Unless indicated otherwise, the photos were taken by members of this site - Kristi & Michael. We will get photos of the other species as soon as we can. It is an ongoing project. If you have pictures of any of the species which do not currently have pictures and would like contribute to this list, please contact us. We will consider other submissions and give you photo credit.
REFERENCE BOOK: For more information about any of these birds, we have included the page number of one of the best bird guides at the end of each row. The referenced pages refer to The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, First Edition (10th printing). Outstanding guide.
Please report any errors or suggestions of species who should be on this list. Use the Contact page on the menu above.
| IMAGE | COMMON NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME |
C = Common |
W = Winter |
Sibley's Page # |
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Common Loon | Gavia immer | C | W | 26 |
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Horned Grebes | Podicepsauritus | C | W | 30 |
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American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | C | W | 40 |
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Anahinga | Anahinga anahinga | U | S | 45 |
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Double Crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | C | Y | 46 |
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Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | C | Y | 50 |
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Great Egret | Ardea alba | C | Y | 51 |
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Green Heron | Butorides virescens | U | S | 54 |
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Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | U | W | 71 |
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Mallard | Anas platryhynchos | C | W | 72 |
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Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | C | W | 78 |
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Canvasback Duck | Aythya valisineria | C | W | 79 |
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Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | C | W | 80 |
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Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | C | W | 86 |
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Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | U | W | 87 |
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Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | C | Y | 92 |
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Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | U | Y | 92 |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | U | M | 93 |
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Mississippi Kite | Ictinai mississippiensis | U | S | 94 |
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Red-Tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | U | Y | 104 |
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Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocehalus | U | Y | 111 |
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American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | U | Y | 113 |
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American Coot | Fulica americana | C | W | 133 |
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Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | C | W | 141 |
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American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | U | M | 145 |
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Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia | U | S | 148 |
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Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus | U | M | 149 |
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Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilia | U | W | 161 |
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Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla | R | 178 | |
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Ring-Billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | C | W | 180 |
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Mourning Dove | Zenaida nacroura | C | W | 208 |
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Greater Road Runner | Geococcyx californianus | U | W | 220 |
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Eastern Screech Owl | Otus asio | U | Y | 225 |
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Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | U | Y | 226 |
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Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | C | S | 233 |
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Chuck-will's-widow | Caprimulgus carolinensis | U | S | 234 |
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Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | C | S | 237 |
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Ruby Throated Humingbird | Archilochus colubris | C | S | 239 |
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Belted Kingfisher | Ceryle alcyon | U | Y | 242 |
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | U | W | 245 |
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Red-Headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | U | Y | 246 |
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Red-Bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | C | Y | 247 |
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Downey Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens | C | Y | 248 |
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Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus | U | Y | 253 |
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Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | U | Y | 262 |
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Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | C | S | 267 |
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Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | C | S | 269 |
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Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | C | Y | 281 |
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American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | C | Y | 286 |
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Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | U | Y | 287 |
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Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | C | S | 290 |
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Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | C | S | 291 |
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Carolina Chickadee | Poecile carolinensis | C | Y | 297 |
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Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | C | Y | 299 |
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White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | U | Y | 300 |
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Brown-headed Nuthatch | Sitta pusilla | C | Y | 301 |
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Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | C | Y | 306 |
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Ruby Crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | U | W | 309 |
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Eastern Blue Bird | Sialia sialis | C | Y | 312 |
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American Robin | Turdus migratorius | C | Y | 317 |
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Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | C | Y | 320 |
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Brown Thrasher | Toxostom rufum | U | Y | 321 |
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Cedar Waxwing | Bombycill cedrorum | C | W | 325 |
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European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | C | Y | 326 |
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Yellow-Rumped Warbler | Dendroica coronata | C | W | 340 |
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Hooded Warbler | Wilsonia citrina | U | S | 352 |
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Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | U | S | 354 |
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Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | U | S | 357 |
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Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | C | Y | 365 |
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Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | C | W | 375 |
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White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | U | W | 387 |
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Dark Eyed Junco | Junco hyernalis | C | W | 388 |
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Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | C | Y | 400 |
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Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | C | Y | 402 |
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Brown Headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | C | Y | 404 |
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English Sparrow | Passer domesticus | C | Y | 407 |
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American Goldfinch | Carduelis tristis | C | Y | 409 |
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House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus | C | Y | 412 |
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Purple Finch | Carpodacus purpureus | U | W | 413 |