Birds of Texas: A Field GuideProvides accounts of over six hundred species of birds found in Texas, each including the species' common name, its Latin name, size, length, wingspread, a description of plumage, habits, voice, habitat, occurrence, and range; and features maps and photographs. |
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bill bird boreal breast breeding range brownish buff buffy Canada central Mexico coast Common permanent resident Common summer resident Common to uncommon Common transient common winter resident crown dark brown Deciduous eastern half eastern third Edwards Plateau Female and immature flight Flycatcher gray back grayish Greater Antilles green Gull Habitat Habits head Hummingbird immature male lakes legs marshes Mexico Montane mottled nape neck North America orange pale paler Panhandle portions of breeding prairie rare to casual rare winter resident regions Rio Grande Valley riparian forest rufous rusty Sandpiper savanna scrub Similar species Song South Texas south to northern southern Mexico southern U.S. southwestern U.S. Sparrow spot stripe temperate Tern thorn forest throat Trans-Pecos transient Apr.-May tropical U.S. south uncommon to rare underparts undertail coverts Vireo Voice Warbler West Indies western U.S. white wing bars whitish wing patch winters from southern winters in southern yellow yellowish