The Texas Bird Banding Team 1974 – 2007

BIRDS BANDED ON PERMITS OF ROSS DAWKINS, TERRY MAXWELL & BRENT ORTEGO

1974 through 2007

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Order follows AOU Check-List, 7th ed., 1998, as supplemented:

Species Before 2007 2007 Total
Dendrocygna autumnalis – Black-bellied Whistling Duck 23 1 24
Dendrocygna bicolor - Fulvous Whistling-Duck 3 1 4
Branta canadensis- Canada Goose 300 0 300
Aix sponsa - Wood Duck 23 0 23
Anas strepera - Gadwall 5 1 6
Anas americana - American Wigeon 1 0 1
Anas platyrhynchos - Mallard 31 0 31
Anas rubripes- American Black Duck 4 0 4
Anas fulvigula - Mottled Duck 83 0 83
Anas acuta- Northern Pintail 6 0 6
Anas discors - Blue-winged Teal 39 0 39
Anas cyanoptera - Cinnamon Teal 1 0 1
Anas clypeata – Northern Shoveler 5 0 5
Anas crecca - Green-winged Teal 26 0 26
Aythya Americana – Redhead 4 0 4
Aythya collarus – Ring-necked Duck 4 0 4
Aythya affinis – Lesser Scaup 4 0 4
Bucephala albeola – Bufflehead 3 0 3
Oxyura jamaicensis – Ruddy Duck 1 0 1
Ortalis vetula – Plain Chachalaca 1 0 1
Tympanuchus cupido – Greater Prairie-Chicken 2 0 2
Meleagris gallopavo – Wild Turkey 25 0 25
Colinus virginianus – Northern Bobwhite 8 0 8
Gavia immer – Common Loon 1 0 1
Podilymbus podiceps – Pied-billed Grebe 5 0 5
Podiceps nigricollis – Eared Grebe 2 0 2
Pelecanus accidentalis – Brown Pelican 29 8 37
Anhinga anhinga- Anhinga 24 0 24
Ixobrychus exilis - Least Bittern 16 1 17
Ardea alba – Great Egret 2 0 2
Egretta thula - Snowy Egret 18 0 18
Egretta caerulea – Little Blue Heron 10 1 11
Egretta tricolor - Tricolored Heron 13 0 13
Bubulcus ibis - Cattle Egret 3,115 0 3,115
Butorides virescens - Green Heron 31 0 31
Nycticorax nycticorax - Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 0 1
Nycticorax violaceus - Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 6 1 7
Eudocimus albus - White Ibis 8 0 8
Plegadis chihi - White-faced Ibis 1 0 1
Ajaia ajaja – Roseate Spoonbill 1 0 1
Cathartes aura - Turkey Vulture 1 0 1
Pandion haliaetus – Osprey 1 1 2
Elanoides forficatus -Swallow-tailed Kite 2 0 2
Elanus caeruleus -White-tailed Kite 0 1 1
Ictinia mississippiensis - Mississippi Kite 28 4 32
Haliaeetus leucocephalus - Bald Eagle 1 0 1
Circus cyaneus -Northern Harrier 4 22 26
Accipiter striatus - Sharp-shinned Hawk 113 24 137
Accipiter cooperii - Cooper’s Hawk 64 83 147
Parabuteo unicinctus - Harris’s Hawk 27 1 28
Buteo lineatus - Red-shouldered Hawk 119 30 149
Buteo platypterus – Broad-winged Hawk 5 1 6
Buteo swainsoni – Swainson’s Hawk 31 0 31
Buteo albicaudatus - White-tailed Hawk 13 1 14
Buteo jamaicensis - Red-tailed Hawk 136 31 167
Buteo regalis - Ferruginous Hawk 4 0 4
Aquila chrysaetos - Golden Eagle 2 0 2
Carcara cheriway – Crested Caracara 1 1 2
Falco sparverius - American Kestrel 82 6 88
Falco columbarius - Merlin 2 15 17
Falco peregrinus- Peregrine Falcon 18 18
Coturnicops noveboracensis – Yellow Rail 11 1 12
Laterallus jamaicensis -Black Rail 2 1 3
Rallus longirostris - Clapper Rail 4 0 4
Rallus elegans - King Rail 3 0 3
Rallus limicola - Virginia Rail 1 2 3
Porzana carolina - Sora 26 1 27
Porphyrula martinica – Purple Gallinule 0 1 1
Gallinula chloropus – Common Moorhen 4 1 4
Fulica americana - American Coot 28 1 29
Pluvialis squatarola - Black-bellied Plover 2 0 2
Pluvialis dominica - American Golden-Plover 2 0 2
Charadrius alexandrinus - Snowy Plover 69 0 69
Charadrius wilsonia - Wilson’s Plover 7 0 7
Charadrius semipalmatus – Semipalmated Plover 73 3 76
Charadrius vociferus - Killdeer 195 1 196
Himantopus mexicanus - Black-necked Stilt 54 2 56
Recurvirostra americana - American Avocet 5 0 5
Tringa melanoleuca - Greater Yellowlegs 13 0 13
Tringa flavipes - Lesser Yellowlegs 206 4 210
Tringa solitaria - Solitary Sandpiper 40 1 41
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus - Willet 9 0 9
Actitis macularia - Spotted Sandpiper 157 2 159
Bartramia longicauda - Upland Sandpiper 1 0 1
Limosa fedoa – Marbled Godwit 1 0 1
Arenaria interpres - Ruddy Turnstone 2 0 2
Calidris pusilla - Semipalmated Sandpiper 1,511 50 1,561
Calidris mauri - Western Sandpiper 1,492 4 1,496
Calidris minutilla - Least Sandpiper 3,647 41 3,688
Calidris fuscicollis - White-rumped Sandpiper 214 29 243
Calidris bairdii - Baird’s Sandpiper 40 0 40
Calidris melanotos - Pectoral Sandpiper 293 4 297
Calidris alpina - Dunlin 724 50 774
Calidris himantopus - Stilt Sandpiper 508 6 514
Tryngites subruficollis - Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18 0 18
Limnodromus griseus - Short-billed Dowitcher 9 0 9
Limnodromus scolopaceus - Long-billed Dowitcher 283 3 286
Gallinago gallinago - Wilson’s Snipe 118 0 118
Scolopax minor - American Woodcock 7 0 7
Phalaropus tricolor - Wilson’s Phalarope 51 0 51
Stercorarius pomarinus- Pomarine Jaeger 0 1 1
Larus atricilla - Laughing Gull 13 0 13
Sterna nilotica – Gull-billed Tern 53 0 53
Sterna caspia – Caspian Tern 10 0 10
Sterna forsteri – Forster’s Tern 1 0 1
Rynchops niger - Black Skimmer 638 0 638
Streptopelia decaocto – Eurasian Collared-Dove 41 0 41
Zenaida asiatica - White-winged Dove 2435 372 2,807
Zenaida macroura - Mourning Dove 407 38 445
Columbina inca - Inca Dove 2716 194 2,910
Columbina passerina - Common Ground-Dove 480 65 545
Leptotila verreauxi - White-tipped Dove 35 2 37
Coccyzus americanus - Yellow-billed Cuckoo 181 15 196
Geococcyx californianus - Greater Roadrunner 24 0 24
Crotophaga sulcirostris Groove-billed Ani 3 5 8

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Species Before 2007 2007 Total
Tyto alba - Barn Owl 43 1 44
Otus flammeolus - Flammulated Owl 11 0 11
Megascops kennicottii - Western Screech-Owl 25 3 28
Megascops asio - Eastern Screech-Owl 133 1 134
Bubo virginianus - Great Horned Owl 47 0 47
Micrathene whitneyi - Elf Owl 11 0 11
Athene cunicularia - Burrowing Owl 2 0 2
Strix varia - Barred Owl 133 23 156
Asio otus - Long-eared Owl 4 0 4
Chordeiles acutipennis - Lesser Nighthawk 36 0 36
Chordeiles minor - Common Nighthawk 17 0 17
Nyctidromus albicollis - Common Pauraque 41 4 45
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii - Common Poorwill 48 0 48
Caprimulgus carolinensis - Chuck-will’s-widow 54 0 54
Caprimulgus vociferus - Whip-poor-will 14 0 14
Chaetura pelagica - Chimney Swift 3 74 77
Cynanthus latirostris - Broad-billed Hummingbird 14 0 14
Amazilia yucatanensis - Buff-bellied Hummingbird 1,555 129 1,684
Lampornis clemenciae Blue-throated Hummingbird 0 1 1
Eugenes fulgens - Magnificent Hummingbird 3 0 3
Calothorax Lucifer – Lucifer Hummingbird 1 0 1
Archilochus colubris - Ruby-throated Hummingbird 25,022 3,872 28,894
Archilochus alexandri - Black-chinned Hummingbird 11,449 3,146 14,595

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Species Before 2007 2007 Total
Calypte anna - Anna’s Hummingbird 55 1 56
Calypte costae – Costa’s Hummingbird 3 0 3
Stellula calliope - Calliope Hummingbird 65 3 68
Selasphorus platycercus - Broad-tailed Hummingbird 148 8 156
Selasphorus rufus - Rufous Hummingbird 688 27 715
Selasphorus sasin - Allen’s Hummingbird 72 10 82
Ceryle torquata – Ringed Kingfisher 1 0 1
Ceryle alcyon - Belted Kingfisher 29 3 32
Chloroceryle americana - Green Kingfisher 105 1 106
Melanerpes formicivorus – Acorn Woodpecker 3 0 3
Melanerpes aurifrons - Golden-fronted Woodpecker 449 26 475
Melanerpes carolinus - Red-bellied Woodpecker 71 13 84
Sphyrapicus varius - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 35 3 38
Sphyrapicus nuchalis - Red-naped Sapsucker 5 0 5
Picoides scalaris - Ladder-backed Woodpecker 177 15 192
Picoides pubescens - Downy Woodpecker 54 8 62
Picoides villosus – Hairy Woodpecker 1 0 1
Picoides borealis - Red-cockaded Woodpecker 44 0 44
Colaptes auratus - Northern Flicker 34 0 34
Dryocopus pileatus – Pileated Woodpecker 3 0 3
Contopus cooperi - Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 0 2
Contopus sordidulus - Western Wood-Pewee 38 1 39
Contopus virens - Eastern Wood-Pewee 170 3 173
Empidonax flaviventris - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 204 10 214
Empidonax virescens - Acadian Flycatcher 120 18 138
Empidonax alnorum - Alder Flycatcher 204 7 211
Empidonax traillii – Willow Flycatcher 386 4 390
Empidonax traillii - Traill’s Flycatcher 350 22 372
Empidonax minimus - Least Flycatcher 309 19 328
Empidonax wrightii - Gray Flycatcher 22 5 27
Empidonax oberholseri - Dusky Flycatcher 17 4 21
Empidonax difficilis – Western Flycatcher 2 0 2
Empidonax difficilis – Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 0 1
Sayornis nigricans - Black Phoebe 58 0 58
Sayornis phoebe - Eastern Phoebe 663 68 731
Sayornis saya - Say’s Phoebe 11 0 11
Pyrocephalus rubinus - Vermilion Flycatcher 124 7 131
Myiarchus cinerascens - Ash-throated Flycatcher 380 17 397
Myiarchus crinitus - Great Crested Flycatcher 185 12 197
Myiarchus tyrannulus - Brown-crested Flycatcher 90 19 109
Pitangus sulphuratus - Great Kiskadee 32 2 34
Tyrannus couchii - Couch’s Kingbird 11 1 12
Tyrannus vociferans - Cassin’s Kingbird 15 1 16
Tyrannus verticalis - Western Kingbird 57 3 60
Tyrannus tyrannus - Eastern Kingbird 33 1 34
Tyrannus forficatus - Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 104 0 104
Lanius ludovicianus - Loggerhead Shrike 89 2 91
Lanius excubitor - Northern Shrike 1 0 1
Vireo griseus - White-eyed Vireo 2,233 258 2,491
Vireo bellii - Bell’s Vireo 289 6 295
Vireo atricapilla - Black-capped Vireo 79 0 79
Vireo flavifrons - Yellow-throated Vireo 104 3 107
Vireo huttoni- Hutton’s Vireo 1 0 1
Vireo plumbeous - Plumbeous Vireo 6 0 6
Vireo cassinii Cassin’s Vireo 1 0 1
Vireo solitarius - Blue-headed Vireo 63 5 68
Vireo gilvus - Warbling Vireo 45 1 46
Vireo philadelphicus - Philadelphia Vireo 10 0 10
Vireo olivaceus - Red-eyed Vireo 219 16 235
Cyanocitta cristata - Blue Jay 143 7 150
Cyanocitta stelleri - Steller’s Jay 13 0 13
Cyanocorax yncas - Green Jay 208 21 229
Cyanocorax morio - Brown Jay 4 0 4
Aphelocoma californica - Western Scrub-Jay 118 1 119
Corvus brachyrhyncos – American Crow 2 1 3
Eremophila alpestris - Horned Lark 4 0 4
Progne subis - Purple Martin 3,553 1510 5,063

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Species Before 2007 2007 Total
Tachycineta bicolor - Tree Swallow 16 10 26
Tachycineta thalassina Violet-green Swallow 0 1 1
Stelgidopteryx serripennis - N. Rough-winged Swallow 37 1 38
Riparia riparia - Bank Swallow 19 0 19
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota - Cliff Swallow 1.127 314 1,441

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Species Before 2007 2007 Total
Petrochelidon fulva - Cave Swallow 2,067 2 2,069
Hirundo rustica - Barn Swallow 484 27 511
Poecile carolinensis - Carolina Chickadee 579 81 660
Poecile gambeli- Mountain Chickadee 8 0 8
Baeolophus bicolor - Tufted Titmouse 185 55 240
Baeolophus atricristatus – Black-crested Titmouse 1,264 83 1,347
Auriparus flaviceps - Verdin 209 15 224
Psaltriparus minimus - Bushtit 489 1 490
Sitta canadensis - Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 1 4
Sitta carolinensis - White-breasted Nuthatch 17 2 19
Certhia americana - Brown Creeper 25 0 25
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus - Cactus Wren 531 7 538
Salpinctes obsoletus - Rock Wren 22 1 23
Catherpes mexicanus - Canyon Wren 35 12 47
Thryothorus ludovicianus - Carolina Wren 1,310 179 1,489
Thryomanes bewickii - Bewick’s Wren 1,081 58 1,139
Troglodytes aedon - House Wren 531 59 590
Troglodytes troglodytes - Winter Wren 36 3 39
Cistothorus platensis - Sedge Wren 15 1 16
Cistothorus palustris - Marsh Wren 255 2 257
Regulus satrapa - Golden-crowned Kinglet 42 7 49
Regulus calendula - Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1,189 25 1,214
Polioptila caerulea - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 438 22 460
Polioptila melanura - Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 119 0 19
Sialia sialis - Eastern Bluebird 84 13 97
Sialia mexicana - Western Bluebird 30 5 35
Sialia currucoides - Mountain Bluebird 231 0 231
Myadestes townsendi - Townsend’s Solitaire 14 0 14
Catharus fuscescens - Veery 72 7 79
Catharus minimus - Gray-cheeked Thrush 86 12 98
Catharus ustulatus - Swainson’s Thrush 228 36 264
Catharus guttatus - Hermit Thrush 645 58 603
Hylocichla mustelina - Wood Thrush 111 9 120
Turdus migratorius - American Robin 394 47 441
Dumetella carolinensis - Gray Catbird 787 72 859
Mimus polyglottos - Northern Mockingbird 1,972 89 2,061
Oreoscoptes montanus - Sage Thrasher 288 0 288
Toxostoma rufum - Brown Thrasher 207 6 213
Toxostoma longirostre - Long-billed Thrasher 235 108 343

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Species Before 2007 2007 Total
Toxostoma curvirostre - Curve-billed Thrasher 139 2 141
Toxostoma crissale - Crissal Thrasher 10 0 10
Sturnus vulgaris - European Starling 146 1 147
Anthus rubescens - American Pipit 39 0 39
Bombycilla cedrorum - Cedar Waxwing 1,017 58 1,075
Vermivora pinus - Blue-winged Warbler 28 2 30
Vermivora chrysoptera - Golden-winged Warbler 4 1 5
Vermivora peregrina - Tennessee Warbler 165 4 169
Vermivora celata – Orange-crowned Warbler 880 103 983
Vermivora ruficapilla - Nashville Warbler 739 47 786
Vermivora virginiae - Virginia’s Warbler 6 0 6
Vermivora luciae - Lucy’s Warbler 16 0 16
Parula americana - Northern Parula 58 9 67
Parula pitiayumi – Tropical Parula 7 0 7
Dendroica petechia - Yellow Warbler 369 13 382
Dendroica caerulescens Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 0 1
Dendroica pensylvanica - Chestnut-sided Warbler 233 3 236
Dendroica magnolia - Magnolia Warbler 167 14 181
Dendroica caerulescens - Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 0 1
Dendroica coronata – Yellow-rumped Warbler 1,717 164 1,881
Dendroica chrysoparia - Golden-cheeked Warbler 24 7 31
Dendroica virens - Black-throated Green Warbler 48 7 55
Dendroica townsendi - Townsend’s Warbler 3 0 3
Dendroica occidentalis – Hermit Warbler 1 0 1
Dendroica fusca - Blackburnian Warbler 10 0 10
Dendroica dominica - Yellow-throated Warbler 11 0 11
Dendroica pinus - Pine Warbler 18 1 19
Dendroica discolor -Prairie Warbler 3 0 3
Dendroica palmarum - Palm Warbler 12 0 12
Dendroica castanea - Bay-breasted Warbler 15 0 15
Dendroica striata - Blackpoll Warbler 6 0 6
Dendroics cerulea – Cerulean Warbler 3 0 3
Mniotilta varia - Black-and-white Warbler 269 13 282
Setophaga ruticilla - American Redstart 80 13 93
Protonotaria citrea - Prothonotary Warbler 45 6 51
Helmitheros vermivorus - Worm-eating Warbler 39 0 39
Limnothylpis swainsonii - Swainson’s Warbler 26 0 26
Seiurus aurocapilla - Ovenbird 251 30 281
Seiurus noveboracensis - Northern Waterthrush 300 11 311
Seiurus motacilla - Louisiana Waterthrush 42 4 46
Oporornis formosus - Kentucky Warbler 112 2 114
Oporornis philadelphia - Mourning Warbler 333 6 339
Oporornis tolmiei - MacGillivray’s Warbler 115 0 115
Geothlypis trichas - Common Yellowthroat 1,856 147 2,003
Wilsonia citrina - Hooded Warbler 188 17 205
Wilsonia pusilla - Wilson’s Warbler 694 33 727
Wilsonia canadensis - Canada Warbler 99 4 103
Basileuterus rufifrons – Rufous-capped Warbler 2 0 2
Icteria virens - Yellow-breasted Chat 1,280 123 1,403
Piranga flava - Hepatic Tanager 18 3 21
Piranga rubra - Summer Tanager 639 47 686
Piranga olivacea - Scarlet Tanager 32 4 36
Piranga ludoviciana - Western Tanager 13 3 16
Arremonops rufivirgatus - Olive Sparrow 246 137 383
Pipilo chlorurus - Green-tailed Towhee 85 0 85
Pipilo maculatus - Spotted Towhee 189 12 201
Pipilo erythrophthalmus - Eastern Towhee 7 0 7
Pipilo fuscus - Canyon Towhee 430 3 433
Aimophila cassinii - Cassin’s Sparrow 136 2 138
Aimophila ruficeps - Rufous-crowned Sparrow 155 6 161
Spizella passerina - Chipping Sparrow 6,131 714 6,845
Spizella pallida - Clay-colored Sparrow 454 203 657
Spizella breweri - Brewer’s Sparrow 87 0 87
Spizella pusilla - Field Sparrow 587 44 631
Pooecetes gramineus - Vesper Sparrow 1,258 1 1,259
Chondestes grammacus - Lark Sparrow 2,570 131 2,701
Amphispiza bilineata - Black-throated Sparrow 393 13 406
Calamospiza melanocorys - Lark Bunting 541 0 541
Passerculus sandwichensis - Savannah Sparrow 4,445 57 4,502
Ammodramus savannarum - Grasshopper Sparrow 355 1 356
Ammodramus henslowii - Henslow’s Sparrow 2 0 2
Ammodramus leconteii - Le Conte’s Sparrow 194 0 194
Ammodramus nelsoni - Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow 7 0 7
Ammodramus maritimus - Seaside Sparrow 12 0 12
Passerella iliaca - Fox Sparrow 138 0 138
Melospiza melodia - Song Sparrow 1,804 16 1,820
Melospiza lincolnii - Lincoln’s Sparrow 5,336 269 5,605
Melospiza georgiana - Swamp Sparrow 3,060 138 3,198
Zonotrichia albicollis - White-throated Sparrow 928 27 955
Zonotrichia querula - Harris’s Sparrow 39 0 39
Zonotrichia leucophrys – White-crowned Sparrow 4,499 69 4,568
Junco hyemalis - Dark-eyed Junco 585 9 594
Cardinalis cardinalis - Northern Cardinal 9,763 985 10,748
Cardinalis sinuatus - Pyrrhuloxia 662 25 687
Pheucticus ludovicianus - Rose-breasted Grosbeak 74 0 74
Pheucticus melanocephalus - Black-headed Grosbeak 62 3 65
Passerina caerulea - Blue Grosbeak 324 15 339
Passerina amoena - Lazuli Bunting 53 27 80
Passerina cyanea - Indigo Bunting 1,556 68 1,624
Passerina versicolor - Varied Bunting 50 0 50
Passerina ciris - Painted Bunting 4,811 266 5,077
Spiza americana - Dickcissel 75 3 78
Agelaius phoeniceus - Red-winged Blackbird 2,440 53 2,493
Sturnella magna - Eastern Meadowlark 55 0 55
Sturnella neglecta - Western Meadowlark 353 0 353
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus - Yellow-headed Blackbird 35 0 35
Euphagus cyanocephalus - Brewer’s Blackbird 19 0 19
Quiscalus quiscula - Common Grackle 811 48 859
Quiscalus major - Boat-tailed Grackle 136 0 136
Quiscalus mexicanus - Great-tailed Grackle 132 17 149
Molothrus aeneus - Bronzed Cowbird 37 5 42
Molothrus ater - Brown-headed Cowbird 1,395 299 1,694
Icterus spurius - Orchard Oriole 345 28 373
Icterus cucullatus - Hooded Oriole 18 0 18
Icterus bullockii - Bullock’s Oriole 623 11 634
Icterus gularis - Altamira Oriole 1 1
Icterus graduacauda - Audubon’s Oriole 43 9 52
Icterus galbula - Baltimore Oriole 230 11 241
Icterus parisorum - Scott’s Oriole 10 1 11
Carpodacus purpureus – Purple Finch 2 2
Carpodacus mexicanus - House Finch 12,945 140 13,085
Carduelis pinus - Pine Siskin 1,713 34 1,747
Carduelis psaltria - Lesser Goldfinch 766 94 86
Carduelis tristis - American Goldfinch 9,095 638 9,733
Passer domesticus - House Sparrow 1,105 51 1,156
SUBTOTAL BIRDS 186,336 16,946 203,282
SUBTOTAL SPECIES 355 216 362



GRAND TOTAL BIRDS 203,282

GRAND TOTAL SPECIES 362

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