Basic Texas Birds: A Field Guide

by Mark W. Lockwood

Overview

Finding all the birds in Texas can be a lifetime pursuit. Basic Texas Birds, an easy-to-use field guide, will help you identify over 180 species of birds that are found across the state, including a selection of the rarer "Texas specialties" that draw birders to Texas from around the world. These are the birds that form the basis of a birder's life list for Texas.

Basic Texas Birds is organized by bird families to aid in identifying any bird you see in the wild. It is loaded with resources, including:

• 200 full-color, close-up photos of the birds
• State-of-the-art range maps—the most accurate of any currently available—that show each species' distribution within the state
• Up-to-date species accounts that provide a wealth of current and historical information, including each bird's appearance, habitat, status, and distribution, and that also identify similar species
• A glossary of terms used in bird identification
• A list of selected readings for learning more about birds found in Texas
• The Texas Ornithological Society's list of birds documented in Texas

Much more convenient for identifying common birds than a comprehensive state or national field guide, Basic Texas Birds is a must-have resource for both beginning and experienced birders.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780292793187
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Series:	Texas Natural History Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	419
File size:	85 MB
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About the Author

Mark Lockwood, of Alpine, Texas, is a conservation biologist in the State Parks Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. One of the state's leading ornithologists, he is also the secretary of the Texas Birds Records Committee of the Texas Ornithological Society and a member of the American Birding Association's checklist committee.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Species Accounts
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
  • Snow Goose
  • Cackling Goose and Canada Goose
  • Wood Duck
  • American Wigeon
  • Mallard
  • Blue-winged Teal
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Canvasback
  • Redhead
  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Lesser Scaup
  • Masked Duck
  • Greater Prairie-Chicken
  • Lesser Prairie-Chicken
  • Wild Turkey
  • Scaled Quail
  • Gambel's Quail
  • Northern Bobwhite
  • Montezuma Quail
  • Common Loon
  • Least Grebe
  • Pied-billed Grebe
  • American White Pelican
  • Brown Pelican
  • Double-crested Cormorant
  • Anhinga
  • American Bittern
  • Least Bittern
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Great Egret
  • Snowy Egret
  • Little Blue Heron
  • Reddish Egret
  • Cattle Egret
  • Green Heron
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron
  • White-faced Ibis
  • Roseate Spoonbill
  • Black Vulture
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Osprey
  • Mississippi Kite
  • Bald Eagle
  • Northern Harrier
  • Cooper's Hawk
  • Harris's Hawk
  • Red-shouldered Hawk
  • Swainson's Hawk
  • White-tailed Hawk
  • Zone-tailed Hawk
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Crested Caracara
  • American Kestrel
  • Aplomado Falcon
  • King Rail
  • American Coot
  • Sandhill Crane
  • Whooping Crane
  • Killdeer
  • American Avocet
  • Long-billed Curlew
  • Sanderling
  • Least Sandpiper
  • Long-billed Dowitcher
  • Laughing Gull
  • Ring-billed Gull
  • Royal Tern
  • Forster's Tern
  • Black Skimmer
  • White-winged Dove
  • Mourning Dove
  • Inca Dove
  • Common Ground-Dove
  • Green Parakeet
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Greater Roadrunner
  • Barn Owl
  • Western Screech-Owl and Eastern Screech-Owl
  • Great Horned Owl
  • Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
  • Burrowing Owl
  • Barred Owl
  • Lesser Nighthawk
  • Common Nighthawk
  • Common Poorwill
  • Whip-poor-will
  • Chimney Swift
  • Buff-bellied Hummingbird
  • Lucifer Hummingbird
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Black-chinned Hummingbird
  • Belted Kingfisher
  • Green Kingfisher
  • Golden-fronted Woodpecker
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • Red-cockaded Woodpecker
  • Northern Flicker
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • Vermilion Flycatcher
  • Great Kiskadee
  • Western Kingbird
  • Eastern Kingbird
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  • Loggerhead Shrike
  • White-eyed Vireo
  • Black-capped Vireo
  • Blue-headed Vireo
  • Blue Jay
  • Green Jay
  • Western Scrub-Jay
  • Mexican Jay
  • American Crow
  • Common Raven
  • Purple Martin
  • Cave Swallow
  • Barn Swallow
  • Carolina Chickadee
  • Tufted Titmouse and Black-crested Titmouse
  • Bushtit
  • Cactus Wren
  • Carolina Wren
  • Bewick's Wren
  • Marsh Wren
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Hermit Thrush
  • Wood Thrush
  • Clay-colored Robin
  • American Robin
  • Gray Catbird
  • Northern Mockingbird
  • Brown Thrasher
  • Curve-billed Thrasher
  • Cedar Waxwing
  • Phainopepla
  • Orange-crowned Warbler
  • Nashville Warbler
  • Colima Warbler
  • Tropical Parula
  • Yellow Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Golden-cheeked Warbler
  • Black-and-white Warbler
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Wilson's Warbler
  • Summer Tanager
  • Scarlet Tanager
  • Spotted Towhee
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Lark Sparrow
  • Black-throated Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Harris's Sparrow
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Pyrrhuloxia
  • Black-headed Grosbeak
  • Blue Grosbeak
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Varied Bunting
  • Painted Bunting
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Eastern Meadowlark and Western Meadowlark
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird
  • Boat-tailed Grackle
  • Great-tailed Grackle
  • Bronzed Cowbird
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Bullock's Oriole
  • Altamira Oriole
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • House Finch
  • Lesser Goldfinch
  • American Goldfinch
• Appendix: The Texas Ornithological Society's List of Birds Documented in Texas
• Glossary
• Suggested References
• Index

Editorial Reviews

This accurately titled book isn't designed to identify every feathered creature that ever crossed into the Lone Star State. Instead, Basic Texas Birds introduces readers to the most common species and also provides a smattering of attractive rarer varieties. The paperback's 180-plus entries include full-color, close-up bird photographs; accurate range maps; and pertinent details about each bird's appearance, habitat, status, distribution, and history. This well-researched book also include a glossary of bird identifications terms and a list of selected readings. A Texas birder's best friend.