Big Bend NP Spring Birds Flashcards
Crissal Thrasher
Black-crested Titmouse
Small gray songbird.
Short tuft on head.
Front of crest black.
Bushtit
Blue Grosbeak
Verdin
Western Kingbird
Virginia’s Warbler
Harris’ Sparrow
Chestnut-collared Longspur (male)
Green-Tailed Towhee
White-throated Swift
Elf Owl
Prairie Falcon
Vermilion flycatcher
White-faced Ibis
Gabel’s Quail
Cinnamon Teal
black-throated sparrow
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Medium- to large-sized woodpecker.
Back barred black-and-white.
Orange-yellow back of neck.
White rump.
Male with red cap.
Lesser Nighthawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Dusky Flycatcher
Ash-Throated Flycatcher
Cave Swallow
Small, long-winged stocky songbird.
Small bill.
Wings long and pointed.
Throat pale. (Cliff has dark throat)
Tail square.
Rump pale.
Sage Sparrow
Baird’s Sandpiper
Short neck. Moderately long, slightly drooping bill. Moderately long legs. Long wings extend past end of tail on resting bird. Dark center of rump and tail. Fairly distinct chest markings. Back scaly, with whitish edges to dark back feathers in some plumages.
Swainson’s Hawk
Gray Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher’s downward tail wagging is distinctive; other Empidonax flycatchers flick their tails upward.
Cassin’s Kingbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Cassin’s Vireo
Small songbird, medium-sized vireo.
Brownish-gray head with white spectacles.
Two whitish wingbars.
Belly white, flanks yellowish.
Lesser Nighthawk
Gray Vireo
Small songbird.
Dull gray overall.
Thin white eyering.
White spot in front of eyes makes faint spectacles.
One faint white wingbar.
Relatively long tail; flicked frequently.
Harris’s Hawk
Medium-sized to large hawk. Dark overall. White rump and undertail. White tip to dark tail. Chestnut-red thighs and shoulders. Legs and bare face skin yellow.
Black-headed Grosbeak
Common Poorwill
Medium-sized bird.
Large-headed with a tiny bill.
Tiny feet (rarely seen).
Very well camouflaged, colored in browns, black, and gray.
In flight, short rounded wings.
Short, rounded tail.
White band across throat.
Say’s Phoebe
Bullock’s Oriole
Chestnut-collared Longspur (female)
Scaled Quail
Medium-sized quail.
Pale gray overall.
Bushy white crest.
Finely scaled pattern over neck, chest, and belly.
Common Poorwill
MacGillivray’s warbler
Black Phoebe
Curved-billed Thrasher
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
American Avocet
Chihuahuan Raven
Large all-black bird.
Tail pointed in middle.
Large black bill.
Rock Wren
Lark Sparrow
Lesser Goldfinch
Cordilleran flycatcher
Small flycatcher.
Prominent pale yellowish eyering and wingbars.
Back greenish brown.
Underparts yellowish.
Plumbeous Vireo
Small songbird, medium-sized vireo.
Dull gray head and back.
White spectacles.
Two whitish wingbars.
Belly white, flanks gray.
Long-billed Curlew
Black-chinned Hummingbird
ridescent purple throat with black chin
Green crown, back, and sides
Gray chest and belly
White spot behind eye
Bell’s Vireo
Zone-tailed Hawk
Medium-sized to large hawk. Slaty black overall. Tail with two or three light bands. Underwings two-toned, with dark linings and paler flight feathers. Legs and skin on face yellow. Wings held up in slight V when soaring.
Lucy’s Warbler
