Birds

The following photographs, taken by Ann Lemon of Junction, Texas, represent some of the common bird species of Central Texas. These photographs are copyrighted and should not be reproduced without consent. Specimens are categorized by family names. Common and scientific names are also listed. Click on the picture to enlarge the photograph.

Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana Family Alcedinidae	Green Heron Butorides virescens Family Ardeidae	Great Egret Casmerodius albus Familiy Ardeidae	Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Family Bobycillidae	Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalus Sinuatus Family Cardinalidae


Dickcissle Spiza Americana Family Cardinalidae	Female Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Family Cardinalidae	Male Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Family Cardinalidae	Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Family Cardinalidae	Immature Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Family Cardinalidae


Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Family Cardinalidae	Eurasion Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Family Columbidae	Inca Dove Columbina inca Family Columbidae	White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica Family Columbidae	Western Scrub Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens Family Corvidae


Common Raven Corvus corax Family Corvidae	Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californicus Family Cuculidae	Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Family Cuculidae	Field Sparrow Sizella pusilla Family Emberizidae	White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophyrs Family Emberizidae


Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata Family Emberizidae	Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Family Emberizidae	Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps Family Emberizidae	Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Family Emberizidae	Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Family Emberizidae


Canyon Towhee Pipilo fuscus Family Emberizidae	Merlen Falco columbinarius Family Falconidae	House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus Family Fringillidae	Male Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria Family Fringillidae	American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis Family Fringillidae


Cave Swallow Hirundo fulva Hirundinidae	Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum Family Icteridae	Female Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum Family Icteridae	Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Family Laniidae


Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Family Mimidae	Black-crested Titmouse Parus bicolor Family Paridae	Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis Family Paridae	Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Family Parulidae	Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla Family Parulidae


Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Family Parulidae	Rio Grande Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Family Phasianidae	Ladderback Woodpecker Picoides scalaris Family Picidae	Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons Family Picidae	Least Grebes Tachybaptus dominicus Family Podicipedidae


Verdin Auiparus flaviceps Family Remizidae	American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Family Recurvirostridae	Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Family Scolopacidae	Immature Male Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Family Thraupidae	Male Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Family Thraupidae


Female Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Family Thraupidae	Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri Family Trochilidae	Bewick's Wren Thrymomanes bewickii Family Troglodytidae	Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Family Troglodytidae	American Robin Turdus migratirius Family Turdidae


Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya Family Tyrannidae	Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Family Tyrannidae	Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Family Tyrannidae


Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Family Tyrannidae	Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens Family Tyrannidae	Vermillion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus F amily Tyrannidae	Female Vermillion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus Family Tyrannidae	White-eyed Vireo Viero griseus Family Vireonidae

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