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Top Birds of Houston
Learn more about these common resident and migratory birds of Houston.
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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Neotropic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Killdeer
Laughing Gull
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue Jay
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
American Redstart
Summer Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-brested Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Great-tailed Grackle
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
