Big Bend NP Spring Birds Flashcards
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Crissal Thrasher
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Black-crested Titmouse
Small gray songbird.
Short tuft on head.
Front of crest black.
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Bushtit
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Blue Grosbeak
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Verdin
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Western Kingbird
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Virginia’s Warbler
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Harris’ Sparrow
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Chestnut-collared Longspur (male)
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Green-Tailed Towhee
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White-throated Swift
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Elf Owl
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Prairie Falcon
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Vermilion flycatcher
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White-faced Ibis
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Gabel’s Quail
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Cinnamon Teal
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black-throated sparrow
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Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Medium- to large-sized woodpecker.
Back barred black-and-white.
Orange-yellow back of neck.
White rump.
Male with red cap.
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Lesser Nighthawk
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Ferruginous Hawk
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Dusky Flycatcher
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Ash-Throated Flycatcher
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Cave Swallow
Small, long-winged stocky songbird.
Small bill.
Wings long and pointed.
Throat pale. (Cliff has dark throat)
Tail square.
Rump pale.
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Sage Sparrow
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Baird's Sandpiper
## Footnote
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.
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Swainson's Hawk
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Gray Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher's downward tail wagging is distinctive; other Empidonax flycatchers flick their tails upward.
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Cassin's Kingbird
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Yellow-headed Blackbird
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Cassin's Vireo
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Small songbird, medium-sized vireo.
Brownish-gray head with white spectacles.
Two whitish wingbars.
Belly white, flanks yellowish.
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Lesser Nighthawk
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Gray Vireo
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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.
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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.
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Black-headed Grosbeak
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Common Poorwill
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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.
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Say's Phoebe
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Bullock's Oriole
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Chestnut-collared Longspur (female)
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Scaled Quail
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Medium-sized quail.
Pale gray overall.
Bushy white crest.
Finely scaled pattern over neck, chest, and belly.
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Common Poorwill
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MacGillivray’s warbler
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Black Phoebe
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Curved-billed Thrasher
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird
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American Avocet
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Chihuahuan Raven
Large all-black bird.
Tail pointed in middle.
Large black bill.
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Rock Wren
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Lark Sparrow
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Lesser Goldfinch
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Cordilleran flycatcher
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Small flycatcher.
Prominent pale yellowish eyering and wingbars.
Back greenish brown.
Underparts yellowish.
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Plumbeous Vireo
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Small songbird, medium-sized vireo.
Dull gray head and back.
White spectacles.
Two whitish wingbars.
Belly white, flanks gray.
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Long-billed Curlew
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Black-chinned Hummingbird
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ridescent purple throat with black chin
Green crown, back, and sides
Gray chest and belly
White spot behind eye
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Bell's Vireo
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Zone-tailed Hawk
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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.
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Lucy's Warbler
