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Gulls - Woodpeckers

Checklist based on Pulich, 1988. Updated by Jim Peterson, Martin Reid, and Matt White

All of the following terms assume the species is being looked for in the appropriate habitat.
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Abundant - Applied to a species that can be found in quantity without any special search
Common - Applied to a species noted at least daily with some search
Fairly Common - Applied to a species that may require some search to be detected regularly
Uncommon - Applied to a species that occurs infrequently
Rare - Applied to a species that is seldom encountered except by chance
Casual - Applied to a species that is out of its normal range but can be expected to occur again
Accidental - Applied to a species that is far from its normal range it is not expected to appear again
(IR) - Irregular. If this term is applied under the "nesting" category, it mean this species does not nest here year after year. If it is applied under a season, it means it is irregular during that season. If it falls under "likely seen," the location is irregular.
(L) - Nesting or observed locally. Not widespread. Seen only at certain locations. In the case of certain species, i.e., Scaled Quail, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Canyon Towhee, Pyrrhuloxia, birds may be found only on the fringe of study area in drier habitat. Other birds such as Ruddy Turnstone regularly show up only at one or two lakes.
(H) - Historical nest records only. None recently.
N,S.E,W (Compass points) Also FW and FE for "far west" and "far east" - SEE MAP -These compass point indicators are used under the "Likely Seen" category to indicate that a species is predominantly found in a certain direction of the area's center, i.e., Pyrrhuloxia is likely seen with a "FW" indicator suggesting the bird is generally found in the far west part of the study area.
Review Species - The letter "X" means the bird is a Texas review species and documentation is required for acceptance. The number beside the "X" is the number of times the bird has been officially observed in North-Central Texas.

Birds of North-Central Texas Spring Summer Fall Winter Nests Likely Seen Review Sp.
Pomarine Jaeger      Ac        
Parasitic Jaeger        Ac      
Long-tailed Jaeger      Ac        x (1)
Laughing Gull        Ca      
Franklin’s Gull  C    Ab-C  R      
Little Gull  Ac    Ac  Ca      x (20)
Black-headed Gull        Ca      x (10)
Bonaparte’s Gull  U    U  FC-U      
Mew Gull      Ac  Ca      x (9)
Ring-billed Gull  Ab-C    Ab-C  Ab-C      
Herring Gull U U U
California Gull Ac  Ac
Thayer’s Gull        Ca      x (11)
Lesser Black-backed Gull Ac       Ca      
Glaucous-winged Gull  Ac  x (1)
Glaucous Gull        Ca      
Black-legged Kittiwake        Ca      
Sabine’s Gull     Ca Ac      
Caspian Tern  U-R    U-R        
Common Tern Ca   Ca-R        
Arctic Tern Ac  x (1)
Forster’s Tern  FC-C    U-FC  FC      
Least Tern  R R R    x    
Black Tern  C-FC  R  FC        
Sooty Tern Ac
Black Skimmer  Ca (L)  Ca (L)          
Rock Dove  Ab-C Ab-C Ab-C Ab-C  x    
Band-tailed Pigeon      Ac        
Eurasian Collared Dove  R R R R  x (L)  increasing  
White-winged Dove  U-R U-R U-R U-R  x (L)  increasing  
Mourning Dove  C C C C  x    
Inca Dove  R (L) R (L) R (L) R (L)  x (L)    
Common Ground-Dove  Ac    Ac  Ca      
Monk Parakeet  R R R R  x (L)     
Black-billed Cuckoo  R    R        
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  C  C  C    x    
Greater Roadrunner  FC  FC  FC  FC  x    
Groove-billed Ani  Ca  Ca   Ca  Ac      
Barn Owl  U  U  U  U  x    
Eastern Screech-Owl  C  C  C  C  x    
Great Horned Owl  C  C  C  C  x    
Snowy Owl        Ca      
Burrowing Owl U-R (L)  R (L) U-R (L)  Ca (L)  x (L)    
Barred Owl  U-FC  U-FC  U-FC  U-FC  x    
Long-eared Owl        R  (H)    
Short-eared Owl        U-R      
Northern Saw-whet Owl        Ac      x (1)
Common Nighthawk  FC  FC  FC  Ac  x    
Common Poorwill  FC-R  FC-R  U  ?  x  W  
Chuck-will’s-widow  FC  FC  FC    x    
Whip-poor-will  R    Ca        
Chimney Swift  C  Ab-C  C    x    
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  FC  U-FC  FC    x    
Black-chinned Hummingbird  U-R  U-R  U-R    x  W  
Costa's Hummingbird

 Ac

x (1)
Anna’s Hummingbird        Ac      
Calliope Hummingbird    Ac  Ac        
Rufous Hummingbird      U-R  Ac      
Belted Kingfisher  C-FC C-FC   C-FC  C-FC  x    
Ringed Kingfisher  Ac
Green Kingfisher        Ac      
Lewis’s Woodpecker      Ca  Ca      
Red-headed Woodpecker  U-R  U-R  U-R  U-R  x    
Golden-fronted Woodpecker  FC-U  FC-U  FC-U  FC-U  x FW  
Red-bellied Woodpecker  Ab-C  Ab-C  Ab-C  Ab-C  x    
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  FC    FC  FC      
Ladder-backed Woodpecker  FC-U  FC-U  FC-U  FC-U  x  W  
Downy Woodpecker  C-FC  C-FC  C-FC  C-FC  x    
Hairy Woodpecker  R  Ca  R  R  x (L)    
Northern Flicker C-FC     C-FC C            
Pileated Woodpecker  R  R  R  R  x  E