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Documentation Needed

Besides data on Review Species and any bird not listed in the database, we ask for information on the following birds.  Any documentation (date, county, description, photos/recordings, etc.) would be helpful in order to help ascertain the status of these birds.

1. = Colonies change year-to-year
2. = May be changing its range within study area
3. = Rare or unusual except on fringes of area
4. = Few sightings and\or bird easily misidentified
5. = Scattered sightings\status poorly understood
6. = Nesting localized, extremely unusual, or unknown in area
7. = Highly localized in general

Flycatchers to Finches

Species No. Status
Red-throated Loon 4 Few records - recently taken off the "Texas review" list
Pacific Loon 4 Few records
Western Grebe 4 Few records
Neotropic Cormorant 1,4 All sightings are significant; Nesting information needed
Double-crested Cormorant 1,6 Summer records only; Nesting information needed
Glossy Ibis 2,5 Status clouded by Identification issues; non-breeding
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2,7 Nesting is unknown outside Dallas and Tarrant Cos.
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 2,5 Few records
Tundra Swan 4 Few records; all records should be documented as ID from Trumpeter can be very problematic
Mottled Duck 2,7 Rare away from a handful of locations; very rare west of
Dallas County
Surf Scoter 5 Few records
White-winged Scoter 4 Very few records
Black Scoter 4 Very few records; Any sighting should have written report and/or photo
Long-tailed Duck 5 Few records
Common Merganser 5 Few records
Swallow-tailed Kite 4 One record;  Any sighting should have written report and/or photo
White-tailed kite 5 Few records
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 Nesting information needed
Cooper's Hawk 6 Nesting information needed
Harris's Hawk 4 Very few records; some may be escaped falconer's birds)
Rough-legged Hawk 4 Few records in much of area; dark-morphs should be rarer than light-morphs, and claims of such are often mis-identified Harlan's Red-tailed Hawks, and thus should have written report and/or photo.
Golden Eagle 5 Few records
Crested Caracara 3,7 Few records outside of known counties; may attempt to nest
Broad-winged Hawk 6 Nesting observations are scarce in central and western parts of area
Prairie Falcon 3, 5 Few records east of Tarrant Co.
Scaled Quail 3, 6 Few records in much of area; none east of Palo Pinto Co.
Yellow Rail 4,5 One documented record;  Any sighting should have written report and/or photo
Black Rail 4,5 One documented record;  Any sighting should have written report and/or photo
King Rail 5 Few records
Purple Gallinule 4 Few records
Snowy Plover 4,6 Few records
Piping Plover 4 Few records
Mountain Plover 3, 4, 7 Few records; no modern documented record for the area
Red Knot 4 Very few records
Hudsonian Godwit 5 extremely rare in fall; all fall records are significant
White-rumped Sandpiper 5 Accidental in fall; All fall records should have written report and/or photo
California Gull 4 Few records
Laughing Gull 4 Few records
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 Few records
Glaucous Gull 4 Very few records
Black-legged Kittiwake 4 Very few records
Sabine’s Gull 4 Few records
Caspian Tern 4 Few records
Common Tern 4 Few records
Least Tern 2, 6 Nesting very local. Nesting information needed
Black Skimmer 4 Very few records
Band-tailed Pigeon 4 Only one record (Pulich). Any sighting should have written report and\or photo
Eurasian Collared Dove 2 New to area, status changing rapidly
Inca Dove 2,5,6 Status not well understood within area
Common Ground Dove 4 Very few records; Any sighting should have written report and\or photo
Groove-billed Ani 4 Few records
Burrowing Owl 3,6 All records are significant; nesting status may be changing in western part of study area
Whip-poor-will 4 Few records
Anna's Hummingbird 4 Very few records Any sighting should have written report and\or photo
Calliope Hummingbird 4 Very few records Any sighting should have written report and\or photo
Green Kingfisher 4 Only one record (Pulich). Any sighting should have written report and\or photo
Lewis's Woodpecker 4 Few records - recently taken off the "Texas review" list
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 3,5 All records east of Parker Co. should have written report and/or photo
Pileated Woodpecker 2,3,5,6 Observations rare outside of far-eastern counties