San Antonio Bird Checklist (My Patch) – all species recorded within walking distance of the house – as of 2022

  1. Great tinamouTinamus major
  2. Little tinamouCrypturellus soui
  3. Gray-headed chachalaca – Ortalis cinereiceps
  4. Crested guanPenelope purpurascens
  5. Rock pigeon – Columba livia
  6. Red-billed pigeon – Patagioenas flavirostris
  7. Band-tailed pigeonPatagioenas fasciata
  8. White-winged doveZenaida asiatica
  9. Inca dove – Columbina inca
  10. Ruddy ground-dove – Columbina talpacoti
  11. White-tipped dove – Leptotila verreauxi
  12. Yellow-billed cuckoo – Coccyzus americanus
  13. Groove-billed ani – Crotophaga sulcirostris
  14. Squirrel cuckoo – Piaya cayana
  15. Common pauraqueNictidromus albicollis
  16. White-collared swift – Streptoprocne zonaris
  17. Vaux’s swift – Chaetura vauxi
  18. Violet sabrewing – Campylopterus hemileucurus
  19. Green hermit – Phaethornis guy
  20. Stripe-throated hermit – Phaethornis striigularis
  21. Green-crowned brilliantHeliodoxa jacula
  22. Talamanca hummingbirdEugenes fulgens
  23. Fiery-throated hummingbirdPanterpe insignis
  24. Purple-crowned fairyHeliothryx barroti
  25. White-necked jacobin – Florisuga mellivora
  26. Garden emeraldChlorostilbon assimilis
  27. Blue-vented hummingbirdSaucerrotia hoffmanni
  28. Crowned woodnymph – Thalurania colombica
  29. Rufous-tailed hummingbird – Amazilia tzacatl
  30. Green-breasted mango – Anthracothorax prevostii
  31. Ruby-throated hummingbirdArchilocus colubris
  32. Brown violetearColibri delphinae
  33. Lesser violetear – Colibri cyanotus
  34. Green-fronted lancebillDoryfera ludovicae
  35. Long-billed starthroatHeliomaster longirostris
  36. Purple-throated mountain-gemLampornis calolaemus
  37. Green thorntailDiscosura conversii
  38. Black-crested coquette Lophornis helenae
  39. SnowcapMicrochera albocoronata
  40. Violet-headed hummingbirdKlais guimeti
  41. Scintillant hummingbird – Selasphorus scintilla
  42. Russet-naped wood-rail – Aramides albiventris
  43. Purple gallinulePorphyrio martinica
  44. White-throated crake – Laterallus albigularis
  45. Southern lapwingVanellus chilensis
  46. Northern jacanaJacana spinosa
  47. Spotted sandpiperActitis macularius
  48. Sunbittern – Eurypyga helias
  49. Fasciated tiger-heron – Tigrisoma fasciatum
  50. Great blue heron – Ardea herodias 
  51. Great egretArdea alba
  52. Cattle egret – Bulbulcus ibis
  53. Green heron – Butorides virescens
  54. King vultureSarcoramphus papa
  55. Black vulture – Coragyps atratus
  56. Turkey vulture – Cathartes aura
  57. OspreyPandion heliaetus
  58. Hook-billed kiteChondrohierax uncinatus
  59. White-tailed kite – Elanus leucurus
  60. Swallow-tailed kite – Elanoides forficatus
  61. Black hawk-eagleSpizaetus tyrannus
  62. Ornate hawk-eagleSpizaetus ornatus
  63. Sharp-shinned hawkAccipiter striatus
  64. Bicolored hawk – Accipiter bicolor
  65. Barred hawk – Leucopternis princeps
  66. Roadside hawk – Buteo magnirostris
  67. Broad-winged hawk – Buteo platypterus
  68. Short-tailed hawkButeo brachyuru
  69. Swainson’s hawk – Buteo swainsoni
  70. Red-tailed hawk – Buteo jamaicensis
  71. Bare-shanked screech-owl – Megascops clarkii
  72. Tropical screech-owl – Megascops choliba
  73. Costa Rican pygmy-owlGlaucidium costaricanum
  74. Mottled owlCiccaba virgata
  75. Gartered trogonTrogon caligatus
  76. Lesson’s motmot – Momotus lessonii
  77. Green kingfisher – Chloroceryle americana
  78. Red-headed barbet – Eubucco bourcierii
  79. Northern emerald-toucanet – Aulacorhynchus prasinus
  80. Collared araçari – Pteroglossus torquatus
  81. Keel-billed toucan – Ramphastos sulfuratus
  82. Yellow-bellied sapsucker – Sphyrapicus varius
  83. Black-cheeked woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani
  84. Hoffmann’s woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii
  85. Lineated woodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
  86. Rufous-winged woodpecker – Piculus simplex
  87. Golden-olive woodpecker – Piculus rubiginosus
  88. Crested caracaraCaracara cheriway
  89. Yellow-headed caracaraMilvago chimachima
  90. Laughing falconHerpetotheres cachinnans
  91. Bat falconFalco rufigularis
  92. Peregrine falconFalco peregrinus
  93. Brown-hooded parrotPionopsitta haematotis
  94. White-crowned parrot – Pionus senilis
  95. Crimson-fronted parakeet – Aratinga finschi
  96. Barred antshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
  97. Dusky antbirdCercomacra tyrannina
  98. Zeledon’s antbirdHafferia zeledoni
  99. Black-faced antthrushFormicarius analis
  100. Olivaceous woodcreeper – Sittasomus griseicapillus
  101. Plain-brown woodcreeperDendrocincla fugilinosa
  102. Wedge-billed woodcreeperGlyphorynchus spirurus
  103. Northern barred-woodcreeperDendrocolaptes sanctithornae
  104. Cocoa woodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
  105. Spotted woodcreeperXiphorhynchus erythropigius
  106. Streak-headed woodcreeper – Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
  107. Brown-billed scythebillCampylorhamphus pusillus
  108. Plain xenopsXenops minutus
  109. Buff-throated foliage-gleaner –  Automolus ochrolaemus
  110. Spotted barbtailPremnoplex brunnescens
  111. Slaty spinetailSynallaxis brachyura
  112. Red-faced spinetail – Cranioleuca erythrops
  113. White-ruffed manakinCorapipo altera
  114. White-collared manakinManacus candei
  115. White-crowned manakinDixiphia pipra
  116. Black-crowned tityraTityra inquisitor
  117. Masked tityraTityra semifasciata
  118. Cinnamon becardPachyramphus cinnamomeus
  119. White-winged becardPachyramphus polychopterus
  120. Olive-striped flycatcher – Mionectes olivaceus
  121. Ochre-bellied flycatcherMionectes oleagineus
  122. Slaty-capped flycatcherLeptopogon amaurocephalus
  123. Scale-crested pygmy-tyrantLophotriccus pileatus
  124. Common tody-flycatcher – Todirostrum cinereum
  125. Yellow-olive flycatcher – Tolmomyias sulphurescens
  126. Yellow-bellied elaenia – Elaenia flavogaster
  127. Mountain elaenia – Elaenia frantzii
  128. Torrent tyrannuletSerpophaga cinerea
  129. Mistletoe tyrannulet – Zimmerius parvus
  130. Olive-sided flycatcherContopus cooperi
  131. Western wood-pewee – Contupus sordidulus
  132. Eastern wood-pewee – Contupus virens
  133. Tropical pewee – Contupus cinereus
  134. Alder/Willow flycatcher – Empidonax alnorum/traillii
  135. Yellow-bellied flycatcher – Empidonax flaviventris
  136. Yellowish flycatcher – Empidonax flavescens
  137. Black phoebe – Sayornis nigricans
  138. Bright-rumped attilaAttila spadiceus
  139. Dusky-capped flycatcher – Myiarchus tuberculifer
  140. Great crested flycatcher – Myiarchus crinitus
  141. Great kiskadee – Pitangus sulphuratus
  142. Boat-billed flycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
  143. Social flycatcher – Myiozetetes similis
  144. Gray-capped flycatcher – Myiozetetes granadensis
  145. Sulphur-bellied flycatcher – Myodynastes luteiventris
  146. Piratic flycatcher – Legatus leucophaius
  147. Tropical kingbird – Tyrannus melancholicus
  148. Eastern kingbird – Tyrannus tyrannus
  149. Lesser greenlet – Hylophilus decurtatus
  150. White-eyed vireoVireo griseus
  151. Yellow-throated vireo – Vireo flavifrons
  152. Philadelphia vireo – Vireo philadelphicus
  153. Red-eyed vireo – Vireo olivaceus
  154. Yellow-green vireo – Vireo flavoviridis
  155. Brown jay Psilorhinus morio
  156. Blue-and-white swallow – Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
  157. Northern rough-winged swallow – Stelgidopteryx serripennis
  158. Southern rough-winged swallow – Stelgidopteryx
  159. Gray-breasted martin – Progne chalibea
  160. Barn swallow – Hirundo rustica
  161. Cliff swallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
  162. Long-billed gnatwrenRamphocaenus melanurus
  163. White-browed gnatcatcher – Polioptila plumbea
  164. House wren – Troglodytes aedon
  165. Band-backed wren – Campylorhynchus zonatus
  166. Black-throated wrenPheugopedius atrogularis
  167. Stripe-breasted wrenCantorchilus thoracicus
  168. Cabanis’s wren – Thryothorus modestus
  169. Bay wren – Thryothorus nigricapillus
  170. White-breasted wood-wren – Henicorhina leucosticta
  171. American dipper – Cinclus mexicanus
  172. Gray catbirdDumetella carolinensis
  173. Tropical mockingbirdMimus gilvus
  174. Orange-billed nightingale-thrush – Catharus aurantiirostris
  175. Swainson’s thrush – Catharus ustulatus
  176. Wood thrush – Hylocichla mustelina
  177. Mountain thrush – Turdus plebejus
  178. Clay-colored thrush Turdus grayi
  179. Pale-vented thrushTurdus obsoletus
  180. Long-tailed silky-flycatcher – Ptiliogonys caudatus
  181. Golden-browed chlorophonia – Chlorophonia
  182. Yellow-crowned euphonia – Euphonia luteicapilla
  183. Yellow-throated euphonia – Euphonia hirundinacea
  184. Tawny-capped euphoniaEuphonia anneae
  185. Elegant euphonia – Euphonia elegantissima
  186. Olive-backed euphoniaEuphonia gouldi
  187. White-vented euphonia – Euphonia minuta
  188. Ashy-throated chlorospingusChlorospingus canigularis
  189. Common chlorospingus – Chlorospingus flavopectus
  190. Black-striped sparrow – Arremonops conirostris
  191. Orange-billed sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
  192. Chestnut-capped brushfinchArremon brunneinucha
  193. Sooty-faced finchArremon crassirostris
  194. Rufous-collared sparrow – Zonotrichia capensis
  195. House sparrowPasser domesticus
  196. White-eared ground-sparrow – Melozone leucotis
  197. White-naped brush-finch – Atlapetes albinucha
  198. Yellow-breasted chatIcteria virens
  199. Eastern meadowlark – Sturnella magna
  200. Chestnut-headed oropendola – Psarocolius wagleri
  201. Montezuma oropendola – Psarocolius montezuma
  202. Black-cowled oriole – Icterus prosthemelas
  203. Baltimore oriole – Icterus galbula
  204. Shiny cowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
  205. Bronzed cowbird – Molothrus aeneus
  206. Giant cowbird – Molothrus oryzivorus
  207. Melodious blackbird – Dives dives
  208. Great-tailed grackle – Quiscalus mexicanus
  209. Louisiana waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla
  210. Golden-winged warbler – Vermivora chrysoptera
  211. Black-and-white warbler – Mniotilta varia
  212. Prothonotary warbler – Protonotaria citrea
  213. Tennessee warblerLeiothlypis peregrina
  214. Gray-crowned yellowthroat – Geothlypis poliocephala
  215. Mourning warbler – Oporornis philadelphia
  216. Kentucky warbler – Oporornis formosus
  217. Hooded warbler – Setophaga citrina
  218. Cape May warbler – Setophaga tigrina
  219. Tropical parula – Setophaga pitiayumi
  220. Magnolia warblerSetophaga magnolia
  221. Blackburnian warbler – Setophaga fusca
  222. Yellow warbler – Setophaga petechia
  223. Chestnut-sided warbler – Setophaga pensylvanica
  224. Yellow-throated warbler – Setophaga dominica
  225. Black-throated green warbler – Setophaga virens
  226. Rufous-capped warbler – Basileuterus rufifrons
  227. Golden-crowned warbler – Basileuterus culicivorus
  228. Costa Rican warbler Basileuterus melanotis
  229. Buff-rumped warblerMyiothlypis fulvicauda
  230. Canada warbler – Cardellina canadensis
  231. Wilson’s warbler – Cardellina pusilla
  232. Slate-throated redstart – Myioborus miniatus
  233. Dusky-faced tanagerMitrospingus cassinii
  234. Summer tanager – Piranga rubra
  235. Scarlet tanager – Piranga olivacea
  236. Rose-breasted grosbeak – Pheucticus ludovicianus
  237. Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
  238. White-shouldered tanagerTachyphonus luctuosus
  239. White-lined tanager – Tachyphonus rufus
  240. Crimson-collared tanager – Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
  241. Scarlet-rumped tanager – Ramphocelus passerinii
  242. Blue-gray tanager – Thraupis episcopus
  243. Palm tanager – Thraupis palmarum 
  244. Speckled tanagerIxothraupis guttata
  245. Golden-hooded tanager – Tangara larvata
  246. Bay-headed tanagerTangara gyrola
  247. Silver-throated tanager – Tangara icterocephala
  248. Scarlet-thighed dacnisDacnis venusta
  249. Green honeycreeperChlorophanes spiza
  250. Slaty flowerpiercer – Diglossa plumbea
  251. Blue-black grassquitVolatinia jacarina
  252. Thick-billed seed-finch – Oryzoborus funereus
  253. Variable seedeater – Sporophila americana
  254. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
  255. Yellow-faced grassquit – Tiaris olivaceus
  256. Buff-throated saltator – Saltator maximus
  257. Black-headed saltator – Saltator atriceps
  258. Cinnamon-bellied saltator – Saltator coerulescens

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