Birds of the Austin Area & Texas Hill Country

The birds people come here for

Golden-cheeked WarblerThe bird people fly in for. On territory mid-March through May; endemic breeder of the Hill Country.See the tour →

Black-capped VireoThe other Hill Country endemic. Reliable April into May at Balcones Canyonlands.See the tour →

Painted BuntingCommon summer breeder in brushy edges - the most colorful bird in Texas.

Vermilion FlycatcherOpen country with scattered trees; year-round.

Canyon WrenCascading song from limestone canyon walls; year-round.

Rufous-crowned SparrowRocky Hill Country slopes; year-round resident.

All the birds photographed here

Crows and Jays 1

American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos

Flycatchers 5

Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumBrown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulusEastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeEastern Wood-PeweeContopus virensVermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus

Grosbeaks & Buntings 2

Blue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaPainted BuntingPasserina ciris

Hummingbirds 1

Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri

Kingfishers 1

Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon

Mockingbirds & Thrashers 1

Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis

Owls 1

Barred OwlStrix varia

Rails, Gallinules, Coots 3

American CootFulica americanaCommon GallinuleGallinula galeataSoraPorzana carolina

Raptors 2

Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensisRed-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis

Shorebirds 1

American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica

Songbirds 3

American RobinTurdus migratoriusGolden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaVerdinAuriparus flaviceps

Sparrows 1

Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii

Tanagers 1

Summer TanagerPiranga rubra

Vireos 3

Black-capped VireoVireo atricapillaPhiladelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWhite-eyed VireoVireo griseus

Wading Birds 1

Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea

Warblers 11

American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaBlack-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensBlackburnian WarblerSetophaga fuscaCanada WarblerCardellina canadensisCerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaChestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaGolden-cheeked WarblerSetophaga chrysopariaMourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaNorthern Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechiaPine WarblerSetophaga pinusYellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata

Waterfowl 5

American WigeonMareca americanaCinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraGadwallMareca streperaHooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusMallardAnas platyrhynchos

Woodpeckers 2

Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsPileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus

Wrens 1

Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus

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Also regularly found here

Birds Bryan regularly finds in Austin on tours — photos from here coming as they’re posted:

• Bell's Vireo
• Yellow-throated Vireo
• Bewick's Wren
• Ash-throated Flycatcher
• Scott's Oriole
• Cassin's Sparrow
• Harris's Sparrow
• Zone-tailed Hawk
• Crested Caracara
• Greater Roadrunner
• Wood Duck
• Least Grebe

Other wildlife photographed here

White-striped LongtailFamiliar Bluet DamselflyBull FrogSunset