Birds of West Texas - Big Bend & the Davis Mountains

The birds people come here for

Colima WarblerThe Chisos Mountains of Big Bend are its ONLY U.S. home; April through June.

Montezuma QuailThe Davis Mountains are the classic place; year-round but elusive.

Lucifer HummingbirdBig Bend desert specialty, spring through early fall.

Varied BuntingDesert washes of Big Bend in summer.

Peregrine FalconBreeds on the remote cliffs of the West Texas mountains.

Rivoli's HummingbirdThe big glittering hummingbird of the Davis Mountains feeders.

Mexican JayNoisy flocks in the Chisos and Davis Mountains oaks; year-round.

All the birds photographed here

Blackbirds & Orioles 1

Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum

Crows and Jays 2

Mexican JayAphelocoma wollweberiSteller's JayCyanocitta stelleri

Flycatchers 4

Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascensBlack PhoebeSayornis nigricansThick-billed KingbirdTyrannus crassirostrisVermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus

Grosbeaks & Buntings 1

Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus

Hummingbirds 3

Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercusLucifer HummingbirdCalothorax luciferRivoli's HummingbirdEugenes fulgens

Owls 1

Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia

Pigeons and Doves 1

Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata

Quail 2

Montezuma QuailCyrtonyx montezumaeScaled QuailCallipepla squamata

Raptors 1

Peregrine Falcon

Songbirds 2

Black-crested TitmouseBaeolophus atricristatusBlack-tailed GnatcatcherPolioptila melanura

Sparrows 4

Black-chinned SparrowSpizella atrogularisCanyon TowheeMelozone fuscaRufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficepsSpotted TowheePipilo maculatus

Warblers 2

Colima WarblerLeiothlypis crissalisGrace's WarblerSetophaga graciae

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Also regularly found here

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

• Elf Owl
• Zone-tailed Hawk
• Acorn Woodpecker
• Western Bluebird
• Hepatic Tanager
• Painted Redstart
• Cactus Wren
• Pyrrhuloxia
• Phainopepla
• Common Black Hawk
• Gray Vireo
• Blue-throated Mountain-gem

Other wildlife photographed here

Giant Desert CentipedeAmerican Black BearCollared PeccaryChisos MountainsRio Grande Village