Most commonly seen birds in Texas
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Most commonly seen birds in Texas
Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Texas using data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Project FeederWatch. Birds are ranked by the percent of sites visited from Feb 18-Mar 3. Ties are broken by the average group size when seen, any further ties were not broken. Data was collected at 372 count sites in Texas. States with less than 10 count sites were not included in rankings for each bird.
Project FeederWatch, a citizen science project where participants collect data on birds at their feeders, was founded in Ontario by Erica Dunn and the Long Point Bird Observatory in 1976. The project partnered with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology after 10 years to scale the project across the U.S. and Canada and now has over 20,000 participants.
The data Project FeederWatch collects is used by scientists to understand trends in bird populations. If you would like to participate as a FeederWatcher you can learn more about the project here.
Read on to see which birds are most commonly seen in your state.
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#50. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
– Average group size: 1.06
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Washington, D.C.: 20%
— #2. Georgia: 16%
— #3. Tennessee: 15%
— #4. North Carolina: 14%
— #5. South Carolina: 13%
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#49. Northern Flicker
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
– Average group size: 1.29
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Utah: 79%
— #2. Colorado: 66%
— #3. Montana: 65%
— #4. Washington: 63%
— #4. Nevada: 63%
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#48. Lincoln’s Sparrow
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
– Average group size: 1.38
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Texas: 4%
— #1. California: 4%
— #3. Arizona: 2%
— #4. New Mexico: 1%
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#47. Field Sparrow
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 4%
– Average group size: 1.96
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Tennessee: 11%
— #2. Louisiana: 5%
— #3. Texas: 4%
— #3. Arkansas: 4%
— #5. Nebraska: 3%
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#46. Red-breasted Nuthatch
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
– Average group size: 1.09
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Maine: 69%
— #2. South Dakota: 57%
— #3. Alaska: 55%
— #4. Montana: 54%
— #5. Oregon: 45%
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#45. White-breasted Nuthatch
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
– Average group size: 1.27
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. West Virginia: 93%
— #2. Maine: 85%
— #2. Vermont: 85%
— #4. Connecticut: 84%
— #4. Massachusetts: 84%
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#44. Pine Siskin
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
– Average group size: 2.26
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. New Mexico: 49%
— #2. Maine: 20%
— #2. Colorado: 20%
— #4. Arizona: 16%
— #5. Montana: 13%
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#43. Purple Finch
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 5%
– Average group size: 2.5
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Mississippi: 50%
— #2. Arkansas: 32%
— #3. Alabama: 27%
— #4. North Carolina: 25%
— #5. Missouri: 24%
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#42. Cooper’s Hawk
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 6%
– Average group size: 1.02
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Nevada: 32%
— #2. Arizona: 26%
— #3. New Mexico: 18%
— #4. Illinois: 17%
— #4. Mississippi: 17%
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#41. Golden-fronted Woodpecker
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 6%
– Average group size: 1.36
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Texas: 6%
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#40. Song Sparrow
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 6%
– Average group size: 1.67
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Washington, D.C.: 70%
— #2. Washington: 59%
— #3. Oregon: 56%
— #4. Rhode Island: 50%
— #5. Delaware: 47%
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#39. Harris’s Sparrow
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 6%
– Average group size: 2.81
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Kansas: 31%
— #2. Oklahoma: 24%
— #3. Nebraska: 15%
— #4. Iowa: 8%
— #5. Texas: 6%
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#38. Great-tailed Grackle
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 6%
– Average group size: 3.4
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Arizona: 9%
— #2. Texas: 6%
— #3. Nevada: 5%
— #4. New Mexico: 1%
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#37. Inca Dove
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
– Average group size: 3.27
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Louisiana: 15%
— #2. Arizona: 10%
— #3. Texas: 7%
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#36. Common Grackle
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 7%
– Average group size: 3.75
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Delaware: 65%
— #2. New Jersey: 60%
— #3. Washington, D.C.: 40%
— #4. Ohio: 38%
— #4. Kentucky: 38%
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#35. Red-shouldered Hawk
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 8%
– Average group size: 1.15
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Florida: 15%
— #2. North Carolina: 10%
— #2. Georgia: 10%
— #2. Oklahoma: 10%
— #5. Alabama: 9%
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#34. Eastern Phoebe
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 10%
– Average group size: 1.15
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Georgia: 33%
— #2. Alabama: 18%
— #2. South Carolina: 18%
— #4. North Carolina: 17%
— #4. Mississippi: 17%
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#32. White-crowned Sparrow (tie)
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 10%
– Average group size: 2.41
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Nevada: 74%
— #2. California: 67%
— #3. Arizona: 59%
— #4. New Mexico: 36%
— #5. Utah: 21%
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#32. Eurasian Collared-Dove
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 10%
– Average group size: 2.41
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Utah: 69%
— #2. South Dakota: 67%
— #3. Wyoming: 61%
— #4. Idaho: 48%
— #4. Colorado: 48%
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#31. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 12%
– Average group size: 1.22
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. New Mexico: 37%
— #2. Arizona: 26%
— #3. Texas: 12%
— #4. Oklahoma: 3%
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#30. Pine Warbler
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 13%
– Average group size: 1.57
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Georgia: 54%
— #2. North Carolina: 44%
— #3. South Carolina: 37%
— #4. Alabama: 34%
— #5. Florida: 31%
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#29. European Starling
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 17%
– Average group size: 3.03
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Washington, D.C.: 90%
— #2. Nebraska: 67%
— #3. Indiana: 66%
— #4. Ohio: 62%
— #4. Missouri: 62%
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#28. Eastern Bluebird
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 19%
– Average group size: 2.03
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Georgia: 70%
— #2. North Carolina: 65%
— #2. South Carolina: 65%
— #4. Arkansas: 57%
— #5. Virginia: 52%
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#27. White-throated Sparrow
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 19%
– Average group size: 2.69
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Washington, D.C.: 80%
— #2. Arkansas: 79%
— #3. Delaware: 77%
— #4. Maryland: 72%
— #5. Virginia: 69%
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#26. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 20%
– Average group size: 1.11
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Georgia: 27%
— #2. Louisiana: 25%
— #3. South Carolina: 23%
— #4. Texas: 20%
— #4. Washington, D.C.: 20%
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#25. Brown-headed Cowbird
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 20%
– Average group size: 5.04
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Louisiana: 50%
— #2. Mississippi: 42%
— #3. Delaware: 30%
— #4. South Carolina: 28%
— #4. New Jersey: 28%
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#24. Cedar Waxwing
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 20%
– Average group size: 9.5
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Mississippi: 25%
— #2. Texas: 20%
— #3. Georgia: 19%
— #4. Louisiana: 15%
— #5. South Carolina: 12%
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#23. Bewick’s Wren
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 22%
– Average group size: 1.19
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. California: 31%
— #1. Washington: 31%
— #3. Texas: 22%
— #4. Nevada: 16%
— #4. Arizona: 16%
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#22. American Crow
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 22%
– Average group size: 2.81
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Maine: 49%
— #2. Oklahoma: 45%
— #3. North Carolina: 39%
— #4. Vermont: 37%
— #5. Georgia: 34%
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#21. Orange-crowned Warbler
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 23%
– Average group size: 1.08
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Louisiana: 25%
— #2. Texas: 23%
— #3. Nevada: 16%
— #4. Mississippi: 8%
— #5. California: 7%
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#20. Lesser Goldfinch
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 23%
– Average group size: 4.09
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Nevada: 68%
— #2. California: 66%
— #3. Arizona: 57%
— #4. Oregon: 55%
— #5. Utah: 45%
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#19. Black-crested Titmouse
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 25%
– Average group size: 1.74
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Texas: 25%
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#18. Red-winged Blackbird
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 27%
– Average group size: 6.97
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Delaware: 60%
— #2. New Jersey: 56%
— #3. New York: 48%
— #4. Louisiana: 45%
— #4. Illinois: 45%
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#17. Northern Mockingbird
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 35%
– Average group size: 1.14
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Tennessee: 62%
— #2. Louisiana: 60%
— #3. Mississippi: 58%
— #4. Alabama: 55%
— #5. South Carolina: 53%
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#16. Tufted Titmouse
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 37%
– Average group size: 1.61
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. West Virginia: 91%
— #1. Connecticut: 91%
— #3. New Hampshire: 90%
— #4. North Carolina: 86%
— #5. Tennessee: 84%
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#15. Chipping Sparrow
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 37%
– Average group size: 5.27
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Georgia: 59%
— #2. Mississippi: 50%
— #3. South Carolina: 45%
— #4. Louisiana: 40%
— #5. Alabama: 39%
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#14. American Robin
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 38%
– Average group size: 3.22
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Washington, D.C.: 70%
— #2. Arkansas: 64%
— #3. Tennessee: 59%
— #4. Nevada: 58%
— #5. Oklahoma: 55%
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#13. Dark-eyed Junco
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 39%
– Average group size: 3.69
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Oregon: 96%
— #2. Washington: 94%
— #3. New Jersey: 93%
— #3. Rhode Island: 93%
— #5. Connecticut: 92%
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#12. Red-bellied Woodpecker
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 40%
– Average group size: 1.14
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. West Virginia: 88%
— #2. New Jersey: 86%
— #3. Arkansas: 82%
— #4. Connecticut: 80%
— #5. Ohio: 78%
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#11. Downy Woodpecker
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 41%
– Average group size: 1.25
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Washington, D.C.: 90%
— #2. Minnesota: 89%
— #2. Arkansas: 89%
— #4. Missouri: 88%
— #4. Iowa: 88%
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#10. House Sparrow
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 44%
– Average group size: 5.09
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Washington, D.C.: 100%
— #2. Iowa: 88%
— #3. Illinois: 87%
— #4. Nebraska: 79%
— #5. Indiana: 74%
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#9. Yellow-rumped Warbler
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 45%
– Average group size: 1.56
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Louisiana: 70%
— #2. South Carolina: 68%
— #3. Florida: 66%
— #3. Georgia: 66%
— #5. North Carolina: 58%
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#8. Mourning Dove
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 46%
– Average group size: 2.86
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Washington, D.C.: 100%
— #2. New Jersey: 90%
— #3. West Virginia: 88%
— #3. Delaware: 88%
— #5. Rhode Island: 87%
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#7. American Goldfinch
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 48%
– Average group size: 4.16
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. West Virginia: 77%
— #2. Oklahoma: 76%
— #2. Wisconsin: 76%
— #4. Michigan: 74%
— #5. Missouri: 73%
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#6. Carolina Wren
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 52%
– Average group size: 1.34
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Washington, D.C.: 90%
— #2. North Carolina: 84%
— #3. South Carolina: 80%
— #4. Virginia: 77%
— #5. Georgia: 75%
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#5. Blue Jay
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 58%
– Average group size: 1.96
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Rhode Island: 87%
— #2. Massachusetts: 77%
— #3. New Jersey: 76%
— #4. Nebraska: 73%
— #4. Ohio: 73%
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#4. House Finch
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 63%
– Average group size: 2.97
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Utah: 97%
— #2. Arizona: 94%
— #3. New Mexico: 90%
— #4. Ohio: 87%
— #5. Colorado: 86%
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#3. White-winged Dove
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 72%
– Average group size: 4.59
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Texas: 72%
— #2. New Mexico: 60%
— #3. Louisiana: 35%
— #4. Oklahoma: 28%
— #5. Arizona: 24%
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#2. Carolina Chickadee
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 76%
– Average group size: 1.89
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. South Carolina: 87%
— #2. Arkansas: 86%
— #3. Georgia: 84%
— #4. Oklahoma: 79%
— #5. North Carolina: 77%
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#1. Northern Cardinal
– Sites visited Feb 18-Mar 3: 88%
– Average group size: 2.78
– States with the highest percent of sites visited
— #1. Washington, D.C.: 100%
— #2. Arkansas: 96%
— #3. Maryland: 95%
— #3. South Carolina: 95%
— #5. West Virginia: 93%
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