Texas Review List
Last Updated: September 25, 2008
The TBRC requests details, including descriptions and photos
if possible, of all records of the following species.
Review List A -- Rarities
These species, in general, include birds that have occurred
four or fewer times per year anywhere in Texas over a ten-year
average. The TBRC requests documentation for review for any new
or any previously unsubmitted record of the below species no
matter how long ago the record occurred. The TBRC also requests
details on any record of a species not yet accepted on the Texas
State List (see Species not yet documented
for Texas).
NOTE: the numbers in parentheses that follow
each species name indicate the number of accepted records as
on 31st of December , 2007. An asterisk after
the number - e.g. "(14*)" - indicates that there are
one or more records of known/presumed returning birds which may
be counted more than once in the total (if they were allocated
separate TBRC record numbers). Note: for formerly
non-Review species added to the Review list (e.g. Tamaulipas
Crow), pre-Review data may not exist, thus only records since
inclusion on the TBRC list are accumulated (marked with "#").
These statistics are courtesy of the former TBRC Secretary Greg
Lasley, who graciously permitted the TBRC to publish
these data as an Occasional Booklet: Records accepted by
the Texas Bird Records Committee (1987–2003) - visit
the Store for more details.
Swans, Geese, and Ducks
Brant (23)
Trumpeter Swan (7)
Eurasian Wigeon (45)
American Black Duck (8)
White-cheeked Pintail (1)
Garganey (4)
King Eider (2)
Common Eider (1)
Harlequin Duck (2)
Barrow's Goldeneye (9*)
Masked Duck (72)
Loons
Yellow-billed Loon (6)
Grebes
Red-necked Grebe (20)
Flamingos
American Flamingo (8)
Albatrosses
Yellow-nosed Albatross (4)
Shearwaters and Petrels
Black-capped Petrel (2)
Stejneger's Petrel(1)
White-chinned Petrel (1)
Greater Shearwater (13)
Sooty Shearwater (13)
Manx Shearwater (7)
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (1)
Leach's Storm-Petrel (26)
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird (10)
Boobies and Gannets
Blue-footed Booby (1)
Brown Booby (27)
Red-footed Booby (1)
Storks
Jabiru (7)
Kites, Hawks, Eagles, and Harriers
Snail Kite (2)
Northern Goshawk (21)
Crane Hawk (1)
Roadside Hawk (7)
Short-tailed Hawk (33)
Caracaras and Falcons
Collared Forest-Falcon (1)
Gyrfalcon (1)
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Paint-billed Crake (1)
Spotted Rail (1)
Thick-knees
Double-striped Thick-knee (1)
Plovers and Lapwings
Pacific Golden-Plover (1)
Collared Plover (1)
Jacanas
Northern Jacana (33*)
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Wandering Tattler (1)
Spotted Redshank (1)
Eskimo Curlew (19)
Surfbird (9)
Red-necked Stint (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (3)
Purple Sandpiper (18)
Curlew Sandpiper (11)
Ruff (27*)
Red Phalarope (32)
Skuas, Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-legged Kittiwake (re-added to the Review List July 2005; 78)
Black-headed Gull (25*)
Little Gull (51*)
Black-tailed Gull (2)
Heermann's Gull (2)
Mew Gull (30)
Western Gull (3)
Yellow-legged Gull (1)
Iceland Gull (4)
Slaty-backed Gull (4)
Glaucous-winged Gull (1)
Great Black-backed Gull (44*)
Kelp Gull (3*)
Brown Noddy (13)
Black Noddy (3)
Roseate Tern (2)
Arctic Tern (7)
Elegant Tern (3)
South Polar Skua (1)
Long-tailed Jaeger (19)
Pigeons and Doves
Ruddy Ground-Dove (16)
Ruddy Quail-Dove (1)
Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis
Dark-billed Cuckoo (1)
Mangrove Cuckoo (12)
Typical Owls
Snowy Owl (4)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (2)
Mottled Owl (1)
Stygian Owl (2)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (29)
Swifts
White-collared Swift (4)
Hummingbirds
Green Violetear (57)
Green-breasted Mango (18)
White-eared Hummingbird (27)
Berylline Hummingbird (5)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (9)
Costa's Hummingbird (20)
Trogons
Elegant Trogon (5)
Woodpeckers
Red-breasted Sapsucker (3)
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (3)
Antshrikes and Antwrens
Barred Antshrike (1)
Tyrant Flycatchers
Greenish Elaenia (1)
White-crested Elaenia (1)
Tufted Flycatcher (2)
Greater Pewee (20)
Buff-breasted Flycatcher (14)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (34)
Social Flycatcher (2)
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (17*)
Piratic Flycatcher (3)
Thick-billed Kingbird (18)
Gray Kingbird (8)
Fork-tailed Flycatcher (16)
Rose-throated Becard (38*)
Masked Tityra (1)
Vireos
Black-whiskered Vireo (27)
Yucatan Vireo (1)
Jays, Magpies, and Crows
Brown Jay (added to Review List July 2007)
Clark's Nutcracker (21)
Black-billed Magpie (4)
Tamaulipas Crow (16 since Nov 2000#)
Swallows
Gray-breasted Martin (2)
Chickadees and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee (1)
Dippers
American Dipper (7)
Old World Warblers, Flycatchers, and Thrushes
Northern Wheatear (1)
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (2)
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush (1)
White-throated Thrush (11)
Rufous-backed Robin (13)
Varied Thrush (36)
Aztec Thrush (5)
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Black Catbird (1)
Blue Mockingbird (3)
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing (16)
Silky-flycatchers
Gray Silky-flycatcher (2)
Olive Warbler
Olive Warbler (7)
Wood-Warblers, Tanagers, Sparrows and Blackbirds
Connecticut Warbler (10)
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat (43)
Slate-throated Redstart (9)
Fan-tailed Warbler (1)
Golden-crowned Warbler (18)
Rufous-capped Warbler (25)
Flame-colored Tanager (6)
Yellow-faced Grassquit (3)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (31*)
Yellow-eyed Junco (7)
Snow Bunting (7)
Crimson-collared Grosbeak (18)
Blue Bunting (31)
Shiny Cowbird (12)
Black-vented Oriole (5*)
Streak-backed Oriole (2)
Northern Finches
Pine Grosbeak (5)
White-winged Crossbill (8)
Common Redpoll (9)
Lawrence's Goldfinch (14)
Evening Grosbeak (added Sept 2008)
Review List B
List of recognizable subspecies which, if they were elevated
to full species status, would qualify for placement under Review
List A: Reports of these subspecies will always be solicited
and formally reviewed. Five such subspecies have been accepted:
Green-winged ("Eurasian") Teal (1), Herring ("Vega")
Gull (1), Dark-eyed
("White-winged") Junco (6), Orchard ("Fuertes's")
Oriole (2).
Presumptive List
The following is the official TBRC list of species for which
written descriptions have been accepted by the
TBRC but the species has not yet met the requirements for full
acceptance on the Texas List (specimen, photo, video, or audio
recording identifiable to species for at least one record). NOTE: any
species marked "*" below has recent records in circulation
that include identifying photographs, and will be elevated to
Review List A when(if) those records are formally accepted.
Murre species (1), White-crowned Pigeon (1), Black Swift (1),
Crescent-chested Warbler (1).
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