Bird Checklists of Texas
Region VII - Rio Grande Brushland
VII-1. Birds of the South Texas Brushlands: A Field Checklist
- Coverage: Atacosa, Bee*, Bexar*, Brooks, Cameron, Comal*, DeWitt*, Dimmit,
Duval, Frio, Goliad*, Gonzales*, Guadalupe*, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells,
Karnes, Kenedy, Kinney*, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen,
Medina*, Starr, Uvalde*, Webb, Willacy, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala, where * = in
part
- Sponsor: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- Author: John C. Arvin
- Publication Date: June 2007
- Type: annotated species list with weekly abundance and additional annotation
- Price for printed version: check for $2.00
- Source for printed version: Wildlife Diversity Program
- Source for web site version:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/birding/pif/ecoregions/
VII-2. The Birding & Butterfly Guide
- Coverage: Rio Grande Valley (Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron Counties)
- Publisher: RGV GuideBooks www.rgvguidebooks.com
- Authors & Photographers: Brad McKinney, Mike Quinn, David Hanson, John
Liston
- Publication Date: 2006
- Type: species checklist, suggested sites, bird & butterfly photos & descriptions, map
- Price for printed version: free from all local valley chambers, $2.75 if mailed
- Source for printed version: local Chamber of Commerce or RGV Guidebooks,
1400 E. Nolana, McAllen, TX 78504 1-800-366-4343
- Source for web site version: http://www.rgvguidebooks.com
- Note, there is also a map entitled "The Birding and Butterfly Map" which
can be ordered on line at:
http://www.valleychamber.com/publications-orderform.shtml
VII-3. Birds of Goose Island State Park
VII-4. Birds of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
- Coverage: Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (Aransas County)
- Sponsor: Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Authors: ?
- Publication Date: October, 1995
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version: ?
- Source for printed version: Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 100, Austwell, TX
77950-0100, Tel. (512) 286-3559 or -3409.
- Source for web site version: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/r2/aransas.htm
VII-5. Check List of the Birds of Rockport, Texas Area
- Coverage: Rockport (Aransas County)
- Sponsor: Whooping Crane Tours M/V Warf Cat
- Authors: Ray Little
- Publication Date: Rev. 2/00
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version: free
- Source for printed version: Whooping Crane Tours M/V Warf Cat
- Source for web site version: none
VII-6. Birder's Guide to Rockport-Fulton
- Coverage: Rockport & Fulton (Aransas County)
- Sponsor: Rockport-Fulton Chamber of Commerce
- Author: Gene Blacklock
- Publication Date: 2002 (revised edition)
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version: $2.00 plus tax
- Source for printed version: Chamber of Commerce, P.O.Box 1055, Rockport, TX 78382
- Source for web site version: none
VII-7. Birding Tours with Coastal Bend Birders
- Coverage: Coastal Bend (mostly Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio Counties)
- Sponsor: Coastal Bend Birders (commercial tour group)
- Author: Michael Marsden
- Publication Date: 1999
- Type: species list with percent probability of locating species by season
- Price for printed version: free
- Source for printed version: Michael Marsden
- Source for web site version: none
VII-8. Birds of the Central Texas Coast
- Coverage: 50-mile radius of Victoria (in Region VII - Aransas, Goliad and Refugio
Counties with portions of Bee County; in Region VIII - Calhoun, Jackson and Victoria
Counties with portions of Colorado, Matagorda and Wharton Counties; in Region VI - Dewitt
County with portions of Lavaca, Gonzales and Karnes Counties)
- Sponsor: Golden Crescent Nature Club with support from Central Power and Light Co., The Alcoa Foundation,
Phillips Petroleum Company and Gulf Coast Plant Engineering, Inc.
- Author: Mark Elwonger
- Publication Date: June, 1994
- Type: species list with weekly abundance
- Price for printed version: ?
- Source for printed version: Mark Elwonger, 405
W. Brazos St., Victoria, TX 77901-5003 (512)573-5666
- Source for web site version: http://ornifolks.org/GCNC/Seasdist/seasonal_distribution.htm
VII-9. Birds of the Texas Coastal Bend (book)
- Coverage: Coastal Bend defined as Aransas, Bee, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak,
Nueces and San Patricio counties
- Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, College Station
- Authors: John H. Rappole and Gene W. Blacklock
- Publication Date: 1985
- Type: species list with weekly abundance
- Price for printed version: ?
VII-10. Field Checklist - Birds of Bee County, Texas
VII-11. A Checklist of the Birds of Brooks County, Texas
- Coverage: Brooks County
- Publisher: Cayo del Grullo Press
- Authors: Andrew W. ONeil and Paul C. Palmer
- Publication Date: Revised Edition, February, 1994
- Type: ?
- Price for printed version: $0.25 plus SASE
- Source for printed version: Paul Palmer, 615 South Wanda Drive, Kingsville, TX 78363
- Source for web site version: none
VII-12. A Checklist of Lower Rio Grande Valley Birds
- Coverage: Cameron, Willacy, Hidalgo and Starr Counties
- Publisher: Valley Nature Center, Weslaco, www.valleynaturecenter.org
- Author: Brad McKinney
- Publication Date: 3rd Edition, October 2002
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance and location, plus more
- Price for printed version: $1.00
- Source for printed version: Valley
Nature Center, 301 S. Border Ave., Weslaco, TX 78596 Tel. (956) 969-2475
- Source for web site version: none
VII-13. Valley Nature Center's Bird Checklist of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
- Coverage: Cameron, Willacy, Hidalgo and Starr Counties
- Publisher: Valley Nature Center, Weslaco, www.valleynaturecenter.org
- Author: Martin Hagne
- Publication Date: May, 2010
- Type: species list, updated to include latest accepted records and
taxonomy
- Price for printed version: $1.00 (dated Nov, 2009)
- Source for printed version: Valley Nature Center, 301 S. Border
Ave., Weslaco, TX 78596 Tel. (956) 969-2476
- Source for web site version:
checklist has been removed
VII-14. A Checklist of the Birds of Harlingen, Texas, and the Rio Grande Valley
- Coverage: Cameron, Willacy, Hidalgo and Starr Counties
- Publisher: Harlingen Chamber Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Authors: Oscar Carmona & Brad McKinney
- Publication Date: 2005?
- Type: species list
- Price for printed version: ?
- Source for printed version: Harlingen Chamber Convention and
Visitors Bureau, 311 E. Tyler, Harlingen, TX 78550 Tel. (800) 531-7346 or
(956) 453-5440
- Source for web site version: see
http://www.harlingen.com
VII-15. A Checklist of the Birds of Brownsville including Boca Chica
- Coverage: Brownsville, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Boca Chica (Cameron County)
- Sponsor: ?
- Author: Brad McKinney
- Publication Date: 1998
- Type: species list with rare and accidental species marked
- Price for printed version: free
- Source for printed version: Sabal Palm Sanctuary
- Source for web site version: none
VII-16. Birds Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge Texas
- Coverage: Laguna Atascosa NWR (Cameron County)
- Sponsor: Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Authors: ?
- Publication Date: July, 1992
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version: free
- Source for printed version: Laguna Atacosa National Wildlife Refuge, Box 450,
Rio Hondo,
TX 78583 Tel. (512) 748-3607
- Source for web site version: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/r2/laguna.htm
VII-17. Birding Checklist South Padre Island
- Coverage: South Padre Island (Cameron County)
- Sponsor: South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center
- Authors: Ryan Welsh
- Publication Date: 2011
- Type: species list with seasonal residency and rarity
- Price for printed version: $1.00
- Source for printed version: South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center
- Source for web site version: none
VII-18. A Checklist of Birds of the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area
- Coverage: Chaparral WMA (Dimmit and LaSalle County)
- Sponsor: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- Authors: Max Traweek and W. D. Brummel
- Publication Date: 1987?
- Type: species list with seasonal occurence
- Price for printed version: ?
- Source for printed version: Chaparral WMA
- Source for web site version: none
VII-19. Birds of Goliad State Park
- Coverage: Goliad State Park (Goliad County)
- Sponsor: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- Author: Gene Blacklock
- Publication Date: August, 1992
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version: ?
- Source for printed version: Goliad State Park
- Source for web site version: none
VII-20. Birds of Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
- Coverage: Santa Ana NWR (Hildalgo County)
- Sponsor: Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Authors: USFWS
- Publication Date: July 2012 (a 2011 version is on the web)
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version: free
- Source for printed version: Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Route 2, Box 202A,
Alamo, TX 78516 Tel. (956) 787-3079 or -7861 or -3601
- Source for web site version:
http://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/BirdList-2011_508.pdf
VII-21. Bird Checklist: Edinburg Scenic Wetlands & World Birding Center
- Coverage: Edinburg Scenic Wetlands (Hildalgo County)
- Sponsor: Edinburg Scenic Wetlands
- Author: not stated
- Publication Date: not stated
- Type: species list
- Price for printed version: free
- Source for printed version: Edinburg Scenic Wetland
- Source for web site version:
http://www.edinburgwbc.org/resources/BIRD%20CHECKLIST.pdf
VII-22. Birds of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park World Birding Center
VII-23. Birds of Quinta Mazatlan
VII-24. A Checklist of the Birds of Kenedy County, Texas
- Coverage: Kenedy County
- Sponsor: Texas Partners in Flight and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Author: Paul Palmer
- Publication Date: June, 1996
- Type: ?
- Price for printed version: $0.25 plus SASE
- Source for printed version: Paul Palmer, 615 South Wanda Drive, Kingsville, TX 78363
- Source for web site version: none
VII-25. Birds of the Kenedy Ranch
- Coverage: Kenedy Ranch (Kenedy County)
- Sponsor: Kenedy Memorial Foundation and Partners in Flight, TPWD
- Authors: Riley, Elwonger, Lindsay, Fugate, Ramirez, Keepers
- Publication Date: updated June, 1996; new list in progress June, 1999 by Freeman &
Hockley
- Type: species list with status codes
- Price for printed version: free
- Source for printed version: Kenedy Memorial Foundation, P.O. Box 70, Sarita, TX 78385
- Source for web site version: none
VII-26. A Checklist of the Birds of Kleberg County
- Coverage: Kleberg County
- Sponsor: ?
- Author: Paul C. Palmer
- Publication Date: 2nd Edition, February, 1994
- Type: ?
- Price for printed version: $0.25 plus SASE
- Source for printed version: Paul Palmer, 615 South Wanda Drive, Kingsville, TX 78363
- Source for web site version: none
VII-27. A Checklist of the Birds of King Ranch
- Coverage: King Ranch (Kleberg County)
- Sponsor: King Ranch
- Author: Thomas M. Langschied
- Publication Date: September 1999
- Type: checklist with residency classification and abundance codes
- Price for printed version: free
- Source for printed version: King Ranch (361) 592-8055
- Source for web site version: http://www.king-ranch.com
VII-28. Birds of Choke Canyon State Park
- Coverage: Choke Canyon State Park (Live Oak and McMullen Counties)
- Sponsor: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- Author: Ed Kutac
- Publication Date: February, 1994
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version: $0.50
- Source for printed version: Choke Canyon State Park
- Source for web site version: none
VII-29. Birds of Maverick County
- Coverage: Maverick County
- Sponsor: Rio Bravo Nature Center, http://www.riobravonaturecenter.org
- Authors: Carol Cullar, Joy Hester, Randy Laurence
- Publication Date: December 17, 2001
- Type: species list
- Price for printed version: SASE and $0.50
- Source for printed version: Rio Bravo Nature
Center Foundation, Inc., RR 2, 4915 Columbine Curve, Eagle Pass TX 78852-9605
- Source for web site version: none
VII-30. Birding Maverick County
VII-31. Nueces County Texas Bird Checklist
VII-32. Birds of Mustang Island State Park and Vicinity, A Field Checklist
- Coverage: Mustang Island, including Port Aransas and the northern tip of Padre Island (Nueces County)
- Sponsor: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- Author: Mel Cooksey
- Publication Date: 2002
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version: free
- Source for printed version: Mustang Island State Park
- Source for web site version: none
VII-33. Birds of Port Aransas / Mustang Island
- Coverage: Mustang Island (Nueces County)
- Sponsor: Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce www.portaransas.org
- Authors: Joan Holt and Scott Holt
- Publication Date: March, 2009
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance, plus map of birding sites
- Price for printed version: free
- Source for printed version: Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce, Port Aransas
Birding Center, and Paradise Pond
- Source for web site version: none
VII-34. Checklist of the Birds of the Corpus Christi Area
VII-35. Birds of the Corpus Christi Area
- Coverage: Corpus Christi area (Nueces County)
- Sponsor: Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi
- Author: Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi
- Publication Date: 1996?
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance, including photos and area hot spots
- Price for printed version: $2.00
- Source for printed version: Corpus Christi Convention & Visitor's Bureau, P.O. Box
2664, Corpus Christi, TX 78403 1-800-678-OCEAN
- Source for web site version: see above checklist for similar list
VII-36. Birds of Lake Corpus Christi State Park
- Coverage: Lake Corpus Christi State Park (San Patricio County)
- Sponsor: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- Author: Gene Blacklock
- Publication Date: August, 1992
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version: $0.50
- Source for printed version: Lake Corpus Christi State Park
- Source for web site version: none
VII-37. A Checklist of the Birds of Padre Island National Seashore
- Coverage: Padre Island National Seashore (San Patricio County)
- Sponsor: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Authors: Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi
reviewed and corrected by Kay McCracken and Charles Clark
- Publication Date: 1990
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version: $0.50
- Source for printed version: Padre Island National Seashore, 9405 S. Padre Island Dr.,
Corpus Christi, TX 78418-5597 (512) 949-8068
- Source for web site version: none
VII-38. A Checklist of Birds of Padre Island National Seashore
- Coverage: Padre Island National Seashore (San Patricio County)
- Sponsor: Southwest Parks and Monuments Association
- Authors: ?
- Publication Date: May, 2000
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version:
- Source for printed version:
- Source for web site version: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/r2/padreisl.htm
VII-39. Checklist of Birds, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
- Coverage: Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (San Patricio County)
- Sponsor: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Authors: Coastal Bend Audubon
- Publication Date: undated
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version: free
- Source for printed version:
- Source for web site version: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/r2/corpusch.htm
VII-40. Checklist of the Birds, Welder Wildlife Refuge
- Coverage: Welder Wildlife Refuge (San Patricio County)
- Sponsor: Welder Wildlife Foundation
- Authors: Gene Blacklock
- Publication Date: 1984
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version: ?
- Source for printed version: Welder Wildlife Foundation, P.O. Drawer 1400, Sinton, TX
78387 Tel. (512) 364-2643
- Source for web site version: none
VII-41. Roma Bluffs Bird Checklist
- Coverage: Roma Bluffs (Starr County)
- Sponsor: World Birding Center
- Author: Wendy Foster
- Publication Date: January, 2010
- Type: species list with status
- Price for printed version: free
- Source for printed version: Roma Bluffs Visitor's Center
- Source for web site version: none
VII-42. Birds of Falcon State Park
- Coverage: Falcon State Park (Starr and Zapata County)
- Sponsor: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- Authors: Oscar Carmona
- Publication Date: December, 1991
- Type: species list with seasonal abundance
- Price for printed version: $0.50
- Source for printed version: supply exhausted at Falcon State Park
- ... a handout at the registration office lists species and locations
- Source for web site version: none
VII-43. Birds of Resaca de la Palma State Park: A Field Checklist
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