Top Birds of Houston

Learn more about these common resident and migratory birds of Houston.

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Neotropic Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Snowy Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Cooper's Hawk

Peregrine Falcon

Killdeer

Laughing Gull

White-winged Dove

Mourning Dove

Monk Parakeet

Eastern Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl

Common Nighthawk

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Great Crested Flycatcher

Loggerhead Shrike

Blue Jay

Purple Martin

Barn Swallow

Carolina Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Carolina Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

American Redstart

Summer Tanager

Northern Cardinal

Rose-brested Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Great-tailed Grackle

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow