The Seasonal Checklist for Birds of the Central Coast was developed from data collected by Golden Crescent Nature Club members.
The checklist is updated and reviewed on a regular basis. Hard-copies of an earlier version are still available by sending $1.25 to Mark Elwonger at 405 W. Brazos, Victoria Texas 77901. Proceeds go into an account held for publishing the next edition, and for offsetting expenses of operating this site.
This website was updated from the Texas Clearinghouse in June of 2002. Texas birders have submitted over twenty two thousand sightings to the Texas Clearinghouse at
http://www.texasbirding.net/txclrhouse/index.html, and nearly half of these (9,285) sightings
were from the Central Texas Coast. These were used to reflect the current frequency/abundance of birds appearing in this list.
Please send comments or suggestions to Mark.
Clicking on the area of the table below will take you to the appropriate section of the list.
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| Family | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
| Loons, grebes, pelicans, cormorants, anhinga, herons, ibises, vultures, geese, ducks. |
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| Flycatchers, shrike, vireos, corvids, lark, swallows, tits, wrens, kinglets, thrushes. |
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Interpreting the Seasonal Distribution Checklist
Click below for help on interpreting the Seasonal Checklist.
 | Bar Codes reflecting seasonal abundance |
| Symbols |
| Breeding Status |
Status of rarely- reported species:
| Accidental Fewer than ten records in the past ten years. |
| Formerly recorded Not recorded since 1990 |
| Hypothetical Documentation is lacking or inconclusive |
Still can't find the critter using the table above? Try an alphabetical index by clicking here.
Taxonomic Nomenclature
Where Charles G.
Sibley Birds of the World Version 2.0 1996 differs from the 42nd
Supplement to AOU, group (infraspecies) names are indicated.
·If
the form occurring in our area is the nominate form, the scientific species name
is abbreviated; e.g. Branta c. canadensis.
·If
the form is recognizable in the field, and is not the nominate form but may in
fact prove to represent a full species, the alternate English name is shown in
brackets; e.g. Canada [Hutchin's] Goose; and
the scientific name of the group is listed.
·If
the taxon is no longer recognized as a full species by Sibley or the AOU (but is
nevertheless separable in the field), the
alternate English name is shown in brackets and apostrophe's; e.g.Red-tailed
['Harlan's'] Hawk; and the group name is noted in apostrophe's; e.g. Buteo
jamaicensis 'harlani'.
Acknowledgements
Dr. Brent Ortego and Petra Wirths-Hockey have been (and continue to be) very supportive of this project, both with their review and comment and by submitting their sightings. Many other club members and friends have contributed- sixty-four at this writing- too many to mention them all here.