Please note: Only regularly occurring and relatively uncommon to common backyard and neighborhood species are shown, with typical season of occurrence. (No seasonal info means resident species). Birds are given in the order they are listed on the Sun City bird checklist, click below this space. https://www.martinbyhower.com/uploads/1/2/3/9/123917025/sun_city_bird_checklist2018_pdf.pdf Note that birds are not in current AOU taxonomic order!
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
(Local parks near water)
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Breeding in Sun City!
Wood Duck (female)
Blue-winged Teal (male) (mainly winter)
Northern Shoveler (winter)
Bufflehead (male) (winter)
Ring/necked Duck (male) (winter)
Lesser Scaup (males) (winter)
Lesser Scaup (males)
Pied-billed Grebe
(Local parks near water)
Pied-billed Grebe
Sandhill Cranes (Migration)
Sandhill Cranes
Wild Turkey (as if you didn't know!)
Wild Turkeys
Double-crested Cormorant
(Local parks near water)
Cormorants with Great Egret
American White Pelican (most likely winter)
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret (breeding plumage)
(Local parks near water)
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
(Local parks near water)
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
(Local parks near water)
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
(Local parks near water)
Etouffe
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
TV
BV
Black (l) and Turkey (r) Vultures
Mississippi Kite
(Mainly during migration)
Mississippi Kite
Mississippi Kites
Cooper's Hawk Juvenile
Cooper's Hawk Juvenile
Cooper’s Hawk adult
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk in flight
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper-winter plumage
Spotted Sandpiper-breeding plumage
(Winter and migration)
Least Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
(Winter and migration)
Franklin's Gull
(migration)
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gulls
Eurasian Collared-dove
(Farmlands and H-E-B parking lots)
Eurasian Collared-dove
White-winged Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Inca Dove
Rock Pigeon
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
(Migration and summer breeder)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Greater Roadrunner
Roadrunners CAN fly (but they don’t like to)
Eastern Screech-owl
Eastern Screech-owl
Great-horned Owl
Great-horned Owl
Great-horned Owl juvenile
Common Nighthawk
(Summer)
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
(Mainly migration)
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
(Migration)
Black-chinned Hummingbird male
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Female on nest)
(Migration and summer breeder)
Black-chinned Hummingbird Female
Black-chinned Hummingbird male showing purple gorget
Rufous Hummingbird (male)
Rufous Hummingbird (male)
Belted Kingfisher (Always near water)
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker (male)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (female)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker (with deformed bill)
Male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
(Winter)
Male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Male Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker female
Female Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker male
Northern Flicker (winter)
Northern Flicker
Crested Caracara
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel (mainly Winter)
American Kestrel
American Kestrel
Least Flycatcher (Migration)
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher (Migration)
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird (summer)
Couch’s Kingbird
Couch’s Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird (migration and summer)
Eastern Kingbird
Scissortail Flycatcher (summer)
Scissortail Flycatcher
Scissortail Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike (mainly winter)
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo (mainly Summer and migration)
White-eyed Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo (Summer breeder)
Blue–headed Vireo (Migration and winter)
Red-eyed Vireo (migration)
Blue Jay (resident)
Blue Jay
American Crow (Resident)
Northern rough-winged Swallow (Summer, mainly near water)
Northern rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin female
Purple Martins (summer mainly near martin houses)
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow (summer)
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cave Swallow (summer)
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee
Black-crested x Tufted (hybrid) Titmouse
Black-crested x Tufted (hybrid) Titmouse
Canyon Wren (localized near rocks and/or water)
House Wren (winter)
Bewick's Wren
Bewick's Wren
Carolina Wren
Carolina Wren
Carolina Wren
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (some year round, mainly migration)
Here's looking at you!
Golden-crowned Kinglet (winter)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (winter and migration)
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Bluebird (female and male)
Eastern Bluebird (juvenile)
Swainson's Thrush (migration)
Swainson's Thrush (migration)
Hermit Thrush (winter)
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
American Robin snow bathing
American Robin Juvenile
Gray Catbird (migration)
Brown Thrasher (uncommon in winter)
Northern Mockingbird: State bird of Texas!
European Starling
American Pipit
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing and Yaupon
Cedar Waxwing and Yaupon
Cedar Waxwing and Yaupon
Black-and-white Warbler (migration and uncommon in winter)
Orange – crowned Warbler (winter)
Orange – crowned Warbler (winter)
Orange – crowned Warbler (winter)
Nashville Warbler (migrant )
Yellow Warbler (migrant)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Spring and migrant breeding plumage)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (winter plumage)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (winter plumage)
Black-throated Green Warbler (migration)
Wilsons Warbler (migration)
Yellow-breasted Chat (migration)
Spotted Towhee (winter)
Spotted Towhee (winter)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow (winter plumage)
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow (migration)
Clay-colored Sparrow (migration)
Field Sparrow (winter)
Field Sparrow (winter)
Vesper Sparrow (winter)
Vesper Sparrow (winter)
Lark Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow (winter)
Savannah Sparrow (winter)
Grasshopper Sparrow (winter)
Grasshopper Sparrow (winter)
Fox Sparrow (winter)
Fox Sparrow (winter)
Song Sparrow (mainly winter)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (winter)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (winter)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (winter)
White-throated Sparrow (black-headed and brown-headed morphs). (Winter)
White-throated Sparrow (Winter)
Harris’s Sparrow (winter)
White-crowned Sparrow (winter)
Dark-eyed Junco male (winter)
Dark-eyed Junco female (winter)
Dark-eyed Junco male (winter)
Dark-eyed Junco female (winter)
Summer Tanager (male) (summer)
Summer Tanager (male) (summer)
Summer Tanager (female) (summer)
Summer Tanager (juvenile male) (summer)
Summer Tanager (female) (summer)
Northern Cardinal (male)
Northern Cardinal (male)
Northern Cardinal (female)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male) migrant
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male) migrant
Blue Grosbeak (male) (migrant and summer breeder)
Blue Grosbeak (male) (migrant and summer breeder)
Blue Grosbeak (male) (migrant and summer breeder)
Indigo Bunting (male) (migrant)
Indigo Bunting (female) (migrant)
Painted Bunting (male) (summer)
Painted Bunting (male) (summer)
Painted Bunting (female) (summer)
Painted Bunting (male) (summer)
Painted Bunting (male) (summer)
Dickcissal (migrant)
Red-winged Blackbird (male)
Red-winged Blackbird (juvenile male)
Red-winged Blackbird (female)
Red-winged Blackbird (male)
Eastern or Western Meadowlark (migrant)
Eastern Meadowlark (migrant) (identified by song)
Common Grackle (male)
Great-tailed Grackle (male)
Brown-headed Cowbird (males)
Brown-headed Cowbird (male)
Brown-headed Cowbird (males and females) (and brown-headed cow)