Texas Review List
Last Updated: 18 October, 2002
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 and
the number of outstanding submissions still in circulation as
on 17 November, 2000 - e.g. "(5/1)"
would mean there are five accepted State records, with one still
in circulation. An asterisk after the first number - e.g. "(14*/0)"
- 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 (marked with
"?"). These statistics are courtesy of the former TBRC
Secretary Greg Lasley, who privately
maintains a Master List of every Texas rarity; Greg hopes to
use these data to produce a book on the rare birds of Texas,
in conjunction with past TBRC committee member Chuck Sexton.
Loons
Yellow-billed Loon (4/0)
Grebes
Red-necked Grebe (15/2)
Albatrosses
Yellow-nosed Albatross (3/0)
Shearwaters and Petrels
White-chinned Petrel (1/0)
Black-capped Petrel (2/0)
Stejneger's Petrel(1/0)
Greater Shearwater (9/0)
Sooty Shearwater (11/1)
Manx Shearwater (6/0)
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (1/0)
Leach's Storm-Petrel (18/1)
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird (4/2)
Boobies and Gannets
Blue-footed Booby (2/0)
Brown Booby (15/0)
Red-footed Booby (1/0)
Storks
Jabiru (7/0)
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo (1/3)
Swans, Geese, and Ducks
Trumpeter Swan (2/1)
Brant (17/0)
American Black Duck (7/2)
White-cheeked Pintail (1/1)
Garganey (2/1)
Eurasian Wigeon (28/1)
King Eider (1/0)
Harlequin Duck (2/0)
Barrow's Goldeneye (4*/1)
Masked Duck (56/2)
Kites, Hawks, Eagles, and Harriers
Snail Kite (2/0)
Northern Goshawk (13/3)
Crane Hawk (1/0)
Roadside Hawk (3/1)
Short-tailed Hawk (11/2)
Caracaras and Falcons
Collared Forest-Falcon (1/0)
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Paint-billed Crake (1/0)
Spotted Rail (1/0)
Thick-knees
Double-striped Thick-knee (1/0)
Plovers and Lapwings
Collared Plover (1/0)
Jacanas
Northern Jacana (27*/0)
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Spotted Redshank (1/0)
Wandering Tattler (1/0)
Eskimo Curlew (18/0)
Surfbird (7/0)
Red-necked Stint (1/0)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2/0)
Purple Sandpiper (13/0)
Curlew Sandpiper (8/0)
Ruff (19*/0)
Red Phalarope (27/0)
Skuas, Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Long-tailed Jaeger (13/0)
Little Gull (31*/2)
Black-headed Gull (20*/0)
Heermann's Gull (2/0)
Black-tailed Gull (1/0)
Mew Gull (15/2)
Thayer's Gull (43/6)
Iceland Gull (1/1)
Slaty-backed Gull (1/0)
Western Gull (2/0)
Yellow-footed Gull (1/0)
Great Black-backed Gull (31*/0)
Kelp Gull (3*/0)
Elegant Tern (2/0)
Roseate Tern (2/0)
Arctic Tern (3/0)
Brown Noddy (6/1)
Black Noddy (3/0)
Pigeons and Doves
Ruddy Ground-Dove (10/2)
Ruddy Quail-Dove (1/0)
Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis
Mangrove Cuckoo (7/1)
Dark-billed Cuckoo (1/0)
Typical Owls
Snowy Owl (3/0)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (2/0)
Mottled Owl (1/0)
Stygian Owl (2/0)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (19/0)
Swifts
White-collared Swift (4/0)
Hummingbirds
Green Violet-ear (28/4)
Green-breasted Mango (7/0)
Broad-billed Hummingbird (34*/9)
White-eared Hummingbird (9/1)
Berylline Hummingbird (2/2)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (5/4)
Costa's Hummingbird (6/0)
Allen's Hummingbird (8/1)
Trogons
Elegant Trogon (5/0)
Woodpeckers
Red-breasted Sapsucker (1/0)
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (3/0)
Tyrant Flycatchers
Greenish Elaenia (1/0)
Tufted Flycatcher (2/0)
Greater Pewee (7/3)
Buff-breasted Flycatcher (1/1)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (11/2)
Piratic Flycatcher (1/0)
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (7*/2)
Thick-billed Kingbird (14/0)
Gray Kingbird (3/0)
Fork-tailed Flycatcher (11/1)
Rose-throated Becard (20*/3)
Masked Tityra (1/0)
Vireos
Yellow-green Vireo (24/5)
Black-whiskered Vireo (13/5)
Yucatan Vireo (1/0)
Jays, Magpies, and Crows
Clark's Nutcracker (13/0)
Black-billed Magpie (3/2)
Tamaulipas Crow (?)
Swallows
Gray-breasted Martin (2/0)
Chickadees and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee (1/0)
Dippers
American Dipper (6/0)
Old World Warblers, Flycatchers, and Thrushes
Northern Wheatear (1/0)
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (1/0)
White-throated Robin (3/0)
Rufous-backed Robin (7/2)
Varied Thrush (17/1)
Aztec Thrush (4/0)
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Black Catbird (1/0)
Blue Mockingbird (1/0)
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing (8/3)
Silky-flycatchers
Gray Silky-flycatcher (2/0)
Olive Warbler
Olive Warbler (4/0)
Wood-Warblers, Tanagers, Sparrows and Blackbirds
Connecticut Warbler (7/4)
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat (39/1)
Red-faced Warbler (17/2)
Slate-throated Redstart (2/1)
Golden-crowned Warbler (10/2)
Rufous-capped Warbler (16/1)
Flame-colored Tanager (2/1)
Yellow-faced Grassquit (1/1)
Baird's Sparrow (29/8)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (22*/2)
Yellow-eyed Junco (7/1)
Snow Bunting (4/1)
Crimson-collared Grosbeak (8/0)
Blue Bunting (21/3)
Shiny Cowbird (5/3)
Black-vented Oriole (2*/0)
Northern Finches
Pine Grosbeak (4/0)
White-winged Crossbill (3/0)
Common Redpoll (5/0)
Lawrence's Goldfinch (12/0)
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. Three such subspecies have been accepted:
Green-winged ("Eurasian") Teal (1/0), Yellow
("Mangrove") Warbler (2/0), Dark-eyed ("White-winged")
Junco (2/0).
Presumptive Species List
The following is the official TBRC list of species for which
written descriptions of sight records 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 for at least one record). NOTE: any
species marked "*" below have 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 (1/0), White-crowned Pigeon (1/0), Black Swift
(1/0), Social Flycatcher (1/0), Crescent-chested Warbler (1/0).
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