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Winter in the Rio Grande
This list includes species likely, but not guaranteed, to be seen on this tour. The birds included here have been seen on the majority of past tours to the region.
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons |
| Snow Goose | Chen caerulescens |
| Ross’s Goose | Chen rossii |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa |
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| Mottled Duck | Anas fulvigula |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
| American Wigeon | Anas americana |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors |
| Cinnamon Teal | Anas cyanoptera |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria |
| Redhead | Aythya americana |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| Plain Chachalaca | Otralis vetula |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus |
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallapavo |
| Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus |
| Scaled Quail | Callipepla squamata |
| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata |
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer |
| Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bossanus |
| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus |
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanessa violacea |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi |
| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus |
| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus |
| Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus |
| Cooper’s Hawk | Accipiter cooperii |
| Harris’s Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus |
| Gray Hawk | Buteo nitidus |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
| White-tailed Hawk | Buteo albicaudatus |
| Crested Caracara | Caricara chemiway |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius |
| King Rail | Rallus elegans |
| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostrus |
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola |
| Sora | Porzana carolina |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| American Coot | Fulica americana |
| Sandhill Crane | Grus canadensis |
| Whooping Crane | Grus americana |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolapaceus |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus |
| Wilson’s Snipe | Gallinago delicata |
| Wilson’s Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor |
| Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla |
| Bonaparte’s Gull | Larus philadelphia |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maxima |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| Common Ground-Dove | Columbina passerina |
| Inca Dove | Columbina inca |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi |
| Green Parakeet | Aratinga holochlora |
| Red-crowned Parrot | Amazona viridigenalis |
| Greater Roadrunner | Geococcyx californianus |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | Megascops asio |
| Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis |
| Buff-bellied Hummingbird | Amazilia yucatanensis |
| Belted Kingfisher | Ceryle alcyon |
| Ringed Kingfisher | Ceryle torquatus |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana |
| Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Melanerpes aurifrons |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Picoides scalaris |
| Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma imberbe |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe |
| Say’s Phoebe | Sayornis saya |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus |
| Brown Jay | Cyanocorax morio |
| Green Jay | Cyanocorax yncas |
| Tamaulipas Crow | Corvus imparatus |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris |
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva |
| Black-crested Titmouse | Baeolophus atricristatus |
| Verdin | Auriparus flaviceps |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus loduvicianus |
| Bewick’s Wren | Thryomanes bewickii |
| Cactus Wren | Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris |
| Sedge Wren | Cistothorus platensis |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius |
| Clay-colored Robin | Turdus grayi |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
| Long-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma longirostre |
| Curve-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma curvirostre |
| European Starling | Sternus vulgaris |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens |
| Sprague’s Pipit | Anthus spragueii |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Vermivora celata |
| Nashville Warbler | Vermivora ruficapilla |
| Tropical Parula | Parula pitiayumi |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Dendroica coronata |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | Dendroica nigrescens |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Dendroica dominica |
| Wilson’s Warbler | Wilsonia pusilla |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| White-collared Seedeater | Sporophila torqueola |
| Olive Sparrow | Arremonopos rufivirgatus |
| Cassin’s Sparrow | Aimophila cassinii |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum |
| Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Ammodramus nelsoni |
| Seaside Sparrow | Ammodramus maritimus |
| Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| Lincoln’s Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis |
| Pyrrhuloxia | Cardinalis sinuatus |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna |
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus |
| Brewer’s Blackbird | Euphagus cyancophalus |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater |
| Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus |
| Altimira Oriole | Icterus gularis |
| Audubon’s Oriole | Icterus graduacauda |
| American Goldfinch | Carduelis tristis |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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