Birdlife of Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas Coast

Index

abbreviations, list of, 34 Accipiter: cooperii, 82, 83, 88; gentilis, 88; striatus, 83, 87–88 acid rain, 211, 228 Actitis macularia, 103, 104, 107, 108, 117– 18 Aechmophorus: clarkii, 57, 61; occidentalis , 57, 61 Aegolius acadicus, 158 Agelaius phoeniceus, 249, 257, 258 agriculture: impact of, 4, 16; in Katy Prairie, 15; rice production, 12, 39 Aimophila: aestivalis illinoensis, 243–44; cassinii, 18, 243; ruficeps eremoeca, 244 Aix sponsa, 43 Amazilia: beryllina, 168; tzacatl, 168; violiceps, 168; yucatanensis chalconota, 165, 168 American Birds, 2 Ammodramus: caudacutus, 248; henslowii, 15, 18, 247; leconteii, 248; maritimus fisheri, 248–49; nelsoni, 248, 248, following p. 34; savannarum, 18, 242, 247 Amphispiza bilineata bilineata, 246 Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, 98 Anas: acuta, 46–47; americana, 44; clypeata, 46; crecca carolinensis, 47; crecca crecca, 47; cyanoptera, 46; discors, 19, 37, 45–46; fulvigula, 30, 37, 45; penelope, 44; platyrhynchos, 45; querquedula, 47; rubripes, 44–45; strepera, 43–44 Andropogon glomeratus, following p. 34 Anhinga, 66, 70–71 Anhinga anhinga, 66, 70–71 Ani(s): Groove-billed, 154, 156–57, following p. 34; Smooth-billed, 157 Anous minutus, 148–49 Anser albifrons, 19, 27, 39 Anthus: rubescens rubescens, 217; spragueii, 217–18 Aphriza virgata, 122 Aquila chrysaetos, 83, 94 Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, 103 Archilochus: spp., 165; alexandri, 165, 166, 170; colubris, 22, 24, 27, 165, 169, 170 Ardea: alba, 72, 74; herodias, 73 Arenaria interpres, 103, 105, 107, 108, 121– 22 Armand Bayou, following p. 34 Armand Bayou Nature Center, 269 Asio: flammeus flammeus, 157, 161; otus wilsonianus, 157, 160 Athene cunicularia hypugaea, 157, 159– 60, following p. 34 Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken Recovery Team, 55 Audubon, John James, 1, 3 Audubon Field Notes, 2 automobile strikes, 30 Avocet, American, 103, 104, 107, 108, 114– 15 Aythya: affinis, 19, 49; americana, 37, 48; collaris, 48; marila, 48–49; valisineria, 37, 47–48 baccharis, eastern, 15 Baeolophus bicolor, 202–203, 204 Bald Eagle Protection Act, 86 barrier islands, 5 Bartramia longicauda, 15, 103, 104, 107, 108, 118 beach habitat, 11, 107 Big Reef, 12 Birder’s Checklist of the Upper Texas Coast, A (Richardson), 1 birding organizations, 269 Bird Island, 9 Birdlife of Texas, The (Oberholser), 1, 39 Birds of Galveston Island, The (Hall et al.), 1 Birds of North America (Robbins), 241 birds of prey, 19, 82–97 Birds of Texas: A Field Guide (Rappole and Blacklock), 1 Birds of Texas, The (Tveten), 1 Birds of the Coastal Bend (Rappole and Blacklock), 1 Bishop, Orange, 28 Bittern(s): American, 72–73; Least, 72, 73 Blackbird(s): about, 257; Brewer’s, 257, 259–60; Red-winged, 249, 257, 258; Rusty, 257, 259; Yellow-headed, 257, 259 Bluebird(s): Eastern, 28, 210, 211; Mountain, 210, 212; Western, 210 bluestem (Andropogon; Schizachyrium), following p. 34 Bobolink, 257–58 Bobwhite, Northern, 55, 56 Bolivar Flats, 8, 11–12, 109, following p. 34 Bolivar Peninsula, 5, 8 Bombycilla: cedrorum, 218; garrulus, 218 Bonnell, George William, 15 Booby(ies): about, 65; Brown, 66–67; Masked, 65, 66; Red-footed, 65, 67 books on birdlife of Upper Texas Coast, 1–2 Botaurus lentiginosus, 72–73 bottomland forests, 12–13, 18–19, 84 Brant, 41 Branta: bernicla, 41; canadensis, 37, 41, following p. 34; hutchinsii, 40–41, following p. 34 Brazos River mouth, following p. 34 Breeding Bird Surveys, 231 Bubo virginianus virginianus, 157, 159 Bubulcus ibis, 72, 76 Bucephala: albeola, 51; clangula, 51; islandica, 37, 51–52 Buffalo Bayou, 1, 13 Bufflehead, 51 Bulbul, Red-vented, 28, 209, 209 bull bat. See Nighthawk, Common bulrushes (Scirpus spp.), following p. 34 Bunting(s): about, 241, 242; Blue, 254; Indigo, 22, 24, 27, 255; Lark, 246; Lazuli, 254–55; Painted, 21, 23, 25, 27, 242, 255– 56; Varied, 254, 255 Buteo: albicaudatus, 82, 83, 91–92, 93, 94, following p. 34; albonotatus, 92; jamaicensis, 82, 83, 92–93, 94; lagopus, 83, 93–94; lineatus, 83, 89, 90; platypterus, 83, 89–91; regalis, 83, 93; swainsoni, 83, 91, following p. 34 Butorides virescens, 76–77 index Major discussions of bird species are indicated by bold page numbers; references to photographs appear in italics. Calamospiza melanocorys, 246 Calcarius: lapponicus lapponicus, 252; mccownii, 251; ornatus, 252; pictus, 252 Calidris: alba, 105, 107, 108, 123; alpina, 105, 107, 108, 127–28; bairdii, 105, 107, 108, 125, 126; canutus, 105, 106, 107, 108, 122–23; ferruginea, 128; fusciollis, 105, 106, 107, 108, 125–26; himantopus, 105, 107, 108, 128; maritima, 105, 127; mauri, 105, 107, 108, 124–25, 127; melanotos, 105, 107, 108, 126–27; minutilla, 103...