Endangered Species: Birds

Common name: Bald Eagle
Scientific name: Haliaeetus Leucocephalus
Historic range: North America south to New Mexico, including Central and East Texas


Common name: Interior Least Tern
Scientific name: Sterna Antillarum
Historic range: Atlantic and Gulf coasts, Mississippi River basin, Greater and Lesser Antilles, Bahamas, Mexico, winters in Central America, northern South America. Terns can be found in North, East and Central Texas


Common name: Black-capped Vireo
Scientific name: Vireo Atricapillus
Historic range: Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Central and West Texas


Common name: Peregrine Falcon
Scientific name: Falco Peregrinus Anatum
Historic range: Nests from central Alaska across north-central Canada, to central Mexico, winters in South America. In Texas, falcons can be found in the Rio Grande Valley


Common name: Golden-cheeked Warbler
Scientific name: Dendroica Chrysoparia
Historic range: Mexico, Guatamala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize, and Central and West Texas


Common name: Whooping Crane
Scientific name: Grus Americana
Historic range: Central and Western North America, winters near Gulf of Mexico from Florida to central Mexico. In Texas, whooping cranes nest throughout North, East and Central Texas


Common name: Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Scientific name: Picoides Borealis
Historic range: South central and Southeastern United States, including East Texas