Texas, a region on the bucket list of most birders. You have to come our way to find many South Texas
species that are found nowhere else in North America. Think Couch's Kingbird, Whooping Crane, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, White tipped Dove, Groove-billed Ani, Green Jay... but the jaw-dropping abundance
and variety of birds found here is best demonstrated in spring migration.
The list below includes species which have been seen in our region at this time of year.
Click on the highlighted bird names to see a picture sent in from birders like you!
Ducks & Geese
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Turkeys & Quail
Northern Bobwhite
Loons & Grebes
Common Loon
Least Grebe
Eared Grebe
Frigatebirds & Gannet
Magnificent Frigatebird
Northern Gannet
Pelicans & Cormorants
Bitterns, Herons, & Allies
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Ibises & Spoonbills
Storks
New World Vultures
Black Vulture
Hawks
White-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Caracaras & Falcons
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots
Black Rail
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Oystercatcher & Plovers
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Stilts & Avocets
Sandpipers & Phalaropes
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Gulls, Terns, & Skimmers
Herring Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Pigeons & Doves
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Common Ground-Dove
White-winged Dove
Parakeets & Parrots
Monk Parakeet
Cuckoos
Black-billed Cuckoo
Owls
Barn Owl
Goatsuckers
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Tyrant Flycatchers
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Shrikes
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Jays & Crows
American Crow
Larks
Horned Lark
Swallows
Purple Martin
Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chickadees & Titmice
Verdin
Wrens
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Curve-billed Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher
Starlings
European Starling
Pipits
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Wood-Warblers
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Grosbeaks, Tanagers & Allies
Pyrrhuloxia
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Icterids
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Finches & Allies
Lesser Goldfinch
Gnatcatchers
Sparrows & Allies
Eastern Towhee
Botteri's Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
