United States · Texas
Aransas NWR (CTC 037)
364 species and 141,451 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 268 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Great EgretArdea alba
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Whooping CraneGrus americana
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
American White IbisEudocimus albus
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos191 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 364 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Goose Island SP27 km354 species
- Holt Paradise Pond, Port Aransas59 km311 species
- Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Ctr.60 km342 species
All 364 species recorded here
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus cupido
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Aransas NWR (CTC 037)?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 268 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Aransas NWR (CTC 037)?
364 species, from 141,451 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Aransas NWR (CTC 037) in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Turkey Vulture, Whooping Crane and Brown Pelican.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.