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Bentsen-Rio Grande Val. SP WBC (Mission)
358 species and 599,803 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–April, with up to 254 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Green JayCyanocorax yncas
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetula
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Inca DoveColumbina inca
Altamira OrioleIcterus gularis
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- National Butterfly Center – General & area North of Levee1 km304 species
- Anzalduas Park7 km313 species
- Quinta Mazatlan WBC15 km305 species
- Santa Ana NWR27 km358 species
- Edinburg Scenic Wetlands WBC27 km305 species
- Frontera Audubon Center39 km304 species
All 358 species recorded here
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Sora Porzana carolina
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Orange-breasted Bunting Passerina leclancherii
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bentsen-Rio Grande Val. SP WBC (Mission)?
November–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 254 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bentsen-Rio Grande Val. SP WBC (Mission)?
358 species, from 599,803 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bentsen-Rio Grande Val. SP WBC (Mission) in November?
The most recorded in November: Green Jay, Great Kiskadee, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Plain Chachalaca and Great-tailed Grackle.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.