United States · Texas
Brazoria NWR
322 species and 139,627 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and December, with up to 213 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
American CootFulica americana
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary14 km337 species
- Galveston Island SP34 km327 species
- Galveston – Lafitte's Cove37 km325 species
- Galveston – 8 Mile Rd./Sportsman Rd43 km291 species
- Brazos Bend SP49 km304 species
- El Franco Lee Park60 km305 species
All 322 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Brazoria NWR?
April and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 213 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Brazoria NWR?
322 species, from 139,627 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Brazoria NWR in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Northern Harrier, American White Ibis, Pied-billed Grebe and Loggerhead Shrike.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.