United States · Texas
Brazos Bend SP
304 species and 355,304 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 215 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Great EgretArdea alba
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American CootFulica americana
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Black VultureCoragyps atratusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cullinan Park, Sugar Land29 km304 species
- El Franco Lee Park43 km305 species
- Brazoria NWR49 km322 species
- Bear Creek Park50 km283 species
- Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary58 km337 species
- Galveston Island SP68 km327 species
All 304 species recorded here
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Brazos Bend SP?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 215 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Brazos Bend SP?
304 species, from 355,304 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Brazos Bend SP in November?
The most recorded in November: Eastern Phoebe, Common Gallinule, American Crow, American White Ibis and Great Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.