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Choke Canyon SP – Calliham Unit (McMullen Co.)
341 species and 189,914 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January and April, with up to 234 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
American CootFulica americana
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Green JayCyanocorax yncas
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Blue-winged TealSpatula discorsSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 341 species recorded here
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Choke Canyon SP – Calliham Unit (McMullen Co.)?
December–January and April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 234 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Choke Canyon SP – Calliham Unit (McMullen Co.)?
341 species, from 189,914 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Choke Canyon SP – Calliham Unit (McMullen Co.) in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, American Coot, Great-tailed Grackle, Turkey Vulture and Green Jay.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.