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Laguna Atascosa NWR
363 species and 251,622 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and November, with up to 275 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Green JayCyanocorax yncas
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
Great EgretArdea alba
American KestrelFalco sparverius
RedheadAythya americana
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- South Padre Is. – WBC/Conv. Center/Laguna Madre Trail20 km376 species
- South Padre Is. – Birding and Nature Center20 km363 species
- South Padre Is. – Valley Land Fund lots23 km308 species
- Hugh Ramsey Park (Harlingen Arroyo Colorado) WBC32 km294 species
- Resaca de la Palma SP WBC (Brownsville)34 km333 species
- UTRGV Brownsville40 km300 species
All 363 species recorded here
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Tamaulipas Crow Corvus imparatus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Grey Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laguna Atascosa NWR?
March–April and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 275 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laguna Atascosa NWR?
363 species, from 251,622 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laguna Atascosa NWR in November?
The most recorded in November: Green Jay, Northern Mockingbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Turkey Vulture and Harris's Hawk.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.