Bird AlbumUnited States · Texas
National Butterfly Center – General & area North of Levee
304 species and 155,437 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and November, with up to 185 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Green JayCyanocorax yncas
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetula
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Long-billed ThrasherToxostoma longirostre
Black-crested TitmouseBaeolophus atricristatus
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bentsen-Rio Grande Val. SP WBC (Mission)1 km358 species
- Anzalduas Park6 km313 species
- Quinta Mazatlan WBC14 km305 species
- Santa Ana NWR26 km358 species
- Edinburg Scenic Wetlands WBC26 km305 species
- Frontera Audubon Center38 km304 species
All 304 species recorded here
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at National Butterfly Center – General & area North of Levee?
April and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 185 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at National Butterfly Center – General & area North of Levee?
304 species, from 155,437 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at National Butterfly Center – General & area North of Levee in November?
The most recorded in November: Green Jay, Great Kiskadee, Great-tailed Grackle, Golden-fronted Woodpecker and Plain Chachalaca.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.