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Rollover Pass
268 species and 168,406 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 197 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
WilletTringa semipalmata
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
SanderlingCalidris alba
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jocelyn Nungaray NWR (Anahuac)12 km334 species
- High Island – Boy Scout Woods12 km339 species
- Jocelyn Nungaray NWR – Shoveler Pond Loop12 km301 species
- High Island – Smith Oaks Sanctuary13 km340 species
- Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary27 km305 species
- Galveston – 8 Mile Rd./Sportsman Rd47 km291 species
All 268 species recorded here
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Sora Porzana carolina
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- California Gull Larus californicus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Rollover Pass?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 197 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Rollover Pass?
268 species, from 168,406 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Rollover Pass in November?
The most recorded in November: Laughing Gull, Brown Pelican, Willet, Marbled Godwit and Great Blue Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.