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Salineño Wildlife Preserve
320 species and 354,467 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–April, with up to 220 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Green JayCyanocorax yncas
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- La Gloria – a través de Salineño0 km227 species
- Santa Margarita Ranch (LTC 079)4 km322 species
- Falcon State Park—SE portion (Starr Co.)8 km309 species
All 320 species recorded here
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Salineño Wildlife Preserve?
November–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 220 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Salineño Wildlife Preserve?
320 species, from 354,467 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Salineño Wildlife Preserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Green Jay, Osprey, Great Kiskadee, Red-winged Blackbird and Golden-fronted Woodpecker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.