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South Padre Is. – Birding and Nature Center
363 species and 551,156 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and November, with up to 284 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
American White IbisEudocimus albus
American CootFulica americana
Great EgretArdea alba
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon253 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 363 species recorded here ↓
Species 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 Trail0 km376 species
- South Padre Is. – Valley Land Fund lots4 km308 species
- Laguna Atascosa NWR20 km363 species
- Sabal Palm Sanctuary40 km338 species
- UTRGV Brownsville41 km300 species
- Resaca de la Palma SP WBC (Brownsville)42 km333 species
All 363 species recorded here
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Tamaulipas Crow Corvus imparatus
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at South Padre Is. – Birding and Nature Center?
April and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 284 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at South Padre Is. – Birding and Nature Center?
363 species, from 551,156 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at South Padre Is. – Birding and Nature Center in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Mottled Duck, Brown Pelican and American White Ibis.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.