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South Padre Is. – Valley Land Fund lots
308 species and 185,704 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 230 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
Rock DoveColumba livia
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- South Padre Is. – Birding and Nature Center4 km363 species
- South Padre Is. – WBC/Conv. Center/Laguna Madre Trail5 km376 species
- Laguna Atascosa NWR23 km363 species
- Sabal Palm Sanctuary37 km338 species
- UTRGV Brownsville39 km300 species
- Resaca de la Palma SP WBC (Brownsville)42 km333 species
All 308 species recorded here
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Redhead Aythya americana
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Tamaulipas Crow Corvus imparatus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at South Padre Is. – Valley Land Fund lots?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 230 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at South Padre Is. – Valley Land Fund lots?
308 species, from 185,704 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at South Padre Is. – Valley Land Fund lots in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Catbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Northern Mockingbird and Indigo Bunting.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.