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South Padre Is. – WBC/Conv. Center/Laguna Madre Trail
376 species and 638,473 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and November, with up to 297 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Great EgretArdea alba
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- South Padre Is. – Birding and Nature Center0 km363 species
- South Padre Is. – Valley Land Fund lots5 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 376 species recorded here
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Tamaulipas Crow Corvus imparatus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
- Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at South Padre Is. – WBC/Conv. Center/Laguna Madre Trail?
April and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 297 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at South Padre Is. – WBC/Conv. Center/Laguna Madre Trail?
376 species, from 638,473 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at South Padre Is. – WBC/Conv. Center/Laguna Madre Trail in November?
The most recorded in November: Brown Pelican, Laughing Gull, Great Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron and Great-tailed Grackle.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.