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Tijuana River Valley – Bird & Butterfly Garden
252 species and 168,831 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–November, with up to 143 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dairy Mart Ponds2 km264 species
- Famosa Slough26 km255 species
- San Diego River – estuary26 km212 species
- San Diego River mudflats27 km277 species
- Santee Lakes34 km249 species
- San Elijo Lagoon – west54 km288 species
All 252 species recorded here
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Black-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax colliei
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Burrowing Parrot Cyanoliseus patagonus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tijuana River Valley – Bird & Butterfly Garden?
April–May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 143 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tijuana River Valley – Bird & Butterfly Garden?
252 species, from 168,831 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tijuana River Valley – Bird & Butterfly Garden in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Phoebe, Myrtle Warbler, White-crowned Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Hermit Thrush.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.