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UTRGV Brownsville
300 species and 158,696 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–April and November, with up to 176 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Green JayCyanocorax yncas
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Black-crested TitmouseBaeolophus atricristatus
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusillaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sabal Palm Sanctuary8 km338 species
- Resaca de la Palma SP WBC (Brownsville)14 km333 species
- Hugh Ramsey Park (Harlingen Arroyo Colorado) WBC37 km294 species
- South Padre Is. – Valley Land Fund lots39 km308 species
- Laguna Atascosa NWR40 km363 species
- South Padre Is. – Birding and Nature Center41 km363 species
All 300 species recorded here
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at UTRGV Brownsville?
January–April and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 176 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at UTRGV Brownsville?
300 species, from 158,696 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at UTRGV Brownsville in November?
The most recorded in November: Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Northern Mockingbird, Great Kiskadee and Tropical Kingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.