Welcome the the gallery of Southern Texas Birds! To read about some of the birds of Southern Texas and ideas of where to go head to Birding Southern Texas

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea )

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea )

Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus )-Falcon State Park

The Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus ) – Falcon State Park

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Wilson’s Plover – Padre Island National Seashore

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

A pair of Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) at Atascosa NWR

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis )- Los Aranos, TX

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

Louisisana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)- South Padre Island

Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) – Falcon State Park

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres )

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres ) and Sanderling (Sanderling) – Padre Island National Seashore

Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) – Salineno, Texas

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor )

White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos )

The true joy of bathing for a house sparrow (Passer domesticus ) in Texas!

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) at the water foundtain

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Unknown Sandpiper

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) – Estero State Park

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja ) and Redheads (Aythya americana )

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca )

Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis )- can you see it??

Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)

Black-bellied Whistling-ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) – South Padre Island

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Black-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus)

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja )

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) – Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)

Sora (Porzana carolina)- Estro State Park

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta )

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus ) – South Padre Island

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) – Padre Island National Seashore

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla ), Laguna Madre, TX

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus )

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) among Laughing Gulls- Corpus Christi, Texas

Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)

Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)

Willet (Tringa semipalmata )

On a cloudy day this northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) took up singing on top of this yucca

Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans )- Bentson State Park, Texas

Sora (Porzana carolina)

Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre )

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) – Corpus Christi, Texas