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-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus)
Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) – Falcon State Park
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) among Laughing Gulls- Corpus Christi, Texas
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus )-Falcon State Park
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
The true joy of bathing for a house sparrow (Passer domesticus ) in Texas!
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor )
Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) – Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre )
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) – Estero State Park
Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) – Salineno, Texas
Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres ) and Sanderling (Sanderling) – Padre Island National Seashore
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Wilson’s Plover – Padre Island National Seashore
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta )
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) – Corpus Christi, Texas
On a cloudy day this northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) took up singing on top of this yucca
A pair of Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) at Atascosa NWR
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres )
Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea )
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
The Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus ) – Falcon State Park
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) – Padre Island National Seashore
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
Willet (Tringa semipalmata )
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus )
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) – Corpus Christi, Texas
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla ), Laguna Madre, TX
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca )
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea )
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) at the water foundtain
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
Louisisana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)- South Padre Island
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Sora (Porzana carolina)- Estro State Park
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
Unknown Sandpiper
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)
White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos )
Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis )- can you see it??
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja )
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus ) – South Padre Island
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans )- Bentson State Park, Texas
Sora (Porzana carolina)
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)
Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
Black-bellied Whistling-ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) – South Padre Island
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis )- Los Aranos, TX
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja ) and Redheads (Aythya americana )
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