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

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

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

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

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

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

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

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea )

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)

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

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres )

Wilson’s Plover – Padre Island National Seashore

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

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Sora (Porzana carolina)- Estro State Park

Unknown Sandpiper

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Sora (Porzana carolina)

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla ), Laguna Madre, TX

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor )

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

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

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

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) at the water foundtain

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta )

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Willet (Tringa semipalmata )

Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)

Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)

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

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus )-Falcon State Park

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja )

Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea )

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca )

White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos )

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) – Falcon State Park

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus )

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis )- Los Aranos, TX

Black-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus)

Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)

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

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)

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

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) – Salineno, Texas

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) – Padre Island National Seashore

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

The Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus ) – Falcon State Park

Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)

Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre )

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

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) – Estero State Park

Louisisana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)- South Padre Island