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)

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) – Padre Island National Seashore

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Sora (Porzana carolina)

Wilson’s Plover – Padre Island National Seashore

Unknown Sandpiper

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre )

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) at the water foundtain

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus )-Falcon State Park

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla ), Laguna Madre, TX

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

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

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

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

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) – Estero State Park

Louisisana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)- South Padre Island

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

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)

White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

The Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus ) – Falcon State Park

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

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

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor )

Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)

Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus )

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

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)

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

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis )- Los Aranos, TX

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja )

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) – Salineno, Texas

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)

Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)

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

White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos )

Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)

Sora (Porzana carolina)- Estro State Park

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

Willet (Tringa semipalmata )

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) – Corpus Christi, Texas

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) – Falcon State Park

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea )

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta )

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

Black-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus)

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres )

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

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

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca )

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)

Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea )