Species seen during our stay in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
From January 1 - March 31, 2011.
193 total species seen.
LOONS
Common Loon
GREBES
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
PELICANS
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
ANHINGAS
Anhinga
HERONS EGRETS AND BITTERNS
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Reddish Egret
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
IBIS AND SPOONBILLS
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
DUCKS GEESE AND SWANS
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mottled Duck
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
OSPREY
Osprey
HAWKS EAGLES AND KITES
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Gray Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
FALCONS AND CARACARAS
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Aplomado Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
GUANS CHACHALACAS AND CURASSOWS
Plain Chachalaca
NEW WORLD QUAIL
Scaled Quail
Northern Bobwhite
CRANES
Sandhill Crane
RAILS GALLINULES AND COOTS
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
OYSTERCATCHERS
American Oystercatcher
AVOCETS AND STILTS
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Snowy Plover
SANDPIPERS
Wilson's Snipe
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Curlew
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
GULLS
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
TERNS
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
SKIMMERS
Black Skimmer
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Inca Dove
White-tipped Dove
CUCKOOS
Groove-billed Ani
Greater Roadrunner
OWLS
Eastern Screech-Owl
Elf Owl
NIGHTJARS
Lesser Nighthawk
Pauraque
SWIFTS
Chimney Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
LARKS
Horned Lark
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS
American Pipit
KINGLETS
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
WRENS
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
House Wren
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Northern Mockingbird
Long-billed Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
THRUSHES
Hermit Thrush
Clay-colored Robin
White-throated Thrush
American Robin
GNATCATCHERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
CHICKADEES AND TITS
Black-crested Titmouse
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
CROWS JAYS AND MAGPIES
Green Jay
STARLINGS
European Starling
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
VIREOS AND ALLIES
White-eyed Vireo
SISKINS CROSSBILLS AND ALLIES
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
TANAGERS AND ALLIES
Summer Tanager
BUNTINGS SPARROWS SEEDEATERS ALLIES
Olive Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
SALTATORS CARDINALS AND ALLIES
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Blue Bunting
Indigo Bunting
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Altamira Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Black-vented Oriole
Audubon's Oriole
