Birds of the Rio Grande Valley

The birds people come here for

Green JayThe Valley signature bird - loud, gorgeous, and reliable at every feeder station.

Great KiskadeeBig yellow flycatcher shouting its name from every resaca.

Hook-billed KiteThe Valley's rarest regular raptor - a snail-eating specialist of the river woodlands.

Green KingfisherSmall and quiet on clear resacas and the river.

Ferruginous Pygmy-OwlA South Texas specialty of the King Ranch country.

Roadside HawkA Mexican rarity that turns up in the Valley some winters.

Brown JayReaches the U.S. only along the Rio Grande near Salineno; scarce.

All the birds photographed here

Crows and Jays 2

Brown JayPsilorhinus morioGreen JayCyanocorax yncas

Flycatchers 2

Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratusNorthern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe

Raptors 2

Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatusRoadside HawkRupornis magnirostris

Seabirds 1

Brown BoobySula leucogaster

Shorebirds 1

American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus

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Also regularly found here

Birds Bryan regularly finds in the Rio Grande Valley on tours — photos from here coming as they’re posted:

• Altamira Oriole
• Plain Chachalaca
• Buff-bellied Hummingbird
• Olive Sparrow
• Long-billed Thrasher
• Clay-colored Thrush
• Audubon's Oriole
• White-tipped Dove
• Red-crowned Parrot
• Green Parakeet
• Groove-billed Ani
• Gray Hawk
• White-tailed Hawk
• Aplomado Falcon
• Least Grebe