San Antonio grew up around its springs and the river they feed, and the water still draws the wildlife. Great-tailed grackles own every parking lot, green kingfishers and green herons work the quieter stretches of the San Antonio River, and the city sits at a crossroads where eastern and western birds overlap. Mexican free-tailed bats stream from bridges and nearby caves in enormous numbers, and the Hill Country just north adds painted buntings and golden-cheeked warblers.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near San Antonio. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
160,190
recent observations
30
species listed
11
plants
7
insects & arthropods
6
birds
Naturalists have logged 160,190 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near San Antonio. The most frequently seen is the White-tailed Deer, with 10,084 recorded sightings.
Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (11 of the species listed here), followed by insects & arthropods (7).