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New Mexico 2000-2011

Common Species Lists

Common Species
Common Name Bad Code(s)
 Generally expected in region.
  Canada Goose (B)
  Wood Duck (B)
  Blue-winged Teal (B)
  Cinnamon Teal (B)
  Northern Shoveler (B)
  Gadwall (B)
  Mallard (B)
  Northern Pintail (B)
  Green-winged Teal (B)
  Redhead (B)
  Common Merganser (B)
  Ruddy Duck (B)
  Northern Bobwhite (B)
  Scaled Quail (B)
  Gambel's Quail (B)
  Montezuma Quail (B)
  Wild Turkey (B)
  unid. Dusky Grouse / Sooty Grouse (B)
  Lesser Prairie-Chicken (B)
  Ring-necked Pheasant (B)
  Pied-billed Grebe (B)
  Eared Grebe (B)
  Western Grebe (B)
  Clark's Grebe (B)
  Rock Pigeon (B)
  Band-tailed Pigeon (B)
  Inca Dove (B)
  White-winged Dove (B)
  Mourning Dove (B)
  Greater Roadrunner (B)
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo (B)
  Lesser Nighthawk (B)
  Common Nighthawk (B)
  Common Poorwill (B)
  White-throated Swift (B)
  Black-chinned Hummingbird (B)
  Broad-tailed Hummingbird (B)
  Virginia Rail (B)
  Sora (B)
  Common Gallinule (B)
  American Coot (B)
  Black-necked Stilt (B)
  American Avocet (B)
  Killdeer (B)
  Mountain Plover (B)
  Snowy Plover (B)
  Long-billed Curlew (B)
  Wilson's Snipe (B)
  Spotted Sandpiper (B)
  Least Tern (B)
  Double-crested Cormorant (B)
  Neotropic Cormorant (B)
  American Bittern (B)
  Great Blue Heron (B)
  Great Egret (B)
  Snowy Egret (B)
  Cattle Egret (B)
  Green Heron (B)
  Black-crowned Night-Heron (B)
  Turkey Vulture (B)
  Golden Eagle (B)
  Sharp-shinned Hawk (B)
  Cooper's Hawk (B)
  American Goshawk (B)
  Mississippi Kite (B)
  Common Black Hawk (B)
  Harris's Hawk (B)
  Swainson's Hawk (B)
  Zone-tailed Hawk (B)
  Red-tailed Hawk (B)
  Ferruginous Hawk (B)
  Barn Owl (B)
  Flammulated Owl (B)
  Western Screech-Owl (B)
  Great Horned Owl (B)
  Northern Pygmy-Owl (B)
  Elf Owl (B)
  Burrowing Owl (B)
  Spotted Owl (B)
  Long-eared Owl (B)
  Northern Saw-whet Owl (B)
  Belted Kingfisher (B)
  Lewis's Woodpecker (NB)
  Red-headed Woodpecker (NB)
  Acorn Woodpecker (NB)
  Gila Woodpecker (NB)
  Williamson's Sapsucker (B)
  Red-naped Sapsucker (B)
  American Three-toed Woodpecker (NB)
  Downy Woodpecker (NB)
  Ladder-backed Woodpecker (NB)
  Hairy Woodpecker (NB)
  (unid. Red / Yellow Shafted) Northern Flicker (NB)
  (Yellow-shafted Flicker) Northern Flicker (NB)
  (Red-shafted Flicker) Northern Flicker (NB)
  American Kestrel (B)
  Prairie Falcon (B)
  Dusky-capped Flycatcher (B)
  Ash-throated Flycatcher (B)
  Brown-crested Flycatcher (B)
  Cassin's Kingbird (B)
  Western Kingbird (B)
  Eastern Kingbird (B)
  Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (B)
  Olive-sided Flycatcher (B)
  Greater Pewee (B)
  Western Wood-Pewee (B)
  Willow Flycatcher (B)
  Hammond's Flycatcher (B)
  Gray Flycatcher (B)
  Dusky Flycatcher (B)
  (Cordilleran Flycatcher) Western Flycatcher (B)
  Black Phoebe (B)
  Say's Phoebe (B)
  Vermilion Flycatcher (B)
  Bell's Vireo (B)
  Gray Vireo (B)
  Hutton's Vireo (B)
  Plumbeous Vireo (B)
  Warbling Vireo (B)
  Loggerhead Shrike (B)
  Canada Jay (B)
  Pinyon Jay (B)
  Steller's Jay (B)
  Blue Jay (B)
  unid. California Scrub-Jay / Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (B)
  Mexican Jay (B)
  Clark's Nutcracker (B)
  Black-billed Magpie (B)
  American Crow (B)
  Chihuahuan Raven (B)
  Common Raven (B)
  Verdin (NB)
  Black-capped Chickadee (B)
  Mountain Chickadee (B)
  Bridled Titmouse (B)
  Juniper Titmouse (B)
  Horned Lark (B)
  Tree Swallow (B)
  Violet-green Swallow (B)
  Northern Rough-winged Swallow (B)
  Purple Martin (B)
  Barn Swallow (B)
  Cliff Swallow (B)
  Bushtit (B)
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet (B)
  Golden-crowned Kinglet (B)
  Phainopepla (B)
  Red-breasted Nuthatch (B)
  White-breasted Nuthatch (B)
  Pygmy Nuthatch (B)
  Brown Creeper (B)
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (B)
  Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (B)
  Rock Wren (NB)
  Canyon Wren (NB)
  Cactus Wren (NB)
  Bewick's Wren (NB)
  House Wren (NB)
  Gray Catbird (B)
  Curve-billed Thrasher (B)
  Bendire's Thrasher (B)
  Crissal Thrasher (B)
  Sage Thrasher (B)
  Northern Mockingbird (B)
  European Starling (B)
  American Dipper (B)
  Eastern Bluebird (B)
  Western Bluebird (B)
  Mountain Bluebird (B)
  Townsend's Solitaire (B)
  Hermit Thrush (B)
  American Robin (B)
  Olive Warbler (B)
  House Sparrow (B)
  American Pipit (B)
  Evening Grosbeak (B)
  Pine Grosbeak (B)
  House Finch (B)
  Cassin's Finch (B)
  Red Crossbill (B)
  Pine Siskin (B)
  Lesser Goldfinch (B)
  Cassin's Sparrow (B)
  Grasshopper Sparrow (B)
  Black-throated Sparrow (B)
  Lark Sparrow (B)
  Lark Bunting (B)
  Chipping Sparrow (B)
  Black-chinned Sparrow (B)
  Brewer's Sparrow (B)
  (Oregon Junco) Dark-eyed Junco (B)
  (Pink-sided Junco) Dark-eyed Junco (B)
  (Gray-headed Junco) Dark-eyed Junco (B)
  (unid. race) Dark-eyed Junco (B)
  Yellow-eyed Junco (B)
  White-crowned Sparrow (B)
  unid. Sagebrush Sparrow / Bell's Sparrow (B)
  Vesper Sparrow (B)
  Savannah Sparrow (B)
  Song Sparrow (B)
  Lincoln's Sparrow (B)
  Canyon Towhee (B)
  Abert's Towhee (B)
  Rufous-crowned Sparrow (B)
  Green-tailed Towhee (B)
  Spotted Towhee (B)
  Yellow-breasted Chat (B)
  Yellow-headed Blackbird (B)
  Eastern Meadowlark (B)
  Western Meadowlark (B)
  Orchard Oriole (B)
  Hooded Oriole (B)
  Bullock's Oriole (B)
  Scott's Oriole (B)
  Red-winged Blackbird (B)
  Bronzed Cowbird (B),(NB),(ON)
  Brown-headed Cowbird (B),(NB),(ON)
  Brewer's Blackbird (B)
  Common Grackle (B)
  Great-tailed Grackle (B)
  Orange-crowned Warbler (B)
  Lucy's Warbler (B)
  Virginia's Warbler (B)
  MacGillivray's Warbler (B)
  Common Yellowthroat (B)
  Yellow Warbler (B)
  (Myrtle Warbler) Yellow-rumped Warbler (B)
  (Audubon's Warbler) Yellow-rumped Warbler (B)
  (unid. Myrtle / Audubon's) Yellow-rumped Warbler (B)
  Grace's Warbler (B)
  Black-throated Gray Warbler (B)
  Red-faced Warbler (B)
  Painted Redstart (B)
  Hepatic Tanager (B)
  Summer Tanager (B)
  Western Tanager (B)
  Northern Cardinal (B)
  Pyrrhuloxia (B)
  Black-headed Grosbeak (B)
  Blue Grosbeak (B)
  Lazuli Bunting (B)
  Indigo Bunting (B)
  unid. Mexican / Eastern Whip-poor-will (B)
  Lesser Goldfinch (Black-backed Lesser Goldfinch) (B)
  Lesser Goldfinch (Green-backed Lesser Goldfinch) (B)
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