RFW Bird-watching Resources

  Migrant Summer Breeders - Rare

Swans, Geese and Ducks

Wood Duck

(Aix sponsa)

Family: Anatidae
Common Family Grouping:
Swans, Geese and Ducks
4-Letter Species Code: wodu
Size: Large

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   Rio Arriba County

   Rio Arriba County

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Wood Duck


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Rare

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

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Upland Game Birds

Grebes

Pigeons and Doves

Cuckoos and their Allies

Nightjars, Nighthawks and Swifts

Common Nighthawk

(Chordeiles minor)

Family: Caprimulgidae
Common Family Grouping:
Nightjars, Nighthawks and Swifts
4-Letter Species Code: coni
Size: Medium

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   Chaco Canyon

   
Photo by: Thomas G. Barnes, USFWS

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Common Nighthawk


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Rare

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

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White-throated Swift

(Aeronautes saxatalis)

Family: Apodidae
Common Family Grouping:
Nightjars, Nighthawks and Swifts
4-Letter Species Code: wtsw
Size: Small

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   Washington
Photo by: Michael Woodruff, USFWS

   Chaco Canyon

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White-throated Swift


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Rare

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

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Hummingbirds

Gruiformes: Coots, Cranes and Rails

Smaller Wading Birds

Killdeer

(Charadrius vociferus)

Family: Charadriidae
Common Family Grouping:
Smaller Wading Birds
4-Letter Species Code: kill
Size: Medium

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   Bosque del Apache

   Bosque del Apache

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Killdeer


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Rare
Small numbers over-winter.

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

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Gulls, Terns and Skimmers

Medium to Large Waterbirds: Pelicans and their Allies

Long-legged Wading Birds

Diurnal Raptors: Vultures, Eagles and Hawks

Swainson’s Hawk

(Buteo swainsoni)

Family: Accipitridae
Common Family Grouping:
Diurnal Raptors: Vultures, Eagles and Hawks
4-Letter Species Code: swha
Size: Large

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   RFW-Corridor
Photo by: John Lay

   Taos County
Photo by: Tom Jackman

   Galisteo
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Swainson’s Hawk


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Rare

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

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Nocturnal Raptors: Owls

Burrowing Owl

(Athene cunicularia)

Family: Strigidae
Common Family Grouping:
Nocturnal Raptors: Owls
4-Letter Species Code: buow
Size: Medium

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   Camino Medio
Photo by: John Lay

   
Photo by: Bob Friedrichs

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Burrowing Owl


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Rare

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

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Kingfishers

Woodpeckers

Falcons

Tyrant Flycatchers

Shrikes and Vireos

Jays, Crows and their Allies

Larks

Swallows

Cliff Swallow

(Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

Family: Hirundinidae
Common Family Grouping:
Swallows
4-Letter Species Code: clsw
Size: Small

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   Talpa
Photo by: Tom Jackman

   Rio Arriba County

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Cliff Swallow


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Rare

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

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Chickadees and their Allies

Nuthatches and Creepers

Wrens

Gnatcatchers

Dippers

Kinglets

Thrushes and their Allies

Mimids "Mimic Thrushes"

Sage Thrasher

(Oreoscoptes montanus)

Family: Mimidae
Common Family Grouping:
Mimids "Mimic Thrushes"
4-Letter Species Code: sath
Size: Small

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   La Cieneguilla, Santa Fe County

   La Cieneguilla, Santa Fe County

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Sage Thrasher


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Rare

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

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Northern Mockingbird

(Mimus polyglottos)

Family: Mimidae
Common Family Grouping:
Mimids "Mimic Thrushes"
4-Letter Species Code: nomo
Size: Medium

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   Rio Arriba County

Juvenile   Rio Arriba County

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Northern Mockingbird


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Rare

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Northern Mockingbird at xeno-canto.org

Starlings and Mynas

Waxwings

European Passerines

Wagtails and Pipits

Finches

Sparrows and their Allies

Chats

Icterids: Blackbirds, Orioles and their Allies

Wood-Warblers

Tanagers

Grosbeaks (Cardinalidae)

Buntings

Range data provided by Infonatura/Natureserve. Ridgely, R. S., T. F. Alnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. Young, and J. R. Zook. 2005 Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 2.1 NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA

eBird and CBC Graphs created with Google Charts: https://developers.google.com/chart

Data for CBC Graph: National Audubon Society (2020). The Christmas Bird Count Historical Results Online. Available http://www.christmasbirdcount.org November, 2020

Data for eBird Graph: eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org. (Accessed: January 7, 2021).