RFW Bird-watching Resources

  Spring-Fall Transients - Common

Swans, Geese and Ducks

Upland Game Birds

Grebes

Pigeons and Doves

Cuckoos and their Allies

Nightjars, Nighthawks and Swifts

Hummingbirds

Rufous Hummingbird

(Selasphorus rufus)

Family: Trochilidae
Common Family Grouping:
Hummingbirds
4-Letter Species Code: ruhu
Size: Very Small

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Female   Costilla
Photo by: Bob Friedrichs

Male   Rio Arriba County

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Rufous Hummingbird


Season - Abundance Status:
Spring-Fall Transient - Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Rufous Hummingbird at xeno-canto.org

Gruiformes: Coots, Cranes and Rails

Smaller Wading Birds

Gulls, Terns and Skimmers

Medium to Large Waterbirds: Pelicans and their Allies

Long-legged Wading Birds

Diurnal Raptors: Vultures, Eagles and Hawks

Nocturnal Raptors: Owls

Kingfishers

Woodpeckers

Falcons

Tyrant Flycatchers

Shrikes and Vireos

Jays, Crows and their Allies

Larks

Swallows

Chickadees and their Allies

Nuthatches and Creepers

Wrens

Gnatcatchers

Dippers

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

(Regulus calendula)

Family: Regulidae
Common Family Grouping:
Kinglets
4-Letter Species Code: rcki
Size: Very Small

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   RFW Corridor
Photo by: John Lay

   Rio Arriba County

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet


Season - Abundance Status:
Spring-Fall Transient - Common
Small numbers stay the summer and breed.

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Ruby-crowned Kinglet at xeno-canto.org

Thrushes and their Allies

Mimids "Mimic Thrushes"

Starlings and Mynas

Waxwings

European Passerines

Wagtails and Pipits

Finches

Sparrows and their Allies

Chipping Sparrow

(Spizella passerina)

Family: Passerellidae
Common Family Grouping:
Sparrows and their Allies
4-Letter Species Code: chsp
Size: Small

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   Rio Arriba County

   Rio Arriba County

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Chipping Sparrow


Season - Abundance Status:
Spring-Fall Transient - Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Chipping Sparrow at xeno-canto.org

Chats

Icterids: Blackbirds, Orioles and their Allies

Wood-Warblers

Yellow-rumped Warbler

(Setophaga coronata)

Family: Parulidae
Common Family Grouping:
Wood-Warblers
4-Letter Species Code: yrwa
Size: Small

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Audubon Subspecies   Rio Fernando Wetlands
Photo by: Tom Jackman

Myrtle Subspecies   Rio Arriba County

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Yellow-rumped Warbler


Season - Abundance Status:
Spring-Fall Transient - Common
Small numbers over-winter.

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Yellow-rumped Warbler at xeno-canto.org

Wilson’s Warbler

(Cardellina pusilla)

Family: Parulidae
Common Family Grouping:
Wood-Warblers
4-Letter Species Code: wiwa
Size: Very Small

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Female   Rio Arriba County

Male   Rio Arriba County

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Wilson’s Warbler


Season - Abundance Status:
Spring-Fall Transient - Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Wilson’s Warbler at xeno-canto.org

Tanagers

Western Tanager

(Piranga ludoviciana)

Family: Cardinalidae
Common Family Grouping:
Tanagers
4-Letter Species Code: weta
Size: Small

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   Rio Arriba County

   

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Western Tanager


Season - Abundance Status:
Spring-Fall Transient - Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Western Tanager at xeno-canto.org

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).