RFW Bird-watching Resources

  Winter Visitors - Common

Swans, Geese and Ducks

Upland Game Birds

Grebes

Pigeons and Doves

Cuckoos and their Allies

Nightjars, Nighthawks and Swifts

Hummingbirds

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

Thrushes and their Allies

Mimids "Mimic Thrushes"

Starlings and Mynas

Waxwings

European Passerines

Wagtails and Pipits

Finches

Sparrows and their Allies

Dark-eyed Junco

(Junco hyemalis)

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

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Oregon   Rio Arriba County

Gray-headed   Rio Arriba County

Pink-sided   Rio Arriba County
Search the web for photos of:
Dark-eyed Junco


Season - Abundance Status:
Winter Visitor - Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Dark-eyed Junco at xeno-canto.org

White-crowned Sparrow

(Zonotrichia leucophrys)

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

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   Rio Arriba County

1st Winter   Arroyo Hondo
Photo by: Tom Jackman

1st Winter   Rio Arriba County
Search the web for photos of:
White-crowned Sparrow


Season - Abundance Status:
Winter Visitor - Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of White-crowned Sparrow at xeno-canto.org

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).