RFW Bird-watching Resources

  Winter Visitors - Rare

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

Rough-legged Hawk

(Buteo lagopus)

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

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   Eagle Nest, NM

   Eagle Nest, NM

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Rough-legged Hawk


Season - Abundance Status:
Winter Visitor - Rare

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Rough-legged Hawk at xeno-canto.org

Nocturnal Raptors: Owls

Kingfishers

Woodpeckers

Falcons

Tyrant Flycatchers

Shrikes and Vireos

Jays, Crows and their Allies

Larks

Horned Lark

(Eremophila alpestris)

Family: Alaudidae
Common Family Grouping:
Larks
4-Letter Species Code: hola
Size: Small

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   Carson Mesa

   Carson Mesa

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Horned Lark


Season - Abundance Status:
Winter Visitor - Rare

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Horned Lark at xeno-canto.org

Swallows

Chickadees and their Allies

Nuthatches and Creepers

Red-breasted Nuthatch

(Sitta canadensis)

Family: Sittidae
Common Family Grouping:
Nuthatches and Creepers
4-Letter Species Code: rbnu
Size: Very Small

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   Taos Ski Valley
Photo by: Bob Friedrichs


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Red-breasted Nuthatch


Season - Abundance Status:
Winter Visitor - Rare

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Red-breasted Nuthatch at xeno-canto.org

Wrens

Gnatcatchers

Dippers

American Dipper

(Cinclus mexicanus)

Family: Cinclidae
Common Family Grouping:
Dippers
4-Letter Species Code: amdi
Size: Small

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Adult   Rio Arriba County

Adult - Feeding   Rio Arriba County

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American Dipper


Season - Abundance Status:
Winter Visitor - Rare

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of American Dipper at xeno-canto.org

Kinglets

Thrushes and their Allies

Mimids "Mimic Thrushes"

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).