RFW Bird-watching Resources

  Year-round Birds - Uncommon

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

Great Blue Heron

(Ardea herodias)

Family: Ardeidae
Common Family Grouping:
Long-legged Wading Birds
4-Letter Species Code: gbhe
Size: Very Large

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   Rio Arriba County

   Orilla Verde

   Rio Arriba County
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Great Blue Heron


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Uncommon

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Great Blue Heron at xeno-canto.org

Diurnal Raptors: Vultures, Eagles and Hawks

Sharp-shinned Hawk

(Accipiter striatus)

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

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   Rio Arriba County

   Rio Arriba County

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Sharp-shinned Hawk


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Uncommon

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Sharp-shinned Hawk at xeno-canto.org

Nocturnal Raptors: Owls

Kingfishers

Woodpeckers

Lewis’s Woodpecker

(Melanerpes lewis)

Family: Picidae
Common Family Grouping:
Woodpeckers
4-Letter Species Code: lewo
Size: Medium

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   Rio Arriba County

   Rio Arriba County

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Lewis’s Woodpecker


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Uncommon

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Lewis’s Woodpecker at xeno-canto.org

Hairy Woodpecker

(Dryobates villosus)

Family: Picidae
Common Family Grouping:
Woodpeckers
4-Letter Species Code: hawo
Size: Medium

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Female   Rio Arriba County

Male   Rio Arriba County

Male   Rio Arriba County
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Hairy Woodpecker


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Uncommon

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Hairy Woodpecker at xeno-canto.org

Falcons

Tyrant Flycatchers

Shrikes and Vireos

Jays, Crows and their Allies

Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay

(Aphelocoma woodhouseii)

Family: Corvidae
Common Family Grouping:
Jays, Crows and their Allies
4-Letter Species Code: wosj
Size: Medium

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   Rio Arriba County

   Rio Arriba County

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Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Uncommon

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay at xeno-canto.org

Larks

Swallows

Chickadees and their Allies

Bushtit

(Psaltriparus minimus)

Family: Aegithalidae
Common Family Grouping:
Chickadees and their Allies
4-Letter Species Code: bush
Size: Very Small

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   Santa Fe


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Bushtit


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Uncommon

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Bushtit at xeno-canto.org

Nuthatches and Creepers

Wrens

Bewick’s Wren

(Thryomanes bewickii)

Family: Troglodytidae
Common Family Grouping:
Wrens
4-Letter Species Code: bewr
Size: Small

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Adult   Rio Arriba County

Adult   Rio Arriba County

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Bewick’s Wren


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Uncommon

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Bewick’s Wren at xeno-canto.org

Gnatcatchers

Dippers

Kinglets

Thrushes and their Allies

Mimids "Mimic Thrushes"

Starlings and Mynas

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing

(Bombycilla cedrorum)

Family: Bombycillidae
Common Family Grouping:
Waxwings
4-Letter Species Code: cedw
Size: Small

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   La Cieneguilla, Santa Fe County

   Rio Arriba County

   Rio Arriba County
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Cedar Waxwing


Season - Abundance Status:
Year-round Bird - Uncommon

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Cedar Waxwing at xeno-canto.org

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).