Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Salt Flat, Texas
Seasons
WINTER - mid-November through mid-March.
SPRING - mid-March through mid-May.
SUMMER - mid-May through mid-September
FALL - mid-September through mid-November.
Abundance
C - Common; found on at least 75% of trips in proper habitat.
F - Fairly Common; found on at least 25% of trips in proper habitat.
U - Uncommon; found on at least 10% of trips in proper habitat.
R - Rare; found on less than 10% of trips in proper habitat.
O - Occasional; not found every year during the season.
A - Accidental; out of normal range; not an expected species.
* - Breeder; known to have nested in the park.
PODICIPEDIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Pied-billed Grebe - - - R ___ Eared Grebe - - - OThis resource is based on the following source:
PELECANIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ American White Pelican - A - A ___ Brown Pelican - - A -
ARDEIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Great Blue Heron O O O R ___ Great Egret - O - O ___ Snowy Egret - O - - ___ Tricolored Heron - - A - ___ Cattle Egret - O O O ___ Green Heron - O - - ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron - - A -
THRESKIORNITHIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ White Ibis - - A - ___ White-faced Ibis - - A -
ANATIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Snow Goose - - - O ___ Canada Goose - O - - ___ Wood Duck O O - O ___ Green-winged Teal R R - R ___ Mallard R - - R ___ Northern Pintail O - - O ___ Blue-winged Teal - O - O ___ Cinnamon Teal - O - O ___ Northern Shoveler - O - O ___ Gadwall U U - U ___ American Wigeon U U - U ___ Canvasback - O - O ___ Redhead - O - O ___ Ring-necked Duck U U - U ___ Lesser Scaup O - - - ___ Bufflehead - O - - ___ Common Merganser O - - O ___ Ruddy Duck - - - O
CATHARTIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Black Vulture - - A - ___ Turkey Vulture* - C C C
ACCIPITRIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Osprey - O O - ___ White-tailed Kite - - A - ___ Mississippi Kite - A A - ___ Bald Eagle O A A O ___ Northern Harrier F U R F ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk F U R F ___ Cooper's Hawk* F U U F ___ Northern Goshawk - O - O ___ Common Black-Hawk - O - O ___ Harris' Hawk O O - - ___ Broad-winged Hawk - A - - ___ Swainson's Hawk - F U F ___ Zone-tailed Hawk - O O O ___ Red-tailed Hawk* C C F C ___ Ferruginous Hawk R O A R ___ Rough-legged Hawk O - - O ___ Golden Eagle* F F F F
FALCONIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Crested Caracara - - - A ___ American Kestrel* U C F C ___ Merlin* - - - O ___ Peregrine Falcon* R U U U ___ Prairie Falcon* R R R R
PHASIANIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Ring-necked Pheasant O O - O ___ Wild Turkey* U U U U ___ Montezuma Quail* R R R R 1 ___ Northern Bobwhite O O O O ___ Scaled Quail* C C C C ___ Gambel's Quail - A - -
RALLIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Virginia Rail A - - - ___ Sora - - - A ___ American Coot R R - R
GRUIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Sandhill Crane O U - U ___ Whooping Crane - A - A
CHARADRIIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Killdeer R U R U
RECURVIROSTRIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ American Avocet - - - A
SCOLOPACIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Lesser Yellowlegs - - - A ___ Solitary Sandpiper - - - O ___ Spotted Sandpiper - O O - ___ Long-billed Curlew - - - A ___ Sanderling - - - A 2 ___ Western Sandpiper - - - O ___ Least Sandpiper - - - A 2 ___ Baird's Sandpiper - - - A 2 ___ Stilt Sandpiper - - - O ___ Common Snipe R R - R
LARIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Ring-billed Gull R - - R ___ Herring Gull O - - - ___ Tern species - - - A
COLUMBIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Rock Dove - O O O ___ Band-tailed Pigeon* - R R R 3 ___ White-winged Dove* C C C C ___ Mourning Dove* U C C C
CUCULIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo* - - R R ___ Greater Roadrunner* F F F F
TYTONIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Barn-Owl - O O -
STRIGIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Flammulated Owl* - U U U ___ Western Screech-Owl* U U U U ___ Great Horned Owl* C C C C ___ Northern Pygmy-Owl - R R R ___ Elf Owl* - A A - ___ Burrowing Owl* R R R R ___ Spotted Owl* R R R R ___ Long-eared Owl O - - O ___ Short-eared Owl - - - A ___ Northern Saw-whet Owl* - O O - 4
CAPRIMULGIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Lesser Nighthawk - R R R ___ Common Nighthawk - C C F ___ Common Poorwill* - C C U ___ Whip-poor-will* - U U R
APODIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ White-throated Swift* A C C F
TROCHILIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ White-eared Hummingbird - - A - ___ Blue-throated Hummingbird* - R R R ___ Magnificent Hummingbird* - R R R ___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird - - A - ___ Black-chinned Hummingbird* - C C C ___ Calliope Hummingbird - - R R ___ Broad-tailed Hummingbird* - C C C ___ Rufous Hummingbird - - F F 5
ALCEDINIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Belted Kingfisher - U R U
PICIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Lewis' Woodpecker O A - O ___ Red-headed Woodpecker A - - A ___ Acorn Woodpecker* C C C C 6 ___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker R - - - ___ Red-naped Sapsucker F - - F ___ Williamson's Sapsucker R O - R ___ Ladder-backed Woodpecker* C C C C ___ Downy Woodpecker R R - R ___ Hairy Woodpecker* F F F F ___ Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)* C F U C (Yellow-shafted) O - - -
TYRANNIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Olive-sided Flycatcher* - U U U ___ Western Wood-Pewee* - C C C ___ Willow Flycatcher - - A - ___ Hammond's Flycatcher R R - R ___ Dusky Flycatcher* - F R F ___ Gray Flycatcher - A A - 7 ___ Cordilleran Flycatcher* - C C C ___ Black Phoebe R U U U ___ Eastern Phoebe O - - - ___ Say's Phoebe* R C C C ___ Vermilion Flycatcher - O O O ___ Ash-throated Flycatcher* - C C C ___ Brown-crested Flycatcher - A A - ___ Cassin's Kingbird* - F F F ___ Western Kingbird* - U U U ___ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - - A -
ALAUDIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Horned Lark U U U U
HIRUNDINIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Purple Martin - - A - ___ Tree Swallow - R - R ___ Violet-green Swallow* - C C C ___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow - U - U ___ Cliff Swallow - C C C ___ Cave Swallow - - O - ___ Barn Swallow* - U U U
CORVIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Steller's Jay* F F F F ___ Blue Jay - - A - ___ Western Scrub Jay* C F U C ___ Pinyon Jay R U R U ___ Clark's Nutcracker A A - A ___ American Crow A - - - ___ Chihuahuan Raven R R - R ___ Common Raven R R - R
PARIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Mountain Chickadee* C C C C ___ Plain Titmouse* U U U U ___ Tufted Titmouse - O O -
REMIZIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Verdin* U U U U
AEGITHALIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Bushtit* C C C C
SITTIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Red-breasted Nuthatch U R O U ___ White-breasted Nuthatch* C C C C ___ Pygmy Nuthatch* F F F F
CERTHIIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Brown Creeper* U U U U
TROGLODYTIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Cactus Wren* F F F F ___ Rock Wren* C C C C ___ Canyon Wren* C C C C ___ Bewick's Wren* C C C C ___ House Wren* U U U U ___ Winter Wren O O - O ___ Marsh Wren - A - A
CINCLIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ American Dipper O O - O
MUSCICAPIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Golden-crowned Kinglet U U - U ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet C F R C ___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* R C C F ___ Black-tailed Gnatcatcher R R R - ___ Eastern Bluebird R - - R 8 ___ Western Bluebird* C U U C 8 ___ Mountain Bluebird C U O C 8 ___ Townsend's Solitaire C U O C ___ Swainson's Thrush - R - R ___ Hermit Thrush* C C C C ___ Wood Thrush - A - - ___ American Robin C F O C 8 ___ Varied Thrush - A - A
MIMIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Gray Catbird A A - - ___ Northern Mockingbird* U F C F ___ Sage Thrasher F U - F 8 ___ Brown Thrasher R R - R ___ Curve-billed Thrasher* U F F F ___ Crissal Thrasher* U U U U
MOTACILLIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ American Pipit R R - R
BOMBYCILLIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Bohemian Waxwing A - - A ___ Cedar Waxwing F F - F 8
PTILOGONATIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Phainopepla* F R R F
LANIIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Northern Shrike A - - - ___ Loggerhead Shrike* F F F F
STURNIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ European Starling O O - O
VIREONIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ White-eyed Vireo - - A - ___ Bell's Vireo - R R - ___ Gray Vireo* - F F U ___ Solitary Vireo* O C C F ___ Yellow-throated Vireo - - A - ___ Hutton's Vireo* - R R R ___ Warbling Vireo* - C C U ___ Philadelphia Vireo - A - - ___ Red-eyed Vireo - A A -
EMBERIZIDAE (Family) PARULINAE (Subfamily) WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Orange-crowned Warbler* - F F F ___ Nashville Warbler - O - O ___ Virginia's Warbler* - F F U ___ Northern Parula - - A A ___ Yellow Warbler - U - U ___ Chesnut-sided Warbler - - A - ___ Black-throated Blue Warbler - A - A ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle's) O F R U (Audubon's)* R C C F ___ Black-throated Gray Warbler* - U R U ___ Townsend's Warbler - C - C ___ Black-throated Green Warbler - - A - ___ Blackburnian Warbler - A A A ___ Yellow-throated Warbler - A - - ___ Grace's Warbler* - F F U ___ Pine Warbler - - - A ___ Black-and-White Warbler - A - - ___ American Redstart - R - R ___ Worm-eating Warbler - - A - ___ Ovenbird - A A A ___ Northern Waterthrush - - A A ___ Kentucky Warbler - A - - ___ MacGillivray's Warbler - F O F ___ Common Yellowthroat - R - - ___ Hooded Warbler - A - - ___ Wilson's Warbler - C O C ___ Painted Redstart - A O C
THRAUPINAE (Subfamily) WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Hepatic Tanager* - F F F ___ Summer Tanager* - R R - ___ Scarlet Tanager - - A - ___ Western Tanager* - C C C
CARDINALINAE (Subfamily) WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Northern Cardinal O - O - ___ Pyrrhuloxia* F R R F ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak - O - O ___ Black-headed Grosbeak* - C C F ___ Blue Grosbeak* - C C F ___ Lazuli Bunting - U - U ___ Indigo Bunting - U - U ___ Varied Bunting - - A - ___ Painted Bunting - - - A
EMBERIZINAE (Subfamily) WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Green-tailed Towhee* U U U U ___ Spotted Towhee* C F U F ___ Canyon Towhee* C C C C ___ Cassin's Sparrow* R U U U ___ Rufous-crowned Sparrow* C C C C ___ American Tree Sparrow O - - - ___ Chipping Sparrow* C C C C ___ Clay-colored Sparrow - R R - ___ Brewer's Sparrow F F - F ___ Field Sparrow R - - - ___ Black-chinned Sparrow* U C C C ___ Vesper Sparrow - U - U ___ Lark Sparrow* R F U F ___ Black-throated Sparrow* C C C C ___ Sage Sparrow U - - - ___ Lark Bunting - U R U ___ Savannah Sparrow O - - O ___ Baird's Sparrow - - - A ___ Grasshopper Sparrow - A - - ___ Fox Sparrow R A - - ___ Song Sparrow R R - R ___ Lincoln's Sparrow U U - U ___ Swamp Sparrow A - - A ___ White-throated Sparrow R R - - ___ White-crowned Sparrow C C - F ___ Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) R - - R (Oregon & Pink-sided) C C - C (Gray-headed)* C C - C ___ Yellow-eyed Junco - A - A ___ McCown's Longspur A A - - ___ Chesnut-collared Longspur - A - -
ICTERINAE (Subfamily) WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Red-winged Blackbird - R R R ___ Eastern Meadowlark* C C C C ___ Western Meadowlark* U C R C ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird R O - U ___ Brewer's Blackbird - U - U ___ Great-tailed Grackle O O O O ___ Common Grackle - O O - ___ Bronzed Cowbird - - A - ___ Brown-headed Cowbird - C C C ___ Hooded Oriole - A A - ___ Bullock's Oriole - R R - ___ Scott's Oriole* - C C -
FRINGILLIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ Purple Finch - A A - ___ Cassin's Finch U U - U 8 ___ House Finch* C C C C ___ Red Crossbill* U U U U 8 ___ Pine Siskin F F U F ___ Lesser Goldfinch* C C C C ___ American Goldfinch U U O U ___ Evening Grosbeak O O R O 8
PASSERIDAE WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL NOTES ___ House Sparrow* C C C C
Hypothetical Species:Black-necked Stilt Pileated Woodpecker Gray-breasted Jay Gray-cheeked Thrush Tennessee Warbler Magnolia Warbler Red-faced Warbler Orchard Oriole
NOTES: 1 - Restored 11/84 2 - 1 record, Salt Flat, 1938 3 - Declining? 4 - 1 breeding record, 1973 5 - Early migrant 6 - At Dog Canyon, uncommon elsewhere 7 - Needs documentation 8 - Irregular migrant
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For additional information contact: Guadalupe Mountains National Park HC 60 Box 400 Salt Flat, Texas 79847-9400 Telephone # - (915) 828-3251
Carlsbad Caverns Guadalupe Mountains Association. 1997. Birds
checklist for Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Carlsbad
Caverns Guadalupe Mountains Association. Unpaginated.
This resource should be cited as:
Carlsbad Caverns Guadalupe Mountains Association. 1997. Birds
checklist for Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Carlsbad
Caverns Guadalupe Mountains Association. Unpaginated.
Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govguad.htm
(Version 22MAY98).
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