Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Alamogordo, New Mexico
c - common: easily found in proper habitat in the right season
o - occasional: usually present in proper habitat and season, but not certain
to be seen
r - rare: occurrence unpredictable, with only a few sightings per year
White Sands National Monument is administered by the National Park Service. For additional information contact:
LOONS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Common Loon m r
GREBES STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Western Grebe m r ___ Horned Grebe m r ___ Eared Grebe wr r ___ Pied-billed Grebe m r
PELICANS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ American White Pelican m r
HERONS & IBIS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ American Bittern m r ___ Great Blue Heron m o ___ Snowy Egret m r ___ Cattle Egret m r ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron m o ___ White-faced Ibis m o
WATERFOWL STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Snow Goose m o ___ Canada Goose m r ___ Green-winged Teal m o ___ Mallard m c ___ Northern Pintail m o ___ Blue-winged Teal m c ___ Cinnamon Teal m o ___ Northern Shoveler m c ___ Gadwall m o ___ American Wigeon m r ___ Canvasback m r ___ Redhead m o ___ Ring-necked Duck m o ___ Lesser Scaup m o ___ Bufflehead m o ___ Common Merganser m o ___ Ruddy Duck m c
VULTURES, HAWKS & FALCONS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Turkey Vulture sr o ___ Mississippi Kite m r ___ Northern Harrier (Marsh Hawk) wr c ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk m r ___ Cooper's Hawk m r ___ Swainson's Hawk sr c ___ Red-tailed Hawk wr o ___ Ferruginous Hawk wr r ___ Rough-legged Hawk wr r ___ Golden Eagle pr r ___ American Kestrel pr c ___ Merlin m r ___ Peregrine Falcon m r ___ Prairie Falcon wr r
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Scaled Quail pr o ___ Gambel's Quail pr o
RAILS, GALLINULES & CRANES STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Virginia Rail m r ___ Common Moorhen m r ___ American Coot m o ___ Sandhill Crane m r
SHOREBIRDS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Black-bellied Plover m r ___ Snowy Plover m r ___ Semipalmated Plover m r ___ Killdeer pr o ___ Black-necked Stilt m o ___ American Avocet m o ___ Greater Yellowlegs m r ___ Solitary Sandpiper m r ___ Willet m r ___ Spotted Sandpiper m o ___ Long-billed Curlew m o ___ Hudsonian Godwit m r ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper m r ___ Western Sandpiper m o ___ Least Sandpiper m o ___ Baird's Sandpiper m r ___ Long-billed Dowitcher m r ___ Common Snipe wr r ___ Wilson's Phalarope m c
GULLS & TERNS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Franklin's Gull m r ___ Bonaparte's Gull m r ___ Ring-billed Gull m r ___ Forster's Tern m r ___ Black Tern m o
DOVES STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Rock Dove pr r ___ Mourning Dove pr c ___ White-winged Dove sr o ___ Inca Dove sr r
OWLS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Barn Owl pr r ___ Western Screech-Owl pr r ___ Great Horned Owl pr o ___ Burrowing Owl pr r
NIGHTJARS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Lesser Nighthawk sr c ___ Common Nighthawk sr o ___ Common Poorwill sr o
SWIFTS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ White-throated Swift sr o
HUMMINGBIRDS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Black-chinned Hummingbird sr o ___ Broad-tailed Hummingbird sr r ___ Rufous Hummingbird m r
KINGFISHERS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Belted Kingfisher m r
WOODPECKERS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Red-headed Woodpecker m r ___ Red-naped Sapsucker m r ___ Ladder-backed Woodpecker pr o ___ Northern Flicker (Common Flicker) pr o
FLYCATCHERS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher m r ___ Ash-throated Flycatcher sr o ___ Cassin's Kingbird sr r ___ Western Kingbird sr c ___ Olive-sided Flycatcher m r ___ Western Wood-Pewee sr o ___ Empidonox sp. sr o ___ Black Phoebe sr r ___ Say's Phoebe pr c ___ Dusky-capped Flycatcher sr r
LARKS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Horned Lark pr c
SWALLOWS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Purple Martin m r ___ Tree Swallow m r ___ Violet-green Swallow m o ___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow sr r ___ Cliff Swallow sr o ___ Barn Swallow sr o
CROWS & JAYS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ American Crow m o ___ Chihuahuan Raven pr c ___ Common Raven pr r
VERDINS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Verdin pr o
NUTHATCHES STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Red-breasted Nuthatch wr r
CREEPERS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Brown Creeper wr r
WRENS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Cactus Wren pr c ___ Rock Wren pr r ___ Bewick's Wren pr r ___ House Wren m r ___ Marsh Wren pr r
GNATCATCHERS & KINGLETS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet wr r
THRUSHES STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Western Bluebird wr r ___ Mountain Bluebird wr r ___ Townsend's Solitaire m r ___ Hermit Thrush m r ___ Wood Thrush m r ___ American Robin m o
THRASHERS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Gray Catbird m r ___ Northern Mockingbird sr c ___ Sage Thrasher m r ___ Brown Thrasher m r ___ Curve-billed Thrasher pr o ___ Crissal Thrasher pr o
PIPITS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ American Pipit (Water Pipit) m r
WAXWINGS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Cedar Waxwing wr r
SHRIKES STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Loggerhead Shrike pr c
STARLINGS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ European Starling pr o
VIREOS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Gray Vireo m r ___ Solitary Vireo m r
WARBLERS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Orange-crowned Warbler m r ___ Virginia's Warbler m o ___ Northern Parula m r ___ Lucy's Warbler sr r ___ Yellow Warbler m r ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler m c ___ Black-throated Blue Warbler m r ___ Black-throated Gray Warbler m r ___ Palm Warbler m r ___ Black-and-white Warbler m r ___ American Redstart m r ___ Ovenbird m r ___ Northern Waterthrush m r ___ MacGillivray's Warbler m r ___ Common Yellowthroat sr r ___ Wilson's Warbler m c
TANAGERS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Summer Tanager m r ___ Western Tanager m o
GROSBEAKS, SPARROWS & BUNTINGS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Pyrrhuloxia wr c ___ Painted Bunting m r ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak m r ___ Black-headed Grosbeak m o ___ Blue Grosbeak sr o ___ Lazuli Bunting m o ___ Indigo Bunting m r ___ Dickcissel m r ___ Green-tailed Towhee m r ___ Rufous-sided Towhee sr r ___ Canyon Towhee pr r ___ Cassin's Sparrow m r ___ Chipping Sparrow sr o ___ Clay-colored Sparrow m r ___ Brewer's Sparrow wr o ___ Black-chinned Sparrow sr o ___ Vesper Sparrow m o ___ Lark Sparrow wr o ___ Black-throated Sparrow pr c ___ Sage Sparrow wr r ___ Rufous-crowned Sparrow m r ___ Lark Bunting wr c ___ Savannah Sparrow wr r ___ Baird's Sparrow wr r ___ Song Sparrow wr r ___ Lincoln's Sparrow wr o ___ White-throated Sparrow m r ___ White-crowned Sparrow wr c ___ Dark-eyed Junco m o
BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Red-winged Blackbird pr r ___ Eastern Meadowlark pr c ___ Western Meadowlark pr c ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird m o ___ Brewer's Blackbird wr c ___ Great-tailed Grackle pr c ___ Common Grackle m r ___ Brown-headed Cowbird pr r ___ Bullock's Oriole sr o ___ Scott's Oriole sr o
FINCHES STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ Cassin's Finch m r ___ House Finch pr c ___ Pine Siskin m r ___ Lesser Goldfinch m o
OLD WORLD SPARROWS STATUS ABUNDANCE ___ House Sparrow pr c
CASUAL OR ACCIDENTAL SPECIES STATUS ABUNDANCE (Completely out of normal range, although some may be common in surrounding areas) ___ Common Black-Hawk sr r ___ Bank Swallow m o ___ Western Scrub-Jay sr r ___ Pinyon Jay sr r ___ Plain Titmouse pr r ___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher wr r ___ Painted Redstart sr r ___ Yellow-throated Warbler m r
White Sands National Monument
PO Box 1086
Holloman AFB, New Mexico 88330
Telephone: 505/479-6124
This resource is based on the following source:
Southwest Parks and Monuments Association. 1993. A checklist of the birds of
White Sands National Monument. Southwest Parks and Monuments Association.
Unpaginated.
This resource should be cited as:
Southwest Parks and Monuments Association. 1993. A checklist of the birds of
White Sands National Monument. Southwest Parks and Monuments Association.
Unpaginated. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govwhitesan.htm
(Version 22MAY98).
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/chekbird/r2/whitesan.htm
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