Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Mosca, Colorado
OBSERVER_________________________________DATE_________
ABUNDANCE
c - Common. Several may be seen in one day.
o - Occasional. Small number may be seen in one day. r - Rare. Sightings are
unusual, only a few expected in any one year.
STATUS
P - Permanent, year round resident.
S - Summer resident (usually including spring & fall migration W - Winter
resident. * - Seen only in occasional years; isolated sightings.
VULTURES ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Turkey Vulture o S
EAGLES AND HAWKS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Osprey * r S ___ Bald Eagle r W ___ Northern Harrier o P ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk r P ___ Cooper's Hawk o P ___ Northern Goshawk r P ___ Swainson's Hawk o S ___ Red-tailed Hawk c P ___ Ferruginous Hawk r P ___ Rough-legged Hawk o W ___ Golden Eagle o P
FALCONS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ American Kestrel c P ___ Merlin * r W ___ Peregrine Falcon * r S ___ Prairie Falcon o P
GROUSE AND TURKEYS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Blue Grouse o P ___ Wild Turkey r P
PLOVERS AND SANDPIPERS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Killdeer o S ___ Spotted Sandpiper o S ___ Common Snipe * r P ___ Mountain Plover * r S
PIGEONS AND DOVES ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Band-tailed Pigeon o S ___ Mourning Dove c P
CUCKOOS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo * r S
OWLS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Flammulated Owl r S ___ Great Horned Owl o P ___ Northern Pygmy Owl r P ___ Burrowing Owl o S ___ Long-eared Owl o P ___ Northern Saw-whet Owl r P
GOATSUCKERS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Common Nighthawk c S ___ Common Poorwill o S
SWIFTS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ White-throated Swift c S
HUMMINGBIRDS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Black-chinned Hummingbird o S ___ Broad-tailed Hummingbird c S ___ Rufous Hummingbird o S
KINGFISHERS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Belted Kingfisher r S
WOODPECKERS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Lewis' Woodpecker c S ___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker o S ___ Williamson's Sapsucker o S ___ Downy Woodpecker c P ___ Hairy Woodpecker r P ___ Three-toed Woodpecker * r S ___ Northern Flicker c P
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Olive-sided Flycatcher r S ___ Western Wood Pewee o S ___ Dusky Flycatcher * r S ___ Gray Flycatcher * r S ___ Western Flycatcher o S ___ Say's Phoebe c S ___ Ash-throated Flycatcher * r S ___ Cassin's Kingbird * r S ___ Western Kingbird r S ___ Eastern Kingbird * r S
LARKS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Horned Lark c P
SWALLOWS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Tree Swallow o S ___ Violet-green Swallow c S ___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow * r S ___ Bank Swallow r S ___ Cliff Swallow o S ___ Barn Swallow o S
JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Gray Jay r P ___ Steller's Jay c P ___ Scrub Jay o P ___ Pinyon Jay c P ___ Clark's Nutcracker c P ___ Black-billed Magpie c P ___ American Crow o P ___ Common Raven c P
TITMICE ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Black-capped Chickadee o P ___ Mountain Chickadee c P ___ Plain Titmouse o P
BUSHTITS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Bushtit c P
NUTHATCHES ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Red-breasted Nuthatch r P ___ White-breasted Nuthatch o P ___ Pygmy Nuthatch r P
CREEPERS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Brown Creeper o P
WRENS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Rock Wren o S ___ Canyon Wren r S ___ House Wren o S
DIPPERS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ American Dipper r P
KINGLETS AND GNATCATCHERS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Golden-crowned Kinglet r P ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet o S ___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher r S
SOLITAIRES AND THRUSHES ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Western Bluebird r S ___ Mountain Bluebird c P ___ Townsend's Solitaire c P ___ Swainson's Thrush o S ___ Hermit Thrush r S ___ American Robin c P
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Gray Catbird r S ___ Northern Mockingbird r S ___ Sage Thrasher o S ___ Brown Thrasher r S
PIPITS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ American Pipit * r S
WAXWINGS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Bohemian Waxwing r W ___ Cedar Waxwing r W
SHRIKES ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Northern Shrike r W ___ Loggerhead Shrike o P
VIREOS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Solitary Vireo r S ___ Warbling Vireo o S
WOOD WARBLERS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Orange-crowned Warbler r S ___ Virginia's Warbler r S ___ Yellow Warbler o S ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler c S ___ Black-throated Gray Warbler r S ___ Townsend's Warbler * r S ___ Grace's Warbler * r S ___ Ovenbird * r S ___ McGillvray's Warbler o S ___ Common Yellowthroat r S ___ Wilson's Warbler o S
BLACKBIRDS AND ORIOLES ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Red-winged Blackbird c P ___ Western Meadowlark o P ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird * r S ___ Brewer's Blackbird o P ___ Brown-headed Cowbird o S ___ Northern Oriole r S
TANAGERS ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Western Tanager c S
FINCHES ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ Rosy Finch r W ___ Pine Grosbeak r P ___ Cassin's Finch o P ___ House Finch o P ___ Red Crossbill r P ___ Common Redpoll * r S ___ Pine Siskin c P ___ Lesser Goldfinch o S ___ American Goldfinch r P ___ Evening Grosbeak r P ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak o S ___ Black-headed Grosbeak c S ___ Blue Grosbeak r S ___ Lazuli Bunting o S ___ Indigo Bunting * r S ___ Green-tailed Towhee c S ___ Rufous-sided Towhee o P ___ Brown Towhee r P ___ American Tree Sparrow o W ___ Chipping Sparrow c S ___ Brewer's Sparrow o S ___ Vesper Sparrow o S ___ Lark Sparrow o S ___ Sage Sparrow o S ___ Lark Bunting r S ___ Savannah Sparrow r S ___ Fox Sparrow o S ___ Song Sparrow o P ___ Lincoln's Sparrow r S ___ White-throated Sparrow r S ___ White-crowned Sparrow o P ___ Harris' Sparrow * r W ___ Dark-eyed Junco c P
INTRODUCED SPECIES ABUNDANCE STATUS ___ House Sparrow * r P ___ European Starling o P
Great Sand Dunes National Monument
11500 Highway 150
Mosca, Colorado 81146-9798
Southwest Parks and Monuments Association. 1989. A checklist of the birds
of Great Sand Dunes National Monument. Southwest Parks and Monuments
Association. Unpaginated.
This resource should be cited as:
Southwest Parks and Monuments Association. 1989. A checklist of the birds
of Great Sand Dunes National Monument. Southwest Parks and Monuments
Association. Unpaginated. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife
Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govgdunes.htm
(Version 22MAY98).
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/chekbird/r6/gdunes.htm
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