Total Count: 100 This page is dedicated to tracking the species found, along with their location and the date they were found. I’ve listed all 557 bird species included in the official NM Ornithological Society State Checklist and will enter date/location information as I find them. (To see the complete list for each family, click the arrow, and the list will appear.)
Family Anatidae: Ducks, Geese, Swans
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Bosque del Apache NWR 1/3/26 Ross’s Goose Anser rossii Bosque del Apache NWR 1/4/26 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Brant Branta bernicla Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Ned Houk Park, Clovis, NM 1/1/26 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Ned Houk Park, Clovis, NM 1/1/26 Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Wood Duck Aix sponsa Garganey Spatula querquedula Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata Bosque del Apache NWR 1/3/26 Gadwall Mareca strepera Bosque del Apache NWR 1/4/26 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope American Wigeon Mareca americana Turtle Bay Park, Socorro, NM 1/4/26 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Ned Houk Park Clovis, NM 1/1/26 Mexican Duck Anas diazi Leasburg Dam SP 1/18/26 Northern Pintail Anas acuta Bosque del Apache NWR 1/3/26 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Leasburg Dam SP 1/18/26 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Rock Lake Hatchery, Santa Rosa 1/28/26 Redhead Aythya americana Conchas Lake SP 1/19/26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Bosque del Apache NWR 1/4/26 Greater Scaup Aythya marila Rock Lake Hatchery, Santa Rosa 1/28/26 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Rock Lake Hatchery, Santa Rosa 1/17/26 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Black Scoter Melanitta americana Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Quay Rd. Ag Pond, Tucumcari, NM 1/2/26 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Ute Lake SP 1/10/26 Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Ute Creek Bridge, Logan, NM 1/10/26 Common Merganser Mergus merganser Las Vegas NWR 1/28/26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Las Vegas NWR 1/28/26
Family Odontophoridae: New World Quail
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata Quay Road A102, 1/6/26 Gambel’s Quail Callipepla gambelii Willow Creek Bosque Open Space, Albuquerque 1/7/26 Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
Family Phasianidae: Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Ned Houk Park Clovis, NM 1/1/26 White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura Gunnison Sage-Grouse Centrocercus minimus [Extirpated] Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus [Extirpated] Lesser Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Family Podicipedidae: Grebes
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Bosque Redondo Park Fort Sumner, NM 1/1/26 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Conchas Lake SP 1/19/26 Clark’s Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii Santa Rosa Lake SP 1/28/26
Family Columbidae: Pigeons, Doves
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Rock Pigeon Columba livia RGVSP, Alameda Bridge, Albuquerque 1/7/26 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Ned Houk Park, Clovis, NM 1/1/26 Inca Dove Columbina inca Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica Bosque del Apache NWR 1/4/26 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Ned Houk Park, Clovis, NM 1/1/26
Family Cuculidae: Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Bosque del Apache NWR 1/3/26 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Family Caprimulgidae: Nightjars
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii Chuck-will’s-widow Antrostomus carolinensis Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae
Family Apodidae: Swifts
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Black Swift Cypseloides niger Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Vaux’s Swift Chaetura vauxi White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
Family Trochilidae: Hummingbirds
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus Rivoli’s Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens Blue-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis clemenciae Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri Anna’s Hummingbird Calypte anna Costa’s Hummingbird Calypte costae Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Allen’s Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
Family Rallidae: Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Rufous-necked Wood-Rail Aramides axillaris King Rail Rallus elegans Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Sora Porzana carolina Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata American Coot Fulica americana Power Dam Santa Rosa NM 1/1/26 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
Family Heliornithidae: Finfoots
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
Family Gruidae: Cranes
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Bosque del Apache NWR 1/3/26 Common Crane Grus grus Moriarty, NM 1/28/26
Family Recurvirostridae: Stilts, Avocets
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
Family Charadriidae: Plovers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Leasburg Dam SP 1/18/26 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
Family Scolopacidae: Sandpipers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala Red Knot Calidris canutus Ruff Calidris pugnax Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Sanderling Calidris alba Dunlin Calidris alpina Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Little Stint Calidris minuta Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Leasburg Dam SP 1/18/26 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus American Woodcock Scolopax minor Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata Leasburg Dam SP 1/18/26 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Wandering Tattler Tringa incana Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Willet Tringa semipalmata Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Family Stercorariidae: Skuas, Jaegers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Family Alcidae: Auks, Murres, Puffins
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
Family Laridae: Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris Heermann’s Gull Larus heermanni Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Sumner Lake SP Fort Sumner, NM 1/1/26 Western Gull Larus occidentalis Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens California Gull Larus californicus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Least Tern Sternula antillarum Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Black Tern Chlidonias niger Common Tern Sterna hirundo Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
Family Gaviidae: Loons
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Common Loon Gavia immer Ute Lake SP 1/10/26 Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
Family Hydrobatidae: Northern Storm-Petrels
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Least Storm-Petrel Hydrobates microsoma
Family Ciconiidae: Storks
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Wood Stork Mycteria americana
Family Fregatidae: Frigatebirds
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
Family Sulidae: Gannets and Boobies
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Family Anhingidae: Darters
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
Family Phalacrocoracidae: Cormorants
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Santa Rosa Lake SP 1/28/26 Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
Family Pelecanidae: Pelicans
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
Family Ardeidae: Bitterns, Herons
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Least Bittern Botaurus exilis American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Green Heron Butorides virescens Great Egret Ardea alba RGVSP – Alameda Bridge, Albuquerque, NM 1/3/26 Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Ned Houk Park, Clovis, NM 1/1/26
Family Threskiornithidae: Ibises, Spoonbills
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found White Ibis Eudocimus albus Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
Family Cathartidae: American Vultures
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Family Pandionidae: Ospreys
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Family Accipitridae: Kites, Eagles, Hawks
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos NM Hwy 402 between Clayton & Nara Visa 1/13/26 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Ned Houk Park Clovis, NM 1/1/26 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Bosque del Apache NWR 1/4/26 Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii Bosque del Apache NWR 1/3/26 American Goshawk Accipiter atricapillus Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Conchas Lake SP 1/19/26 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus Harris’s Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Sumner Lake SP Fort Sumner, NM 1/1/26 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis NM Hwy 402 between Clayton & Nara Visa 1/13/26
Family Tytonidae: Barn Owls
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
Family Strigidae: Typical Owls
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus Whiskered Screech-Owl Megascops trichopsis Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis Barred Owl Strix varia Long-eared Owl Asio otus Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus QR 72 between Logan & San Jon 1/10/26 Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
Family Trogonidae: Trogons
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans Eared Quetzal Euptilotis neoxenus
Family Alcedinidae: Kingfishers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Leasburg Dam SP 1/18/26 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Family Picidae: Woodpeckers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Lewis’s Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Williamson’s Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Conchas Lake SP 1/19/26 Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris Oasis State Park, Clovis 1/1/26 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus Sandia Crest, Albuquerque 1/7/26 Arizona Woodpecker Dryobates arizonae Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Sumner Lake SP Fort Sumner, NM 1/1/26
Family Falconidae: Caracaras, Falcons
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Crested Caracara Caracara plancus American Kestrel Falco sparverius Sumner Lake SP Fort Sumner, NM 1/1/26 Merlin Falco columbarius Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
Family Tityridae: Becards and allies
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Rose-throated Becard Pachyrampos aglariae
Family Tyrannidae: Tyrant Flycatchers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens Nutting’s Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Couch’s Kingbird Tyrannus couchii Cassin’s Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Hammond’s Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans RGVSP – Alameda Bridge, Albuquerque, NM 1/7/26 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Say’s Phoebe Sayornis saya Bosque del Apache NWR 1/3/26 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
Family Vireonidae: Vireos
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Bell’s Vireo Vireo bellii Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior Hutton’s Vireo Vireo huttoni Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Cassin’s Vireo Vireo cassinii Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
Family Laniidae: Shrikes
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Loggerhead Shrike Lanis ludovicianus Bosque del Apache NWR 1/4/26 Northern Shrike Lanis borealis
Family Corvidae: Jays, Magpies, Crows
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri Sandia Crest Road, Albuquerque 1/7/26 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii 7 Colina Drive, Santa Fe, NM 1/3/26 Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi Clark’s Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos RGVSP Alameda Bridge, Albuquerque, NM 1/3/26 Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus Common Raven Corvus corax US Hwy 84, Sumner Lake SP 1/1/26
Family Remizidae: Penduline Tits
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Verdin Auriparius flaviceps
Family Paridae: Chickadees, Titmice
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus Sandia Crest, Albuquerque 1/7/26 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli NM Capitol Building, Santa Fe, NM 1/3/26 Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
Family Alaudidae: Larks
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Moriarty, NM 1/28/26
Family Hirundinidae: Swallows
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Purple Martin Progne subis Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
Family Aegithalidae: Long-tailed Tits
Name Scientific Name Location Date Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus NM Capitol Bldg. Santa Fe, NM 1/3/26
Family Regulidae: Kinglets
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Sumner Lake SP, Fort Sumner, NM 1/1/26 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
Family Bombycillidae: Waxwings
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
Family Ptiliogonatidae: Silky-flycatchers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens Bosque del Apache NWR 1/4/26
Family Sittidae: Nuthatches
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis RGVSP Alameda Bridge, Albuquerque, NM 1/3/26 Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
Family Certhiidae: Creepers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Brown Creeper Certhia americana Sumner Lake SP Fort Sumner, NM 1/1/26
Family Polioptilidae: Gnatcatchers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps
Family Troglodytidae: Wrens
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus Bewick’s Wren Thryomanes bewickii Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis Sedge Wren Cistothorus stellaris Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
Family Mimidae: Mockingbirds, Thrashers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre Ute Lake SP 1/10/26 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Sumner Lake SP, Fort Sumner NM 1/1/26 Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre Bendire’s Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus Ute Creek Bridge, Logan, NM 1/10/26 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Ute Lake SP 1/10/26
Family Sturnidae: Starlings
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Ned Houk Park Clovis, NM 1/1/26
Family Cinclidae: Dippers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
Family Turdidae: Thrushes
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Ute Lake SP 1/10/26 Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana NM Capitol Bldg. Santa Fe, NM 1/3/26 Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides Bosque del Apache NWR 1/4/26 Townsend’s Solitaire Myadestes townsendi Bosque del Apache NWR 1/3/26 Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris Veery Catharus fuscescens Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi Rufous-backed Robin Turdus rufopalliatus American Robin Turdus migratorius Ned Houk Park Clovis, NM 1/1/26 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
Family Muscicapidae: Old World Flycatchers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Family Peucedramidae: Olive Warbler
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus
Family Passeridae: Old World Sparrows
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found House Sparrow Passer domesticus Ned Houk Park Clovis, NM 1/1/26
Family Motacillidae: Wagtails, Pipits
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found White Wagtail Motacilla alba American Pipit Anthus rubescens Leasburg Dam SP 1/18/26 Sprague’s Pipit Anthus spragueii
Family Fringillidae: Finches
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis Sandia Crest, Albuquerque 1/7/26 Black Rosy-Finch Leucosticte atrata Sandia Crest, Albuquerque 1/7/26 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch Leucosticte australis Sandia Crest, Albuquerque 1/7/26 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus Ned Houk Park, Clovis 1/1/26 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus Cassin’s Finch Haemorhous cassinii Redpoll Acanthis flammea Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Pine Siskin Spinus pinus Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria Bosque del Apache NWR 1/4/26 Lawrence’s Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei American Goldfinch Spinus tristis Bosque del Apache NWR 1/4/26
Family Calcariidae: Longspurs
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus Smith’s Longspur Calcarius pictus Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Family Passerellidae: New World Sparrows
Ned Houk Park, Clovis, NM Scientific Name Location Date Found Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis Botteri’s Sparrow Peucaea botterii Cassin’s Sparrow Peucaea cassinii Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla Brewer’s Sparrow Spizella breweri Worthen’s Sparrow Spizella wortheni [Extirpated] Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Ned Houk Park Clovis, NM 1/1/26 Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Ned Houk Park Clovis, NM Ned Houk Park, Clovis, NM Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla Harris’s Sparrow Zonotrichia querula White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus LeConte’s Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii Nelson’s Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni Baird’s Sparrow Centronyx bairdii Henslow’s Sparrow Centronyx henslowii Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia RGVSP Alameda Bridge, Albuquerque, NM 1/7/26 Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca 7 Colina Drive, Santa Fe, NM 1/3/26 Abert’s Towhee Melozone aberti Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus NM Capitol Bldg. Santa Fe, NM 1/3/26 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Family Icteriidae: Yellow-breasted Chat
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
Family Icteridae: New World Blackbirds
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Ned Houk Park, Clovis, NM 1/1/26 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus Bullock’s Oriole Icterus bullockii Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Scott’s Oriole Icterus parisorum Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Bosque del Apache NWR 1/3/26 Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 300 Eubank Blvd, 1/7/26
Family Parulidae: New World Warblers
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Swainson’s Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata Lucy’s Warbler Leiothlypis luciae Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla Virginia’s Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis MacGillivray’s Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Northern Parula Setophaga americana Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata NM Capitol Bldg. Santa Fe, NM 1/3/26 Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor Grace’s Warbler Setophaga graciae Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens Townsend’s Warbler Setophaga townsendi Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Wilson’s Warbler Cardellina pusilla Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus
Family Cardinalidae: Cardinals and allies
Name Scientific Name Location Date Found Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus Bosque del Apache NWR 1/3/26 Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Dickcissel Spiza americana
Unintelligible Rambler 