Guide to the Flora and Fauna of Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve

A Natural Cienega Highlighting New Mexico’s Biodiversity

The Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve is a 35-acre nature preserve located on the I-25 frontage road in La Cienega, adjacent to El Rancho de las Golondrinas. This rare natural cienega, or “marsh” in Spanish, hosts a bountiful ...more ↓

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Greater Roadrunner ¹
Geococcyx californianus

Eurasian Collared-Dove ²
Streptopelia decaocto

Turkey Vulture ³
Cathartes aura

Great Blue Heron ⁴
Ardea herodias

Cooper's Hawk ⁵
Accipiter cooperii

Swainson's Hawk ⁶
Buteo swainsoni

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ⁷
Selasphorus platycercus

Black-chinned Hummingbird ⁸
Archilochus alexandri

Mallard ⁹
Anas platyrhynchos

Green-winged Teal ¹⁰
Anas crecca

Bufflehead ¹¹
Bucephala albeola

Ring-necked Duck ¹¹
Aythya collaris

Lesser Scaup ¹²
Aythya affinis

Canvasback ⁸
Aythya valisineria

Canada Goose ¹³
Branta canadensis

Wood Duck ¹⁴
Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser ¹⁵
Lophodytes cucullatus

Bushtit ¹⁶
Psaltriparus minimus

Cedar Waxwing ¹⁷
Bombycilla cedrorum

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ⁸
Polioptila caerulea

House Wren ⁸
Troglodytes aedon

Bewick's Wren ¹⁸
Thryomanes bewickii

Lincoln's Sparrow ¹⁹
Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow ²⁰
Melospiza melodia

White-crowned Sparrow ²¹
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Spotted Towhee ²²
Pipilo maculatus

Great-tailed Grackle ²³
Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Yellowthroat ²⁴
Geothlypis trichas

Red-winged Blackbird ²⁵
Agelaius phoeniceus

Summer Tanager ²⁶
Piranga rubra

Western Tanager ⁸
Piranga ludoviciana

Dark-eyed Junco ²⁷
Junco hyemalis

Yellow-breasted Chat ³
Icteria virens

Black-headed Grosbeak ¹⁸
Pheucticus melanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ⁸
Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird ²⁸
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Lark Sparrow ²⁹
Chondestes grammacus

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ⁸
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

American Robin ³⁰
Turdus migratorius

Western Bluebird ²⁰
Sialia mexicana

Juniper Titmouse ³¹
Baeolophus ridgwayi

White-breasted Nuthatch ³²
Sitta carolinensis

Ash-throated Flycatcher ³³
Myiarchus cinerascens

Western Wood-Pewee ³⁴
Contopus sordidulus

Olive-sided Flycatcher ³⁵
Contopus cooperi

Western Kingbird ³
Tyrannus verticalis

Northern Flicker ³⁶
Colaptes auratus

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake ³⁷
Thamnophis elegans

Wandering Garter Snake ³⁸
Thamnophis elegans vagrans

Common Raccoon ³⁹
Procyon lotor

American Badger ⁸
Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk ⁴⁰
Mephitis mephitis

Bobcat ⁴¹
Lynx rufus

Coyote ⁴²
Canis latrans

Muskrat ⁴³
Ondatra zibethicus

Western Black Widow ⁴⁴
Latrodectus hesperus

Flame Skimmer ⁴⁵
Libellula saturata

Widow Skimmer ⁴⁶
Libellula luctuosa

Painted Lady ⁴⁷
Vanessa cardui

Monarch ⁴⁸
Danaus plexippus

Convergent Lady Beetle ⁴⁹
Hippodamia convergens

Queen ⁴⁸
Danaus gilippus

Black Saddlebags ¹⁸
Tramea lacerata

Pearl Crescent ⁵⁰
Phyciodes tharos

European Mantis ⁵¹
Mantis religiosa

Spotted Cucumber Beetle ⁵²
Diabrotica undecimpunctata

American Bumble Bee ⁵³
Bombus pensylvanicus

Checkered White ⁵⁴
Pontia protodice

Western Yellowjacket ⁵⁵
Vespula pensylvanica

American Bullfrog ⁵⁶
Lithobates catesbeianus

Variegated Meadowhawk ⁵⁷
Sympetrum corruptum

Western Carpenter Ant ⁵⁸
Camponotus modoc

Blue Grosbeak ²⁹
Passerina caerulea

Twelve-spotted Skimmer ⁵⁹
Libellula pulchella

Western Pondhawk ¹⁸
Erythemis collocata

Great Spreadwing ⁵
Archilestes grandis

Southwestern Fence Lizard ⁶⁰
Sceloporus cowlesi

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ⁶¹
Regulus calendula

Audubon's Warbler ⁶²
Setophaga coronata auduboni

Two-striped Grasshopper ⁵⁵
Melanoplus bivittatus

Myrtle Warbler ⁶³
Setophaga coronata coronata

Pink-sided Junco ⁶²
Junco hyemalis mearnsi

Black-billed Magpie ⁶⁴
Pica hudsonia

Yellow-rumped Warbler ⁶⁵
Setophaga coronata

Lesser Goldfinch ¹⁸
Spinus psaltria

American Goldfinch ⁶⁶
Spinus tristis

Phidippus asotus

Rainbow Grasshopper ⁶⁷
Dactylotum bicolor

Nevada Buck Moth ⁶⁸
Hemileuca nevadensis

Rock Squirrel ⁶⁹
Otospermophilus variegatus

House Finch ⁷⁰
Haemorhous mexicanus

Apiomerus spissipes ⁷¹

Bumble Flower Beetle ⁷²
Euphoria inda

Conchuela Bug ⁷³
Chlorochroa ligata

Red-shouldered Stink Bug ⁷⁴
Thyanta custator

Uhler's Stink Bug ⁷⁵
Chlorochroa uhleri

Tylosis maculatus ⁷⁶

Lupine Bug ⁷⁴
Megalotomus quinquespinosus

Four-spurred Assassin Bug ⁷⁷
Zelus tetracanthus

Spined Stilt Bug ⁷⁸
Jalysus wickhami

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Guide to the Flora and Fauna of Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve

Greater Roadrunner 1 Geococcyx californianus

Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Streptopelia decaocto

Turkey Vulture 3 Cathartes aura

Great Blue Heron 4 Ardea herodias

Cooper's Hawk 5 Accipiter cooperii

Swainson's Hawk 6 Buteo swainsoni

Broad-tailed Hummingbird 7 Selasphorus platycercus

Black-chinned Hummingbird 8 Archilochus alexandri

Mallard 9 Anas platyrhynchos

Green-winged Teal 10 Anas crecca

Bufflehead 11 Bucephala albeola

Ring-necked Duck 11 Aythya collaris

Lesser Scaup 12 Aythya affinis

Canvasback 8 Aythya valisineria

Canada Goose 13 Branta canadensis

Wood Duck 14 Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser 15 Lophodytes cucullatus

Bushtit 16 Psaltriparus minimus

Cedar Waxwing 17 Bombycilla cedrorum

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8 Polioptila caerulea

House Wren 8 Troglodytes aedon

Bewick's Wren 18 Thryomanes bewickii

Lincoln's Sparrow 19 Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow 20 Melospiza melodia

White-crowned Sparrow 21 Zonotrichia leucophrys

Spotted Towhee 22 Pipilo maculatus

Great-tailed Grackle 23 Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Yellowthroat 24 Geothlypis trichas

Red-winged Blackbird 25 Agelaius phoeniceus

Summer Tanager 26 Piranga rubra

Western Tanager 8 Piranga ludoviciana

Dark-eyed Junco 27 Junco hyemalis

Yellow-breasted Chat 3 Icteria virens

Black-headed Grosbeak 18 Pheucticus melanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 8 Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird 28 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Lark Sparrow 29 Chondestes grammacus

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

American Robin 30 Turdus migratorius

Western Bluebird 20 Sialia mexicana

Juniper Titmouse 31 Baeolophus ridgwayi

White-breasted Nuthatch 32 Sitta carolinensis

Ash-throated Flycatcher 33 Myiarchus cinerascens

Western Wood-Pewee 34 Contopus sordidulus

Olive-sided Flycatcher 35 Contopus cooperi

Western Kingbird 3 Tyrannus verticalis

Northern Flicker 36 Colaptes auratus

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 37 Thamnophis elegans

Wandering Garter Snake 38 Thamnophis elegans vagrans

Common Raccoon 39 Procyon lotor

American Badger 8 Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk 40 Mephitis mephitis

Bobcat 41 Lynx rufus

Coyote 42 Canis latrans

Muskrat 43 Ondatra zibethicus

Western Black Widow 44 Latrodectus hesperus

Flame Skimmer 45 Libellula saturata

Widow Skimmer 46 Libellula luctuosa

Painted Lady 47 Vanessa cardui

Monarch 48 Danaus plexippus

Convergent Lady Beetle 49 Hippodamia convergens

Queen 48 Danaus gilippus

Black Saddlebags 18 Tramea lacerata

Pearl Crescent 50 Phyciodes tharos

European Mantis 51 Mantis religiosa

Spotted Cucumber Beetle 52 Diabrotica undecimpunctata

American Bumble Bee 53 Bombus pensylvanicus

Checkered White 54 Pontia protodice

Western Yellowjacket 55 Vespula pensylvanica

American Bullfrog 56 Lithobates catesbeianus

Variegated Meadowhawk 57 Sympetrum corruptum

Western Carpenter Ant 58 Camponotus modoc

Blue Grosbeak 29 Passerina caerulea

Twelve-spotted Skimmer 59 Libellula pulchella

Western Pondhawk 18 Erythemis collocata

Great Spreadwing 5 Archilestes grandis

Southwestern Fence Lizard 60 Sceloporus cowlesi

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 61 Regulus calendula

Audubon's Warbler 62 Setophaga coronata auduboni