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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 ↓

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
American Bullfrog 44
Lithobates catesbeianus
Blue Grosbeak 29
Passerina caerulea
Southwestern Fence Lizard 45
Sceloporus cowlesi
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 46
Regulus calendula
Audubon's Warbler 47
Setophaga coronata auduboni
Myrtle Warbler 48
Setophaga coronata coronata
Pink-sided Junco 47
Junco hyemalis mearnsi
Black-billed Magpie 49
Pica hudsonia
Yellow-rumped Warbler 50
Setophaga coronata
Lesser Goldfinch 18
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 51
Spinus tristis
Rock Squirrel 52
Otospermophilus variegatus
House Finch 53
Haemorhous mexicanus
American Wigeon 11
Mareca americana
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 54
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Western Coachwhip 55
Masticophis flagellum testaceus
Coachwhip 56
Masticophis flagellum
Cinnamon Teal 57
Spatula cyanoptera
Gadwall 18
Mareca strepera

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