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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
Blue Grosbeak 29
Passerina caerulea
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 37
Regulus calendula
Audubon's Warbler 38
Setophaga coronata auduboni
Myrtle Warbler 39
Setophaga coronata coronata
Pink-sided Junco 38
Junco hyemalis mearnsi
Black-billed Magpie 40
Pica hudsonia
Yellow-rumped Warbler 41
Setophaga coronata
Lesser Goldfinch 18
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 42
Spinus tristis
House Finch 43
Haemorhous mexicanus
American Wigeon 11
Mareca americana
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 44
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Cinnamon Teal 45
Spatula cyanoptera
Gadwall 18
Mareca strepera

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