Holloman AFB Naturalist Guide

Research-grade observations from Holloman AFB, NM.

Mediterranean House Gecko 1
Hemidactylus turcicus
Burrowing Owl 2
Athene cunicularia
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Junco hyemalis
Gray Bird Grasshopper 4
Schistocerca nitens
Wilson's Warbler 5
Cardellina pusilla
Black Witch 6
Ascalapha odorata
European Starling 7
Sturnus vulgaris
White-winged Dove 8
Zenaida asiatica
House Finch 9
Haemorhous mexicanus
American Avocet 10
Recurvirostra americana
Northern Shoveler 11
Spatula clypeata
Sora 12
Porzana carolina
Great Egret 13
Ardea alba
Green-winged Teal 14
Anas crecca
American Coot 15
Fulica americana
Cinnamon Teal 16
Spatula cyanoptera
Ruddy Duck 17
Oxyura jamaicensis
Gadwall 18
Mareca strepera
Black-necked Stilt 19
Himantopus mexicanus
Red-tailed Hawk 20
Buteo jamaicensis
Blue-winged Teal 21
Spatula discors
Eared Grebe 22
Podiceps nigricollis
Least Sandpiper 18
Calidris minutilla
Ring-billed Gull 23
Larus delawarensis
Loggerhead Shrike 18
Lanius ludovicianus
Say's Phoebe 24
Sayornis saya
Bufflehead 21
Bucephala albeola
Greater Yellowlegs 25
Tringa melanoleuca
Redhead 26
Aythya americana
Mallard 27
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Harrier 28
Circus hudsonius
Killdeer 30
Charadrius vociferus
Common Goldeneye 31
Bucephala clangula
Gemsbok 32
Oryx gazella
Variegated Meadowhawk 33
Sympetrum corruptum
Lesser Scaup 34
Aythya affinis
Sagebrush Sparrow 35
Artemisiospiza nevadensis
Western Grebe 12
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Ring-necked Duck 21
Aythya collaris
White-crowned Sparrow 36
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Western Kingbird 37
Tyrannus verticalis
Northern Flicker 38
Colaptes auratus
Western Meadowlark 18
Sturnella neglecta
Western Honey Bee 40
Apis mellifera
Charcoal Seed Bug 6
Melacoryphus lateralis
Snow Goose 41
Anser caerulescens
Gray-checkered Whiptail 42
Aspidoscelis tesselatus
Belted Kingfisher 43
Megaceryle alcyon
Western Sandpiper 44
Calidris mauri
White-faced Ibis 18
Plegadis chihi
Horned Grebe 45
Podiceps auritus
Prairie Falcon 24
Falco mexicanus
Great Blue Heron 46
Ardea herodias
American Kestrel 47
Falco sparverius
Cooper's Hawk 48
Accipiter cooperii
Common Merganser 49
Mergus merganser
American Robin 50
Turdus migratorius
Yellow-headed Blackbird 51
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Rock Wren 52
Salpinctes obsoletus
Black-throated Sparrow 53
Amphispiza bilineata
Brewer's Blackbird 54
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Vesper Sparrow 18
Pooecetes gramineus
Gopher Snake 55
Pituophis catenifer
Black Phoebe 56
Sayornis nigricans
Lesser Nighthawk 57
Chordeiles acutipennis
American Pipit 52
Anthus rubescens
Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth 59
Spoladea recurvalis
White-lined Sphinx 60
Hyles lineata
Checkered White 61
Pontia protodice
Small Milkweed Bug 62
Lygaeus kalmii
Bagrada Bug 63
Bagrada hilaris
Yellow-rumped Warbler 64
Setophaga coronata
Wilson's Phalarope 65
Phalaropus tricolor
Lesser Stripetail Scorpion
Chihuahuanus coahuilae
Indomitable Graphic Moth 67
Melipotis indomita
American Wigeon 21
Mareca americana
Saltbush Sootywing 18
Hesperopsis alpheus

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