Durand Open Space Plant and Animal Guide

Bernalillo County manages 13 Open Space properties (1000 acres) from the mountains to the valley that surround the Albuquerque metropolitan area. This dynamic network of properties encompass important natural and cultural resources managed to benefit people, plants and wildlife. Bernalillo ...more ↓

Brewer's Sparrow 5
Spizella breweri
Phainopepla 6
Phainopepla nitens
Pygmy Nuthatch 7
Sitta pygmaea
Cedar Waxwing 8
Bombycilla cedrorum
Townsend's Warbler 9
Setophaga townsendi
Greater Roadrunner 10
Geococcyx californianus
Downy Woodpecker 11
Picoides pubescens
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 12
Picoides scalaris
Hairy Woodpecker 13
Picoides villosus
Northern Flicker 14
Colaptes auratus
Great Horned Owl 15
Bubo virginianus
Belted Kingfisher 16
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 17
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 18
Columba livia
White-winged Dove 19
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 20
Zenaida macroura
American Coot 21
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Ring-necked Pheasant 22
Phasianus colchicus
Wilson's Snipe 23
Gallinago delicata
Spotted Sandpiper 24
Actitis macularius
Ring-billed Gull 25
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 26
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Killdeer 27
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 28
Recurvirostra americana
White-faced Ibis 29
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 30
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Snowy Egret 31
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 32
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 33
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 34
Bubulcus ibis
Prairie Falcon 35
Falco mexicanus
American Kestrel 36
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 35
Chordeiles minor
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 37
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 38
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 35
Archilochus alexandri
American Wigeon 9
Anas americana
Northern Shoveler 39
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal 40
Anas crecca
Cinnamon Teal 41
Anas cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 39
Anas discors
Mallard 42
Anas platyrhynchos
Gadwall 43
Anas strepera
Common Merganser 43
Mergus merganser
Ring-necked Duck 39
Aythya collaris
Canada Goose 44
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 45
Branta hutchinsii
Wood Duck 46
Aix sponsa
Osprey 32
Pandion haliaetus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 47
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 48
Circus cyaneus
Red-tailed Hawk 49
Buteo jamaicensis
Swainson's Hawk 50
Buteo swainsoni
Common Black Hawk 51
Buteogallus anthracinus
Bald Eagle 52
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Turkey Vulture 53
Cathartes aura
Double-crested Cormorant 36
Phalacrocorax auritus
Neotropic Cormorant 54
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Cliff Swallow 55
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Barn Swallow 56
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 39
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 57
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 58
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 35
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Brewer's Blackbird 45
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 35
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 41
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bullock's Oriole 35
Icterus bullockii
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle 32
Quiscalus mexicanus
Red-winged Blackbird 59
Agelaius phoeniceus
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 35
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 60
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 61
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 62
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 63
Sturnus vulgaris
House Wren 35
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 34
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 39
Cistothorus palustris
American Robin 64
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 45
Catharus guttatus
Western Bluebird 45
Sialia mexicana
Eastern Bluebird 65
Sialia sialis
Ash-throated Flycatcher 57
Myiarchus cinerascens
Gray Flycatcher 35
Empidonax wrightii
Western Kingbird 66
Tyrannus verticalis
Cassin's Kingbird 67
Tyrannus vociferans
Black Phoebe 57
Sayornis nigricans

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