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 1
Spizella breweri
Phainopepla 2
Phainopepla nitens
Pygmy Nuthatch 3
Sitta pygmaea
Cedar Waxwing 4
Bombycilla cedrorum
Townsend's Warbler 5
Setophaga townsendi
Greater Roadrunner 6
Geococcyx californianus
Downy Woodpecker 7
Picoides pubescens
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 8
Picoides scalaris
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Picoides villosus
Northern Flicker 10
Colaptes auratus
Great Horned Owl 11
Bubo virginianus
Belted Kingfisher 12
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 13
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 14
Columba livia
White-winged Dove 15
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 16
Zenaida macroura
American Coot 17
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Ring-necked Pheasant 18
Phasianus colchicus
Wilson's Snipe 19
Gallinago delicata
Spotted Sandpiper 20
Actitis macularius
Ring-billed Gull 21
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 22
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Killdeer 23
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 24
Recurvirostra americana
White-faced Ibis 25
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 26
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Snowy Egret 27
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 28
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 29
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 30
Bubulcus ibis
Prairie Falcon 31
Falco mexicanus
American Kestrel 32
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 31
Chordeiles minor
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 33
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 34
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 31
Archilochus alexandri
American Wigeon 5
Anas americana
Northern Shoveler 35
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal 36
Anas crecca
Cinnamon Teal 37
Anas cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 35
Anas discors
Mallard 38
Anas platyrhynchos
Gadwall 39
Anas strepera
Common Merganser 39
Mergus merganser
Ring-necked Duck 35
Aythya collaris
Canada Goose 40
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 41
Branta hutchinsii
Wood Duck 42
Aix sponsa
Osprey 28
Pandion haliaetus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 43
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 44
Circus cyaneus
Red-tailed Hawk 45
Buteo jamaicensis
Swainson's Hawk 46
Buteo swainsoni
Common Black Hawk 47
Buteogallus anthracinus
Bald Eagle 48
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Turkey Vulture 49
Cathartes aura
Double-crested Cormorant 32
Phalacrocorax auritus
Neotropic Cormorant 50
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Cliff Swallow 51
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Barn Swallow 52
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 35
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 53
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 54
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 31
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Brewer's Blackbird 41
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 31
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 37
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bullock's Oriole 31
Icterus bullockii
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle 28
Quiscalus mexicanus
Red-winged Blackbird 55
Agelaius phoeniceus
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 31
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 56
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 57
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 58
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 59
Sturnus vulgaris
House Wren 31
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 30
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 35
Cistothorus palustris
American Robin 60
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 41
Catharus guttatus
Western Bluebird 41
Sialia mexicana
Eastern Bluebird 61
Sialia sialis
Ash-throated Flycatcher 53
Myiarchus cinerascens
Gray Flycatcher 31
Empidonax wrightii
Western Kingbird 62
Tyrannus verticalis
Cassin's Kingbird 63
Tyrannus vociferans
Black Phoebe 53
Sayornis nigricans
Say's Phoebe 8
Sayornis saya
Cassin's Vireo 31
Vireo cassinii
Warbling Vireo 12
Vireo gilvus
White-eyed Vireo 31
Vireo griseus

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