Birds near Taos, NM

Your public lands near Taos, NM contain a wide variety of habitat within the southern Rockies and the sagebrush plateaus. Search for rafts of waterfowl in the Rio Grande de Norte National Monument or listen for the rasping sounds of a Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay hiding in a pinyon pine stand. You can ...more ↓

Sora 1
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 2
Rallus limicola
American Coot 3
Fulica americana
Wild Turkey 4
Meleagris gallopavo
White-tailed Ptarmigan 5
Lagopus leucura
Common Pheasant 6
Phasianus colchicus
Dusky Grouse 7
Dendragapus obscurus
Gambel's Quail 8
Callipepla gambelii
Scaled Quail 9
Callipepla squamata
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10
Coccyzus americanus
Greater Roadrunner 11
Geococcyx californianus
Belted Kingfisher 12
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 13
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Dove 14
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 15
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 16
Zenaida macroura
White-winged Dove 17
Zenaida asiatica
Solitary Sandpiper 18
Tringa solitaria
Common Snipe 19
Gallinago gallinago
Eared Grebe 20
Podiceps nigricollis
Pied-billed Grebe 21
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 22
Phalacrocorax auritus
Prairie Falcon 23
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 24
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 25
Falco sparverius
Merlin 23
Falco columbarius
Turkey Vulture 26
Cathartes aura
Killdeer 27
Charadrius vociferus
Mountain Plover 28
Charadrius montanus
Great Blue Heron 1
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 29
Nycticorax nycticorax
Golden Eagle 30
Aquila chrysaetos
Sharp-shinned Hawk 12
Accipiter striatus
Northern Goshawk 31
Accipiter gentilis
Cooper's Hawk 32
Accipiter cooperii
Zone-tailed Hawk 7
Buteo albonotatus
Ferruginous Hawk 33
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 33
Buteo swainsoni
Rough-legged Hawk 34
Buteo lagopus
Red-tailed Hawk 35
Buteo jamaicensis
Bald Eagle 36
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird 35
Selasphorus rufus
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 25
Selasphorus platycercus
White-throated Swift 37
Aeronautes saxatalis
Mallard 38
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 39
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 19
Anas crecca
Common Goldeneye 15
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 40
Bucephala albeola
Barrow's Goldeneye 15
Bucephala islandica
Red-breasted Merganser 41
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 42
Mergus merganser
Ring-necked Duck 40
Aythya collaris
Lesser Scaup 43
Aythya affinis
Ruddy Duck 20
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 44
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 45
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 46
Lophodytes cucullatus
Bushtit 47
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 48
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 49
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 50
Certhia americana
Canyon Wren 51
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 7
Salpinctes obsoletus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
Polioptila caerulea
House Wren 7
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 28
Thryomanes bewickii
American Dipper 28
Cinclus mexicanus
Crows and Ravens 52
Corvus
Common Raven 53
Corvus corax
American Crow 54
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Steller's Jay 55
Cyanocitta stelleri
Gray Jay 56
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 20
Nucifraga columbiana
Pinyon Jay 57
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Swamp Sparrow 58
Melospiza georgiana
Song Sparrow 59
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 60
Spizella passerina
White-crowned Sparrow 61
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Harris's Sparrow 62
Zonotrichia querula
Scott's Oriole 63
Icterus parisorum
Bullock's Oriole 7
Icterus bullockii
Green-tailed Towhee 7
Pipilo chlorurus
Spotted Towhee 64
Pipilo maculatus
Western Meadowlark 28
Sturnella neglecta
Common Grackle 65
Quiscalus quiscula
Great-tailed Grackle 66
Quiscalus mexicanus
Black Rosy-Finch 7
Leucosticte atrata
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 7
Leucosticte australis
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 2
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Common Yellowthroat 67
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 68
Agelaius phoeniceus
Pine Grosbeak 69
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 70
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Summer Tanager 71
Piranga rubra
Western Tanager 7
Piranga ludoviciana
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 72
Aimophila ruficeps
Dark-eyed Junco 59
Junco hyemalis
Indigo Bunting 66
Passerina cyanea
Lazuli Bunting 73
Passerina amoena

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