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 ↓

Bushtit 1
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 2
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 3
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 4
Certhia americana
Canyon Wren 5
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 6
Salpinctes obsoletus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Polioptila caerulea
House Wren 6
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 7
Thryomanes bewickii
American Dipper 7
Cinclus mexicanus
Common Raven 9
Corvus corax
American Crow 10
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Steller's Jay 11
Cyanocitta stelleri
Gray Jay 12
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 13
Nucifraga columbiana
Pinyon Jay 14
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Swamp Sparrow 15
Melospiza georgiana
Song Sparrow 16
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 17
Spizella passerina
White-crowned Sparrow 18
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Harris's Sparrow 19
Zonotrichia querula
Scott's Oriole 20
Icterus parisorum
Bullock's Oriole 6
Icterus bullockii
Green-tailed Towhee 6
Pipilo chlorurus
Spotted Towhee 21
Pipilo maculatus
Western Meadowlark 7
Sturnella neglecta
Common Grackle 22
Quiscalus quiscula
Great-tailed Grackle 23
Quiscalus mexicanus
Black Rosy-Finch 6
Leucosticte atrata
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 6
Leucosticte australis
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 24
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Common Yellowthroat 25
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 26
Agelaius phoeniceus
Pine Grosbeak 27
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 28
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Summer Tanager 29
Piranga rubra
Western Tanager 6
Piranga ludoviciana
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 30
Aimophila ruficeps
Dark-eyed Junco 16
Junco hyemalis
Indigo Bunting 23
Passerina cyanea
Lazuli Bunting 31
Passerina amoena
Yellow-breasted Chat 31
Icteria virens
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 32
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-headed Grosbeak 7
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Molothrus ater
Red Crossbill 33
Loxia curvirostra
Yellow-headed Blackbird 34
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Lark Sparrow 24
Chondestes grammacus
Lark Bunting 6
Calamospiza melanocorys
Cliff Swallow 35
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Barn Swallow 36
Hirundo rustica
Violet-green Swallow 37
Tachycineta thalassina
Tree Swallow 38
Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Shrike 39
Lanius excubitor
Loggerhead Shrike 7
Lanius ludovicianus
American Robin 40
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 41
Catharus guttatus
Mountain Bluebird 24
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 41
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 42
Myadestes townsendi
Juniper Titmouse 43
Baeolophus ridgwayi
American Pipit 6
Anthus rubescens
House Sparrow 44
Passer domesticus
White-breasted Nuthatch 45
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 46
Sitta pygmaea
Red-breasted Nuthatch 47
Sitta canadensis
European Starling 48
Sturnus vulgaris
Northern Mockingbird 49
Mimus polyglottos
Crissal Thrasher 6
Toxostoma crissale
Bendire's Thrasher 7
Toxostoma bendirei
Curve-billed Thrasher 50
Toxostoma curvirostre
Gray Catbird 6
Dumetella carolinensis
Sage Thrasher 51
Oreoscoptes montanus
Ash-throated Flycatcher 37
Myiarchus cinerascens
Western Wood-Pewee 52
Contopus sordidulus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 53
Contopus cooperi
Willow Flycatcher 49
Empidonax traillii
Hammond's Flycatcher 54
Empidonax hammondii
Cordilleran Flycatcher 6
Empidonax occidentalis
Cassin's Kingbird 30
Tyrannus vociferans
Western Kingbird 31
Tyrannus verticalis
Say's Phoebe 49
Sayornis saya
Black Phoebe 37
Sayornis nigricans
Plumbeous Vireo 6
Vireo plumbeus
Gray Vireo 6
Vireo vicinior
Warbling Vireo 55
Vireo gilvus
Blue Grosbeak 24
Passerina caerulea
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 56
Regulus calendula
Gray-headed Junco 6
Junco hyemalis caniceps
Audubon's Warbler 14
Setophaga coronata auduboni
Oregon Junco 49
Junco hyemalis oreganus
Myrtle Warbler 57
Setophaga coronata coronata
Pink-sided Junco 14
Junco hyemalis mearnsi
Black-billed Magpie 58
Pica hudsonia
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 6
Poecile gambeli
Winter Wren 6
Troglodytes hiemalis
Orange-crowned Warbler 59
Oreothlypis celata

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