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The Flora and Fauna of Palo Duro Canyon

A guide to the most common and interesting species located in the Palo Duro Canyon ecosystem

Mule Deer 1
Odocoileus hemionus
Painted Bunting 2
Passerina ciris
Rocky Mountain juniper 3
Juniperus scopulorum
Lark Sparrow 4
Chondestes grammacus
Bullock's Oriole 5
Icterus bullockii
Domestic Cattle 6
Bos taurus
Buffalo Grass 7
Bouteloua dactyloides
Indian blanket 8
Gaillardia pulchella
American basketflower 9
Centaurea americana
Paperflower 10
Psilostrophe gnaphalodes
Common Sunflower 11
Helianthus annuus
Blackfoot Daisy 12
Melampodium leucanthum
Sideoats Grama 13
Bouteloua curtipendula
Yuccas 14
Yucca
Sand Sagebrush 15
Artemisia filifolia
Prickly pears 16
Opuntia
Northern Cardinal 17
Cardinalis cardinalis
Bewick's Wren 18
Thryomanes bewickii
Canyon Wren 19
Catherpes mexicanus
Mesquites 20
Prosopis
Rock Wren 5
Salpinctes obsoletus
Mountain Bluebird 4
Sialia currucoides
Bald Eagle 21
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Scaled Quail 22
Callipepla squamata
Roadrunners 23
Geococcyx
Bobcat 24
Lynx rufus
Northern Bobwhite 25
Colinus virginianus
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 2
Melanerpes aurifrons
Wild Turkey 26
Meleagris gallopavo
Mississippi Kite 27
Ictinia mississippiensis
Coyote 28
Canis latrans
Turkey Vulture 29
Cathartes aura
Eurasian Collared Dove 30
Streptopelia decaocto
Greater Roadrunner 31
Geococcyx californianus
Mourning Dove 32
Zenaida macroura
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 33
Coccyzus americanus
Eastern Screech-Owl 34
Megascops asio
Spotted Sandpiper 35
Actitis macularius
Common Nighthawk 18
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 36
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Belted Kingfisher 37
Megaceryle alcyon
Red-headed Woodpecker 18
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Great Horned Owl 38
Bubo virginianus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 39
Sphyrapicus varius
Northern Flicker 40
Colaptes auratus
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 41
Picoides scalaris
Olive-sided Flycatcher 42
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 43
Contopus sordidulus
Eastern Phoebe 44
Sayornis phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher 45
Myiarchus cinerascens
Say's Phoebe 46
Sayornis saya
Northern Harrier 47
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 48
Buteo jamaicensis
Golden Eagle 49
Aquila chrysaetos
American Kestrel 27
Falco sparverius
Killdeer 50
Charadrius vociferus
Western Kingbird 29
Tyrannus verticalis
American Crow 51
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 52
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Horned Lark 53
Eremophila alpestris
Barn Swallow 54
Hirundo rustica
Carolina Chickadee 55
Poecile carolinensis
Warbling Vireo 56
Vireo gilvus
California Scrub-Jay 46
Aphelocoma californica
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 57
Tyrannus forficatus
Loggerhead Shrike 18
Lanius ludovicianus
Blue Jay 58
Cyanocitta cristata
Black-crested Titmouse 5
Baeolophus atricristatus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 59
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 60
Regulus satrapa
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Polioptila caerulea
Eastern Bluebird 61
Sialia sialis
Bushtit 62
Psaltriparus minimus
House Wren 5
Troglodytes aedon
Marsh Wren 63
Cistothorus palustris
Brown Creeper 64
Certhia americana
Texas Horned Lizard 65
Phrynosoma cornutum
Sage Thrasher 22
Oreoscoptes montanus
Curve-billed Thrasher 66
Toxostoma curvirostre
European Starling 67
Sturnus vulgaris
American Pipit 5
Anthus rubescens
Cedar Waxwing 68
Bombycilla cedrorum
Orange-crowned Warbler 37
Oreothlypis celata
Townsend's Solitaire 27
Myadestes townsendi
MacGillivray's Warbler 19
Geothlypis tolmiei
Hermit Thrush 69
Catharus guttatus
Northern Mockingbird 46
Mimus polyglottos
Nashville Warbler 70
Oreothlypis ruficapilla
American Robin 71
Turdus migratorius
Common Yellowthroat 72
Geothlypis trichas
Canyon Towhee 45
Melozone fusca
Cassin's Sparrow 73
Peucaea cassinii
Chipping Sparrow 74
Spizella passerina
Clay-colored Sparrow 5
Spizella pallida
Wilson's Warbler 75
Cardellina pusilla
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 76
Aimophila ruficeps
Yellow Warbler 77
Setophaga petechia
Yellow-rumped Warbler 78
Setophaga coronata
Spotted Towhee 79
Pipilo maculatus

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