Observed Bird List

Listed below are birds that have been observed in the Aldea de Santa Fe area by members of the birding group. 

Aldea Birding Group Birds Seen in Aldea As of November 18, 2017— 96 species       Organized taxonomically by Family and Species o   indicates the species seen in each Family

 

DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS

QUAIL

o   Scaled Quail

PHEASANTS, GROUSE, TURKEYS

LOONS

GREBES

STORM-PETRELS

STORKS

FRIGATEBIRDS

BOOBIES

CORMORANTS

DARTERS

PELICANS

BITTERNS, HERONS

IBISES, SPOONBILLS

AMERICAN VULTURES

o   Turkey Vulture

OSPREY

KITES, EAGLES, HAWKS

o   Northern Harrier  
o   Sharp-shinned Hawk
o   Cooper’s Hawk
o   Red-tailed Hawk
o   Ferruginous Hawk

 

CARACARAS, FALCONS

RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS

FINFOOTS

CRANES
o   Sandhill Crane—flying overhead, calling

 

PLOVERS

STILTS, AVOCETS

SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES

GULLS, TERNS, SKIMMERS

SKUAS, JAEGERS

AUKS, MURRES, PUFFINS

PIGEONS, DOVES

o   Rock Pigeon  
o   Eurasian Collared-Dove
o   White-winged Dove
o   Mourning Dove

 

CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS, ANIS

o   Greater Roadrunner

BARN OWLS

TYPICAL OWLS

o   Western Screech Owl
o   Great Horned Owl

NIGHTHAWKS, NIGHTJARS

o   Common Nighthawk

 SWIFTS

HUMMINGBIRDS

o   Black-chinned Hummingbird
o   Calliope Hummingbird
o   Broad-tailed Hummingbird
o   Rufous Hummingbird
o   Broad-billed Hummingbird (very rare;
      Female, seen from mid Oct- early Dec 2016)

TROGONS

KINGFISHERS

WOODPECKERS

o   Williamson’s Sapsucker
o   Ladder-backed Woodpecker
o   Downy Woodpecker  
o   Hairy Woodpecker
o   Northern Flicker
    Yellow-shafted
    Red-shafted

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

o   Olive-sided Flycatcher
o   Western Wood-Pewee
o   Say’s Phoebe
o   Ash-throated Flycatcher
o   Cassin’s Kingbird  
o   Western Kingbird
 

SHRIKES

o   Loggerhead Shrike

VIREOS

o   Plumbeous Vireo

JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS

o   Stellar’s Jay
o   Pinyon Jay  
o   Woodhouse Scrub-Jay  
o   Black-billed Magpie
o   American Crow
o   Common Raven

LARKS

SWALLOWS

o   Violet-green Swallow
o   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
o   Barn Swallow

TITMICE

o   Black-capped Chickadee
o   Mountain Chickadee  
o   Juniper Titmouse

VERDINS

BUSHTITS
o   Bushtit

 

NUTHACHES

o   Red-breasted Nuthatch
o   White-breasted Nuthatch

CREEPERS

WRENS

o   Bewick’s Wren
o   House Wren

 

GNATCATCHERS

o   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

DIPPERS

KINGLETS

o   Ruby-crowned Kinglet

THRUSHES

o   Western Bluebird
o   Mountain Bluebird
o   Townsend’s Solitaire  
o   Hermit Thrush  
o   American Robin

 

MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS

o   Northern Mockingbird
o   Sage Thrasher
o   Curve-billed Thrasher

 

STARLINGS

WAGTAILS, PIPITS

WAXWINGS

o   Cedar Waxwing

SILKY-FLYCATCHERS

OLIVE WARBLER

LONGSPURS, SNOW BUNTINGS

WOOD-WARBLERS

o   Northern Waterthrush
o   Orange-crowned Warbler
o   Nashville Warbler
o   Virginia’s Warbler  
o   MacGillivray’s Warbler
o   Yellow Warbler
o   Yellow-rumped Warbler  
    Myrtle
  Audubon
o   Wilson’s Warbler

SPARROWS

o   Green-tailed Towhee  
o   Spotted Towhee  
o   Canyon Towhee
o   Chipping Sparrow  
o   Brewer’s Sparrow
o   Vesper Sparrow
o   Lark Sparrow  
o   Lincoln’s Sparrow
o   White-throated Sparrow
o   White-crowned Sparrow
o   Dark-eyed Junco
      Slate-colored
     Oregon
      Pink-sided
     Grey-headed

 

TANAGERS, CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS

o   Western Tanager  
o   Black-headed Grosbeak
o   Lazuli Bunting

BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES
o   Red-winged Blackbird
o   Brewer’s Blackbird
o   Brown-headed Cowbird 
o   Bullock’s Oriole

FINCHES
o   Cassin’s Finch
o   House Finch
o   Red Crossbill
o   Pine Siskin
o   Lesser Goldfinch
o   American Goldfinch  
o   Evening Grosbeak

OLD WORLD SPARROWS

o   House Sparrow

 Note:  Names and sequences of families and species conform to the American Ornithologists’ Union’s Check-list of North American Birds, 7th Edition (1998) as amended through its 52nd Supplement (July 2011). The list is based on decisions of the New Mexico Bird Records Committee through July 2012.