English Name:
Genus species: | Comments | Photos |
| Swans, Geese and Ducks |
Gadwall
Anas strepera
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Cornell
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Bosque del Apache
Bosque del Apache |
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
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Cornell
USGS
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Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
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Cornell
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Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
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Cornell
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Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola
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Cornell
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Image Search | Male on left.
Female on right. | 
Orilla Verde Enlarge |
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bucephala islandica
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Cornell
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| Upland Game Birds |
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
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Cornell
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| Grebes |
Eared Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
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| Diurnal Raptors: Vultures, Eagles, Hawks and Falcons |
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopus
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Cornell
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| Woodpeckers |
Red-naped Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
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Cornell
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Photo: Matt MacGillivray Alberta, Canada |
| Shrikes and Vireos |
Northern Shrike
Lanius excubitor
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Cornell
USGS
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Maxwell, NM |
| Larks |
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
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Cornell
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Photo: Jerry Friedman, Apodaca Enlarge |
| Nuthatches and Creepers |
Pygmy Nuthatch
Sitta pygmaea
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Cornell
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| Sparrows and their Allies |
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Aimophila ruficeps
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Cornell
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Image Search | Distinguished from other sparrows with rufous crowns by dark malar stripe below base of bill. | 
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American Tree Sparrow
Spizella arborea
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Cornell
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White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
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Image Search | Similar to White-crowned Sparrow.
Note the yellow lores and the white-throat.
Rare, but when present, seen mixed in flocks of White-crowneds. | 
Photo: Arthur Chapman, Ontario, Canada |
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte tephrocotis
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Cornell
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Image Search | Documentation photos taken with Point-and-Shoot during Dixon CBC in 2007. Location: Velarde
Gray crown evident. Compare with photos from image search.
Flock of 70 recorded. | 
Photo: Martin MacRoberts, Velarde, CBC 2007 Enlarge
Photo: Martin MacRoberts, Velarde, CBC 2007 Enlarge |
