"Sandstone formation" by U.S. National Park Service , public domain
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VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
U FC U
HAWKS, EAGLES
O
*
U
U
U
O
* FC
*
R
U
O
U U
U U
U U U
O
O O
FC FC FC
R
R R
U U U
FALCONS
* FC FC FC FC
R
R O
* U U U
* U U U U
RAILS
R
R
O
R
r
O
O
o
r
O
o
o
o
R
r
O
O
O
o
r
O
o
o
o
o
o
*
o o o
o o o o
o
u fc u
CUCKOOS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
r
o
r
r
OWLS
Flammulated Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Long-eared Owl
*
*
*
r r
r r r r
u u u u
o o o o
o
NIGHTJARS
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
*
*
u fc r
r r r
SWIFTS, HUMMINGBIRDS
White-throated Swift
*
Black-chinned Hummingbird *
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird *
c
u
KINGFISHERS
R
r
PIGEONS, DOVES
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
R
winter
O O O
O O
O
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Western Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Ring-billed Gull
fall
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
White-faced Ibis
Rufous Hummingbird
summer
O O O O
SPECIES
spring
O O
U U U R
O
O
O
O
O
O O O O
O
O
O
nesting
*
Scaled Quail
American Coot
winter
O
HERONS, IBIS
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
fall
SHOREBIRDS, GULLS
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
summer
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
SPECIES
spring
WATERFOWL
nesting
181 species as of May, 2008.
winter
Compiled from observations made between
September 2002 and May 2008, in addition to
previous checklists by McCallum (1979), Stoltz
(1987), and USGS (2002).
fall
KEY
C=Common—usually easy to find.
FC=Fairly Common—usually present but not as
easy to find.
U=Uncommon—regular, but only a few
individuals may be present in a particular season.
R=Rare—irregular, or not detected every year.
O=Occasional—few records exist.
X=Extirpated—no longer occurs in the area.
*=Nests or has nested.
summer
To help further our knowledge of El Morro’s
wildlife, we encourage you to report your
observations to staff at the visitor center.
SPECIES
spring
Samuel Washington Woodhouse, an ornithologist
who passed by here in 1851 with the Sitgreaves
Expedition, secured El Morro’s place in American
ornithology history books with the first-ever
scientific description of a White-throated Swift.
Since then, El Morro has offered birdwatchers
the chance for discovery. The variety of habitats
contained within a small area (1,278 acres) makes
possible the diversity and number of bird species
found here.
nesting
“E
ncamped at the Inscription Rock, a
singular sandstone mesa . . . I observed a
new swift . . . ”
Belted Kingfisher
o
o
WOODPECKERS
Lewis’s Woodpecker
* r r r r
Acorn Woodpecker
O O O
Williamson’s Sapsucker
r r r
Red-naped Sapsucker
fc r fc u
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
O o O
Hairy Woodpecker
* fc fc fc fc
Northern Flicker
* c c c c
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Kingbird
*
r
c
c
O
r
* fc fc
r
* u u
*
x
r r
* c c
* c c
* c c
* u u
r
c
O
r
fc
r
u
r
c
u
c
u
SHRIKES, VIREOS
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Gray Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo
u u u
r
*
c
r
u
o
c
c
u
u
JAYS, CROWS
c
c
r
c
c
c
r
c
c
u
r
u
Steller’s Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Pinyon Jay
Clark’s Nutcracker
*
r
c
c
c
c
r
c
c
o
r
c
c
Northern Rough-winged
Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
PIPITS
r
*
*
r
c
c
r
c
r
r
r
c
r
c
r
c
r
CHICKADEES AND ALLIES
Mountain Chickadee
Juniper Titmouse
Bushtit
* c c c c
* fc fc fc fc
* fc fc fc fc
NUTHATCHES, CREEPERS
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
r r r r
* fc fc fc fc
* c c c c
r
r r
WRENS
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
* fc fc fc r
* fc fc fc u
* fc fc fc u
u
u
KINGLETS, GNATCATCHERS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
fc
fc r
fc R u
THRUSHES
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
*
*
*
c
c
c
r
c
c
c
c
c c
c Fc
c c
r
c fc
MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS
Gray Catbird
o o o o
o
American Pipit
o
WAXWINGS
Cedar Waxwing
r
r
Orange-crowned Warbler
c R c
Nashville Warbler
u
Virginia’s Warbler
* fc fc fc
Yellow Warbler
u
u
Yellow-rumped Warbler
c u c r
Black-throated Gray Warbler * fc u fc
Townsend’s Warbler
r
u
Grace’s Warbler
r r r
Kentucky Warbler
O
MacGillivray’s Warbler
u u fc
Common Yellowthroat
r
r
Wilson’s Warbler
fc r fc
Yellow-breasted Chat
o
o
TANAGERS
* fc fc fc
r r r
* c fc c
TOWHEES, SPARROWS
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
o
fc r fc
r
r
Dark-eyed Junco (Grayheaded, Pink-sided, Oregon)
* fc fc fc
* c c c u
* c c c c
* c c c
* fc u fc
* c c c
* c c c
o o
r
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
*
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
El Morro National Monument
www.nps.gov/elmo
c
o
c Fc
c
c c
GROSBEAKS AND ALLIES
WOOD WARBLERS
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
winter
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
European Starling
fall
SWALLOWS
STARLINGS
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
summer
u
SPECIES
spring
r
* fc fc fc
* fc R fc R
o
nesting
r
winter
r
fall
Horned Lark
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
summer
LARKS
SPECIES
spring
u u u u
c c c c
nesting
winter
fall
*
summer
American Crow
Common Raven
spring
SPECIES
nesting
o
c fc fc
o
u r u
o
o
El Morro
National Monument
BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
u
R
* c
o
o
o
* fc
o
fc
O
u
R
c fc r
o
o
o
fc fc
Bird Checklist
u u
FINCHES AND ALLIES
Cassin’s Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
r
* c
r
fc
* c
u
r
c
r
u
c
r
r
c
r
fc
c
u
r
r
c
r
fc
u
r
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
o
o o
Christopher J. Grimes and Sarah Beckwith
May, 2008