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White SandsFeatured Birds |
Brochure about Featured Birds of White Sands National Park (NP) in New Mexico. Published by the National Park Service (NPS).
White Sands
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
White Sands National Monument
Featured Birds of White Sands
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hite Sands National Monument is home to a wide variety of bird species. Some birds make White Sands their
home all year, while other species are migratory. One key factor that influences the types of migratory birds in the
area is rainfall and the amount of standing water. Keep in mind that the dunes provide unique homes to only some of
our bird species. Many of the birds listed here prefer the Chihuahuan Desert shrub on the outer edges of the monument
boundaries. Others migrate here when there is a lot of standing water in places such as Lake Lucero. Whether you are
an experienced birder or just taking that extra step to familiarize yourself with our flying friends, this list will provide
you with a general overview of the birds in and around the world’s largest gypsum dunefield.
American Avocet
Recurvirostra
americana
American Coot
Black-throated
Sparrow
Crissal Thrasher
Brewer’s Blackbird
Dark-eyed Junco
Amphispiza bilineata
Toxostoma crissale
Fulica americana
Euphagus
cyanocephalus
American Kestrel
Eared Grebe
Falco sparverius
Broad-tailed
Hummingbird
American Robin
Cactus Wren
Gambel’s Quail
Selasphorus platycercus
Junco hyemalis
Podiceps nigricollis
Turdus migratorius
Campylorhynchus
brunneicapillus
Ash-throated
Flycatcher
Chihuahuan Raven
Barn Swallow
Common Merganser
Great Egret
Hirundo rustica
Mergus merganser
Ardea alba
Black-necked Stilt
Cooper’s Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Accipiter cooperii
Bubo virginianus
Corvus cryptoleucus
Myiarchus cinerascens
Himantopus mexicanus
Callipepla gambelii
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Great-tailed Grackle
Mallard
Snowy Plover
Greater Roadrunner
Mourning Dove
Solitary Sandpiper
Zenaida macroura
Tringa solitaria
Northern Flicker
Spotted Towhee
Colaptes auratus
Pipilo maculatus
Northern Harrier
Swainson’s Hawk
Circus cyaneus
Buteo swainsoni
Northern
Mockingbird
Turkey Vulture
House Sparrow
Northern Oriole
Western Kingbird
Passer domesticus
Icterus galbula
Tyrannus verticalis
Killdeer
Northern Shoveler
Western Meadowlark
Anas clypeata
Sturnella neglecta
Ladder-backed
Woodpecker
Pyrrhuloxia
White-crowned
Sparrow
Lesser Nighthawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Quiscalus mexicanus
Anas platyrhynchos
Geococcyx
californianus
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Horned Lark
© Noll
Eremophila alpestris
Charadrius nivosus
House Finch
Haemorhous
mexicanus
Charadrius vociferus
Mimus polyglottos
Cardinalis sinuatus
Picoides scalaris
Chordeiles
acutipennis
Loggerhead Shrike
Cathartes aura
Zonotrichia
leucophrys
Buteo jamaicensis
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
Sandhill Crane
Wilson’s Warbler
Grus canadensis
Cardellina pusilla
Say’s Phoebe
Sayornis saya
Yellow-headed
Blackbird
Long-eared Owl
Scott’s Oriole
Yellow Warbler
Asio otus
Icterus parisorum
Lanius ludovicianus
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
Xanthocephalus
xanthocephalus
Setophaga petechia
Note: This is not a comprehensive bird list. For more information on White Sands National Monument, visit www.nps.gov/whsa
Revised 2/1/16