Birds of the Jornada, sorted by common name
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Updated: 08/12/1998
Species listed reflect both breeding populations and
transient visitors. They are grouped alphabetically
by COMMON name.
| COMMON NAME CODE | SCIENTIFIC NAME |
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| American Crow AMCR | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| American Goldfinch | AMGO | Carduelis tristis |
| American Kestrel | AMKE | Falco sparverius |
| American Pipit | WAPI | Anthus rubescens |
| American Wigeon | AMWI | Anas americana |
| Ash-Throated Flycatcher | ATFL | Myiarchus cinerascens |
| Audubon's Warbler *4 | AUWA | Dendroica coronata |
| Barn Owl *5 | BAOW | Tyto alba |
| Barn Swallow | BARS | Hirundo rustica |
| Bewick's Wren | BEWR | Thryomanes bewickii |
| Black Phoebe | BLPH | Sayornis nigricans |
| Black-Chinned Hummingbird | BCHU | Archilochus alexandri |
| Black-Chinned Sparrow | BCSP | Spizella atrogularis |
| Black-Headed Grosbeak | BHGR | Pheucticus melanocephalus |
| Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher | BTGN | Polioptila melanura |
| Black-Throated Sparrow | BTSP | Amphispiza bilineata |
| Blue Grosbeak | BLGR | Guiraca caerulea |
| Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher | BGGN | Polioptila caerulea |
| Blue-Winged Teal | BWTE | Anas discors |
| Brewer's Blackbird | BRBL | Euphagus cyanocephalus |
| Brewer's Sparrow | BRSP | Spizella breweri |
| Broad-Tailed Hummingbird | BTLH | Selaphorus platycercus |
| Bronzed Cowbird | BRCO | Molothrus aeneus |
| Brown-Headed Cowbird | BHCO | Molothrus ater |
| Bullock's Oriole (race of Northern O.) | BUOR | Icterus bullocki (I. galbula) |
| Burrowing Owl | BUOW | Athene cunicularia |
| Cactus Wren | CACW | Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus |
| Canyon Towhee | CATO | Pipilo fuscus |
| Canyon Wren | CANW | Catherpes mexicanus |
| Cassin's Kingbird | CAKI | Tyrannus vociferans |
| Cassin's Sparrow | CASP | Aimophila cassinii |
| Chestnut-Collared Longspur | CCLO | Calcarius ornatus |
| Chihuahuan Raven | CHRA | Corvus cryptoleucus |
| Chipping Sparrow | CHSP | Spizella passerina |
| Clay-Colored Sparrow | CCSP | Spizella pallida |
| Cliff Swallow | CLSW | Hirundo pyrrhonota |
| Common Nighthawk | CONI | Chordeiles minor |
| Common Poorwill | COPO | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii |
| Common Raven | CORA | Corvus corax |
| Cooper's Hawk | COHA | Accipiter cooperii |
| Cordilleran Flycatcher | COFL | Empidonax occidentalis |
| Crissal Thrasher | CRTH | Toxostoma crissale |
| Curve-Billed Thrasher | CBTH | Toxostoma curvirostre |
| Dark-Eyed Junco *2 | DEJU | Junco hyemalis |
| Dickcissel | DICK | Spiza americana |
| Dusky Flycatcher | DUFL | Empidonax oberholseri |
| Eastern Meadowlark | EAME | Sturnella magna (race: lilianae) |
| European Starling | EUST | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Ferruginous Hawk | FEHA | Buteo regalis |
| Gambel's Quail | GAQU | Callipepla gambelii |
| Golden Eagle | GOEA | Aquila chrysaetos |
| Gray Flycatcher | GRFL | Empidonax wrightii |
| Gray-Headed Junco *2 | GHJU | Junco hyemalis |
| Great Horned Owl | GHOW | Bubo virginianus |
| Greater Roadrunner | GRRO | Geococcyx californianus |
| Snow Goose | GSGO | Chen caerulescens |
| Great-Tailed Grackle | GTGR | Quiscalus mexicanus |
| Green-Tailed Towhee | GTTO | Pipilo chlorurus |
| Green-Winged Teal | AGWT | Anas crecca |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | HAFL | Empidonax hammondii |
| Hermit Thrush | HETH | Catharus guttatus |
| Hermit Warbler | HEWA | Dendroica occidentalis |
| Horned Lark | HOLA | Eremophila alpestris |
| House Finch | HOFI | Carpodacus mexicanus |
| House Sparrow | HOSP | Passer domesticus |
| House Wren | HOWR | Troglodytes aedon |
| Killdeer | KILL | Charadrius vociferus |
| Ladder-Backed Woodpecker | LBWO | Picoides scalaris |
| Lark Bunting | LARB | Calamospiza melanocorys |
| Lark Sparrow | LASP | Chondestes grammacus |
| Least Sandpiper | LESA | Calidris minutilla |
| Lesser Nighthawk | LENI | Chordeiles acutipennis |
| Lesser Goldfinch | LEGO | Carduelis psaltria |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | LISP | Melospiza lincolnii |
| Loggerhead Shrike | LOSH | Lanius ludovicianus |
| Long-Billed Curlew | LBCU | Numenius americanus |
| Long-Billed Dowitcher | LBDO | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| Lucy's Warbler | LUWA | Vermivora luciae |
| Macgillivray's Warbler | MGWA | Oporornis tolmiei |
| Mc Cown's Longspur | MCLO | Calcarius mccownii |
| Merlin | MERL | Falco columbarius |
| Mountain Bluebird | MOBL | Sialia currucoides |
| Mourning Dove | MODO | Zenaida macroura |
| Myrtle Warbler *4 | MYWA | Dendroica coronata |
| Northern Flicker *3 | NOFL | Colaptes auratus |
| Northern Harrier | NOHA | Circus cyaneus |
| Northern Mockingbird | NOMO | Mimus polyglottos |
| Northern Oriole (Bullock's race) | BUOR | Icterus galbula (I. bullocki) |
| Northern Pintail | NOPI | Anas acuta |
| Northern Rough-Winged Swallow | NRWS | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| Olive-Sided Flycatcher | OSFL | Contopus borealis |
| Orange-Crowned Warbler | OCWA | Vermivora celata |
| Oregon Junco *2 | ORJU | Junco hyemalis |
| Phainopepla | PHAI | Phainopepla nitens |
| Prairie Falcon | PRFA | Falco mexicanus |
| Pyrrhuloxia | PYRR | Cardinalis sinuatus |
| Red-Shafted Flicker *3 | RSFL | Colaptes auratus |
| Red-Tailed Hawk | RTHA | Buteo jamaicensis |
| Red-Winged Blackbird | RWBL | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Ring-Billed Gull | RBGU | Larus delawarensis |
| Rock Wren | ROWR | Salpinctes obsoletus |
| Ruby-Crowned Kinglet | RCKI | Regulus calendula |
| Rufous-Crowned Sparrow | RCSP | Aimophila ruficeps |
| Rufous Hummingbird | RUHU | Selasphorus rufus |
| Spotted Towhee | RSTO | Pipilo maculatus |
| Sage Sparrow | SAGS | Amphispiza belli |
| Sage Thrasher | SATH | Oreoscoptes montanus |
| Sandhill Crane | SACR | Grus canadensis |
| Savannah Sparrow | SAVS | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| Say's Phoebe | SAPH | Sayornis saya |
| Scaled Quail | SCQU | Callipepla squamata |
| Scott's Oriole | SCOR | Icterus parisorum |
| Western Scrub Jay | SCJA | Aphelocoma californica |
| Sharp-Shinned Hawk | SSHA | Accipiter striatus |
| Solitary Sandpiper | SOSA | Tringa solitaria |
| Song Sparrow | SOSP | Melospiza melodia |
| Spotted Sandpiper | SPSA | Actitis macularia |
| Sprague's Pipit | SPPI | Anthus spragueii |
| Swainson's Hawk | SWHA | Buteo swainsoni |
| Townsend's Warbler | TOWA | Dendroica townsendi |
| Tree Swallow | TRES | Tachycineta bicolor |
| Turkey Vulture | TUVU | Cathartes aura |
| Verdin | VERD | Auriparus flaviceps |
| Vesper Sparrow | VESP | Pooecetes gramineus |
| Violet-Green Swallow | VGSW | Tachycineta thalassina |
| Virginia's Warbler | VIWA | Vermivora virginiae |
| Western Bluebird | WEBL | Sialia mexicana |
| Western Kingbird | WEKI | Tyrannus verticalis |
| Western Meadowlark | WEME | Sturnella neglecta |
| Western Sandpiper | WESA | Calidris mauri |
| Western Tanager | WETA | Piranga ludoviciana |
| Western Wood-Pewee | WEWP | Contopus sordidulus |
| White-Crowned Sparrow | WCSP | Zonotrichia leucophrys |
| White-Throated Swift | WTSW | Aeronautes saxatalis |
| White-Winged Dove | WWDO | Zenaida asiatica |
| Wilson's Phalarope | WIPH | Phalaropus tricolor |
| Wilson's Warbler | WIWA | Wilsonia pusilla |
| Yellow-Headed Blackbird | YHBL | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
| Yellow Warbler | YWAR | Dendroica petechia |
| Yellow-Rumped Warbler *4 | YRWA | Dendroica coronata |
| Yellow-Shafted Flicker *3 | YSFL | Colaptes auratus |
Species on the Jornada have been "lumped" in some cases because of
interbreeding but subspecies remain identifiable. Codes exist for
both species and subspecies as follows:
*2 Species: Dark-eyed Junco DEJU
Subspecies: Oregon Junco ORJU
Grey Headed Junco GHJU
Slated-colored Junco SCJU (eastern, rare)
*3 Species: Northern Flicker NOFL
Subspecies: Red-shafted Flicker RSFL
Yellow-shafted Flicker YSFL (eastern, rare)
*4 Species Yellow-rumped warbler YRWA
Subspecies: Audubon's Warbler AUWA
Myrtle Warbler MYWA (eastern, rare)
Other species have been split creating a new name for 2 species:
*1 old species: Brown Towhee BRTO
new species: Canyon Towhee CATO
California Towhee (found only in California)
08/12/1998 Clarification provided for Bullock's or Northern oriole.
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