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