List of Species

Wind River Ranch Birds

Special thanks to Martin MacRoberts and Jo Osterhouse of the Audubon Society Important Bird Area Program

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
California Gull
Common Tern
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Mourning Dove
White-winged dove
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Long-eared Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Saw-whet Owl
Common Nigthhawk

Common Poorwill
White-throated Swift
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Lewis’ Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Plumbeous Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Cassin’s Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Steller’s Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Pinyon Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Violet-green Swallow
Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Juniper Titmouse
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Dipper
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Virginia’s Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Grace’s Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Townsend’s Warbler
Hepatic Tanager
Western Tanager
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Lark Bunting
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock’s Oriole
House Finch
Cassin’s Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch
RedCrossbill Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow

Wind River Ranch Herps and Fish
(Incomplete list)

Salamanders
Tiger Salamander (Amystoma tigrinum)

Toads and Frogs
Woodhouse toad (Bufo woodhousi)
Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

Turtles
Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Lizards
Collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)
Short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglassi)
Prairie lizard (Sceloperus undulatus)
Plateau striped whiptail (Cnemidophorus velox)
Many-lined skink (Eumeces multivirgatus)
Great Plains skink (Eumeces obsoletus)

Snakes
Racer (Coluber constrictor)
Ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus)
Corn snake (Elaphae guttata)
Western hog-nose snake (Heterodon nasicus)
Smooth green snake (Liochlorophis vernalis)
Bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus)
Common kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)
Milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
Blackneck garter snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis)
Western terrestrail garter snake (Thamnphis elegans)
Lined snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum)
Western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridus)

Fish
Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
Rio Grande chub (Gila pandora)
Central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum)
Long-nosed dace (Rhinichthys cataractae)
White sucker (Catostomus commersoni)
Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)

the Rio Grande cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis) has been extirpated

Mammals

Desert shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi)
Desert cottontail (Silvilagus audubonii)
Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
American black bear (Ursus americanus)
Northern raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)
Striped skunk (Mephitus mephitus)
Western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracialis)
Common hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus leuconotus)
American badger (Taxidea taxus)
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
Puma (Puma concolor)
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Gunnison’s prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni)
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus)
Rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus)
Pine chipmunk (Tamias amoenus)
Botta’s pocket gopher (Thomonys bottae)
Silky pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus)
Ord Kangeroo rat (Dipodomys ordii)
American beaver (Castor canadensis)
Western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris)
North American deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
White-footed deer mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
Piñon deer mouse (Peromyscus truei)
Brush mouse (Peromyscus boylei)
Prairie vole (Microtis ochrogaster)
White-throated woodrat (Neotoma albigula)
Mexican woodrat (Neotoma mexicana)
North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
Common muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
Elk (Cervus elaphus)
Bison (Bison bison)
Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)

Insects

ORDER ORTHOPTERA

ROMALEIDAE (Lubbers)
Brachystola magna

ACRIDIDAE (Grasshoppers)

Dissosteira carolina (Carolina Locust)
Arphia pseudonietana (Red-winged Grasshopper)
Encoptolophus coastalis (Dusky Grasshopper)
Encoptolophus subgracilis
Trachyrhachys aspera (Scudder Finned Grasshopper)
Trimerotropis pallidipennis (Pallid-winged Grasshopper)
Trimerotroipis melanoptera (Black-winged Grasshopper)
Trimerotropis modesta
Trimerotropis spp.

Syrbula montezuma (Slant-faced Grasshopper)
Phlibostroma quadrimaculatum (Four-spotted Grasshopper)
Ageneotettix deorum (White Whiskers Grasshopper)
Opeia obscura (Obscure Grasshopper)
Eritettix simplex (Velvet-striped Grasshopper)
Amphitornus coloradus (Striped Slant-faced Grasshopper)

Hypochlora alba (Cudweed Grasshopper) FIRST RECORD FOR NM
Hesperotettix viridis (Snakeweed Grasshopper)
Dactylotum bicolor (Pictured Grasshopper)
Melanoplus bivittatus (Two-striped Grasshopper)
Melanoplus lakinus (Lakin Grasshopper)
Melanoplus sp. 1 (Slender, short-winged on Sage)
Melanoplus sp. 2 (Robust, striped pronotum)
Melanoplus sp. 3 (Very robust, red or blue hind tibiae)
Melanoplus sp. 4 (Rather ordinary, slender, fully winged)