Wind River Ranch Birds
Special thanks to Martin MacRoberts and Jo Osterhouse of the Audubon Society Important Bird Area Program
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Canada Goose |
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 European Starling Cedar Waxwing Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow Warbler Virginia’s Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Grace’s Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson’s Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat 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 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)