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 Dusky flycatcher Cassin’s Kingbird Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Loggerhead Shrike Northern Shrike Plumbeous Vireo Warbling Vireo Cassin’s Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Clark’s Nutcracker 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 Golden-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Townsend’s Solitaire Hermit Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Sage Thrasher Brown Thrasher American pipit 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 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 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 Eastern Meadowlark European Starling Yellow-headed Blackbird Brewer’s Blackbird Common Grackle Great-tailed 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
AMBYSTOMATIDAE
Tiger Salamander (Amystoma tigrinum)
BUFONIDAE
Woodhouse toad (Bufo woodhousi)
Red-spotted toad (Bufo punctatus
PELOBATIDAE
New Mexico spadefoot toad (Spea multiplicata)
Plains spadefoot (Spea bombifrons)
RANIDAE
Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)
CHELIDRIDAE
Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
CROTAPHYTIDAE
Collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)
PHYYNOSOMATIDAE
Short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglassi)
Prairie lizard (Sceloperus undulatus)
Lesser earless lizard (Holbrookia maculata)
TEIIDAE
Plateau striped whiptail (Cnemidophorus velox)
Six-lined racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus)
SCINCIDAE
Many-lined skink (Eumeces multivirgatus)
Great Plains skink (Eumeces obsoletus)
COLUBRIDAE
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)
VIPERIDAE
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
ORDER INSECTIVORA
SORICIDAE
Desert shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi)
ORDER CHIROPTERA
VESPERTILLIONIDAE
Little brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus)
Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
ORDER LAGOMORPHA
LEOPORIDAE
Desert cottontail (Silvilagus audubonii)
Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
ORDER CARNIVORA
URSIDAE
American black bear (Ursus americanus)
PROCYONIDAE
Northern raccoon (Procyon lotor)
MUSTELIDAE
Long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)
Striped skunk (Mephitus mephitus)
Western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracialis)
Common hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus leuconotus)
American badger (Taxidea taxus)
CANIDAE
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
Swift fox (Vulpes velox)
FELIDAE
Puma (Puma concolor)
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
ORDER RODENTIA
SCIURIDAE
Gunnison’s prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni)
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus)
Rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus)
Colorado chipmunk (Tamias quadrivittatus)
Least chipmunk (Tamias minimus)
GEOMYIDAE
Botta’s pocket gopher (Thomonys bottae)
HETEROMYIDAE
Ord Kangeroo rat (Dipodomys ordii)
CASTORIDAE
American beaver (Castor canadensis)
MURIDAE
Plains pocket mouse (Perognathus flavescens)
Silkly pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus)
Western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)
Plains harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys montanus)
North American deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopis)
Piñon deer mouse (Peromyscus truei)
Brush mouse (Peromyscus boylei)
Northern rock mouse (Peromyscus nasutus)
Northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster)
White-throated woodrat (Neotoma albigula)
Mexican woodrat (Neotoma mexicana)
Common muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
ERETHIZONTIDAE
North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
CASTORIDAE
American beaver (Castor canadensis)
ORDER ARTIODACTYLA
CERIVDAE
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
Elk (Cervus elaphus)
BOVIDAE
Bison (Bison bison)
ANTILOCAPRIDAE
Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
Insects
ORDER ODONATA
DRAGONFLIES (Suborder Anisoptera)
AESCHNIDAE
Rhionaeschna multicolor (Blue-eyed darner)
Anax junius (Green darner)
GOMPHIDAE
Progomphyus obscurus (Common sandragon)
LIBELLULIDAE
Libellula pulchella (12-spot skimmer)
Erythemis collocota (Western pondhawk)
Orthemis ferruginea (Roseate skimmer)
Libellula forensis (Western widow)
Tramea lacerata (Black saddlebags)
Libellula saturata (Flame skimmer)
Erythrodiplax funerea (Black-winged dragonlet)
Paltothemis lineatis (Red-rock skimmer)
DAMSELFLIES (Suborder Zygoptera)
COENAGRIONIDA
Pond damsels
CALOPTERYGIDAE
Hetaerina americana (American ruby-spot)
Hetaerina vulnerata (Canyon ruby-spot)
LESTIDAE
Archilestes grandis (Great spreadwing)
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)
RHAPHIDOPHRIDAE
Ceuthophilus pallidus (Pallid camel cricket)
GRYLLIDAE
Oecanthus niveus (Narrow-winged tree cricket)
Oecanthus fultoni (Snowy tree cricket)
Oecanthus spp. tree cricket)
Grillus spp. (Field cricket)
TETTIGONIIDAE
Katydid
ORDER LEPIDOPTERA
MOTHS
ZYGANIDAE
Harrisim americana (Grapeleaf skeletinizer)
SESIIDAE
unknown Sessiidae
unknown Sessiidae
PTEROPHORIDAE
Plume moth
CRAMBIDAE
Crambus spp. (Snoutmouth moth)
GEOMETRIDAE
Biston betularia (Peppered moth)
unknown geometer moth
SATURNIDAE
Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus moth)
Automeris zephyria (Zepher moth)
Hemileuca oliviae (Range caterpillar moth)
Colorado pandora (Pandora moth)
SPHINGIDAE
Panonias excaccatus (blinded sphinx)
Manducada sexta (tomato hookworm moth)
Sphinx chersis (Ash sphinx)
Hyles lineata (White-lined sphinx)
NOCTUIDAE
Catacala aholibah (Aholibah underwing)
Euxor aunliaris (Cutworm moth)
Unknow nocutid
unknown noctuid
ARCTIIDAE
Gnophaela vermiculata (Police car moth)
Isa isabella (Wolley bear moth)
unknown arctiidae
ERBIDAE
tiger moth
PRODOXIDAE
yucca moth
BUTTEFLIES
NYMPHALIDAE
Phyciodes picta (painted crescent)
Euptoieta claudia (Western fritillary)
SATYRIDAE
Cercionis oetis (Small wood nymph)
Limenitis weidermeyerii (Weidermeyer’s admiral)
Vanessa cardui (Painted lady)
Danaus gilippus (Queen)
Nymphalis antiopa (Mourning cloak)
PAPILLIONIDAE
Papilio polyxenes (Black swallowtail)
Papilio multicaudata (Two-tailed tiger swallowtail)
Anthocharis sara (Sara orangetip)
PIERIDAE
Zerene cesonia (Southern dogface)
Coleus eurytheme (Orange sulphur)
Abaeis nicippi (Sleepy sulphur)
Puntia occidentalis (Western white)
Pierus rapae (Cabbage white)
RIONINIDAE
LYCAENIDAE
Echinagus isola (Reakert’s blue)
Glaucopsyche lygdamus (Silvery blue)
HESPERIIDAE
Pyrgus spp. (Checkered skipper)
Erynnis spp. (Cloudy-winged skipper)
Pyrgus communis (Common checkerspot)
Thymelicus lincola (European skipper)
Pyprhopyge spp. (Firetip skipper)