CHECKLIST FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
KEY: R- year round resident W- winter resident S- summer resident M- migrant
a- abundant c- common f- fairly common u- uncommon r- rare o- occasional
____Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck Rc
____Fulvous Whistling-Duck SfWu
____Greater White-Fronted Goose Wu
____Snow Goose Wu
____Ross's Goose Wu
____Cackling Goose Wo
____Canada Goose Wo
____Muscovy Duck Rr
____Wood Duck Wr
____Gadwall Wc
____American Wigeon Wf
____Mallard Wr
____Mottled Duck Rc
____Blue-Winged Teal WcSr
____Cinnamon Teal Wu
____Northern Shoveler WcSr
____Northern Pintail Wf
____Green-Winged Teal Wc
____Canvasback Wu
____Redhead Wc
____Ring-Necked Duck Wf
____Greater Scaup Wr
____Lesser Scaup Wc
____Surf Scoter Wo
____Long-Tailed Duck Wo
____Bufflehead Wu
____Common Goldeneye Wo
____Hooded Merganser Wr
____Red-Breasted Merganser Wu
____Ruddy Duck WcSr
____Masked Duck Ro
____Plain Chachalaca Rc
____Wild Turkey Rr
____Northern Bobwhite Ru
____Common Loon Wu
____Least Grebe Rf
____Pied-Billed Grebe Rc
____Eared Grebe Wu
____Northern Gannet Wu
____American White Pelican WcSr
____Brown Pelican Rc
____Neotropic Cormorant Rc
____Double-Crested Cormorant Wc
____Anhinga Rf
____Magnificent Frigatebird Su
____American Bittern Wr
____Least Bittern Sf
____Great Blue Heron Rc
____Great Egret Rc
____Snowy Egret Rc
____Little Blue Heron Rf
____Tricolored Heron Rf
____Reddish Egret Rf
____Cattle Egret ScWu
____Green Heron ScWu
____Black-Crowned Night-Heron Rf
____Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron Rf
____White Ibis Rc
____White-Faced Ibis Rf
____Glossy Ibis Ro
____Roseate Spoonbill Rf
____Wood Stork Su
____Black Vulture Rf
____Turkey Vulture Ra
____Osprey WcSr
____Hook-Billed Kite Rr
____Swallow-Tailed Kite Mr
____White-Tailed Kite Ru
____Mississippi Kite MfSr
____Bald Eagle Wo
____Northern Harrier Wc
____Sharp-Shinned Hawk Wu
____Cooper's Hawk WcSr
____Gray Hawk Ru
____Harris's Hawk Rc
____Red-Shouldered Hawk WuSr
____Broad-Winged Hawk McWr
____Swainson's Hawk MfSuWr
____White-Tailed Hawk Rf
____Zone-Tailed Hawk WuSr
____Red-Tailed Hawk WcSr
____Ferruginous Hawk Wr
____Crested Caracara Rc
____American Kestrel Wa
____Merlin Wu
____Aplomado Falcon Ru
____Peregrine Falcon Wu
____Prairie Falcon Wo
____Black Rail Ro
____Clapper Rail Rf
____King Rail Rr
____Virginia Rail Wu
____Sora Wc
____Purple Gallinule SuWo
____Common Gallinule Rf
____American Coot WaSu
____Sandhill Crane Wf
____Black-Bellied Plover Wc
____American Golden-Plover Mf
____Snowy Plover Ru
____Wilson's Plover SfWr
____Semipalmated Plover Wu
____Piping Plover Wu
____Killdeer Rc
____Mountain Plover Wr
____American Oystercatcher Ru
____Black-Necked Stilt Rc
____American Avocet Wf
____Greater Yellowlegs Wf
____Lesser Yellowlegs Wu
____Solitary Sandpiper MuWu
____Upland Sandpiper Mu
____Whimbrel MuWr
____Long-Billed Curlew WcSr
____Hudsonian Godwit Mr
____Marbled Godwit Wu
____Ruddy Turnstone WcSu
____Red Knot MuWr
____Sanderling WaSu
____Semipalmated Sandpiper Mc
____Western Sandpiper Wf
____Least Sandpiper Wc
____White-Rumped Sandpiper Mu
____Baird's Sandpiper Mu
____Pectoral Sandpiper Mf
____Dunlin Wc
____Stilt Sandpiper MfWu
____Buff-Breasted Sandpiper Mu
____Short-Billed Dowitcher Wu
____Long-Billed Dowitcher Wc
____Wilson's Snipe Wu
____American Woodcock Wo
____Wilson's Phalarope McWo
____Red-Necked Phalarope Mo
____Laughing Gull Ra
____Franklin's Gull Mf
____Bonaparte's Gull Wu
____Ring-Billed Gull Wa
____Herring Gull Wc
____Lesser Black-Backed Gull Wr
____Gull-Billed Tern Rf
____Caspian Tern Rf
____Royal Tern Rc
____Sandwich Tern ScWr
____Common Tern McWrSr
____Forster's Tern Rc
____Least Tern Sc
____Sooty Tern So
____Black Tern Sc
____Black Skimmer Ru
____Rock Pigeon Ra
____Red-Billed Pigeon SuWr
____Eurasian Collared-Dove Ra
____White-Winged Dove SaWf
____Mourning Dove Ra
____Inca Dove Rf
____Common Ground-Dove Rf
____White-Tipped Dove Rc
____Monk Parakeet Rr
____Green Parakeet Ru
____Red-Crowned Parrot Ru
____Black-Billed Cuckoo Mr
____Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Sc
____Greater Roadrunner Rf
____Groove-Billed Ani ScWr
____Barn Owl Ru
____Eastern Screech-Owl Rc
____Great Horned Owl Rf
____Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Rr
____Elf Owl Su
____Burrowing Owl Wr
____Short-Eared Owl Wr
____Lesser Nighthawk Sf
____Common Nighthawk Sc
____Common Pauraque Rc
____Common Poorwill Sr
____Chuck-Will's-Widow Mu
____Eastern Whip-Poor-Will Mr
____Chimney Swift Sc
____Buff-Bellied Hummingbird ScWu
____Ruby-Throated Hummingbird MaWu
____Black-Chinned Hummingbird SuWr
____Anna's Hummingbird Wo
____Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Wo
____Rufous Hummingbird Wu
____Allen's Hummingbird Wo
____Ringed Kingfisher Ru
____Belted Kingfisher Wf
____Green Kingfisher Ru
____Golden-Fronted Woodpecker Ra
____Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker Wu
____Red-Naped Sapsucker Wo
____Ladder-Backed Woodpecker Rc
____Northern Flicker Wo
____Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Ru
____Olive-Sided Flycatcher Mu
____Eastern Wood-Pewee Mc
____Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher Mu
____Acadian Flycatcher Mf
____Alder Flycatcher Mu
____Willow Flycatcher Mf
____Least Flycatcher MfWr
____Black Phoebe Ru
____Eastern Phoebe Wc
____Say's Phoebe Wr
____Vermilion Flycatcher WfSu
____Ash-Throated Flycatcher ScWr
____Great Crested Flycatcher Mc
____Brown-Crested Flycatcher Sc
____Great Kiskadee Rc
____Tropical Kingbird Ru
____Couch's Kingbird ScWu
____Western Kingbird MfSu
____Eastern Kingbird Mf
____Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher ScWr
____Loggerhead Shrike Rc
____White-Eyed Vireo Rc
____Bell's Vireo MrSr
____Yellow-Throated Vireo Mu
____Blue-Headed Vireo Wu
____Warbling Vireo Mf
____Philadelphia Vireo Mu
____Red-Eyed Vireo Mf
____Yellow-Green Vireo Sr
____Green Jay Rc
____Brown Jay Ro
____Tamaulipas Crow Ro
____Chihuahuan Raven Ru
____Horned Lark Ru
____Purple Martin Sc
____Tree Swallow MfWu
____Northern Rough-Winged Swallow Rf
____Bank Swallow Mu
____Cliff Swallow Sc
____Cave Swallow Rc
____Barn Swallow ScWr
____Black-Crested Titmouse Rf
____Verdin Ru
____Red-Breasted Nuthatch Wo
____Brown Creeper Wo
____Cactus Wren Ru
____Rock Wren Wo
____Carolina Wren Rc
____Bewick's Wren Ru
____House Wren Wu
____Winter Wren Wr
____Sedge Wren Wu
____Marsh Wren Wf
____Golden-Crowned Kinglet Wr
____Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Wc
____Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Ru
____Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher Rr
____Eastern Bluebird Wu
____Veery Mu
____Gray-Cheeked Thrush Mu
____Swainson's Thrush Mc
____Hermit Thrush Wu
____Wood Thrush Mu
____Clay-Colored Thrush Ru
____American Robin Wr
____Gray Catbird Wu
____Northern Mockingbird Ra
____Sage Thrasher Wo
____Brown Thrasher Wo
____Long-Billed Thrasher Rc
____Curve-Billed Thrasher Rf
____European Starling Ra
____American Pipit Wu
____Sprague's Pipit Wr
____Cedar Waxwing Wr
____Blue-Winged Warbler Mu
____Golden-Winged Warbler Mr
____Tennessee Warbler Mc
____Orange-Crowned Warbler Wc
____Nashville Warbler MfWr
____Northern Parula MfWr
____Tropical Parula Rr
____Yellow Warbler MfWr
____"Mangrove" Yellow Warbler Ru
____Chestnut-Sided Warbler Mu
____Magnolia Warbler Mf
____Cape May Warbler Mr
____Black-Throated Blue Warbler Mr
____Yellow-Rumped Warbler Wc
____Black-Throated Gray Warbler Wr
____Black-Throated Green Warbler McWu
____Townsend's Warbler MrWo
____Blackburnian Warbler Mu
____Yellow-Throated Warbler MuWu
____Pine Warbler Wu
____Palm Warbler MrWr
____Prairie Warbler Mr
____Bay-Breasted Warbler Mu
____Blackpoll Warbler Mu
____Cerulean Warbler Mr
____Black-and-White Warbler McWu
____American Redstart MfWo
____Prothonotary Warbler Mu
____Worm-Eating Warbler Mu
____Swainson's Warbler Mr
____Ovenbird MuWr
____Northern Waterthrush McWr
____Louisiana Waterthrush Mu
____Kentucky Warbler Mu
____Mourning Warbler Mu
____MacGillivray's Warbler Mr
____Common Yellowthroat Wc
____Hooded Warbler Mf
____Wilson's Warbler Wu
____Canada Warbler Mu
____Yellow-Breasted Chat MfWo
____Summer Tanager McWu
____Scarlet Tanager Mu
____Western Tanager MrWo
____White-Collared Seedeater Rr
____Olive Sparrow Rc
____Green-Tailed Towhee Wr
____Spotted Towhee Wo
____Cassin's Sparrow Sf
____Botteri's Sparrow Su
____Chipping Sparrow Wf
____Clay-Colored Sparrow MuWr
____Brewer's Sparrow Wr
____Field Sparrow Wr
____Vesper Sparrow Wu
____Lark Sparrow Rf
____Black-Throated Sparrow Ru
____Lark Bunting Wr
____Savannah Sparrow Wc
____Grasshopper Sparrow WuSr
____LeConte's Sparrow Wr
____Nelson's Sparrow Wo
____Seaside Sparrow Rr
____Song Sparrow Wo
____Lincoln's Sparrow Wc
____Swamp Sparrow Wu
____White-Throated Sparrow Wo
____White-Crowned Sparrow Wf
____Northern Cardinal Rc
____Pyrrhuloxia Rc
____Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Mf
____Black-Headed Grosbeak MrWr
____Blue Grosbeak MuSr
____Lazuli Bunting Mr
____Indigo Bunting McWu
____Varied Bunting Sr
____Painted Bunting Sc
____Dickcissel MfSr
____Bobolink Mr
____Red-Winged Blackbird Ra
____Eastern Meadowlark Rc
____Western Meadowlark Wu
____Yellow-Headed Blackbird MuWu
____Brewer's Blackbird Wu
____Great-Tailed Grackle Ra
____Bronzed Cowbird ScWu
____Brown-Headed Cowbird Rf
____Orchard Oriole McSr
____Hooded Oriole SfWr
____Bullock's Oriole MuSr
____Altamira Oriole Ru
____Baltimore Oriole McWr
____Audubon's Oriole Ru
____House Finch Rr
____Pine Siskin Wo
____Lesser Goldfinch Ru
____American Goldfinch Wu
____House Sparrow Ra
