BIRDS OF

COLFAX COUNTY

NEW MEXICO

 

image: Black-Billed Magpie

COLFAX COUNTY FACTS

Area:  3,771 square miles

Highest Point:  12,584 ft. Little Costilla Peak

Lowest Point:  5,560 ft. at southernmost point of the Canadian River

Number of documented bird species:  345

KEY PUBLIC ACCESS LOCATIONS

Carson National Forest

Cimarron Canyon State Park

Eagle Nest Lake State Park

Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge

Springer Lake

Stubblefield/Laguna Madre Dams

Sugarite Canyon State Park

Key

h

Breeds in Colfax County.

C

Common:  Unlikely to be missed in suitable habitat.

FC

Fairly Common:  Includes locally common as well as irruptive species; some species may only be present in numbers for part of the season. 

U

Uncommon:  A very broad category that includes residents that are present but usually hard to find, and migrants that may only be present for short periods of time.  

R

Rare:  At best, one sighting per season; gaps in occurrence may extend over many years.

Wi

Winter:  December, January, February.

Sp

Spring: March, April, May

Su

Summer:  June, July

Fa

Fall:  August, September, October, November
 

 

Wi

Sp

Su

Fa

 

LOONS

 

 

Red-throated Loon

 

 

 

R

 

 

Pacific Loon

R

R

 

U

 

 

Common Loon

U

U

R

U

 

 

Yellow-billed Loon

 

 

 

R

 
GREBES

 

h

Pied-billed Grebe

R

FC

FC

FC

 

 

Horned Grebe

 

U

 

U

 

h

Eared Grebe

R

FC

U

FC

 

h

Western Grebe

R

FC

U

FC

 

h

Clark’s Grebe

R

U

U

U

 

PELICANS

 

 

American White Pelican

 

U

U

 FC

CORMORANTS

 

 

Neotropic Cormorant

 

R

R

R

 

Double-crested Cormorant

 

FC

U

FC

BITTERNS, HERONS

 

 

American Bittern

 

 

R

 

 

Least Bittern

 

R

R

 

 

Great Blue Heron

U

FC

U

FC

 

Great Egret

 

U

R

R

 

Snowy Egret

 

U

U

U

 

Little Blue Heron

 

 

 

R

 

Reddish Egret

 

 

R

R

 

Cattle Egret

 

U

 

U

 

Green Heron

 

U

U

U

 

Black-crowned Night-Heron

 

U

U

U

IBISES

 

 

White Ibis

Glossy Ibis

White-faced Ibis

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

h

 

FC

U

FC

 

AMERICAN VULTURES

 

h

Turkey Vulture

 

FC

FC

FC

 

DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS

 

 

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

R

 

R

 

 

 

Greater White-fronted Goose

U

U

R

U

 

 

Snow Goose

U

U

 

FC

 

 

Ross’s Goose

U

U

 

FC

 

 

Cackling Goose

U

U

 

U

 

h

Canada Goose

C

C

C

C

 

 

Trumpeter Swan

R

 

 

 

 

 

Tundra Swan

U

U

 

U

 

 

Wood Duck

R

U

R

U

 

h

Gadwall

FC

C

FC

C

 

 

Eurasian  Wigeon

 

 

 

R

 

h

American Wigeon

FC

C

U

C

 

h

Mallard

C

C

FC

C

 

h

Blue-winged Teal

 

FC

U

U

 

h

Cinnamon Teal

R

C

FC

C

 

 

Northern Shoveler

FC

C

U

C

 

h

Northern Pintail

FC

C

U

FC

 

h

Green-winged Teal

FC

C

U

C

 

h

Canvasback

FC

C

R

FC

 

h

Redhead

FC

C

FC

FC

 

 

Ring-necked Duck

U

FC

U

FC

 

 

Greater Scaup

U

U

 

U

 

 

Lesser Scaup

U

FC

U

FC

 

 

Surf Scoter

 

R

 

R

 

 

White-winged Scoter

 

 

 

R

 

 

Long-tailed Duck

R

 

 

R

 

 

Bufflehead

FC

FC

R

FC

 

 

Common Goldeneye

FC

FC

 

FC

 

 

Barrow's Goldeneye

R

R

 

 

 

 

Hooded Merganser

U

U

R

U

 

h

Common Merganser

U

FC

U

FC