Bird List Common

44 Common Birds of White Sands National Monument

Visitor Center and Vicinity Dune field and dune margins

Year-round residents: Year-round residents:

American kestrel (Sparrow hawk) Chihuahuan raven Mourning dove Horned lark Greater roadrunner Mourning dove Northern (Red-shafted) flicker Greater roadrunner Ladder-backed woodpecker Black-throated sparrow Say's phoebe Cactus wren Chihuahuan raven Great-horned owl Cactus wren Loggerhead shrike Loggerhead shrike House finch House (English) sparrow Great-tailed grackle

Summer residents: Summer residents:

Swainson's hawk Western kingbird Lesser nighthawk Northern mockingbird Black-chinned hummingbird Eastern meadowlark Empidonax flycatchers Western meadowlark Western kingbird Scott's oriole Barn swallow Northern mockingbird Northern (Bullock's) oriole

Winter Residents: Winter residents:

Northern harrier (Marsh hawk) Northern harrier (marsh hawk) Pyrrhuloxia Red-tailed hawk White-crowned sparrow White-crowned sparrow Dark-eyed junco Brewer's sparrow Brewers blackbird Lark bunting