The Birds of Keystone Heritage Park, Alphabetical Bird List By Family – Latin Name
Legend: * = Breeding, X= Probable Breeding, U=Unusual, $=Rare
255 species/types [plus a hybrid & exotics].
HYB: BW teal X N. Shoveler EXOTICS: Red-crowned & Lilac-crowned parrots, Military Macaw
Author: John Kiseda El Paso Zoo, EP/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society. March 8, 2025.
Contributors: D. Belcher, L. Balin, D. Bradford, M. Brady, C. Braginton, T. Burnett, R. Clark, J. Davis, J. Davison, J. Drake, B. Dunn, K. Floyd, K. Gardner, N. Glover, M. Gonzalez, J. Groves, M. Harvey, M. Hoffman, D. Houser, H. Jameson, S. Jensen, B. Johnson, O. Johnson, G. Karre, J. Kiseda, K. Kiseda, A. Konings, J. Oldenettel, C. Parr, J. Paton, R. Rassmussen, M. Rublee, G. Sanders, B. Schmidt, J. Sproul, N. Stotz, J. Vandopoel, E. Walsh, M. Weaver, D. Weckesser, J. Zabriskie. |
Resources
Ebird.org: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L298527/illustrated-checklist?yr=cur
Ducks and Geese – Anatidae’s
American Wigeon
Black Scoter $
Black-bellied Whistling Duck $
Blue-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Canada Geese U
Canvasback U
Cinnamon Teal X
Common Goldeneye $
Common Merganser $
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser U
Lesser Scaup
Mallard *
Mexican Duck
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Red-breasted Merganser U
Redhead *
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck *
Snow Goose U
Surf Scoter $
Wood Duck *
Grebes – Podicipedidae
Eared Grebe U
Horned Grebe U
Pied-billed Grebe *
Sandpipers – Scolopacidae
Baird’s Sandpiper $
Dunlin $
Greater Yellowlegs
New World Sparrows – Passerellidae
Black-chinned Sparrow $
Black-throated Sparrow $
Brewer’s Sparrow
Canyon Towhee $
Cassin’s Sparrow $
Dark-eyed Junco
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow U
Green-tailed Towhee
Lark Bunting
Lark Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow U
Rufous-crowned Sparrow $
Savannah Sparrow U
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee U
Swamp Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow U
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow $
Warblers, Wood Warblers – Phylloscopidae, Parulidae
Black & White Warbler $
Black-throated Grey Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler $
Common Yellowthroat X
Grace’s Warbler $
Hermit Warbler $
Lucy’s Warbler $
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Nashville Warbler $
Northern Parula $
Northern Waterthrush $
Orange-crowned Warbler
Least Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew U
Long-billed Dowitcher
Pectoral Sandpiper U
Red-necked Phalarope $
Semipalmated Sandpiper $
Short-billed Dowitcher U
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper U
White-rumped Sandpiper $
Wilson’s Phalarope
Western Sandpiper
Wilson’s Snipe
Willet $
Plovers – Charadriidae
Killdeer *
Semi-palmated Plover U
Snowy Plover $
Stilts, Avocets – Recurvirostridae’s
American Avocet *
Black-necked Stilt *
Townsend’s Warbler
Virginia’s Warbler U
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat $
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Hummingbirds – Trochilidae
Anna’s Hummingbird $
Black-Chinned Hummingbird X
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird $
Rufous Hummingbird U
Wrens – Troglodytidae
Bewick’s Wren U
Cactus Wren *
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Rock Wren
Gnatcatchers – Polloptillidae
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher *
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher U
Blackbirds and Orioles – Icteridae
Baltimore Oriole $
Brewer’s Blackbird
Gulls, Terns – Laridae
Bonaparte’s Gull U
Black-legged Kittiwake $
Black Tern U
California Gull U
Common Tern U
Forster’s Tern U
Franklin’s Gull U
Iceland Gull $
Glaucous Gull $
Herring Gull U
Lesser Black-backed Gull $
Ring-billed Gull
Short-billed/Mew Gull $
Thayer’s Gull U
Western Gull $
Ospreys – Pandionidae
Osprey U
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock’s Oriole
Eastern Meadowlark
Great-tailed Grackle *
Red-winged Blackbird *
Hooded Oriole $
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Crows, Magpies, Jays – Corvidae
American Crow
Black-billed Magpie $
Chihuahuan Raven U
Western Scrub Jay U
Thrushes – Turdidae
American Robin
Hermit Thrush U
Townsend’s Solitaire $
Western Bluebird $
Wagtails, Pipits – Motacillidae
American Pipit U
Herons, Egrets, Bitterns – Ardeidae
American Bittern $
Black-crowned Night Heron U
Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Little Blue Heron $
Snowy Egret
Tri-colored Heron U
Rails, Gallinules, Coots – Rallidae
American Coot *
Common Moorhen *
Sora X
Virginia Rail *
Ibises and Spoonbills – Threskiornithidae
Glossy Faced Ibis $
White-faced Ibis
Cormorants – Phalacrocoracide
Double-crested Cormorant U
Neotropic Cormorant
Kingfishers – Alcedinidae
Belted Kingfisher
Pelicans – Pelecanidae
American White Pelican U
Brown Pelican $
Cardinals – Cardinalidae
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak X
Dickcissel $
Lazuli Bunting $
Northern Cardinal $
Painted Bunting $
Pyrrhuloxia *
Tanagers – Thraupidae
Hepatic Tanager $
Summer Tanager $
Western Tanager U
Mockingbirds and Thrashers – Mimidae
Crissal Thrasher *
Curve-billed Thrasher *
Northern Mockingbird *
Sage Thrasher $
Pigeons and Doves – Columbidae
Eurasian Collared-Dove $
Inca Dove U
Mourning Dove
Rock Dove
White-winged Dove *
Waxwings – Bombycillidae
Cedar Waxwing U
Swifts – Apodidae
Chimney Swift $
White-throated Swift
Hawks and Eagles – Accipitridae
Bald Eagle $
Coopers Hawk U
Ferruginous Hawk $
Golden Eagle U
Harris’s Hawk $
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Nightjars -Caprimulgus
Common Poorwill $
Lesser Nighthawk U
Falcons – Falconidae
American Kestrel
Merlin $
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon U
New World Vultures – Cathartidae
Turkey Vulture
Owls – Strigidae
Great Horned Owl $
Burrowing Owl U
Starlings and Mynas – Sturnidae
European Starling
New World Quail – Odontophoridae
Gambel’s Quail *
Scaled Quail U
Larks – Alaudidae
Horned Lark $
Verdin – Remizidae
Verdin *
Woodpeckers – Picidae
Acorn Woodpecker *
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
Red-naped Sapsucker $
Finches – Fringillidae
American Goldfinch $
Cassin’s Finch $
Evening Grosbeak $
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch $
Pine Siskin $
Shrikes – Lanius
Loggerhead Shrike
Silky Flycatcher – Ptilogonatidae
Phainopepla X
Swallows – Hirundinidae
Bank Swallow U
Barn Swallow
Cave Swallow U
Cliff Swallow
Purple Martin $
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tyrant Flycatchers – Tyrannidae
Ash-throated Flycatcher U
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird $
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Couch’s/Tropical Kingbird $
Dusky Flycatcher $
Eastern Kingbird $
Eastern Phoebe $
Gray Flycatcher
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher $
Say’s Phoebe
Tropical Kingbird $
Vermillion Flycatcher $
Western Kingbird X
Western Wood Pewee $
Willow Flycatcher
Nuthatches – Sittidae
Pygmy Nuthatch $
Red-breasted Nuthatch $
Cuckoo’s, Roadrunners and Anis
Roadrunner X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo $
Kinglet – Regulidae
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Vireos- Vireonidae
Bell’s Vireo
Hutton’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo $
Old World Sparrows – Passeridae
House Sparrow