Bird List for Percha State Park- 300 species
For species in bold type (common to uncommon), the park is in their normal range. Species in plain type are rarities, typically because the park is outside of their normal range.
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
Mexican Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Gray Hawk
Common Black-Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Wild Turkey
Scaled Quail
Gambel's Quail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Long-billed Curlew
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Franklin's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Thayerís Gull
Forster's Tern
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Barn Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Short-eared Owl
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Chimney Swift
White-throated Swift
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Lewis's Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Cassin's Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Mexican Jay
American Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse
Verdin
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
American Dipper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Rufous-backed Robin
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Spragueís Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Painted Redstart
Yellow-breasted Chat
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Cassin's Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Pyrrhuloxia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrenceís Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
This list was compiled by Joe LaFleur, sources include:
- New Mexico Bird Finding Guide, New Mexico Ornithological Society, 2002.
- New Mexico Ornithological Society website, mvar.nmsu.edu/nmos
- Ebird website, ebird.com