A few New Mexico water-loving birds
Flowing through Albuquerque, the Rio Grande serves as a flyway and as a seasonal or permanent home for many species of water-loving birds. The banks of the river are mostly preserved as public spaces so with just a little patience, Duke City residents can see those birds.
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Wood Duck (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Aix sponsa)
Northern Pintail (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Anas acuta)
Green-Winged Teal (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Anas carolinensis)
Mallard (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Anas platyrhynchos)
Greater white-fronted goose (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Anser albifrons)
Snow Goose (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Anser caerulescens)
Swan Goose (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Anser cygnoides domesticus)
Ross' Goose (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Anser rossii)
Lesser Scaup (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Aythya affinis)
Redhead (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Aythya americana)
Ring-Necked Duck (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Aythya collaris)
Canvasback (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Aythya valisineria)
Canada Goose (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Branta canadensis)
Cackling Goose (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Branta hutchinsii)
Bufflehead (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Bucephala albeola)
Common Goldeneye (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Bucephala clangula)
Hooded Merganser (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Lophodytes cucullatus) (male shown)
American Wigeon (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Mareca americana)
Gadwall (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Mareca strepera)
Female Common Merganser (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Mergus merganser)
Male Common Merganser (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Mergus merganser)
Female Red-Breasted Merganser (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Mergus serrator)
Ruddy Duck (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Oxyura jamaicensis)
Northern Shoveler (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Spatula clypeata)
Cinnamon Teal (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Spatula cyanoptera)
Blue-Winged Teal (Anseriformes, Anatidae, Spatula discors)
Killdeer (Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Charadrius vociferus)
Herring Gull (Charadriiformes, Laridae, Larus argentatus smithsonianus) (immature shown)
Ring-Billed Gull (Charadriiformes, Laridae, Larus delawarensis)
Black-Necked Stilt (Charadriiformes, Recurvirostridae, Himantopus mexicanus)
American Avocet (Charadriiformes, Recurvirostridae, Recurvirostra americana)
Spotted Sandpiper (Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Actitis macularius)
Western Sandpiper (Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Calidris mauri)
Least Sandpiper (Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Calidris minutilla)
Wilson's Phalarope (Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Phalaropus tricolor)
Wilson's Snipe (Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Gallinago delicata)
Greater Yellowlegs (Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Tringa melanoleuca)
Willet (Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Tringa semipalmata)
Solitary sandpiper (Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Tringa solitaria)
Belted Kingfisher (Coraciiformes, Alcedinidae, Megaceryle alcyon)
Sandhill Crane (Gruiformes, Gruidae, (Antigone canadensis)
American Coot (Gruiformes, Rallidae, Fulica americana)
Sora (Gruiformes, Rallidae, Porzana carolina)
Buff-Bellied or American Pipit (Passeriformes, Motacillidae, Anthus rubescens)
Great Egret (Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Ardea alba)
Great Blue Heron (Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Ardea herodias)
Cattle Egret (Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Bubulcus ibis) (breeding plumage shown)
Green Heron (Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Butorides virescens)
Snowy Egret (Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Egretta thula)
Black-Crowned Night Heron (Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae, Nycticorax nycticorax)
White-Faced Ibis (Pelecaniformes, Threskiornithidae,
Plegadis chihi)
Western Grebe (Podicipediformes, Podicipedidae,
Aechmophorus occidentalis)
Eared Grebe (Podicipediformes, Podicipedidae,
Podiceps nigricollis)
Pied-Billed Grebe (Podicipediformes, Podicipedidae,
Podilymbus podiceps)
Double-Crested Cormorant (Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae, Nannopterum auritum)
Neotropic Cormorant (Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae, Nannopterum brasilianum)