The Birds of the Black Range
Arranged by English Common Name - “D-E-F"

Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Hillsboro
New Mexico
September
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Inca Dove
Columbina inca
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Railroad Canyon, Black Range
and Hillsboro
New Mexico

White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Hillsboro
New Mexico

Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Captive Bird
Lake Valley
New Mexico
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Cassin’s Finch
Haemorpous cassinii
Hillsboro
New Mexico
December
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The Cassin’s Finch is a bird of the North American west, from southern British Columbia to southern Mexico. They are typicallyfound in mountainous areas.

House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker
Colaptes auratus cafer
Mineral Creek, Hillsboro, Tierra Blanca all on the east slope of the Black Range
New Mexico
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Ash-throated Flycatcher
Myiarchus cinerascens
Percha Creek, East of Hillsboro and in Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Gray Flycatcher
Empidonax wrightii
Percha Creek east
slope of the Black
Range and
along the Mimbres
River, west slope of
the Black Range
New Mexico

Western Flycatcher
Empidonax difficilis hellmayri
Drummond Canyon
East slope of the Black Range
New Mexico

Up until 1989, the Western Flycatcher was recognized as a singular species. In that year, and until 2023, these birds were considered two separate species, the Pacific-slope and the Cordilleran Flycatchers. In 2023, these birds were lumped back together as a singular species but five subspecies were recognized. Integrades between these populations are frequent and present individual birds which are (perhaps) impossible to distinguish in the field and some have argued in the lab.