The Birds of the Black Range
Arranged by English Common Name - “M-N-O"
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Hillsboro
New Mexico
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Hillsboro Area
New Mexico
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor henryi
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Clark’s Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Hillsboro Peak Trail
(Black Range Crest Trail)
Black Range
New Mexico
Pygmy Nuthatch
Sitta pygmaea
Black Range Crest Trail
Black Range
New Mexico
Nuthatch, White-breasted
Sitta carolinensis
Various locales
Black Range
New Mexico
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Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Bullock’s Oriole
Icterus bullockii
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Hooded Oriole
Icterus cucullatus
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Scott’s Oriole
Icterus parisorum
Hillsboro
New Mexico
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
Hillsboro
New Mexico
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Warm Springs Wash
East of Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Black Mountain & Percha Creek
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Mountain Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium gnoma
Railroad Canyon
Black Range
& Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Some consider this to be a subspecies of Northern Pygmy Owl.
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
South Wicks Canyon
East of Hillsboro
New Mexico
Mexican Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis lucida
Black Range
New Mexico
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Western Screech-Owl
Otus kennicottii
Percha Box
East of Hillsboro
New Mexico
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