The Birds of the Black Range
Arranged by English Common Name - “S"

Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Hillsboro
New Mexico

Red-naped Sapsucker - Hillsboro, New Mexico
Sapsucker, Red-naped Sphyrapicus nuchalis Hillsboro, New Mexico, USA



Williamson’s Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroides
Rabb Park Trail
Black Range
New Mexico



Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Formerly considered a subspecies of what was then the Western Scrub-Jay.

Western Scrub-Jay - Hillsboro, NM
Western Scrub-Jay - Hillsboro, NM



Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Warm Springs Wash
Hillsboro
New Mexico

Loggerhead Shrike, near Hillsboro Transfer Station
Loggerhead Shrike, near Hillsboro Transfer Station



Pine Siskin
Spinus pinus
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Pine Siskin - Hillsboro, NM
Pine Siskin, Hillsboro NM



Townsend's Solitare Myadestes townsendi
Tierra Blanca Road, Black Range



Black-chinned Sparrow
Spizella atrogularis
West of Kingston
New Mexico



Black-throated Sparrow
Amphispiza bilineata
East of Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Sparrow, Black-throated Amphispiza bilineata Ready Pay Gulch East of Hillsboro, NM, USA



Cassin’s Sparrow
Aimophila cassinii
East of Hillsboro
New Mexico



Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Hillsboro Area
New Mexico
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Sparrow, Chipping Spizella passerina Vulture Road East of Hillsboro, NM, USA
Sparrow, Chipping Spizella passerina Vulture Road East of Hillsboro, NM, USA
Chipping Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Hillsboro, New Mexico, USA
Vesper Sparrow, South Wicks Canyon, E of Hillsboro



Clay Colored Sparrow
Spizella pallida
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Hillsboro
New Mexico



Harris’s Sparrow
Zonotrichia querula
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Harris's Sparrow - Hillsboro, NM
Sparrow, Harris's Zonotrichia querula Hillsboro, NM, USA
Sparrow, Harris's Zonotrichia querula Hillsboro, NM, USA
Sparrow, Harris's Zonotrichia querula Hillsboro, NM, USA
Sparrow, Harris's Zonotrichia querula Hillsboro, NM, USA
Sparrow, Harris's Zonotrichia querula Hillsboro, NM, USA



House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus
Nutt Grasslands
and Hillsboro
New Mexico

Sparrow, Lark Chondestes grammacus Hillsboro, New Mexico, USA
Sparrow, Lark Chondestes grammacus Hillsboro, New Mexico, USA



Lincoln’s Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Sparrow, Lincoln's Melospiza lincolnii Hillsboro, NM, USA
Sparrow, Lincoln's Melospiza lincolnii Hillsboro, NM, USA



Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Aimophila ruficeps
Wicks Canyon
East of Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
South Wicks Canyon
East of Hillsboro
New Mexico



White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Subspecies shown with black lore is Z. l. oriantha.
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
South of Hillsboro
New Mexico
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Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Percha Creek Drainage
East of Hillsboro
New Mexico



White-throated Swift
Aeronautes saxatalis
Percha Box
East of Hillsboro
New Mexico



  • Red-naped Sapsucker - Hillsboro, New Mexico
  • Sapsucker, Red-naped Sphyrapicus nuchalis Hillsboro, New Mexico, USA
  • Western Scrub-Jay - Hillsboro, NM
  • Western Scrub-Jay - Hillsboro, NM
  • Loggerhead Shrike, near Hillsboro Transfer Station
  • Loggerhead Shrike, near Hillsboro Transfer Station
  • Pine Siskin - Hillsboro, NM
  • Pine Siskin, Hillsboro NM
  • Sparrow, Black-throated Amphispiza bilineata Ready Pay Gulch East of Hillsboro, NM, USA
  • Sparrow, Chipping Spizella passerina Vulture Road East of Hillsboro, NM, USA
  • Sparrow, Chipping Spizella passerina Vulture Road East of Hillsboro, NM, USA
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Hillsboro, New Mexico, USA
  • Vesper Sparrow, South Wicks Canyon, E of Hillsboro
  • Harris's Sparrow - Hillsboro, NM
  • Sparrow, Harris's Zonotrichia querula Hillsboro, NM, USA
  • Sparrow, Harris's Zonotrichia querula Hillsboro, NM, USA
  • Sparrow, Harris's Zonotrichia querula Hillsboro, NM, USA
  • Sparrow, Harris's Zonotrichia querula Hillsboro, NM, USA
  • Sparrow, Harris's Zonotrichia querula Hillsboro, NM, USA
  • Sparrow, Lark Chondestes grammacus Hillsboro, New Mexico, USA
  • Sparrow, Lark Chondestes grammacus Hillsboro, New Mexico, USA
  • Sparrow, Lincoln's Melospiza lincolnii Hillsboro, NM, USA
  • Sparrow, Lincoln's Melospiza lincolnii Hillsboro, NM, USA