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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Bosque del ApacheNational Wildlife RefugeWatchable Wildlife

Introduction“A Haunting and Revered Place”

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Middle Rio Grande Valley, approximately 90 miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The refuge was established in 1939, primarily to preserve important wintering habitat along the Rio Grande for waterfowl and to protect the population of Sandhill Cranes that relied upon the habitat.

Wildland Diversity Attracts Many Species of Wildlife

At the heart of the refuge is the 8,000 acres of floodplain along the Rio Grande, where river water has been diverted to create extensive wetlands and farmlands, and where active management ensures a high quality habitat (food, water, shelter, and space) for a variety of both migratory and non-migratory wildlife. Here wetlands, riparian forests, and cultivated agricultural fields (for producing wildlife food crops) are interspersed throughout the refuge, offering a variety of habitat needs for wintering waterfowl, and other wildlife species that depend upon them for their survival.

Surrounding the rich floodplain is approximately 49,470 acres of arid foothills and mesas, which rise to the Chupadera Mountains to the west and to the San Pascual Mountains to the east. In this corner of Chihuahuan desert, the seemingly harsh desert environment offers its own unique natural habitat sustaining a diversity of wildlife, which can be observed year-round.

Wildlife species in this brochure are grouped into five categories: birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and fish. Approximately 535 species of vertebrate animals occur on the refuge, indicating the richness and diversity of this environment. The brochure uses the Bar Bird Checklist, initiated in 2007, which illustrates the species’ relative abundance on the refuge during a calendar year.

This blue goose, designed by J.N. “Ding” Darling, has become the symbol of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Tips to Help You Enjoy Watching Wildlife on the Refuge

Early morning and early evening are generally the best times for observing wildlife, although there is always something exciting to see at other times of the day as well. Patience is the cardinal rule in wildlife viewing. Here are a few tips that will help you make the most of your time outdoors:• Prepare for your outing. Review each site before you go so that you are familiar with the lay of the land, the time of the year to visit, and what facilities are available.• Wildlife viewing is often seasonal. Many species of wildlife are present only during certain times of the year. For optimal viewing opportunities be sure to familiarize yourself with your intended destination before actually visiting the area.• Use field guides. Pocket field guides are essential for positive identification of many wildlife species. Guides are available for virtually every plant and animal found in New Mexico, and can be purchased in the refuge Nature Store.• Use binoculars or a spotting scope. Viewing aids will bridge the distance between you and many species of wildlife. Use of these types of viewing aids will enhance your viewing experience without causing undue disturbance to the wildlife.• Your vehicle makes the perfect viewing blind. Many species of wildlife on the refuge have adapted to the sight of a vehicle, but not the presence of humans moving around it. This is why your vehicle often makes the best viewing blind and will not immediately frighten wildlife.• Enjoy wildlife at a distance. You can actually harm wildlife by getting too close. Causing wildlife to stop feeding, stand up suddenly, run or fly away in the winter forces them to use critical energy reserves needed to survive. That is why it is essential to enjoy wildlife at a distance.

The refuge offers many opportunities for wildlife photography; however, being considerate of wildlife, as well as other photographers, will go far in enhancing not only your experience, but that of other visitors. Not every wild area on the refuge is open to the public. Take a few moments to orient yourself to the refuge by taking a map of the refuge and familiarizing yourself with refuge regulations, both of which can be found in the refuge publication the Habitat! (available at the refuge visitor center and at the information kiosk at the entrance to the wildlife drive). Use of the map, regulations, and the above tips will increase your odds of having a truly memorable trip. Good Luck!

Bird List Information and Key

This list contains 371 species which have been observed on the refuge since 1940. Species are listed in accordance with the 7th edition (1998) AOU checklist and the 48th Supplement to the AOU Checklist (July 2007).

SYMBOLS USED*# after species name indicates breeding

Extirpated or Extinct

Gambel QuailIllustration by Matt How, FWS

Bird List KeyABUNDANCE DEFINITIONS

ABUNDANT: Present inmoderate to large numbers,and easily found in suitablehabitat at the right time ofyear.

COMMON: Present in smallto moderate numbers, andusually can be found in suitablehabitat at the right time ofyear.

UNCOMMON: Present insmall numbers, and sometimesbut not always found withsome effort in suitable habitatat the right time of year.

O C CA S I O N A L : O c c u r sa n n u a l l y i n v e r y s m a l lnumbers. Not to be expectedon any given day, but somespecies might be found withextended effort over thecourse of the appropriateseason(s).

RARE: Occurs less thanannually, but there tends to bea pattern over time at the righttime of year in suitable habitat;4 or more records in last 10years.

ACCIDENTAL: Representsan exceptional occurrence thatmight not be repeated againfor years; 3 or fewer records inlast 10 years.

IRRUPTIVE: Represents anir r upt ive species whosenumbers are highly variablefrom year to year. There maybe small to even large numberspresent in one year, while inanother year it may be absentaltogether.

J F M A M J J A S O N D

Ducks, Geese, and Swans__Black-bellied Whistling-Duck__Fulvous Whistling-Duck__Greater White-fronted Goose__Snow Goose__Ross’s Goose__Brant__Cackling Goose__Canada Goose*__Trumpeter Swan__Tundra Swan__Wood Duck*__Gadwall*__Eurasian Wigeon__American Wigeon__Mallard*__Blue-winged Teal*__Cinnamon Teal*__Northern Shoveler*__Northern Pintail*__Green-winged Teal*__Canvasback*__Redhead*__Ring-necked Duck__Greater Scaup__Lesser Scaup__Surf Scoter__White-winged Scoter__Long-tailed Duck__Bufflehead__Common Goldeneye__Barrow’s Goldeneye__Hooded Merganser*__Common Merganser__Red-breasted Merganser__Ruddy Duck*Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail__Ring-necked Pheasant__Wild Turkey

New World Quail__Scaled Quail*__Gambel’s Quail*__Montezuma Quail


Loons__Pacific Loon__Common Loon

Grebes__Pied-billed Grebe*__Horned Grebe__Eared Grebe__Western Grebe*__Clark’s Grebe*Pelicans__American White Pelican

Cormorants__Neotropic Cormorant*__Double-crested Cormorant*Herons, Bitterns, and Allies__American Bittern*__Least Bittern*__Great Blue Heron*__Great Egret*__Snowy Egret*__Little Blue Heron__Tricolored Heron__Cattle Egret*__Green Heron*__Black-crowned Night-Heron*__Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Ibises and Spoonbills__White Ibis__Glossy Ibis__White-faced Ibis*Storks__Wood Stork

New World Vultures__Turkey Vulture*Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies__Osprey__White-tailed Kite__Mississippi Kite__Bald Eagle__Northern Harrier*__Sharp-shinned Hawk__Cooper’s Hawk*__Northern Goshawk


Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies__Common Black-Hawk__Harris’s Hawk__Red-shouldered Hawk__Swainson’s Hawk*__Zone-tailed Hawk__Red-tailed Hawk*__Ferruginous Hawk__Rough-legged Hawk__Golden Eagle*Caracaras and Falcons__American Kestrel*__Merlin__Aplomado Falcon__Peregrine Falcon__Prairie Falcon*Rails, Gallinules, and Coots__Virginia Rail*__Sora*__Common Moorhen*__American Coot*Cranes__Sandhill Crane

Lapwings and Plovers__Black-bellied Plover__American Golden-Plover__Snowy Plover*__Semipalmated Plover__Killdeer*__Mountain Plover

Stilts and Avocets__Black-necked Stilt*__American Avocet*Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies__Spotted Sandpiper*__Solitary Sandpiper__Greater Yellowlegs__Willet__Lesser Yellowlegs__Upland Sandpiper__Whimbrel__Long-billed Curlew__Hudsonian Godwit


Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies__Marbled Godwit__Ruddy Turnstone__Red Knot__Sanderling__Semipalmated Sandpiper__Western Sandpiper__Least Sandpiper__White-rumped Sandpiper__Baird’s Sandpiper__Pectoral Sandpiper__Sharp-tailed Sandpiper__Dunlin__Stilt Sandpiper__Ruff__Short-billed Dowitcher__Long-billed Dowitcher__Common Snipe__Wilson’s Phalarope__Red-necked Phalarope__Red Phalarope

Skuas, Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers__Franklin’s Gull__Little Gull__Bonaparte’s Gull__Ring-billed Gull__California Gull__Herring Gull__Thayer’s Gull__Glaucous Gull__Sabine’s Gull__Black-legged Kittiwake__Least Tern__Caspian Tern__Black Tern__Common Tern__Forster’s Tern

Skuas and Jaegers__Long-tailed Jaeger

Pigeons and Doves__Rock Pigeon__Band-tailed Pigeon__Eurasian Collared-Dove__White-winged Dove*


Pigeons and Doves__Mourning Dove*__Inca Dove__Ruddy Ground-Dove

Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis__Yellow-billed Cuckoo*__Greater Roadrunner*__Groove-billed Ani

Barn Owls__Barn Owl*Typical Owls__Western Screech-Owl*__Great Horned Owl*__Burrowing Owl*__Long-eared Owl*__Short-eared Owl__Northern Saw-whet Owl

Goatsuckers__Lesser Nighthawk*__Common Nighthawk*__Common Poorwill*Swifts__Chimney Swift__White-throated Swift

Hummingbirds__Black-chinned Hummingbird*__Calliope Hummingbird__Broad-tailed Hummingbird__Rufous Hummingbird

Kingfishers__Belted Kingfisher*Woodpeckers and Allies__Lewis’s Woodpecker__Red-headed Woodpecker__Acorn Woodpecker__Williamson’s Sapsucker__Yellow-bellied Sapsucker__Red-naped Sapsucker__Ladder-backed Woodpecker*__Downy Woodpecker*__Hairy Woodpecker*__Northern Flicker*


Tyrant Flycatchers__Olive-sided Flycatcher__Western Wood-Pewee*__Willow Flycatcher*__Hammond’s Flycatcher__Gray Flycatcher__Dusky Flycatcher__Cordilleran Flycatcher__Black Phoebe*__Eastern Phoebe__Say’s Phoebe*__Vermilion Flycatcher*__Ash-throated Flycatcher*__Brown-crested Flycatcher__Couch’s Kingbird__Cassin’s Kingbird__Western Kingbird*__Eastern Kingbird__Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Shrikes__Loggerhead Shrike*__Northern Shrike

Vireos__Bell’s Vireo__Yellow-throated Vireo__Plumbeous Vireo__Cassin’s Vireo__Hutton’s Vireo__Warbling Vireo__Red-eyed Vireo

Crows and Jays__Steller’s Jay__Blue Jay__Western Scrub-Jay*__Pinyon Jay__Black-billed Magpie__American Crow__Chihuahuan Raven*__Common Raven*Larks__Horned Lark

Swallows__Purple Martin__Tree Swallow*


Swallows__Violet-green Swallow__Northern Rough-winged Swallow*__Bank Swallow__Cliff Swallow*__Barn Swallow*Chickadees and Titmice__Black-capped Chickadee__Mountain Chickadee__Juniper Titmouse

Penduline Tits and Verdins__Verdin*Long-tailed Tits and Bushtits__Bushtit*Nuthatches__Red-breasted Nuthatch__White-breasted Nuthatch*Creepers__Brown Creeper

Wrens__Cactus Wren*__Rock Wren*__Canyon Wren*__Carolina Wren__Bewick’s Wren*__House Wren__Winter Wren__Sedge Wren__Marsh Wren

Dippers__American Dipper

Kinglets__Golden-crowned Kinglet__Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers__Blue-gray Gnatcatcher__Black-tailed Gnatcatcher*Thrushes__Eastern Bluebird__Western Bluebird__Mountain Bluebird__Townsend’s Solitaire


Thrushes__Swainson’s Thrush__Hermit Thrush__American Robin*Mockingbirds and Thrashers__Gray Catbird*__Northern Mockingbird*__Sage Thrasher__Brown Thrasher__Curve-billed Thrasher*__Crissal Thrasher*Starlings__European Starling*Wagtails and Pipits__White Wagtail__American Pipit__Sprague’s Pipit

Waxwings__Cedar Waxwing

Silky-flycatchers__Phainopepla*Wood-Warblers__Blue-winged Warbler__Golden-winged Warbler__Tennessee Warbler__Orange-crowned Warbler__Nashville Warbler__Virginia’s Warbler__Lucy’s Warbler*__Northern Parula__Yellow Warbler*__Chestnut-sided Warbler__Magnolia Warbler__Black-throated Blue Warbler__Yellow-rumped Warbler__Black-throated Gray Warbler__Black-throated Green Warbler__Townsend’s Warbler__Yellow-throated Warbler__Grace’s Warbler__Prairie Warbler__Palm Warbler__Bay-breasted Warbler


Wood-Warblers__Blackpoll Warbler__Black-and-white Warbler__American Redstart__Prothonotary Warbler__Ovenbird__Northern Waterthrush__Kentucky Warbler__Mourning Warbler__MacGillivray’s Warbler__Common Yellowthroat*__Hooded Warbler__Wilson’s Warbler__Canada Warbler__Painted Redstart__Yellow-breasted Chat*Tanagers__Hepatic Tanager__Summer Tanager*__Scarlet Tanager__Western Tanager

Emberizids__Green-tailed Towhee__Spotted Towhee*__Eastern Towhee__Canyon Towhee*__Cassin’s Sparrow*__Rufous-crowned Sparrow__American Tree Sparrow__Chipping Sparrow__Clay-colored Sparrow__Brewer’s Sparrow__Field Sparrow__Black-chinned Sparrow__Vesper Sparrow__Lark Sparrow*__Black-throated Sparrow*__Sage Sparrow__Lark Bunting__Savannah Sparrow__Grasshopper Sparrow__Henslow’s Sparrow__Fox Sparrow__Song Sparrow__Lincoln’s Sparrow__Swamp Sparrow__White-throated Sparrow


Emberizids

__Harris’s Sparrow__White-crowned Sparrow__Golden-crowned Sparrow__Dark-eyed Junco__McCown’s Longspur__Chestnut-collared Longspur

Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies__Northern Cardinal__Pyrrhuloxia*__Rose-breasted Grosbeak__Black-headed Grosbeak*__Blue Grosbeak*__Lazuli Bunting__Indigo Bunting*__Painted Bunting__Dickcissel

Blackbirds__Bobolink__Red-winged Blackbird*__Eastern Meadowlark__Western Meadowlark*__Yellow-headed Blackbird__Rusty Blackbird__Brewer’s Blackbird__Common Grackle__Great-tailed Grackle*__Bronzed Cowbird__Brown-headed Cowbird*__Orchard Oriole__Hooded Oriole__Bullock’s Oriole__Scott’s Oriole*Fringilline and Cardueline Finches and Allies__Cassin’s Finch__House Finch*__Red Crossbill__Pine Siskin__Lesser Goldfinch*__Lawrence’s Goldfinch__American Goldfinch__Evening Grosbeak


Emberizids__Swamp Sparrow__White-throated Sparrow__Harris’s Sparrow__White-crowned Sparrow__Golden-crowned Sparrow__Dark-eyed Junco__McCown’s Longspur__Chestnut-collared Longspur



Old World Sparrows__House Sparrow*

__White-throated Sparrow__Harris’s Sparrow__White-crowned Sparrow__Golden-crowned Sparrow__Dark-eyed Junco__McCown’s Longspur__Chestnut-collared Longspur




Emberizids__Swamp Sparrow


Other Wildlife on the Refuge

CoyoteIllustration by Matt How, FWS

The remaining species are animals that also utilize the refuge but are perhaps a little more challenging to observe due to their general preferences in habitat types and behavior. The list includes 73 species of mammals, 12 species of amphibians, 56 species of reptiles, and 23 species of fish. These animals are always a welcome addition to any field trip and certainly add to the excitement and experience of visiting the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.

MammalsOpossum Western Small-footed Myotis Virginia Opossum Myotis ciliolabrumDidelphis virginiana CommonUncommon

Long-eared Myotis Shrews Myotis evotisCrawford’s Gray (Desert) CommonShrew Notiosorex crawfordi

Arizona Myotis CommonMyotis occultus Hollister

Bats CommonYuma Myotis

Fringed Myotis Myotis yumanensisMyotis thysanodes MillerHypotheticalCommon

Fringed Myotis BearMyotis thysandoesBlack Bear Ursus americanusFairly CommonUncommon

Long-legged Myotis Raccoon and RingtailsMyotis volansRaccoon procyon lotorFairly CommonFairly Common

California Myotis Ringtail Bassariscus astutusMyotis californicusUncommonHypothetical

White-nosed Coati Western PipistrelNasua naricaPipistrellus hesperusHypotheticalCommon

Weasels and BadgersBig Brown BatLong-tail Weasel Eptesicus fuscusMustela frentataFairly CommonUncommon

Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereusAmerican Badger UncommonTaxidea taxus

Townsend’s (Western) Big- Uncommoneared Bat Plecotus townsendi

SkunksHypotheticalSpotted Skunk

Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus Spilogale putoriusFairly Common Uncommon

Brazilian Freetail Bat Striped Skunk Tadarida brasiliensis Mephitis mephitisCommon Fairly Common

Silver-haired Bat Hog-nosed Skunk Lasionycteris noctivagans Conepatus LeuconotusCommon Hypothetical

Eastern Red Bat Dogs (Canines)zlasiurus borealis Coyote Canis latransCommon Common

Red Fox Vulpes fulvaUncommon

Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis Field mice and ratsUncommon Silky Pocket Mouse

Perognathus flavusGray Fox Fairly CommonUrocyon cinereoargenteusUncommon Apache Pocket Mouse

Perognathus apacheCats HypotheticalMountain Lion Felis concolorUncommon Rock Pocket Mouse

Chaetodipus intermediusBobcat Lynx rufus HypotheticalFairly Common

Bannertail Kangaroo RatPrairie Dogs, Chipmunks, Dipodomys spectabilisand Squirrels UncommonBlack-tailed Prairie DogCynomys ludovicianus Ord Kangaroo Rat Reintroduced, Status Dipodomys ordiUnknown Common

Gunnison Prairie Dog Merriam Kangaroo RatCynomys gunnisoni Dipodomys merriamiExtirpated Fairly Common

Rock Squirrel Plains Harvest Mouse Spermophilus variegates Reithrodontomys montanusCommon Hypothetical

Thirteen-lined Ground Western Harvest Mouse Squirrel Spermophilus Reithrodontomys megalotistridecemlineatus Fairly CommonRare on the refuge

Cactus Deer Mouse Spotted Ground Squirrel Peromyscus eremicusSpermophilus spilosoma HypotheticalHypothetical

North American Deer Mouse White-tail Antelope Squirrel Peromyscus maniculatusAmmospermophilus leucurus CommonHypothetical

White-footed Deer Mouse Texas Antelope Squirrel Peromyscus leucopusAmmospermophilus Commoninterpres

Brush Mouse HypotheticalPeromyscus boylei

Gophers HypotheticalValley (Botta’s) Pocket Gopher

Pinon Mouse Thomomys bottaePeromyscus trueiCommonHypothetical

Plains Pocket Gopher Northern Grasshopper Mouse Geomys bursariusOnychomys leucogasterUncommonUncommon

Desert Pocket GopherWhite-throated WoodratGeomys arenarius MerriamNeotoma albigulaUncommonFairly Common

Mexican Woodrat Neotoma MexicanaHypothetical

Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidusCommon

(Common) Muskrat Ondatra zibethicaCommon

Brown (Norway) Rat Rattus norvegicus AmphibiansHypothetical

SalamandersHouse Mouse Mus musculus Barred Tiger Salamander Fairly Common Ambystoma tigrinum

mavortiumNew Mexico Meadow CommonJumping Mouse Zapus Hudsonius luteus SpadefootsHypothetical Couch’s Spadefoot

Scaphiopus couchiiBeaver CommonAmerican Beaver Castor canadensis New Mexico Spadefoot Common Spea multiplicata

CommonPorcupineNorth American Porcupine Plains Spadefoot Erethizon dorsatum Spea bombifronsUncommon Common

Rabbits and hares True ToadsBlack-tailed Jackrabbit Southwestern Woodhouse’s Lepus californicus ToadCommon Bufo woodhousii australis

CommonDesert Cottontail Sylvilagus auduboni Red-spotted Toad Common Bufo punctatus

UncommonHoofed MammalsCollared Peccary (Javelina) Great plains Toad Dicotyles tajacu Bufo cognatusFairly Common Common

Elk Cervus canadensis Western Green Toad Fairly Common Bufo debilis insidior

RareMule Deer Odocoileus hemionus TreefrogsCommon Western Chorus Frog

Pseudacris triseriataPronghorn HypotheticalAntiocapra americanaUncommon Canyon Treefrog

Hyla arenicolorGemsbok (South African Oryx) HypotheticalOryx gazellaFairly Common – Introduced

Barred Tiger SalamanderIllustration by Matt How, FWS

Western diamondback rattlesnakeIllustration by Matt How, FWS

True Frogs Bullfrog Rana catesbeianaNorthern Leopard Frog CommonRana pipiensUncommon (Displaced by bullfrogs)

Reptiles

Turtles and Tortoise Desert Box Turtle Snapping Turtle Terrapene ornata luteolaChelydra serpentine Uncommon Rare on the refuge

Texas Spiny Softshell TurtleYellow Mud Turtle Apalone spinifera emoryiKinosternon flavescens Fairly CommonHypothetical

LizardsWestern Painted Turtle Speckled Earless LizardChrysemys picta belli Holbrookia maculate Common approximans

UncommonRed-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans Southwestern Earless LizardUncommon – Introduced Cophosaurus texanus scitulusSpecies Fairly Common

Big Bend Slider Western Collard LizardTrachemys gaigae Crotaphytus collaris baileyi

Fairly CommonFairly Common

Longnose Leopard Lizard Desert-grassland Whiptail Gambelia wislizenii Aspidoscelis uniparenswislizenii CommonFairly Common

Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard Aspidoscelis exsanguisSceloporus magister Commonbimaculosus

Marbled WhiptailCommonAspidoscelis tigris

Southwestern Prairie Lizard marmoratusSceloporus undulatus Commonconsobrinus

Checkered Whiptail CommonAspidoscelis tesselatus

Ornate Tree Lizard CommonVrosaurus ornaths

Snakes - Non-VenomousHypotheticalWestern Blind Snake

Desert Side-blotched Lizard Leptotyphlops humulisUta stansburiana steingeri HypotheticalCommon

Texas Blind Snake Eastern Tree Lizard Leptotyphlops dulcisUrosaurus ornatus ornatus UncommonUncommon

Regal Ringneck Texas Horned Lizard Diadophis punctatus regalisPhrynosoma cornutum UncommonCommon

Plains Hognose SnakeMountain Short-horned Heterodon nasicus nasicusLizard CommonPhrynosoma douglassii

Eastern Yellow-bellied RacerhernandesiColuber constrictor Uncommonflaviventris

Roundtail Horned Lizard UncommonPhrynosoma modestum

Western CoachwhipFairly CommonColuber flagellum testaceus

Skinks CommonGreat Plains Skink

Desert Striped WhipsnakeEumeces obsoletusColuber taeniatus taeniatusUncommonUncommon

Variable Skink Big Bend Patchnose SnakeEumeces multivirgatus Salvadora deserticolagaigeaeUncommonRare

Mountain Plateau Patchnose Whiptails and RacerunnersSnakeNew Mexico Whiptail Salvadora grahamiae Aspidoscelis neomexicanusgrahamiaeCommonUncommon

Little Striped WhiptailGreat Plains Rat SnakeAspidoscelis inornatusElaphe guttata emoryiCommonHypothetical

Trans-Pecos Rat Snake Ground Snake Bogerdophis subocularis Sonora semiannulataHypothetical Uncommon

Painted Desert Glossy Snake Western Hooknose Snake Arizona elegans philipi Gyalopion canumCommon Rare

Gopher Snake Plains Blackhead Snake Pituophis catenifer Tantilla nigricepsCommon Common

Desert Kingsnake Texas Night SnakeLampropeltis getula splendida Hypsiglena torquata janiCommon Common

New Mexico Milk Snake Snakes – Vipers and Lampropeltis triangulum Pitvipers - Venomouscelaenops Desert MassasaugaHypothetical Sistrurus catenatus

edwardsiiTexas Longnose Snake UncommonRhinocheilus lecontei tessellates Western Diamondback Common Rattlesnake

Crotalus atroxNew Mexico Garter Snake CommonThamnophis sirtalis dorsalisCommon Banded Rock Rattlesnake

Crotalus lepidus klauberiWandering Garter Snake RareThamnophis elegans vagransRare Northern Blacktail

RattlesnakeWestern Blackneck Garter Crotalus molossus molossusSnake UncommonThamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis Prairie Rattlesnake Uncommon Crotalus viridis viridis

CommonCheckered Garter SnakeThamnophis marcianus marcianusCommon

Fish

Shad Bullhead and CatfishGizzard Shad Black Bullhead Dorosoma cepediam Ameiurus melasUncommon Uncommon

Threadfin Shad Yellow Bullhead Dorosoma petenense Ameiurus natalisUncommon Uncommon

Carp, Minnows and Suckers Channel Catfish Red Shiner Ictalurus punctatusCyprinella lutrensis lutrensis CommonCommon

Live-Bearing FishesCommon Carp Western Mosquitofish Cyprinus carpio Gambusia affinisCommon Common

Rio Grande Silvery Minnow Sunfish, Bass, and PerchHybognathus amarus White Bass Morone chrysopsCommon Uncommon

Fathead Minnow Green Sunfish Pimephales promelas Lepomis cyanellusCommon Uncommon

Bullhead Minnow Bluegill Pimephales vigilax Lepomis marochirus speciosusFairly Common Uncommon

Flathead Chub Largemouth Bass Platygobio gracilis gulonella Micropterus salmoidesCommon Uncommon

Longnose Dace White Crappie Rhinichthys cataractae Pomoxis annulariscataractae UncommonCommon

Yellow Perch Perca flavescensRiver Carpsucker UncommonCarpiodes carpio elongates

Bigscale Logperch CommonPercina macrolepida

White Sucker UncommonCatostomus commersoni

Walleye Sander vitreusCommonUncommon

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife RefugeP.O. Box 280San Antonio, New Mexico 87832575/835-1828575/835-0314 FAX

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servicehttp://www.fws.gov/southwest/

For Refuge Information1 800/344-WILD

New Mexico State Relay System1 800/659-8331

Bugling Elk with matePhotograph by Aaron Drew, FWS

November 2008

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