Bird Species of the Jornada

Species listed reflect both breeding populations and transient visitors. They are grouped alphabetically by scientific name.

Species on the Jornada have been "lumped" in some cases because of interbreeding, but subspecies remain identifiable. Codes exist for both species and subspecies as follows:

*2 Species: Dark-eyed Junco DEJU
Subspecies: Oregon Junco ORJU
Grey Headed Junco GHJU
Slated-colored Junco SCJU (eastern, rare)

*3 Species: Northern Flicker NOFL
Subspecies: Red-shafted Flicker RSFL
Yellow-shafted Flicker YSFL (eastern, rare)

*4 Species Yellow-rumped warbler YRWA
Subspecies: Audubon's Warbler AUWA
Myrtle Warbler MYWA (eastern, rare)

Other species have been split creating a new name for 2 species:

*1 old species: Brown Towhee BRTO
New species: Canyon Towhee CATO
California Towhee (found only in California)
 

12/1998 Clarification provided for Bullock's or Northern oriole.

Authority for Jornada Bird Nomenclature

"Check-list of North American Birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands." Prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Ornithologists' Union. 6th edition, 1982.

PLUS

Bi-Annual updates published as supplients to The Auk; i.e., "Fortieth Supplient to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds." Supplients 36-40.