Site Report: Pixley NWR, United States of America
Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
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Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
Flooded grasslands
Visits
- 2015-01-02: Looking for some reported Mountain Plovers in and around the area of the refuge.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (31 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(31 records)
Class: Birds
(31 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (4 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Cranes
- Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Order: Pelicans
(8 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
- Family: Grebes
- Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Order: Perching Birds
(12 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Larks
- Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Family: Shrikes
- Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (2 records)