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Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands

Links to Information on Animal Species

Sections: - Big game | Smaller carnivores | Small game and rodents -
- Bats and shrews | Gallinaceous birds, pigeons, doves, quail | Water birds -
- Hawks, vultures and owls | Non-game birds -

- Representative Plant Species -

Big game

pronghorn antelope
black bear
mule deer (Rocky Mountain)
white-tailed deer (Coues)
elk
javelina
mountain lion
wild turkey		 Antilocapra americana Ord.
Ursus americanus Pall.
Odocoileus hemionus Raf.
Odocoileus virginianus cousei Coues & Kell.
Cervus canadensis (Erxl.) Reyn
Tayassu tajacu L.
Felis concolor L.
Meleagris gallopavo L.

Smaller carnivores

badger
bobcat
coyote
grey fox
striped skunk
hog-nosed skunk
spotted skunk		 Taxidea taxus Schreber
Lynx rufus Schr.
Canis latrans Schr.
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schr.
Mephitis mephitis Schr.
Conepatus mesoleucus Lichtenstein
Spilogale putorius L.

Small game and rodents

cliff chipmunk
desert cottontail
Botta's pocket gopher
black-tailed jackrabbit
brush mouse
cactus mouse
deer mouse
pinyon mouse
silky pocket mouse
western harvest mouse
white-footed mouse
raccoon
desert wood rat
Mexican wood rat
white-throated wood rat
ringtail
Arizona grey squirrel
Harris' antelope squirrel
rock squirrel
white-tailed antelope squirrel
porcupine
Mexican vole		 Tamias dorsalis Baird
Sylvilagus audobonii Baird
Thomomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais
Lepus californicus Gray
Peromyscus boylii Baird
Peromyscus eremicus Baird
Peromyscus maniculatus Wag.
Peromyscus truei Shufeldt
Perognathus flavus Baird
Reithrodontomys megalotis Baird
Peromyscus leucopus Rafinesque
Procyon lotor L.
Neotoma lepida Thomas
Neotoma mexicana Baird
Neotoma albigula Hartley
Bassariscus astutus Lichtenstein
Sciurus arizonensis Coues
Ammospermophilus harrisii Audobon & Bachman
Spermophilus variegatus Erxl.
Ammospermophilus leucurus Merriam
Erethizon dorsatum L.
Microtus mexicanus Saussure

Bats and shrews

big brown bat
Townsend's big-eared bat
pallid bat
California myotis
fringed myotis
western pipistrelle		 Eptesicus fuscus Palisot de Beauvois
Corynorhinus townsendii Cooper (formerly Plecotus townsendii)
Antrozous pallidus Le Conte
Myotis californicus Audobon and Bachman
Myotis thysanodes Miller
Pipistrellus hesperus H. Allen

Gallinaceous birds, pigeons and doves

mourning dove
Gambel's quail
Mearn's (or Harlequin) quail
band-tailed pigeon		 Zenaida macroura L.
Lophortyx gambelii Gambel
Cyrtonyx montezumae Vigors
Columba fasciata Say

Water birds

American coot
eared grebe
pied-billed grebe
great blue heron
killdeer
mallard
redhead
least sandpiper
spotted sandpiper
western sandpiper
lesser scaup
shoveler
blue-winged teal
cinnamon teal
green-winged teal		 Fulica americana Gmelin
Podiceps nigricollis
Podilymbus podiceps L.
Ardea herodias L.
Charadrius vociferous L.
Anas platyrhynchos L.
Aythya americana Eyton
Calidris minutilla L.
Actitis macularia L.
Calidris mauri
Aythya affinis Eyton
Anas clypeata L.
Anas discors L.
Anas cyanoptera Vieillot
Anas crecca

Hawks, vultures, and owls

bald eagle
golden eagle
Cooper's hawk
northern harrier
red-tailed hawk
American kestrel
zone-tailed hawk
osprey
barn owl
great horned owl
western screech-owl
whiskered screech-owl
turkey vulture		 Haliaeetus leucocephalus L.
Aquila chrysaetos L.
Accipiter cooperii Bonaparte
Circus cyaneus L.
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin
Falco sparverius L.
Buteo albonotatus Kaup
Pandion haliaetus L.
Tyto alba Scopoli
Bubo virginianus Gmelin
Otus kennicottii L.
Otus trichopsis Wagler
Cathartes aura L.

Non-game birds

mountain bluebird
western bluebird
mountain chickadee
common crow
red-shafted flicker
ash-throated flycatcher
gray flycatcher
olivaceous flycatcher
broad-tailed hummingbird
Rivoli's hummingbird
Mexican jay
pinyon jay
scrub jay
oregon junco
Cassin's kingbird
western kingbird
belted kingfisher
common nighthawk
pygmy nuthatch
Scott's oriole
western wood pewee
common raven
painted redstart
yellow-bellied sapsucker
Townsend's solitaire
chipping sparrow
white-crowned sparrow
white-throated swift
cliff swallow
hepatic tanager
bridled titmouse
plain titmouse
hermit thrush
gray vireo
solitary vireo
black-throated gray warbler
whip-poor-will
acorn woodpecker
Strickland's woodpecker
Bewick's wren
canyon wren
rock wren

Sialia currucoides Bechstein
Sialia mexicana Swainson
Parus gambeli Ridgeway
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm
Colaptes cafer Gmelin
Myiarchus cinerascens Lawrence
Empidonax wrightii Baird
Myiarchus tuberculifer Lafresnaye & D'Orbigry
Selasphorus platycercus Swainson
Eugenes fulgens Swainson
Aphelocoma ultramarina Bonaparte
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus Wied
Aphelocoma coerulescens Bosc
Junco oregonus Townsend
Tyrannus vociferans Swainson
Tyrannus verticalis Say
Megaceryle alcyon L.
Chordeiles minor Forester
Sitta pygmaea Vigors
Icterus parisorum Bonaparte
Contopus sordidulus Sclater
Corvus corax L.
Myioborus pictus Swainson
Sphyrapicus varius L.
Myadestes townsendi Audobon
Spizella passerina Bechstein
Zonotrichia leucophrys Forster
Aeronautes saxatalis Woodhouse
Hirundo pyrrhonota Vieillot
Piranga flava Vieillot
Parus wollweberi Bonaparte
Parus inornatus Gambel
Catharus guttatus Pall.
Vireo vicinior Coues
Vireo solitarius Wilson
Dendroica nigrescens Townsend
Caprimulgus vociferus Wilson
Melanerpes formicivorus
Picoides stricklandi
Thryomanes bewickii Audubon
Catherpes mexicanus Swainson
Salpinctes obsoletus Say
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