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Wildlife in New Mexico Wildlife Center

Here’s what naturalists are spotting in the New Mexico Wildlife Center right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

441
recent observations
30
species listed
9
insects & arthropods
8
plants
10
birds

Naturalists have logged 441 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in the New Mexico Wildlife Center. The most frequently seen is the Band-winged Meadowhawk, with 33 recorded sightings.

Insects & Arthropods account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (9 of the species listed here), followed by plants (8).

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Most-observed species in the New Mexico Wildlife Center

Band-winged Meadowhawk
Sympetrum semicinctum
33 observations · iNaturalist
Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
26 observations
Variegated Meadowhawk
Sympetrum corruptum
23 observations · iNaturalist
tree cholla
Cylindropuntia imbricata
21 observations
Flame Skimmer
Libellula saturata
17 observations · iNaturalist
Woodhouse's Toad
Anaxyrus woodhousii
17 observations
Scarlet Beeblossom
Oenothera suffrutescens
17 observations · iNaturalist
showy milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
16 observations
silverleaf nightshade
Solanum elaeagnifolium
16 observations · iNaturalist
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
16 observations
Western Bluebird
Sialia mexicana
15 observations
Say's Phoebe
Sayornis saya
15 observations
Eight-spotted Skimmer
Libellula forensis
15 observations
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
14 observations
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
13 observations
Common Whitetail
Plathemis lydia
13 observations
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
12 observations
Familiar Bluet
Enallagma civile
12 observations
Snowball Sand Verbena
Abronia fragrans
12 observations · iNaturalist
Cut-leaf Ironplant
Sideranthus spinulosus
12 observations · iNaturalist
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
11 observations
American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
11 observations
American Bullfrog
Lithobates catesbeianus
11 observations
Flaxflowered Ipomopsis
Ipomopsis longiflora
11 observations · iNaturalist
Double-crested Cormorant
Nannopterum auritum
11 observations
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosus
11 observations
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
10 observations
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri
10 observations
Gopher Snake
Pituophis catenifer
10 observations
Western Black Widow
Latrodectus hesperus
10 observations

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