The following is a list of birds seen at Jewel Cave National Monument. Not all of the birds listed below are commonly spotted at the Monument; even the rare birds are included. The list is arranged in the order found in most field guides.
Abbreviation code:
Frequency of birds found in the park:
a = abundant, occurs in large numbers
c = common, occurs regularly in moderate numbers
u = uncommon, occurs regularly in numbers in proper habitat
r = rare or accidental
Residency:
R = permanent resident
S = summer resident
W = winter resident
M = migrant, spring and/or fall
Bird (Frequency/Residency)
Great Blue Heron (r/S)
Turkey Vulture (u/S)
Mallard (c/M)
Blue-winged Teal (u/M)
Red-headed Merganser (r/S)
Gadwall (r/M)
Bald Eagle (u/W)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (u/S)
Cooper’s Hawk (u/S)
Northern Goshawk (u/R)
Red-tailed Hawk (u/S)
Golden Eagle (u/R)
American Kestrel (u/S)
Wild Turkey (c/R)
Semipalmated plover (r/M)
Killdeer (u/S)
Greater Yellowlegs (r/M)
Solitary Sandpiper (r/M)
Spotted Sandpiper (u/S)
Wilson’s Phalarope (r/M)
Franklin’s Gull (r/M)
Rock Pigeon (c/R)
Mourning Dove (u/S)
Great Horned Owl (c/R)
Long-eared Owl (u/S)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (u/S)
Common Nighthawk (c/S)
Common Poorwill (u/S)
White-throated Swift (u/S)
Rufous Hummingbird (u/S)
Lewis’ Woodpecker (u/S)
Red-headed Woodpecker (u/S)
Downy Woodpecker (u/R)
Hairy Woodpecker (c/R)
Black-backed Woodpecker (u/R)
Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted and red-shafted) (u/S)
Western Wood Pewee (c/S)
Dusky Flycatcher (c/S)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (u/S)
Western Kingbird (u/S)
Eastern Kingbird (u/S)
Loggerhead Shrike (u/S)
Plumbeous Vireo (u/S)
Warbling Vireo (u/S)
Red-eyed Vireo (u/S)
Gray Jay (u/R)
Blue Jay (u/R)
Pinyon Jay (u/R)
Clark’s Nutcracker (u/R)
Black-billed Magpie (u/R)
American Crow (c/R)
Tree Swallow(u/S)
Violet-green Swallow (c/S)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (u/S)
Cliff Swallow (c/S)
Barn Swallow (c/S)
Black-capped Chickadee (c/R)
Red-breasted nuthatch (a/R)
White-breasted nuthatch (c/R)
Brown Creeper (u/R)
Rock Wren (c/S)
Canyon Wren (u/R)
House Wren (u/S)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (u/S)
Eastern Bluebird (u/S)
Mountain Bluebird (u/S)
Townsend’s Solitaire (c/R)
Swainson’s Thrush (u/M)
American Robin (c/S)
Cedar Waxwing (u/M)
Tennessee Warbler (r/M)
Orange-crowned Warbler (u/M)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (a/S)
American Redstart (u/M)
Ovenbird (c/S)
MacGillivray’s Warbler (u/S)
Common Yellowthroat (u/S)
Yellow-breasted Chat (u/S)
Western Tanager (c/S)
Black-headed Grosbeak (u/S)
Lazuli Bunting (u/S)
Indigo Bunting (r/S)
Spotted Towhee (u/S)
Chipping Sparrow (a/S)
Clay-colored Sparrow (u/M)
Field Sparrow (u/S)
Vesper sparrow (u/S)
Lark Sparrow (u/S)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (u/M)
Dark-eyed Junco (c/R)
Red-winged Blackbird (u/R)
Western Meadowlark (u/S)
Brewer’s Blackbird (c/S)
Brown-headed Cowbird (c/S)
Northern Oriole (r/M)
Cassin’s Finch (u/S)
Red Crossbill (a/R)
Pine Siskin (c/R)
American Goldfinch (u/S)
