Species Information
Mountain Plover - Anarhynchus montanus
Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico
Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Status
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 119
Number of Mapped Locations: 281
Number of Observations: 377
Observation date range: 05-10-1933 to 03-28-2022
External Links
Biota Information System of New Mexico (BISON-M)
NatureServe Explorer
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
New Mexico State Wildlife Action Plan (NMSWAP)
Species Related Publications
Show1976
Tolle, D. 1976. A westward extension in the breeding range of the Mountain plover. The Wilson Bulletin 88(2): 358-359. June 1976.
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1981
Johnson, T.B. and R.B. Spicer. 1981. Mountain plovers on the New Mexico-Arizona border. Continental Birdlife 2(3): 69-73. June 1981.
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1985
Craig, T.H., E.H. Craig, and E. Steele. 1985. Recent nesting and sight records of Mountain plovers in northwestern New Mexico. Southwest. Nat. 30(3): 451-452.
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2004
Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2003. El Malpais mountain plover locations. . 3 p.
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2000
Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2000. Annual report of Mountain Plover surveys for the Albuquerque Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management. 102 p.
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2001
Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2001. Mountain plover surveys in the North Unit Allotment of the Taos Resource Area. . 32 p.
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2002
Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2002. Mountain Plover surveys for the Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque Field Office, Annual Report. 13 p.
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2003
Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2003. Mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) surveys for the Bureau of Land Management's Albuquerque Field Office Annual Report. Hawks Aloft, Inc. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Submitted to: Pamela Herrera-Olivas, Bureau of Land Management, Al
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2003
Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2003. Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) surveys in the North Unit Allotment of the Taos Resource Area, 2003. Hawks Aloft, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico. Submitted to: Valierie Williams, Bureau of Land Management, Taos Field Office, T
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2004
Pierce, L. 2004. Email field note for mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) near Santo Domingo Pueblo. . 1 p.
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2005
Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2005. Mountain Plover observations in 2005 at El Malpais National Conservation Area, New Mexico. 14 p.
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2006
Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2006. Mountain Plover, Burrowing Owl, and prairie dog observations at El Malpais National Conservation Area, New Mexico.
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2007
Hawks Aloft, Inc. 2007. Mountain Plover, Burrowing Owl, and prairie dog observations at El Malpais National Conservation Area, New Mexico.
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2010
Johnson, K., T. Neville, D. Mikesic, and D. Talayumptewa. 2010. Distributional analysis of Gunnison's Prairie Dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) on the Navajo Nation and Reservation of the Hopi Tribe. Natural Heritage New Mexico Publ. No. 10-GTR-357. Natural Heritag
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2013
Marron and Associates. 2013. Biological evaluation of proposed Ojo Encino Humate Mine. Prepared for Broken Pick Proprietary, LLC.
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2016
Petersen, N., K. Johnson, and J. Smith. 2016. New Mexico Gunnison's prairie dog survey. Natural Heritage New Mexico, Biology Department, University of New Mexico.
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1984
Bock, C.E. et al. 1984. Bird, lagomorph, and rodent populations of semiarid rangelands in the Rio Puerco Basin of New Mexico. USFS Cooperative Agreement No. 28-C2-218. Appleton, Whittell Research Ranch, National Audubon Society and University of Colorado.
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1996
Sager, L. 1996. A 1995 survey of Mountain Plovers (Charadrius montanus) in New Mexico. Unpubl. report to NM Dept. of Game and Fish. Includes margin notes with errata. 59 p.
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1996
Sandell, Catherine I. 1996. Cover letter with amended printout from her database of bird sightings for 1992-1995. January 1996.
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1999
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. 1999. Specimen information from the University of California at Berkeley (MVZ) for birds. 5 p.
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