Wildlife near Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque runs along the Rio Grande in the high desert under the Sandia Mountains, and the river’s cottonwood forest, the bosque, is the wild heart of it. Sandhill cranes and snow geese winter there by the thousands, porcupines and beavers work the woods, and roadrunners and black-chinned hummingbirds handle the desert edges. Up in the Sandias just east of town, the terrain climbs fast into pine forest with black bears and mule deer.

Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Albuquerque. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

Most-observed species near Albuquerque

Built from recent research-grade iNaturalist observations. Identifications are community-sourced and may occasionally be wrong, and the ranking reflects where people record and photograph wildlife, so a species seen often here is not necessarily rare elsewhere. Some plants and animals are only out in certain seasons. Treat this as a lively snapshot of what people are finding, not a formal checklist.