Southern
Arizona 
Birds
Those found during 
Focus On Nature Tours 
in Arizona noted with an (*) 
The following list compiled by Armas Hill
Photo at right: VERMILION FLYCATCHER
(photo by Howard Eskin)
 
 
Codes:
a globally threatened or rare species, designated
by Birdlife International.
             
(t1): critical   (t2): endangered   (t3): vulnerable
(nt):    a near-threatened species globally.
(i):      an introduced species.
sum:  in the summer
win:  in the winter
(AZr):     rare in Arizona
(soAzr):  rare in southern Arizona
(ph): species with a photo in the FONT web-site  
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A
Complete List
 
(with some photos)
of North American Birds, north of Mexico, in 6 parts:
Part #1: Grouse to Anhinga     
 
Part #2: Condor to Shorebirds     Part
#3: Jaegers to Cuckoos
Part #4: Owls to
Flycatchers    
Part #5: Shrikes to Pipits    
Part #6: Olive Warbler to
Buntings 
Mammals
in Arizona  (with some photos)
Arizona
Butterflies. Dragonflies & Damselflies, and Grasshoppers  (with some
photos) 
Arizona Amphibians &
Reptiles  (with some photos)
Plants
in the Arizona Desert & in some nearby habitats 
 
(with some photos)
Directory
of Photos in this Website

 Bird-List:
  - Montezuma Quail  (*)  _____  sum/win 
    
    Crytonyx montezumae mearnsi   (has been called  "Mearn's Quail"; this
    subspecies in northwest Mexico & southwest US) _____
    
    
    
   
  - Northern Bobwhite  (ph) (*) ______
    
    
    Colinus virginianus  
    Colinus v. ridgwayi  "Masked Bobwhite" 
    (ph) (*) ______ 
    (reintroductions have been attempted)   
    
    
    
   
  - Scaled Quail  (*) _____ sum/win  
    
    Callipepla squamata
    
    
    
    
   
  - Gambel's Quail  (ph) (*)  _____ 
    sum/win  
    
    Callipepla gambelii
    
    
    
    
   
  - Wild Turkey  (ph) (*) _____ sum/win   
    
    
    Meleagris gallopavo  
    
    
    
   
  - Fulvous Whistling Duck  (AZr)  _____   (another
    name has been  Fulvous Tree Duck)
    
    Dendrocygna bicolor
    
    
    
   
  - Black-bellied Whistling Duck  (ph) (*)
    ______  sum/win   (another name has been
     Black-bellied Tree Duck)
    
    Dendrocygna a. autumnalis
    
    
    
    
    
   
  - Tundra Swan  (ph)  ______  win
    
    Cygnus columbianus
    
    
    
   
  - Greater White-fronted Goose  _____ win 
    (was called White-fronted Goose)
    
    Anser albifrons
    
    
    
   
  - Snow Goose  (ph)  _____  win
    
    Chen 
     
     (formerly Anser)  caerulescens
    
    
    
   
  - Ross's Goose  (*) _____  win
    
    Chen 
     
     (formerly Anser)  rossii
    
    
    
   
  - Brant Goose  (AZr) (ph)  _____  win 
    (has
    been simply "Brant", or  "Black Brant")
    
    Branta bernicla nigricans
    
    
    
   
  - Canada Goose _____  win
    
    Branta canadensis
    
    
    
   
  - Cackling Goose  (ph)  _____  win
    
    Branta hutchinsii
    
    
    
   
  - Wood Duck  (ph) (*)  _____  sum/win
    
    Aix sponsa
    
    
    
   
  - Green-winged Teal  (ph) (*)  _____  win/sum
    
    Anas carolinensis
    
    
    
   
  - Mallard  (ph) (*) _____  win/sum
    
    Anas platyrhynchos
    
    
    
   
  - Mexican Duck  (*)  _____ sum/win 
    (was
    considered conspecific with the Mallard)
    
    Anas diazi
    
    
    
   
  - Northern Pintail  (ph) (*)  _____  win/sum
    
    Anas acuta
    
    
    
   
  - Blue-winged Teal  (ph) (*)  ______  win/sum 
    Anas discors 
    (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Cinnamon Teal  (*)  _____  win/sum
    
    
    Anas cyanoptera
    
    
    
    
   
  - Northern Shoveler  (ph) (*) _____  win/sum
    
    Anas clypeata
    
    
    
   
  - Gadwall  (ph)  _____  win/sum
    
    Anas strepera
    
    
    
   
  - Eurasian Wigeon  (AZr) (ph)  ______ win
    Anas penelope 
    
    
   
  - American Wigeon  (ph) (*)  ______  win/sum
    Anas americana 
    (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Canvasback _____  win/sum
    
    Aythya valisineria
    
    
    
   
  - Redhead  (ph)  _____  win/sum
    
    Aythya americana
    
    
    
   
  - Ring-necked Duck  (ph)  _____  win
    
    Aythya collaris
    
    
    
   
  - Greater Scaup _____  win
    
    Aythya marila
    
    
    
   
  - Lesser Scaup  (ph) (*)  _____  win/sum
    
    Aythya affinis
    
    
    
   
  - Long-tailed Duck (t3) (AZr) (ph)  ______ win
    Clangula hyemalis
    
 
   
  - Black Scoter  (AZr)  (was
    conspecific with the Common Scoter of Europe) 
    (ph)  _____ win
    Melanitta americana
    
    
   
  - Surf Scoter  (AZr) (ph)  ______
    Melanitta perspicillata 
    
    
   
  - White-winged Scoter  (was
    conspecific with the Velvet Scoter,  Melanitta
    fusca,
     of Europe)  (ph)  ______
    
    Melanitta deglandi
    
    
    
   
  - Common Goldeneye  _____  win
    
    Bucephala clangula
    
    
    
   
  - Barrow's Goldeneye  (AZr)  _____ win
    Bucephala islandica
    
    
   
  - Bufflehead  (ph)  _____  win
    
    Bucephala albeola
    
    
    
   
  - Hooded Merganser  (ph)  _____  win
    
    Lophodytes 
     
     (formerly Mergus)  cucullatus
    
    
    
   
  - Common Merganser  (ph) (*)  _____  win 
    
    Mergus merganser americanus
    
    
    
   
  - Red-breasted Merganser  (ph)  _____  win
    
    Mergus serrator
    
    
    
   
  - Ruddy Duck  (ph) (*)  _____  win/sum
    
    Oxyura jamaicensis
    
    
    
   
  - Red-throated Loon  (AZr) (ph)  _____
    
    Gavia stellata
    
    
    
   
  - Pacific Loon  (AZr) (ph)  _____ 
    win
    
    Gavia pacifica
    
    
    
   
  - Common  Loon _____  win
    
    Gavia immer
    
    
    
   
  - Least Grebe  (AZr) (ph) (*)  ______ 
    sum/win 
     
    Tachybaptus dominicus brachypterus
    
    
    
    
    
   
  - Pied-billed Grebe  (ph) (*)  ______  win/sum 
    Podilymbus p. podiceps
    
    
    
   
  - Horned Grebe  (ph)  _____  win
    Podiceps auritus cornutus
    
    
    
   
  - Eared Grebe  (also called 
    Black-necked Grebe)  (ph) (*) _____  win/sum
    Poidiceps nigricollis californicus
    
    
    
   
  - Western Grebe  (ph)  _____  win
    Aechmophorus occidentalis ephemeralis  
    
    
   
  - Clark's Grebe _____  win
    
    Aechmophorus c. clarkii 
    
    
   
  - Wood Stork  (AZr) (ph)  ______    
    Mycteria americana  (monotypic) 
    
    
    
   
  - White-faced Ibis  (ph) (*)  _____  sum
    
    Plegadis chihi  (monotypic)
    
    
   
  - Roseate Spoonbill  (ph) (AZr)  ______  sum
    Platalea (formerly
    Ajaia) ajaja  (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Great Blue Heron (*) ______  win/sum
    
    
    
    Ardea h. herodia 
    
    
 
    
   
  - Great Egret  (ph) (*)  ______ 
    win/sum
    Ardea (formerly
    Casmerodius) alba egretta
    
    
    
   
  - Little Blue Heron  (ph)  ______ 
    sum
    
    Egretta caerulea  (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Snowy Egret  (ph) (*) ______ 
    sum/win 
    Egretta thula  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
   
  - Tricolored Heron  (ph) (*)
    _____  sum  (was at one time called Louisiana
    Heron)
    Egretta tricolor  
    
    
    
   
  - (Western) Cattle Egret  (ph)  ______  win
    Bubulcus ibis
    
    
    
   
  - Green Heron  (*)  ______ 
    (was at one time considered
    conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and
    was then called Green-backed Heron)  win/sum
    Butorides virescens
    
    
    
   
  - Black-crowned Night-Heron  (*)  ______ 
    sum/win 
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
    
    
    
   
  - Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  (AZr) (ph)
      ______   
    
    Nyctanassa v. violacea  (the
    single member of its genus)
    
    
    
   
  - American Bittern  (ph) (*)  ______  win 
    
    Botaurus lentiginosus
    
    
    
   
  - Least Bittern  (ph)  ______  sum
    
    Ixobrychus exilis
    
    
    
   
  - Red-billed Tropicbird  (AZr) (ph) 
    ______
    
    Phaethon aethereus
    
    
 
   
  - Magnificent Frigatebird  (AZr)
    (ph) 
    ______
    Fregata magnificens 
    (now said to be monotypic)
    
    
   
  - American White Pelican  (ph)  ______  win
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 
    (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Brown Pelican  (AZr) (ph) (*) ______ 
    sum 
    
    
    Pelecanus occidentalis californicus 
     
    
    
     (in west Mexico) 
    
    
     _____
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
   
  - Neotropic Cormorant  
    (ph)  ______  win 
    (was called Olivaceous Cormorant)
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus
    mexicanus  (formerly Phalacrocorax olivaceous)
    
    
    
   
  - Double-crested Cormorant   ______ 
    win/sum
    Phalacrocorax auritus floridanus
    
    
    
   
  - Anhinga  (AZr) (ph)   ______ 
    Anhinga anhinga leucogaster
    
    
    
   
  - Black Vulture  (ph) (*) ______  win/sum
     
    
    Coragyps atratus 
    
    (now said to be monotypic)  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
   
  - Turkey Vulture  (ph) (*) ______  sum/win 
    Cathartes aura 
     
    
    
    
   
  - Northern Crested Caracara  (ph)
    (*)  ______  sum/win  (formerly conspecific with the now Southern Caracara,
     Caracara
    plancus, of South America, generally south of the Amazon)  
    Caracara cheriway 
    (monotypic)
    
    
   
  - American Kestrel  (ph) (*)  ______ 
    win/sum
    Falco sparverius 
    
    
    
   
  - Merlin  (ph)  _____  win
    
    Falco columbarius
    
    
    
   
  - Peregrine Falcon  (ph)  _____  win/sum  
    
    Falco peregrinus   
    
    
    
   
  - Prairie Falcon  (ph) (*) ______  sum/win 
    
    Falco mexicanus
    
    
     
   
  - Osprey  (ph) (*)  ______  sum  
    Pandion haliaetus 
    
    (the single member of its genus)
    
    
    
   
  - White-tailed Kite  (ph) (*) ______  sum 
     
    Elanus leucurus majusculus
    
    
    
   
  - Mississippi Kite  (*) _____ sum
    Ictinia mississippiensis
    
    
   
  - Bald Eagle  (ph)  ______  win  
    
    Haliaeetus l. leucocephalus
    
    
    
   
  - Northern Harrier  (ph) (*)  _____  win/sum
    
    Circus hudsonius
    
    
    
   
  - Sharp-shinned Hawk  (ph)  _____ win/sum
    Accipiter striatus
    
    
   
  - Cooper's Hawk  (ph) (*) _____   sum/win
    
    Accipiter cooperii   (monotypic)
      
    
    
   
  - Northern Goshawk  (*) _____  sum/win 
    
    Accipiter gentilis apache
    
    
    
   
  - Harris's Hawk  (ph) (*) _____ sum/win 
    (species also called Bay-winged Hawk)
    Parabuteo unicinctus
    
    
    
   
  - Red-shouldered Hawk  (AZr) (ph)  _____
    Buteo lineatus
    
 
   
  - Broad-winged Hawk  (AZr) _____
    Buteo platypterus 
    
    
   
  - Red-tailed Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  sum/win
    Buteo jamaicensis  
    
    
     
    
    
   
  - Swainson's Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  sum  
    Buteo swainsoni 
    (monotypic)  
    
    
    
   
  - Zone-tailed Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  sum  
    Buteo a. albonotatus
    
    
    
   
  - White-tailed Hawk  (AZr)  ______    
    Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius
    
    
    
   
  - Short-tailed Hawk  (ph) (AZr) (*)  ______ 
    sum 
    Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus
    
    
    
   
  - Gray Hawk  (ph) (*) _____ sum  (now
    merged with the Gray-lined Hawk of southern Central America
    & South America)
    Buteo  nitida
    plagiata
    
    
    
    
    
   
  - Ferruginous Hawk  (nt) (ph) (*)  _____  win 
    Buteo regalis
    
    
    
    
    
    
   
  - Rough-legged Hawk  (ph) (*)  _____ win    
    Buteo lagopus sancti-johannis
    
    
    
    
    
    
   
  - Common Black Hawk  (ph) (*)   ______ 
    sum  
    Buteogallus anthracinus
    
    
    
    
    
   
  - Golden Eagle  (*) ______  sum/win 
    
    Aquila chrysaetos canadensis
    
    
    
   
  - Black Rail  (AZr) _____
    Laterallus jamaicensis
    
    
   
  - Ridgway's Rail  (AZr) (ph)  _____   
    Rallus obsoletus yumanensis
    
    
    
    Until 2014, the Ridgway's Rail was part of the Clapper Rail.
    
    
   
  - Virginia Rail  (ph)  _____  win    
    Rallus limicola
    
    
    
   
  - Sora  (*) _____ win/sum 
    Porzana carolina
    
    
    
   
  - Common Gallinule  (ph) (*) 
    ______  win/sum
    
    Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
    
    
    
   
  - Purple Gallinule  (AZr) (ph) ______
    
    Porphyrula martinica 
    (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - American Coot (*) ______ win/sum 
    Fulica a. americana
    
    
    
   
  - Sandhill Crane  (ph) (*)  _____  win 
    Grus canadensis
    
    
    
   
  - Whooping Crane  (AZr) _____ win  (single
    birds were with Sandhill Cranes
     near Willcox in Oct 1979 & in Dec 80 & Jan 81; they were
    presumably raised at Gray's Lake)   
    Grus americana
    
    
   
  - Black Oystercatcher  (AZr) (ph)  _____  
    Haematopus bachmani
    
    
    
   
  - Black-necked Stilt  (ph) (*) 
    ______  sum  (was said by some to be conspecific with the Black-winged
    Stilt   of the Old  World) 
    Himantopus mexicanus 
    
    
    
   
  - American Avocet  (ph) (*)  _____  sum
    Recurvirostra americana
    
    
    
   
  - Black-bellied Plover  (ph)  _____ 
     (also
    called Grey Plover) 
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
    
    
    
   
  - American Golden Plover  (ph)  _____
    Pluvialis dominica 
    
    
    
   
  - Snowy Plover  (ph)  _____  sum/win
    
    
    Charadrius nivosus
    
    
    
    
    
    
   
  - Semipalmated Plover  (ph)  _____  sum   
    Charadrius semipalmatus
    
    
    
   
  - Killdeer  (ph) (*) ______ sum/win
    
    Charadrius v. vociferus
    
    
    
   
  - Mountain Plover  (ph)  _____ win  
    
    Charadrius montanus
    
    
    
   
  - Greater Yellowlegs  (*)  ______ sum/win
    Tringa melanoleuca 
    
    (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Lesser Yellowlegs  (ph) (*)  ______ 
    sum 
    Tringa flavipes 
    
    (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Solitary Sandpiper  (ph) (*) ______  sum 
    Tringa solitaria
    
    
    
   
  - Willet  (ph) (*)  ______  sum
    Tringa 
    
     
     (formerly Catoptrophorus) semipalmatus
    
    
    
    
   
  - Spotted Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  ______  sum/win
    Actitis macularia   (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Upland Sandpiper  (AZr) _____ 
    Bartramia longicauda
    
    
    
   
  - "American" Whimbrel  (AZr)
    (ph)  ______ 
     
    
    Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
    
    
     
   
  - Long-billed Curlew  (ph)  _____ sum/win
    Nymenius americanus
    
    
    
   
  - Hudsonian Godwit  (AZr) (ph)  _____ 
    
    Limosa haemastica
    
    
    
   
  - Marbled Godwit  (ph)  ______  sum
    Limosa fedoa
    
    
     
   
  - Ruddy Turnstone  (AZr) (ph) (*)  _____ sum
    Arenaria interpres
    
    
    
   
  - Red Knot  (AZr) (ph)  _____  
    
    Calidris canutus rufa
    
    
    
   
  - Sanderling  (ph)  ______  sum
    Calidris alba
    
    
    
   
  - Semipalmated Sandpiper  (AZr)
    (ph)  ______
    sum 
    Calidris pusilla 
    
    (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Western Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  ______ sum/win
    Calidris mauri 
    
    (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Least Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  ______ 
    win/sum
    Calidris minutilla 
    
    (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - White-rumped Sandpiper  (AZr)
    (ph)  _____  sum
    Calidris fuscicollis
    
    
   
  - Baird's Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  ______  sum
    Calidris bairdii
    
    
    
   
  - Pectoral Sandpiper  (ph) ______  sum 
    Calidris melanotos  (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Dunlin  (ph)  ______  win
    
    Calidris alpina
    
    
    
   
  - Stilt Sandpiper  (ph) (*) ______  sum 
    Calidris (formerly
    Micropalama)  himantopus
    
    
    
   
  - Short-billed Dowitcher  (ph)  ______ 
    sum 
    Limnodromus griseus 
    (3
    subspecies can occur in Mexico)
    
     
   
  - Long-billed Dowitcher  (*)  ______  sum/win
    Limnodromus scolopaceus
    
    
    
   
  - Wilson's Snipe  (ph)  ______  win
    Gallinago delicata
    
    
    
   
  - American Woodcock  (AZr) (ph)  _____
    Scolopax minor
    
    
   
  - Wilson's Phalarope  (*)  _____ sum
    Phalaropus tricolor
    
    
    
   
  - Red-necked Phalarope  (ph)  ______  sum
    Phalaropus lobatus
    
    
    
   
  - Red Phalarope  (AZr) (ph)  ______
    
    Phalaropus fulicaria
    
    
 
   
  - Long-tailed Jaeger  (AZr) (ph)  ______
    
    Stercorarius longicaudus 
    
    
    
   
  - Laughing Gull  (AZr) (ph)  ______ 
    Larus atricilla 
    
    
    
   
  - Franklin's Gull  (AZr) (ph)  ______  
    
    Larus pipixcan 
    (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Bonaparte's Gull  (ph)  ______  sum/win
    Larus philadelphia
    
    
    
   
  - Heermann's Gull  (AZr) (ph)  ______ 
    Larus heermanni
    
    
    
   
  - Ring-billed Gull  (ph) (*)  ______  
    Larus delawarensis
    
    
     
   
  - California Gull  (AZr) (ph)  ______  
    
    Larus californicus
    
    
     
   
  - Herring Gull  (AZr)  ______  
    
    Larus argentatus smithsonianus
    
    
    
   
  - Thayer's Gull  (AZr)  ______  
    
    Larus thayeri
    
    
    
   
  - Sabine's Gull  (AZr) (ph)  ______
    
    Xema sabini
    
    
    
   
  - Gull-billed Tern  (AZr)  ______  
    Gelochelidon    (formerly Sterna)
     nilotica
    vanrossemi  
    
    
    
   
  - Royal Tern  (AZr) (ph)   ______ 
    Thalasseus (formerly
    Sterna)  m. maxima
    
    
    
   
  - Elegant Tern (nt)  (AZr) (*)  ______   
    
    Thalasseus 
     
     (formerly Sterna) elegans
    
    
    
   
  - Caspian Tern  (AZr) (ph)  ______ 
    Hydroprogne (formerly  Sterna) caspia 
    (monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Common Tern ______  sum
    
    
    Sterna h. hirundo
    
    
    
    
   
  - Arctic Tern  (AZr)  ______
    
    
    Sterna paradisaea
    
    
    
    
   
  - Forster's Tern  (AZr) (ph) (*)  ______ 
    sum 
    
    
    Sterna forsteri
    
    
    
    
   
  - Least Tern  (AZr)   ______ 
    sum  
    
    Sternula antillarum  
    
    
    
   
  - Black Tern  (ph) (*)  ______  sum 
     
    
    
    Chlidonias niger surinamensis
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
   
  - Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) (*) ______ 
    sum/win 
    Columba livia
    
    
    
   
  - Band-tailed Pigeon  (*) ______  sum/win
    Patagioenas (formerly
    Columba)  fasciata vioscae   
    
    
    
   
  - Eurasian Collared Dove (i) (*) _____ sum/win
    
    Streptopelia decocto    
    
    
    
   
  - White-winged Dove (*) ______  sum/win 
    Zenaida a. asiatica
    
    
    
    
   
  - Mourning Dove (*) ______  sum/win 
    Zenaida macroura 
    
    
    
   
  - Inca Dove  (*)  ______  sum/win
    
    Columbina  (or said by some to Scardafella)
    inca  (monotypic)
    
    
   
  - Common Ground Dove (*) ______  sum/win 
    
    Columbina passerina pallescens
    
    
    
   
  - Ruddy Ground Dove  (AZr)  ______  
    Columbina taipacoti 
    
    
    
   
  - White-tipped Dove  ______ 
    (was called White-fronted
    Dove)
    Leptotila verreauxi 
    
      
    
    
    
   
  - Thick-billed Parrot _____  (occurred
    formerly in southern Arizona; see note following list) 
    
    Rhynchopsitta pachyhyncha
    
    
    
   
  - Black-billed Cuckoo  (AZr) ______
    
    Coccyzus erythropthalmus
    
    
 
   
  - Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*)  ______ sum
    Coccyzus americanus 
    
    (now monotypic)
    
    
    
   
  - Groove-billed Ani  ______  (AZr) 
    Crotophaga sulcirostris  (now
    monotypic, as a "second form" that was in Mexico is now extinct)
    
    
    
   
  - Greater Roadrunner  (*)  ______  sum/win
    
    
    Geococcyx californianus
    
    
    
    
   
  - Barn Owl  (*)  ______  sum/win
    Tyto alba  
    
    
    
   
  - Flammulated Owl  (*)  ______  sum
    
    Megascops
     (formerly Otus) flammeolus