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
Links:
Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in North America
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