A Checklist of the Birds of
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA

Bold-faced species are rare, unusual or local species.
x = observed       h = heard only
  May May May
  1994 2002 2007
Black-bellied Whisting-Duck x x x
Gadwall x x  
American Wigeon x    
Mallard x x  
Mallard (Mexican Duck) x x x
Blue-winged Teal     x
Cinnamon Teal x x x
Northern Shoveler x x x
Northern Pintail   x  
Green-winged Teal x   x
Canvasback      
Redhead      
Ring-necked Duck     x
Ruddy Duck x x x
Wild Turkey (Gould's) x x x
Scaled Quail x x x
Gambel's Quail x x x
Northern (Masked) Bobwhite      
Montzuma Quail      
Least Grebe   x  
Pied-billed Grebe x x  
Eared Grebe x x x
Western Grebe     x
Clark's Grebe     x
Neotropic Cormorant   x x
Double-crested Cormorant   x  
Least Bittern   x  
Great Blue Heron x x x
Great Egret      
Snowy Egret     x
Tricolored Heron      
Cattle Egret      
Green Heron x x x
Black-crowned Night-Heron x x x
White Ibis      
Glossy Ibis      
White-faced Ibis x x  
Roseate Spoonbill      
Black Vulture x x x
Turkey Vulture x x x
White-tailed Kite      
Mississippi Kite   x  
Northern Harrier      
Sharp-shinned Hawk     x
Cooper's Hawk x x x
Northern Goshawk   x  
Gray Hawk x x x
Common Black-Hawk   x x
Harris's Hawk x   x
Swainson's Hawk x x x
Zone-tailed Hawk x x x
Red-tailed Hawk x x x
Golden Eagle x x  
American Kestrel x x x
Peregrine Falcon   x x
Prairie Falcon x x  
Sora      
Common Moorhen x x x
American Coot x x x
Semipalmated Plover     x
Killdeer x x x
Black-necked Stilt x   x
American Avocet x x x
Greater Yellowlegs x    
Lesser Yellowlegs      
Willet     x
Spotted Sandpiper x x x
Long-billed Curlew      
Sanderling      
Semiplamated Sandpiper      
Western Sandpiper      
Least Sandpiper x    
Baird's Sandpiper   x  
Pectoral Sandpiper      
Stilt Sandpiper      
Long-billed Dowitcher x    
Wilson's Phalarope x x x
Red-necked Phalarope      
Franklin's Gull     x
Ring-billed Gull     x
Forster's Tern      
Black Tern      
Rock Pigeon x x x
Band-tailed Pigeon x x x
Eurasian Collared-Dove     x
White-winged Dove x x x
Mourning Dove x x x
Inca Dove x x x
Common Ground-Dove x x x
Yellow-billed Cuckoo      
Greater Roadrunner x x x
Barn Owl   x x
Flammulated Owl      
Western Screech-Owl x x x
Whiskered Screech-Owl x x x
Great Horned Owl x x x
Northern (Mountain) Pygmy-Owl x x  
Elf Owl x x x
Burrowing Owl x x x
(Mexican) Spotted Owl x x x
Lesser Nighthawk x x x
Common Poorwill x x h
Buff-collared Nightjar     x
(Mexican) Whip-poor-will x x h
Vaux's Swift x    
White-throated Swift x x x
Broad-billed Hummingbird x x x
White-eared Hummingbird x x x
Berylline Hummingbird   x  
Violet-crowned Hummingbird x x x
Blue-throated Hummingbird x x x
Magnificent Humminbird x x x
Lucifer Hummingbird x   x
Black-chinned Hummingbird x x x
Anna's Hummingbird   x  
Costa's Hummingbird x x  
Calliope Hummingbird   x  
Broad-tailed Hummingbird x x x
Rufous Hummingbird      
Allen's Hummingbird      
Elegant Trogon x x x
Green Kingfisher x    
Acorn Woodpecker x x x
Gila Woodpecker x x x
Red-naped Sapsucker x    
Ladder-backed Woodpecker x x x
Hairy Woodpecker x x x
Arizona Woodpecker x x x
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker x x x
Gilded Flicker x x  
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet x x x
Olive-sided Flycatcher x   x
Greater Pewee x x x
Western Wood-Pewee x x x
Willow Flycatcher      
Hammond's Flycatcher   x x
Gray Flycatcher      
Dusky Flycatcher      
Pacific-slope Flycatcher   x h
Cordilleran Flycatcher x x x
Buff-breasted Flycatcher x x x
Black Phoebe x x x
Eastern Phoebe x    
Say's Phoebe x x x
Vermilion Flycatcher x x x
Dusky-capped Flycatcher x x x
Ash-throated Flycatcher x x x
Brown-crested Flycatcher x x x
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher x x x
Tropical Kingbird x   x
Cassin's Kingbird x x x
Thick-billed Kingbird x x x
Western Kingbird x x x
Rose-throated Becard x    
Loggerhead Shrike x x x
Bell's Vireo x x x
Plumbeous Vireo x x x
Hutton's Vireo x x x
Warbling Vireo x x x
Steller's Jay x x x
Western Scrub-Jay (woodhouseii) x x x
Mexican Jay x x x
Chihuahuan Raven x x x
Common Raven x x x
Horned Lark x x x
Purple Martin x x  
Tree Swallow x    
Violet-green Swallow x x  
Northern Rough-winged Swallow x x x
Bank Swallow x x  
Cliff Swallow x x x
Barn Swallow x x x
Mountain Chickadee x    
Mexican Chickadee   x x
Bridled Titmouse x x x
Juniper Titmouse x x x
Verdin x x x
Bushtit x x x
Red-breasted Nuthatch x x  
White-breasted Nuthatch x x x
Pygmy Nuthatch x x x
Brown Creeper x x x
Cactus Wren x x x
Rock Wren   x  
Canyon Wren x x x
Bewick's Wren x x x
House Wren x   h
Golden-crowned Kinglet   x  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet   x  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher      
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher x   x
Black-capped Gnatcatcher     x
Eastern Bluebird x    
Western Bluebird   x  
Swainson's Thrush x x x
Hermit Thrush x x x
American Robin x x x
Gray Catbird   x  
Northern Mockingbird x x x
Bendire's Thrasher x x  
Curve-billed Thrasher x x x
Crissal Thrasher x x x
European Starling x x x
Cedar Waxwing x x x
Phainopepla x x x
Olive Warbler x x x
Virginia's Warbler x   x
Lucy's Warbler x x x
Yellow Warbler x x x
Yellow-rumped (Aud's) Warbler x x x
Black-throated Gray Warbler x x x
Townsend's Warbler x x x
Hermit Warbler     x
Grace's Warbler x x x
Macgillivray's Warbler x    
Common Yellowthroat x x x
Hooded Warbler   x  
Wilson's Warbler x x x
Red-faced Warbler x x x
Painted Redstart x x x
Rufous-capped Warbler   x  
Yellow-breasted Chat x x x
Hepatic Tanager x x x
Summer Tanager x x x
Western Tanager x x x
Flame-colored Tanager   x x
Green-tailed Towhee   x x
Spotted Towhee x x x
Canyon Towhee x x x
Abert's Towhee   x x
Rufous-winged Sparrow   x h
Cassin's Sparrow     x
Botteri's Sparrow   x x
Rufous-crowned Sparrow x x x
Five-striped Sparrow   x  
Chipping Sparrow   x  
Brewer's Sparrow   x  
Black-chinned Sparrow x x  
Lark Sparrow x x x
Black-throated Sparrow x x x
Lark Bunting      
Grasshopper Sparrow     x
Song Sparrow x x x
White-crowned Sparrow x x x
Yellow-eyed Junco x x x
Northern Cardinal x x x
Pyrrhuloxia x x x
Black-headed Grosbeak x x x
Blue Grosbeak x x x
Lazuli Bunting   x x
Indigo Bunting      
Varied Bunting x x  
Red-winged Blackbird x x x
Eastern (Lillian's) Meadowlark x x x
Western Meadowlark x    
Yellow-headed Blackbird   x x
Great-tailed Grackle x x x
Bronzed Cowbird x x x
Brown-headed Cowbird x x x
Hooded Oriole x x x
Bullock's Oriole x x x
Scott's Oriole x x x
House Finch x x x
Red Crossbill   x  
Pine Siskin x    
Lesser Goldfinch x x x
American Goldfinch x    
Evening Grosbeak x    
House Sparrow x x  
       
Total Species 183 194 178
+ 5 heard only

x = observed       h = heard       d = dead      
  May May May
  1994 2002 2007
MAMMALS      
Opossum      
(Cinnamon-phase) Black Bear h    
Badger      
Raccoon      
Coatimundi      
Ringtail      
Spotted Skunk      
Striped Skunk   x  
Hog-nosed Skunk      
Coyote x x  
Gray Fox x x  
Bobcat   x  
Whitetail Prairie Dog      
Rock Squirrel x x x
Roundtail Ground Squirrel x    
Yuma Antelope Squirrel   x  
Harris's Antelope Ground Squirrel     x
Cliff Chipmunk x   x
Arizona Gray Squirrel x x x
Apache Fox Squirrel   x x
Hispid Cotton Rat   x  
Norway Rat      
Ord's Kangaroo Rat      
Bannertail Kangaroo Rat      
Antelope Jackrabbit   x  
Blacktail Jackrabbit x x x
Eastern Cottontail   x x
Desert Cottontail x x x
Collared Peccary (Javelina) x x x
Coue's Whitetail Deer x x x
Mule Deer     x
Pronghorn x x x
       
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS      
Sonoran Desert Toad      
Couch's Spadefoot Toad      
Bullfrog   x x
Chiricahua Leopard Frog     x
Desert Tortoise      
Yellow Mud Turtle      
Western Box Turtle      
Desert Box Turtle      
Spiny Softshell      
Gila Monster      
Regal Horned Lizard      
Eastern Fence Lizard     x
Bunch Grass Lizard     x
Mountain Spiny Lizard x x x
Clark's Spiny Lizard x x x
Desert Spiny Lizard x x  
Striped Plateau Lizard     x
Desert Grassland Whiptail x x x
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail x x x
Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail     x
Tree Lizard      
Great Plains Skink      
Sonoran Gopher Snake      
Mexican Garter Snake      
Black-necked Garter Snake   x  
Red-bellied Snake      
Ring-necked Snake      
Whip Snake      
Green Rat Snake      
Black-tailed Rattlesnake x    
Mojave Rattlesnake      
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake x    
Tiger Rattlesnake      
Night Snake      
       
NATURAL PHONEMENA      
Falling Stars      
Desert Scrub Fire x    
Dust Devil x x  
Dust Storm x    
Sun Dog      
Rainbow      
Wind Teeth      
       
INSECTS & INVERTEBRATES      
Tarantula Hawk x x x
Tarantula x    
Black Widow      
Scorpion   x  
Vinegaroon   x  
Velvet Ant x x  
Rhinoceros Beetle      
Dung Beetle x    
Scarab Beetle   x  
Robber Fly x x  
June Bug x x  
Bombardier Beetle x x  
Dobson Fly      
Cicada Killer x    
Water Boatman      
Eleodes 'Stinkbug' Beetle   x x
       
BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS      
Hummingbird Moth   x x
Two-tailed Swallowtail x   x
Queen Butterfly     x
Black Swallowtail   x  
Cloudless Sulphur x   x
Arizona Sister x x x
Monarch   x x
Pipevine Swallowtail   x  
Western Tiger Swallowtail x x  
Silver Spotted Skipper x x x
Checkered White     x
Red Spotted Purple     x
Western Pygmy Blue     x
Acmon Blue     x
Marine Blue     x
Northern Cloudywing     x
Dainty Sulphur     x
Sleepy Orange     x
American Lady     x
Variegated Fritillary     x
       

A Checklist of the Birds of SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
Compiled by Robert M. Schutsky, Dan Heathcote & Mark Pretti
Bird Treks, 216 Spring Lane
Peach Bottom, PA USA 17563-4008
717-548-3303 info@birdtreks.com
www.birdtreks.com
Created by Valerie K. M. Schutsky

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