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Anatidae-  Swans, Geese and Ducks

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow Goose

Ross’s Goose

Cackling Goose

    Minima

   Taverner’s

  Richardson’s (hutchinsii)

Canada Goose

    Maxima

   Moffitti

   Parvipes

Wood Duck

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

  Platyrhynchos

  Diazi

Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Canvasback

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Barrow’s Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Odontophoridae-Quail

Scaled Quail

Gambel’s Quail

Montezuma Quail

Phasianidae- Grouse, Turkey

Dusky Grouse

Wild Turkey (Gould’s)

Western Meadowlark

Gavidae Loons

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Podicipedidae-Grebes

Least Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Eared Grebe

Western Grebe

Clark’s Grebe

Phalcrocoracidae- Cormorants

Neotropic Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant

Pelecanidae – Pelicans

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Ardeidae- Bitterns, Herons, Egrets

American Bittern

Least Bittern

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Cattle Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Threskiornithidae – Ibises

White-faced Ibis

Cathartidae – New World Vultures

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Pandionidae – Osprey

Osprey

Accipitridae- Kite, Eagles and Hawks

White-tailed Kite

Mississippi Kite

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper’s Hawk

Northern Goshawk

Common Black-Hawk

Harris’s Hawk

Gray Hawk

Short-tailed Hawk

Swainson’s Hawk

Zone-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

  Western (calurus)

  Harlan’s (harlani)

  Krider’s (kriderii)

  Fuertes’s (fuertesi)

Ferruginous Hawk

Golden Eagle

Falconidae – Caracara and Falcon

Crested Caracara

American Kestrel

Merlin

 Taiga (columbarius)

  Prairie (richardsoni)

  Black (suckleyi)

Peregrine Falcon

  Continental (anatum)

  Tundra (tundrius)

Prairie Falcon

Rallidae -  Rails, Gallinules, Coots

Virginia Rail

Sora

Common Morhen

American Coot

Gruidae -  Cranes

Sandhill Crane

    Lesser (canadensis)

    Greater (tabida)

Charadriidae – Plovers

Snowy Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Killdeer

Mountain Plover

Recurvirostridae – Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

Scolopacidae – Sandpipers

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Greater Yellowlegs

Willet

Lesser Yellowlegs

Long-billed Curlew

Marbled Godwit

Semi-palmated Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Baird’s Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Dunlin

Stilt Sandpiper

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson’s  Snipe

Wilson’s  Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

Laridae – Gulls, Tern

Sabine’s Gull

Bonaparte’s Gull

Franklin’s Gull

Ring-billed Gull

California Gull

Black Tern

Common Tern

Columbidae – Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dave

White-winged Dove

Mourning Dove

Inca Dove

Common Ground-Dove

Ruddy Ground-Dove

Cuculidae – Cuckoos, Roadrunner, Anis

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Greater Roadrunner

Groove-billed Ani

Tytonidae – Barn Owl

Barn Owl

Strigidae – Typical Owls

Flammulated Owl

Western Screech-Owl

Whiskered Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl

Northern Pygmy-Owl

  Rocky Mountain (pinicola)

  Mountain (gnoma)

Elf Owl

Burrowing Owl

Spotted Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Caprimulgidae – Nighthawks, Nightjars

Lesser Nighthawk

Common Nighthawk

Common Poorwill

Buff-collared Nightjar

Mexican Whip-poor-will

Apodidae – Swifts

Vaux’s Swift

White-throated Swift

Trochilidae – Hummingbirds

Broad-billed Hummingbird

White-eared Hummingbird

Berylline Hummingbird

Violet-crowned Hummingbird

Blue-throated Hummingbird

Magnificent Hummingbird

Plain-capped Starthroat

Lucifer Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Anna’s Hummingbird

Costa’s Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Allen’s Hummingbird

Trogonidae – Trogons

Elegant Trogon

Eared Quetzal

Alcedinidae – Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

Green Kingfisher

Picidae – Woodpeckers

Lewis’s Woodpecker

Acorn Woodpecker

Gila Woodpecker

Williamson’s Sapsucker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-naped Sapsucker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Arizona Woodpecker

American Three-toed Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

  Yellow shafted (auratus)

  Red-shafted (cafer)

Gilded Flicker

Tyrannidae – Tyrant Flycatchers

Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Greater Pewee

Western Wood-Pewee

Willow Flycatcher

Hammond’s Flycatchers

Gray Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

 Cordilleran Flycatcher

Buff-breasted Flycatcher

Black Phoebe

Say’s Phoebe

Vermilion Flycatcher

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Tropical Kingbird

Cassin’s Kingbird

Thick-billed Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Incertae Sedis (Tyrannidae)

Rose-throated Becard

Laniidae – Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike

Vireonidae – Vireos

Bell’s Vireo

Gray Vireo

Plumbeous Vireo

Cassin’s Vireo

Hutton’s Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Yellow-green Vireo

Corvidae – Jays, Magpies, Crows, Ravens

Gray Jay

Pinyon Jay

Steller’s Jay

Western Scrub-Jay

Mexican Jay

Clark’s Nutcracker

American Crow

Chihuahuan Raven

Common Raven

Alaudidae – Larks

Horned Lark

Hirundinidae – Swallows

Purple Martin

  Northern (arboricola)

  Desert (Hesperia)

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Bank Swallow

Cliff Swallow

  Northern (pyrrhonota)

  Southwestern (swainsoni)

Barn Swallow

Paridae – Chickadees, Titmice

Mountain Chickadee

Mexican Chickadee

Bridled Titmouse

Juniper Titmouse

Remizidae – Verdins

Verdin

Aegithalidae – Bushtits

Bushtit

Sittidae – Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch

Certhiidae – Creepers

Brown Creeper

Troglodytidae – Wrens

Cactus Wren

Rock Wren

Canyon Wren

Bewick’s Wren

House Wren

  Northern (aedon)

  Brown-throated (brunneicollis)

Pacific Wren

Winter Wren

Marsh Wren

Polioptilidae – Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

Black-capped Gnatcatcher

Cinclidae – Dippers

American Dipper

Regulidae – Kinglets

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Turdidae – Thrushes

Eastern Bluebird

Western Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

Townsend’s Solitaire

Swainson’s Thrush

  Russet-backed (ustulatus)

  Olive-backed (swainsoni)

Hermit Thrush

Rufous-backed Robin

American Robin

Varied Thrush

Aztec Thrush

Mimidae – Mockingbirds and Thrashers

Northern Mockingbird

Sage Thrasher

Bendire’s Thrasher

Curve-billed Thrasher

  Eastern (curviostre)

  Western (palmer)

Crissal Thrasher

Sturnidae – Starlings

European Starling

Motachillidae – Pipits

American Pipit

Sprague’s Pipit

Bombycillidae – Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing

Ptilogonatidae – Silky –flycatchers

Phainopepla

Peucedramidae – Olive Warbler

Olive Warbler

Calcaridae – Longspurs

Lapland Longspur

Chestnut-collared Longspur

McCown’s Longspur

Parulidae – Wood Warblers

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

   Celata

   Orestera

   Lutescens

Nashville Warbler

Virginia’s Warbler

Lucy’s Warbler

Yellow Warbler (aetiva)

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Audubon’s (auduboni)

  Myrtle (coronate)

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Townsend’s Warbler

Hermit Warbler

Grace’s Warbler

Black and White Warbler

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana Waterthrush

MacGillivray’s Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson’s Warbler

  Mountain West (pileolata)

  Pacific Coast (chryseola)

Red Faced Warbler

Painted Redstart

Rufous-capped Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat

Thraupidae – Tanagers

Hepatic Tanager

Summer Tanager

Western Tanager

Flame-colored Tanager

Emberizidae – Emberizine Finches

Green-tailed Towhee

Spotted Towhee

  Pacific (oregamus)

  Rocky-Mountain (montanus)

Canyon Towhee

Abert’s Towhee

Rufous-winged Sparrow

Cassin’s Sparrow

Botteri’s Sparrow

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Brewer’s Sparrow

Black-chinned Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Five-striped Sparrow

Black-throated Sparrow

Sage Sparrow

Lark Bunting

Savannah Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow

   Western (perpallidus)

   Arizona (ammolegus)

Baird’s Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

White-crown Sparrow

   gambelii

   oriantha

Dark-eyed Junco

  Pink-sided (mearnsi)

  Slate-colored (hyemalis)

  Gray-headed (caniceps)

  Red-backed (dorsalis

Yellow-eyed Junco

Cardinalidae – Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings

Northern Cardinal

Pyrrhuloxia

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Black-headed Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Indigo Bunting

Varied Bunting

Painted Bunting

Dickcissel

Icteridae – Icterids

Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Meadowlark (lilian’s)

Western Meadowlark

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Brewer’s Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle

Bronzed Cowbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Hooded Oriole

  Eastern (cucullatus)

  Western (nelsoni)

Streak-backed Oriole

Bullock’s Oriole

Scott’s Oriole

Fringillidae – Finches and Goldfinches

Pine Grosbeak

Purple Finch

Cassin’s Finch

House Finch

Red Crossbill

Pine Siskin

Lesser Goldfinch

Lawrence’s Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

Evening Grosbeak

Passeridae – Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow










Melody's Birding Adventures

So Many Birds, So Little Time



Melody Kehl's Southern Arizona Bird Tour Company ( So many birds, so little time.)  |  Contact Information  |  Guiding Fees  |  Day Tour Suggestions  |  Travel Tips  |  Southern Arizona Map  |  Weather:Monthly Averages  |  Lodging  |  Links and Resources  |  About Your Guide  |  About Empids  |  Jabebo Earrings  |  Litter Decomposition  |  Scrapbook  |  Arizona Checklist of Birds  |  Bird Lists  |  Southern Arizona Butterflies  |  Cacti of Arizona  |  Mammals of Southern Arizona  |  Bats of Arizona  |  Snakes of Arizona



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