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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Arizona: Owls and Warblers

Cumulative Checklist

with Gavin Bieber and Rich Hoyer as leaders

  • Column A = number of tours out of ten on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour
A B C
9 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 144 Dendrocygna autumnalis
1 Canada Goose 1 1 Branta canadensis
3 Wood Duck Aix sponsa
4 Gadwall Anas strepera
8 American Wigeon 4 8 Anas americana
10 Mallard 4 8 Anas platyrhynchos
10 "Mexican" Duck 3 4 Anas platyrhynchos diazi
6 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
9 Cinnamon Teal 4 6 Anas cyanoptera
7 Northern Shoveler 2 6 Anas clypeata
3 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
5 Green-winged Teal 1 3 Anas crecca
5 Redhead Aythya americana
7 Ring-necked Duck 2 2 Aythya collaris
4 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
3 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
9 Ruddy Duck 4 30 Oxyura jamaicensis
10 Scaled Quail 3 40 Callipepla squamata
10 Gambel's Quail 5 16 N Callipepla gambelii
3 Montezuma Quail 1 2 Cyrtonyx montezumae
9 Wild Turkey 3 8 Meleagris gallopavo
6 Least Grebe 1 5 N Tachybaptus dominicus
10 Pied-billed Grebe 3 5 Podilymbus podiceps
10 Eared Grebe 3 9 Podiceps nigricollis
4 Western Grebe 1 1 Aechmophorus occidentalis
2 Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
1 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
9 Neotropic Cormorant 1 2 Phalacrocorax brasilianus
8 Double-crested Cormorant 2 3 Phalacrocorax auritus
1 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
3 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
10 Great Blue Heron 4 8 N Ardea herodias
6 Great Egret 1 2 Ardea alba
6 Snowy Egret 1 1 Egretta thula
1 Tricolored Heron 1 1 Egretta tricolor
2 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
6 Green Heron 1 1 Butorides virescens
7 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 10 Nycticorax nycticorax
9 White-faced Ibis 4 52 Plegadis chihi
10 Black Vulture 2 10 Coragyps atratus
10 Turkey Vulture 7 50 Cathartes aura
3 Osprey 1 1 Pandion haliaetus
5 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
6 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 Accipiter striatus
10 Cooper's Hawk 5 2 Accipiter cooperii
10 Gray Hawk 2 3 Asturina nitida
10 Common Black-Hawk 1 1 Buteogallus anthracinus
9 Harris's Hawk 2 3 Parabuteo unicinctus
1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 Buteo platypterus
2 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
10 Swainson's Hawk 7 8 N Buteo swainsoni
9 Zone-tailed Hawk 3 1 Buteo albonotatus
10 Red-tailed Hawk 7 8 N Buteo jamaicensis
8 Golden Eagle 1 1 Aquila chrysaetos
10 American Kestrel 5 3 Falco sparverius
5 Peregrine Falcon 3 2 Falco peregrinus
3 Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
4 Sora 1 1 Porzana carolina
6 Common Gallinule 1 2 Gallinula galeata
10 American Coot 6 30 Fulica americana
1 Black-bellied Plover Pluvalis squatarola
1 Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
2 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
10 Killdeer 6 15 N Charadrius vociferus
10 Black-necked Stilt 3 5 Himantopus mexicanus
10 American Avocet 4 16 Recurvirostra americana
10 Spotted Sandpiper 6 37 Actitis macularius
5 Greater Yellowlegs 1 1 Tringa melanoleuca
1 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
4 Willet Tringa semipalmatus
2 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
2 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
1 Sanderling Calidris alba
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
5 Western Sandpiper 1 3 Calidris mauri
5 Least Sandpiper 3 7 Calidris minutilla
1 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
2 Baird's Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris bairdii
1 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
1 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
6 Long-billed Dowitcher 4 12 Limnodromus scolopaceus
1 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
10 Wilson's Phalarope 4 100 Phalaropus tricolor
8 Red-necked Phalarope 1 2 Phalaropus lobatus
1 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
5 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
8 Ring-billed Gull 1 3 Larus delawarensis
1 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
1 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
1 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
1 Least Tern Sternula antillarum
2 Black Tern Childonias niger
10 Rock Pigeon 7 100 N Columba livia
8 Band-tailed Pigeon 2 1 Patagioenas fasciata
6 Eurasian Collared-Dove 7 23 Streptopelia decaocto
10 White-winged Dove 7 100 Zenaida asiatica
10 Mourning Dove 7 60 Zenaida macroura
10 Inca Dove 2 2 Columbina inca
9 Common Ground-Dove 2 4 Columbina passerina
10 Greater Roadrunner 4 4 Geococcyx californianus
4 Barn Owl Tyto alba
10 Flammulated Owl 2 3 Otus flammeolus
10 Western Screech-Owl 1 2 Megascops kennicottii
10 Whiskered Screech-Owl 4 3 Megascops trichopsis
10 Great Horned Owl 3 2 Bubo virginianus
7 Northern Pygmy-Owl 1 1 Glaucidium gnoma
10 Elf Owl 4 2 Micrathene whitneyi
8 Burrowing Owl 1 1 Athene cunicularia
7 Spotted Owl 1 1 Strix occidentalis
2 Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 1 H Aegolius acadicus
10 Lesser Nighthawk 3 4 Chordeiles acutipennis
10 Common Poorwill 2 3 Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
10 Mexican Whip-poor-will 2 3 Caprimulgus arizonae
1 Vaux's Swift 1 6 Chaetura vauxi
10 White-throated Swift 7 30 Aeronautes saxatalis
10 Broad-billed Hummingbird 4 12 Cynanthus latirostris
7 White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis
3 Berylline Hummingbird Amazila beryllina
9 Violet-crowned Hummingbird 1 2 Amazilia violiceps
10 Blue-throated Hummingbird 1 2 Lampornis clemenciae
10 Magnificent Hummingbird 2 12 Eugenes fulgens
8 Lucifer Hummingbird 1 2 Calothorax lucifer
10 Black-chinned Hummingbird 6 20 Archilochus alexandri
10 Anna's Hummingbird 5 8 Calypte anna
6 Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
1 Calliope Hummingbird 1 1 Stellula calliope
10 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 4 75 Selasphorus platycercus
9 Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
10 Acorn Woodpecker 5 5 Melanerpes formicivorus
10 Gila Woodpecker 4 20 Melanerpes uropygialis
2 Red-naped Sapsucker 1 1 Sphyrapicus nuchalis
10 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 3 2 Picoides scalaris
10 Hairy Woodpecker 2 2 Picoides villosus
9 Arizona Woodpecker 3 3 Picoides arizonae
9 Northern Flicker 4 2 Colaptes auratus
9 Gilded Flicker 1 1 Colaptes chrysoides
10 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 1 1 Camptostoma imberbe
1 Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
8 Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 1 Contopus cooperi
9 Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
10 Western Wood-Pewee 4 6 Contopus sordidulus
1 Willow Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax traillii
6 Hammond's Flycatcher 5 25 Empidonax hammondii
3 Gray Flycatcher 4 2 Empidonax wrightii
3 Dusky Flycatcher 4 2 Empidonax oberholseri
7 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3 2 Empidonax difficilis
10 Cordilleran Flycatcher 2 4 Empidonax occidentalis
10 Buff-breasted Flycatcher 2 4 Empidonax fulvifrons
10 Black Phoebe 3 3 Sayornis nigricans
10 Say's Phoebe 5 6 Sayornis saya
10 Vermilion Flycatcher 6 10 Pyrocephalus rubinus
10 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 3 3 Myiarchus tuberculifer
10 Ash-throated Flycatcher 6 4 Myiarchus cinerascens
10 Brown-crested Flycatcher 4 3 Myiarchus tyrannulus
9 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
7 Tropical Kingbird 1 2 Tyrannus melancholicus
10 Cassin's Kingbird 6 30 Tyrannus vociferans
8 Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
10 Western Kingbird 7 15 Tyrannus verticalis
1 Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
10 Loggerhead Shrike 4 2 Lanius ludovicianus
10 Bell's Vireo 4 4 Vireo bellii
2 Gray Vireo 1 1 Vireo vicinior
10 Plumbeous Vireo 4 4 Vireo plumbeus
3 Cassin's Vireo 1 1 Vireo cassinii
10 Hutton's Vireo 3 4 Vireo huttoni
10 Warbling Vireo 6 3 Vireo gilvus
10 Steller's Jay 2 12 Cyanocitta stelleri
10 Western Scrub-Jay 1 1 Aphelocoma californica
10 Mexican Jay 5 24 Aphelocoma ultramarina
1 Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
1 Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
10 Chihuahuan Raven 6 12 Corvus cryptoleucus
10 Common Raven 7 24 Corvus corax
9 Horned Lark 5 20 Eremophila alpestris
7 Purple Martin Progne subis
4 Tree Swallow 3 4 Tachycineta bicolor
10 Violet-green Swallow 6 50 N Tachycineta thalassina
10 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 40 Stelgidopteryx serripenni
8 Bank Swallow 5 120 Riparia riparia
10 Cliff Swallow 6 20 N Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
10 Barn Swallow 7 40 Hirundo rustica
10 Mountain Chickadee 1 4 Poecile gambeli
10 Mexican Chickadee 1 5 Poecile sclateri
10 Bridled Titmouse 5 4 Baeolophus wollweberi
10 Juniper Titmouse 1 1 Baeolophus ridgwayi
10 Verdin 4 4 Auriparus flaviceps
10 Bushtit 6 12 N Psaltriparus minimus
10 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 2 Sitta canadensis
10 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 4 Sitta carolinensis
10 Pygmy Nuthatch 1 12 Sitta pygmaea
10 Brown Creeper 2 3 Certhia americana
10 Cactus Wren 3 3 Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
9 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
10 Canyon Wren 2 1 Catherpes mexicanus
10 Bewick's Wren 6 5 Thryomanes bewickii
9 House Wren 4 4 Troglodytes aedon
2 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 8 Regulus calendula
6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 2 Polioptila caerulea
10 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 4 3 Polioptila melanura
1 Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps
9 Eastern Bluebird 1 5 Sialia sialis fulva
7 Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
7 Swainson's Thrush 3 13 Catharus ustulatus
10 Hermit Thrush 3 18 Catharus guttatus
10 American Robin 3 8 Turdus migratorius
1 Gray Catbird Dumatella carolinensis
10 Northern Mockingbird 7 6 Mimus polyglottos
10 Bendire's Thrasher 1 2 Toxostoma bendirei
10 Curve-billed Thrasher 6 5 Toxostoma curvirostre
10 Crissal Thrasher 1 1 Toxostoma crissale
10 European Starling 6 40 Sturnus vulgaris
3 American Pipit 1 2 Anthus rubescens
5 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
10 Phainopepla 6 10 Phainopepla nitens
10 Olive Warbler 2 5 Peucedramus taeniatus
8 Orange-crowned Warbler 6 2 Oreothlypis celata
1 Nashville Warbler 2 1 Oreothlypis ruficapilla
10 Virginia's Warbler 1 2 Oreothlypis virginiae
10 Lucy's Warbler 5 5 Oreothlypis luciae
1 Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa
1 Northern Parula Parula americana
10 Yellow Warbler 4 10 Dendroica petechia
10 Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 30 Dendroica coronata
10 Black-throated Gray Warbler 6 6 Dendroica nigrescens
9 Townsend's Warbler 6 10 Dendroica townsendi
7 Hermit Warbler 4 3 Dendroica occidentalis
10 Grace's Warbler 2 8 Dendroica graciae
1 Palm Warbler 1 1 Dendroica palmarum
6 MacGillivray's Warbler 3 4 Oporornis tolmiei
10 Common Yellowthroat 5 6 Geothlypis trichas
10 Wilson's Warbler 7 40 Wilsonia pusilla
10 Red-faced Warbler 3 4 Cardellina rubrifrons
10 Painted Redstart 4 6 Myioborus pictus
2 Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
10 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 3 Icteria virens
6 Green-tailed Towhee 2 5 Pipilo chlorurus
10 Spotted Towhee 3 4 Pipilo maculatus
10 Canyon Towhee 3 6 Melozone fuscus
10 Abert's Towhee 2 10 Melozone aberti
10 Rufous-winged Sparrow 1 2 Peucaea carpalis
1 Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
10 Botteri's Sparrow 2 2 Peucaea botterii
10 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 2 5 Aimophila ruficeps
6 Chipping Sparrow 5 40 Spizella passerina
1 Clay-colored Sparrow 3 3 Spizella pallida
4 Brewer's Sparrow 4 6 Spizella breweri
9 Black-chinned Sparrow 1 3 Spizella atrogularis
3 Vesper Sparrow 2 1 Pooecetes gramineus
10 Lark Sparrow 7 36 Chondestes grammacus
4 Five-striped Sparrow 1 3 Amphispiza quinquestriata
10 Black-throated Sparrow 7 4 Amphispiza bilineata
3 Lark Bunting 2 60 Calamospiza melanocorys
1 Grasshopepr Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
3 Savannah Sparrow 1 1 Passerculus sandwichensis
10 Song Sparrow 5 6 Melospiza melodia
5 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
1 Swamp Sparrow 1 1 Melospiza georgiana
1 Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
10 White-crowned Sparrow 6 20 Zonotrichia leucophrys
2 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
10 Yellow-eyed Junco 2 12 Junco phaeonotus
10 Hepatic Tanager 3 4 Piranga flava
10 Summer Tanager 2 6 Piranga rubra
10 Western Tanager 7 30 Piranga ludoviciana
9 Flame-colored Tanager 1 1 Piranga bidentata
10 Northern Cardinal 5 4 Cardinalis cardinalis
10 Pyrrhuloxia 2 3 Cardinalis sinuatus
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
10 Black-headed Grosbeak 7 35 Pheucticus melanocephalus
10 Blue Grosbeak 2 7 Passerina caerulea
8 Lazuli Bunting 7 150 Passerina amoena
6 Indigo Bunting 2 1 Passerina cyanae
10 Red-winged Blackbird 5 20 Agelaius phoeniceus
10 Eastern Meadowlark 4 10 Sturnella magna
6 Yellow-headed Blackbird 3 70 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
1 Brewer's Blackbird 1 1 Euphagus cyanocephalus
10 Great-tailed Grackle 7 48 Quiscalus mexicanus
10 Bronzed Cowbird 4 10 Molothrus aeneus
10 Brown-headed Cowbird 7 60 Molothrus ater
10 Hooded Oriole 3 6 Icterus cucullatus
10 Bullock's Oriole 5 6 Icterus bullockii
10 Scott's Oriole 3 3 Icterus parisorum
2 Cassin's Finch Carpodacus cassinii
10 House Finch 7 50 Carpodacus mexicanus
3 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
9 Pine Siskin 6 38 Spinus pinus
10 Lesser Goldfinch 6 36 Spinus psaltria
1 Evening Grosbeak 1 7 Coccothraustes vespertinus
10 House Sparrow 7 50 Passer domesticus

Mammals

2 Brasilian Free-tailed Bat 1 X Tadarida brasiliensis
2 Eastern Cottontail 1 X Sylvilagus floridanus holzneri
10 Desert Cottontail 3 X Sylvilagus audubonii
10 Black-tailed Jackrabbit 2 X Lepus californicus
10 Cliff Chipmunk 1 X Tamias dorsalis
6 Harris's Antelope Squirrel 1 X Ammospermophilus harrisii
10 Rock Squirrel 7 X Spermophilus variegatus
5 Round-tailed Ground Squirrel 3 X Spermophilus tereticaudus
1 Spotted Ground Squirrel Spermophilus spilosoma
9 Arizona Gray Squirrel 1 X Sciurus arizonensis
6 Apache Fox Squirrel Sciurus nayaritensis
5 Abert's Tassel-eared Squirrel 1 X Sciurus aberti
1 Ord's Kangaroo-Rat Dipodomys ordii
1 Arizona Cotton Rat 1 X Sigmodon arizonae
3 Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
6 Coyote 2 X Canis latrans
2 Coatimundi Nasua narica
1 Striped Skunk 1 X Mephitis mephitis
6 Collared Peccary 1 X Tayassu tajacu
6 American Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
10 White-tailed Deer 5 X Odocoileus virginianus
6 Mule Deer 1 X Odocoileus hemionus

Amphibians and Reptiles

2 Canyon Treefrog 1 X Hyla arenicolor
2 American Bullfrog 2 X Rana catesbeiana
2 Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog 1 X Rana subaquavocalis
1 Red-spotted Toad 1 X Bufo punctatus
2 Red-eared Slider 2 X Trachemys scripta
3 Sonoran Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer
1 Common Kingsnake 1 X Lampropeltis getula
2 Sonoran-Mountain Kingsnake Lampropeltis pyromelana
5 Sonoran Whipsnake Masticophis bilineatus
3 Red Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum piceus
2 Black-necked Garter Snake 1 X Thamnophis cyrtopsis
5 Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox
2 Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum
1 Short-horned Lizard 1 X Phrynosoma hernandesi
2 Zebra-tailed Lizard 1 X Callisaurus draconoides
1 Greater Earless Lizard Cophosaurus texanus
1 Elegant Earless Lizard Holbrookia elegans
4 Ornate Tree Lizard 2 X Urosaurus ornatus
1 Side-blotched Lizard 1 X Uta stansburiana
3 Desert Spiny Lizard 2 X Sceloporus magister
4 Clark's Spiny Lizard 2 X Sceloporus clarki
6 Yarrow's Spiny-Lizard 2 X Sceloporus jarrovi
2 Plateau Lizard 1 X Sceloporus tristichus
3 Striped Plateau-Lizard 1 X Sceloporus virgatus
1 Gila Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis flagellicauda
1 Sonoran Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis sonorae
3 Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis exsanguis
4 Western Whiptail 2 X Aspidoscelis tigris
7 Desert Grassland Whiptail 1 X Aspidoscelis uniparens

Butterflies

2 Two-tailed Swallowtail X Papilio multicaudata
2 Pipevine Swallowtail X Battus philenor
2 Checkered White X Pontia protodice
1 Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe
1 Juniper Hairstreak Callophrys gryneus
2 Marine Blue X Leptotes marina
1 Spring Azure Celastrina ladon
2 Acmon Blue X Plebejus acmon
2 American Snout X Libytheana carinenta
2 Queen X Danaus gilippus
1 Monarch Danaus plexippus
2 Variegated Fritillary X Euptoieta claudia
1 Tiny Checkerspot Dymasia dymas
1 Elada Checkerspot Texola elada
1 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
2 Empress Leilia X Asterocampa leilia
1 Arizona Skipper Codatractus arizonensis
1 Orange Skipperling X Copaeodes aurantiaca

Butterflies and Skippers

1 Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exilis
1 Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis
2 Mourning Cloak X Nymphalis antiopa
2 Arizona Sister X Adelpha eulalia
1 Deva Skipper X Atrytonopsis deva