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Arizona: Owls and Warblers

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Cumulative Checklist

with Gavin Bieber as Leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of nine on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2010 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2010 tour
  • Column D = H = heard only, N = Nesting, X = seen in 2010

This list has taxonomic notes.

A B C D
8 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis
3 Wood Duck Aix sponsa
4 Gadwall Anas strepera
7 American Wigeon 2 3 Anas americana
9 Mallard 7 30 Anas platyrhynchos
6 Blue-winged Teal 1 2 Anas discors
8 Cinnamon Teal 2 6 Anas cyanoptera
6 Northern Shoveler 1 2 Anas clypeata
3 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
4 Green-winged Teal 1 2 Anas crecca
5 Redhead 2 1 Aythya americana
6 Ring-necked Duck 2 5 Aythya collaris
4 Lesser Scaup 1 1 Aythya affinis
3 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
8 Ruddy Duck 4 30 Oxyura jamaicensis
9 Scaled Quail 3 8 Callipepla squamata
9 Gambel's Quail 7 6 Callipepla gambelii
2 Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
8 Wild Turkey 2 12 Meleagris gallopavo
5 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
9 Pied-billed Grebe 1 1 Podilymbus podiceps
9 Eared Grebe 1 2 Podiceps nigricollis
3 Western Grebe 1 20 Aechmophorus occidentalis
2 Clark's Grebe 1 3 Aechmophorus clarkii
1 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
8 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
7 Double-crested Cormorant 1 3 Phalacrocorax auritus
1 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
3 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
9 Great Blue Heron 2 12 N Ardea herodias
5 Great Egret 4 2 Ardea alba
5 Snowy Egret 3 1 Egretta thula
2 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
5 Green Heron 2 1 Butorides virescens
6 Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 3 Nycticorax nycticorax
8 White-faced Ibis 5 30 Plegadis chihi
9 Black Vulture 2 10 Coragyps atratus
9 Turkey Vulture 7 60 Cathartes aura
2 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
5 Mississippi Kite 1 4 Ictinia mississippiensis
5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 Accipiter striatus
9 Cooper's Hawk 3 2 Accipiter cooperii
9 Gray Hawk 1 3 Asturina nitida
9 Common Black-Hawk 1 1 Buteogallus anthracinus
8 Harris's Hawk 2 3 Parabuteo unicinctus
2 Short-tailed Hawk 1 1 Buteo brachyurus
9 Swainson's Hawk 6 8 Buteo swainsoni
8 Zone-tailed Hawk 1 2 Buteo albonotatus
9 Red-tailed Hawk 8 20 Buteo jamaicensis
7 Golden Eagle 1 1 Aquila chrysaetos
9 American Kestrel 4 4 Falco sparverius
4 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
3 Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
3 Sora 1 1 Porzana carolina
5 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
9 American Coot 4 12 Fulica americana
1 Black-bellied Plover Pluvalis squatarola
1 Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
2 Semipalmated Plover 1 1 Charadrius semipalmatus
9 Killdeer 6 12 Charadrius vociferus
9 Black-necked Stilt 2 8 Himantopus mexicanus
9 American Avocet 2 20 Recurvirostra americana
9 Spotted Sandpiper 7 20 Actitis macularius
4 Greater Yellowlegs 1 1 Tringa melanoleuca
1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 1 Tringa solitaria
4 Willet Tringa semipalmatus
2 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 1 Tringa flavipes
2 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
1 Sanderling Calidris alba
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris pusilla
4 Western Sandpiper 1 10 Calidris mauri
4 Least Sandpiper 3 3 Calidris minutilla
1 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
1 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
1 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
1 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
5 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
1 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
9 Wilson's Phalarope 2 20 Phalaropus tricolor
7 Red-necked Phalarope 1 2 Phalaropus lobatus
1 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
5 Franklin's Gull 1 2 Leucophaeus pipixcan
7 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
1 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
1 Elegant Tern 1 1 Thalasseus elegans
1 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
1 Least Tern Sternula antillarum
2 Black Tern Childonias niger
9 Rock Pigeon 4 50 Columba livia
7 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
5 Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 30 Streptopelia decaocto
9 White-winged Dove 8 50 Zenaida asiatica
9 Mourning Dove 8 30 Zenaida macroura
9 Inca Dove 1 8 Columbina inca
8 Common Ground-Dove 2 1 Columbina passerina
9 Greater Roadrunner 5 1 Geococcyx californianus
4 Barn Owl 2 3 Tyto alba
9 Flammulated Owl 1 7 H Otus flammeolus
9 Western Screech-Owl 1 2 Megascops kennicottii
9 Whiskered Screech-Owl 2 2 Megascops trichopsis
9 Great Horned Owl 3 2 Bubo virginianus
6 Northern Pygmy-Owl 2 1 Glaucidium gnoma
9 Elf Owl 3 3 Micrathene whitneyi
7 Burrowing Owl 1 1 Athene cunicularia
6 Spotted Owl 1 2 Strix occidentalis
1 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
9 Lesser Nighthawk 4 9 Chordeiles acutipennis
9 Common Poorwill 1 3 Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
9 Whip-poor-will 1 20 Caprimulgus vociferus arizonae
9 White-throated Swift 5 30 Aeronautes saxatalis
9 Broad-billed Hummingbird 5 40 Cynanthus latirostris
7 White-eared Hummingbird 1 1 Hylocharis leucotis
3 Berylline Hummingbird 1 2 Amazila beryllina
8 Violet-crowned Hummingbird 1 3 Amazilia violiceps
9 Blue-throated Hummingbird 2 4 Lampornis clemenciae
9 Magnificent Hummingbird 5 10 Eugenes fulgens
7 Lucifer Hummingbird 1 1 Calothorax lucifer
9 Black-chinned Hummingbird 5 30 Archilochus alexandri
9 Anna's Hummingbird 4 6 Calypte anna
6 Costa's Hummingbird 1 2 Calypte costae
9 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 4 10 Selasphorus platycercus
9 Elegant Trogon 2 2 Trogon elegans
9 Acorn Woodpecker 6 18 Melanerpes formicivorus
9 Gila Woodpecker 5 12 Melanerpes uropygialis
1 Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
9 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2 4 Picoides scalaris
9 Hairy Woodpecker 1 2 H Picoides villosus
8 Arizona Woodpecker 4 2 Picoides arizonae
8 Northern Flicker 2 2 Colaptes auratus
8 Gilded Flicker 1 2 Colaptes chrysoides
9 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 1 2 Camptostoma imberbe
1 Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
7 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 1 Contopus cooperi
9 Greater Pewee 2 2 Contopus pertinax
9 Western Wood-Pewee 6 20 Contopus sordidulus
5 Hammond's Flycatcher 4 3 Empidonax hammondii
2 Gray Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax wrightii
2 Dusky Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax oberholseri
6 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2 3 Empidonax difficilis
9 Cordilleran Flycatcher 4 8 Empidonax occidentalis
9 Buff-breasted Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax fulvifrons
9 Black Phoebe 2 2 Sayornis nigricans
9 Say's Phoebe 8 4 Sayornis saya
9 Vermilion Flycatcher 5 8 Pyrocephalus rubinus
9 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 6 8 Myiarchus tuberculifer
9 Ash-throated Flycatcher 7 6 Myiarchus cinerascens
9 Brown-crested Flycatcher 6 4 Myiarchus tyrannulus
9 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher 1 2 Myiodynastes luteiventris
6 Tropical Kingbird 1 1 Tyrannus melancholicus
9 Cassin's Kingbird 8 12 Tyrannus vociferans
8 Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
9 Western Kingbird 8 12 Tyrannus verticalis
1 Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
9 Loggerhead Shrike 4 9 Lanius ludovicianus
9 Bell's Vireo 3 7 Vireo bellii
9 Plumbeous Vireo 5 12 Vireo plumbeus
2 Cassin's Vireo 1 3 Vireo cassinii
9 Hutton's Vireo 5 4 Vireo huttoni
9 Warbling Vireo 5 10 Vireo gilvus
9 Steller's Jay 2 20 Cyanocitta stelleri
9 Western Scrub-Jay 3 4 Aphelocoma californica
9 Mexican Jay 6 40 Aphelocoma ultramarina
1 Pinyon Jay 1 1 Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
1 Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
9 Chihuahuan Raven 4 6 Corvus cryptoleucus
9 Common Raven 7 30 Corvus corax
8 Horned Lark 2 20 Eremophila alpestris
7 Purple Martin Progne subis
3 Tree Swallow 1 3 Tachycineta bicolor
9 Violet-green Swallow 3 36 Tachycineta thalassina
9 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 80 Stelgidopteryx serripenni
7 Bank Swallow 2 10 Riparia riparia
9 Cliff Swallow 3 24 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
9 Barn Swallow 8 40 Hirundo rustica
9 Mountain Chickadee 1 2 Poecile gambeli
9 Mexican Chickadee 1 2 Poecile sclateri
9 Bridled Titmouse 5 6 Baeolophus wollweberi
9 Juniper Titmouse 1 1 Baeolophus ridgwayi
9 Verdin 4 5 Auriparus flaviceps
9 Bushtit 2 2 Psaltriparus minimus
9 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 1 H Sitta canadensis
9 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 4 Sitta carolinensis
9 Pygmy Nuthatch 2 18 Sitta pygmaea
9 Brown Creeper 1 2 Certhia americana
9 Cactus Wren 7 4 Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
9 Rock Wren 1 1 Salpinctes obsoletus
9 Canyon Wren 2 3 Catherpes mexicanus
9 Bewick's Wren 4 3 Thryomanes bewickii
8 House Wren 4 5 Troglodytes aedon
2 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 1 Regulus calendula
5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 6 Polioptila caerulea
9 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 2 1 Polioptila melanura
1 Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps
8 Eastern Bluebird 1 2 Sialia sialis fulva
7 Western Bluebird 1 1 Sialia mexicana
6 Swainson's Thrush 3 3 Catharus ustulatus
9 Hermit Thrush 2 5 Catharus guttatus
9 American Robin 4 10 Turdus migratorius
1 Gray Catbird Dumatella carolinensis
9 Northern Mockingbird 5 8 Mimus polyglottos
9 Bendire's Thrasher 1 2 Toxostoma bendirei
9 Curve-billed Thrasher 5 6 Toxostoma curvirostre
9 Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
9 European Starling 6 24 Sturnus vulgaris
2 American Pipit Anthus rubescens
5 Cedar Waxwing 1 4 Bombycilla cedrorum
9 Phainopepla 6 3 Phainopepla nitens
9 Olive Warbler 2 10 Peucedramus taeniatus
7 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 5 Vermivora celata
9 Virginia's Warbler 2 2 Vermivora virginiae
9 Lucy's Warbler 6 8 Vermivora luciae
1 Crescent-chested Warbler Parula superciliosa
1 Northern Parula Parula americana
9 Yellow Warbler 6 20 Dendroica petechia
9 Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 30 Dendroica coronata
9 Black-throated Gray Warbler 5 10 Dendroica nigrescens
8 Townsend's Warbler 7 8 Dendroica townsendi
6 Hermit Warbler 1 2 Dendroica occidentalis
9 Grace's Warbler 3 10 Dendroica graciae
5 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 2 Oporornis tolmiei
9 Common Yellowthroat 2 10 Geothlypis trichas
9 Wilson's Warbler 7 50 Wilsonia pusilla
9 Red-faced Warbler 2 9 Cardellina rubrifrons
9 Painted Redstart 4 6 Myioborus pictus
2 Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
9 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 3 Icteria virens
5 Green-tailed Towhee 1 1 Pipilo chlorurus
9 Spotted Towhee 4 2 Pipilo maculatus
9 Canyon Towhee 5 6 Pipilo fuscus
9 Abert's Towhee 3 2 Pipilo aberti
9 Rufous-winged Sparrow 1 6 Aimophila carpalis
1 Cassin's Sparrow Aimophila cassinii
9 Botteri's Sparrow 1 1 Aimophila botterii
9 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 2 1 Aimophila ruficeps
3 Five-striped Sparrow 1 1 Aimophila quinquestriata
5 Chipping Sparrow 3 20 Spizella passerina
3 Brewer's Sparrow 1 1 Spizella breweri
8 Black-chinned Sparrow 1 1 Spizella atrogularis
2 Vesper Sparrow 1 1 Pooecetes gramineus
9 Lark Sparrow 6 30 Chondestes grammacus
9 Black-throated Sparrow 5 12 Amphispiza bilineata
2 Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
1 Grasshopepr Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
2 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
9 Song Sparrow 3 6 Melospiza melodia
5 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 1 Melospiza lincolnii
1 Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
9 White-crowned Sparrow 3 40 Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha
2 Dark-eyed Junco 1 2 Junco hyemalis
9 Yellow-eyed Junco 2 16 Junco phaeonotus
9 Hepatic Tanager 6 10 Piranga flava
9 Summer Tanager 3 3 Piranga rubra
9 Western Tanager 8 12 Piranga ludoviciana
8 Flame-colored Tanager 1 1 Piranga bidentata
9 Northern Cardinal 4 4 Cardinalis cardinalis
9 Pyrrhuloxia 2 3 Cardinalis sinuatus
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
9 Black-headed Grosbeak 7 30 Pheucticus melanocephalus
9 Blue Grosbeak 3 1 Passerina caerulea
7 Lazuli Bunting 5 3 Passerina amoena
5 Indigo Bunting 2 1 Passerina cyanae
9 Red-winged Blackbird 5 40 Agelaius phoeniceus
9 Eastern Meadowlark 2 3 Sturnella magna
5 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
9 Great-tailed Grackle 7 100 Quiscalus mexicanus
9 Bronzed Cowbird 1 2 Molothrus aeneus
9 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 50 Molothrus ater
9 Hooded Oriole 4 3 Icterus cucullatus
9 Bullock's Oriole 5 4 Icterus bullockii
9 Scott's Oriole 4 4 Icterus parisorum
2 Cassin's Finch Carpodacus cassinii
9 House Finch 7 30 Carpodacus mexicanus
3 Red Crossbill 1 2 Loxia curvirostra
8 Pine Siskin 6 20 Spinus pinus
9 Lesser Goldfinch 8 40 Spinus psaltria
9 House Sparrow 7 20 Passer domesticus

Mammals

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

Amphibians and Reptiles

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

Butterflies

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

Butterflies and Skippers

1 Western Pygmy-Blue X Brephidium exilis
1 Arizona Sister X Adelpha eulalia

Taxonomic Notes