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Arizona: Second Spring

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Cumulative Checklist

With Jon Dunn as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of eight on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2009 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2009 tour
  • Column D = Heard only N = nest observed Y = dependent young observed
A B C
7 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 15 Dendrocygna autumnalis
1 Ross's Goose Chen rossii
2 Gadwall Anas strepera
4 American Wigeon Anas americana
6 Mallard 1 8 Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos
8 "Mexican" Mallard 1 6 Anas platyrhynchos diazi
4 Blue-winged Teal 1 2 Anas discors
6 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
1 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
3 Redhead Aythya americana
1 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
1 Greater Scaup Aythya marila
2 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
8 Ruddy Duck 1 19 Oxyura jamaicensis
8 Scaled Quail 3 2 Callipepla squamata pallida
8 Gambel's Quail 6 6 Callipepla gambelii
7 Montezuma Quail 1 4 Cyrtonyx montezumae
4 Wild Turkey 4 6 Melagris gallopavo merriamii
4 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
7 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
3 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
1 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
2 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
5 Neotropic Cormorant 1 1 Phalacrocorax brasilianus
3 Double-crested Cormorant 1 1 Phalacrocorax auritus
1 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
8 Great Blue Heron 4 3 N Y Ardea herodias
5 Great Egret Ardea alba
3 Snowy Egret 1 1 Egretta thula
2 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
1 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
1 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
5 Green Heron Butorides virescens
5 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 1 Nycticorax nycticorax
5 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
1 Glossy x White-faced Ibis Plegadis falcinellus x chihi
6 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
8 Turkey Vulture 9 25 Cathartes aura
1 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
1 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
8 Mississippi Kite 1 1 Ictinia mississippiensis
2 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 Accipiter striatus
8 Cooper's Hawk 6 2 Accipiter cooperii
4 Northern Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter gentiles apache
8 Gray Hawk 4 6 N Y Asturina nitida
8 Common Black-Hawk 1 1 N Y Buteogallus anthracinus
8 Harris's Hawk 1 4 Parabuteo unicinctus
5 Short-tailed Hawk 1 1 Buteo brachyurus
8 Swainson's Hawk 5 8 Buteo swainsoni
8 Zone-tailed Hawk 2 1 Buteo albonotatus
8 Red-tailed Hawk 8 15 Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi
4 Golden Eagle 1 2 Aquila chrysaetos
8 American Kestrel 4 8 Falco sparverius
4 Peregrine Falcon 2 3 Falco peregrinus anatum
5 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
8 American Coot 1 4 Fulica americana
8 Killdeer 2 8 Charadrius vociferus
8 Black-necked Stilt 1 10 Himantopus mexicanus
8 American Avocet 1 60 Recurvirostra americana
7 Spotted Sandpiper 2 10 Actitis macularius
4 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
2 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
5 Long-billed Curlew 2 50 Numenius americanus
1 Sanderling Calidris alba
7 Western Sandpiper 2 15 Calidris mauri
7 Least Sandpiper 2 20 Calidris minutilla
6 Baird's Sandpiper 1 8 Calidris bairdii
3 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
6 Long-billed Dowitcher 1 4 Limnodromus scolopaceus
8 Wilson's Phalarope 1 70 Phalaropus tricolor
2 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
1 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
3 California Gull 1 1 Larus californicus
1 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
1 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
8 Rock Pigeon 7 35 Columba livia
8 Band-tailed Pigeon 4 20 Patagioenas fasciata
5 Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 20 Streptopelia decaocto
8 White-winged Dove 9 50 Zenaida asiatica
8 Mourning Dove 8 30 Zenaida macroura
8 Inca Dove 4 3 Columbina inca
8 Common Ground-Dove 3 2 Columbina passerina pallescens
8 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 6 Coccyzus americanus
8 Greater Roadrunner 8 10 Geococcyx californianus
4 Barn Owl 1 2 Tyto alba
7 Western Screech-Owl 1 1 Megascops kennicottii
8 Whiskered Screech-Owl 1 3 Megascops trichopsis
6 Great Horned Owl 2 3 Bubo virginianus
5 "Mountain" Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma gnoma
8 Elf Owl 2 1 N Micrathene whitneyi whitneyi
8 Burrowing Owl 1 6 N Y Athene cunicularia hypugaea
6 Spotted Owl 1 2 Strix occidentalis lucida
1 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
8 Lesser Nighthawk 3 1 Chordeiles acutipennis
2 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
7 Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
3 Buff-collared Nightjar Caprimulgus ridgwayi
7 "Mexican" Whip-poor-will 1 1 Caprimulgus vociferous arizonae
8 White-throated Swift 3 10 Aeronautes saxatalis
8 Broad-billed Hummingbird 7 30 Cynanthus latirostris
6 White-eared Hummingbird 1 2 Hylocharis leucotis
5 Berylline Hummingbird 1 2 Amazilia beryllina
8 Violet-crowned Hummingbird 2 3 Amazilia violiceps
8 Blue-throated Hummingbird 4 1 Lampornis clemenciae
8 Magnificent Hummingbird 4 7 Eugenes fulgens
1 Magnificent x Berylline Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens x Amazilia beryllina
1 Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
6 Lucifer Hummingbird 1 1 Calothorax lucifer
8 Black-chinned Hummingbird 8 40 Archilochus alexandri
8 Anna's Hummingbird 5 10 Calypte anna
6 Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
3 Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope
8 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 3 6 Selasphorus platycercus
6 Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
4 Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
7 Rufous or Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus or sasin
8 Elegant Trogon 1 1 N Trogon elegans
8 Acorn Woodpecker 7 10 Melanerpes f. formicivorus
8 Gila Woodpecker 5 15 Melanerpes uropygialis
8 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 4 3 Picoides scalaris
8 Hairy Woodpecker 2 2 Picoides villosus icastus
8 Arizona Woodpecker 2 3 Y Picoides arizonae
8 "Red-shafted" Northern Flicker 4 6 Colaptes auratus collaris
8 Gilded Flicker 2 1 Colaptes chrysoides
8 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 2 1 Camptostoma imberbe ridgwayi
8 Greater Pewee 2 3 Contopus pertinax
8 Western Wood-Pewee 7 9 N Y Contopus sordidulus
8 Cordilleran Flycatcher 3 6 Empidonax occidentalis
8 Buff-breasted Flycatcher 2 4 Empidonax fulvifrons
8 Black Phoebe 4 1 Sayornis nigricans
8 Say's Phoebe 3 2 Sayornis saya
8 Vermilion Flycatcher 4 8 N Pyrocephalus rubinus
8 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 8 6 Myiarchus tuberculifer olivascens
8 Ash-throated Flycatcher 7 12 Myiarchus cinerascens
8 Brown-crested Flycatcher 7 10 Myiarchus tyrannulus magister
8 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher 5 2 N Myiodynastes luteiventris
8 Tropical Kingbird 1 1 Tyrannus melancholicus
8 Cassin's Kingbird 8 20 Tyrannus vociferans
8 Thick-billed Kingbird 1 3 N Tyrannus crassirostris
8 Western Kingbird 5 25 Tyrannus verticalis
2 Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae albiventris
8 Loggerhead Shrike 4 2 Lanius ludovicianus
2 Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior
8 Bell's Vireo 7 7 Vireo bellii arizonae
8 Plumbeous Vireo 5 8 Vireo plumbeus plumbeus
8 Hutton's Vireo 7 4 Vireo huttoni stephensi
4 Warbling Vireo 3 1 Vireo gilvus
1 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
8 "Long-crested" Steller's Jay 2 6 Cyanocitta stelleri macrolopha
8 Western Scrub-Jay 2 3 Aphelocoma californica nevadae
8 Mexican Jay 8 20 Aphelocoma ultramarina arizonae
8 Chihuahuan Raven 2 8 Corvus cryptoleucus
8 Common Raven 9 16 Corvus corax
7 Horned Lark 3 4 Eremophila alpestris
8 Purple Martin 2 10 Progne subis hesperia
7 Tree Swallow 1 4 Tachycineta bicolor
8 Violet-green Swallow 3 7 Tachycineta thalassina
8 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 4 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
3 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
8 Cliff Swallow 5 25 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
3 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota melanogaster
8 Barn Swallow 4 50 Hirundo rustica
1 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli gambeli
8 Mexican Chickadee 1 6 Poecile sclateri
8 Bridled Titmouse 6 8 Baeolophus wollweberi
8 Juniper Titmouse 1 1 Baeolophus ridgwayi
8 Verdin 3 2 Auriparus flaviceps
8 "Lead-colored" Bushtit 4 3 Psaltriparus minimus plumbeus
8 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
8 White-breasted Nuthatch 7 8 Sitta carolinensis nelsoni
8 Pygmy Nuthatch 1 15 Sitta pygmaea melanotis
8 Brown Creeper 1 2 Certhia americana albescens
3 Brown Creeper 1 8 Certhia americana montana
8 Cactus Wren 3 8 Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
7 Rock Wren 2 2 H Salpinctes obsoletus
8 Canyon Wren 6 3 Catherpes mexicanus
1 Sinaloa Wren 1 1 Thryothorus sinaloa
8 Bewick's Wren 5 11 Thryomanes bewickii eremophilus
7 House Wren 3 5 Troglodytes aedon
4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 2 Polioptila caerulea amoenissima
8 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 2 5 Polioptila melanura lucida
7 Black-capped Gnatcatcher 1 1 Polioptila nigriceps
5 "Azure" Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis fulva
1 Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana bairdi
8 Hermit Thrush 2 4 Catharus guttatus auduboni
8 American Robin 3 10 Turdus migratorius propinquus
8 Northern Mockingbird 7 8 Mimus polyglottos
8 Bendire's Thrasher 2 3 Toxostoma bendirei
8 Curve-billed Thrasher 6 5 Toxostoma curvirostre palmeri
7 Curve-billed Thrasher 3 3 Toxostoma curvirostre oberholseri
8 Crissal Thrasher 2 3 H Toxostoma crissale
8 European Starling 1 1 Sturnus vulgaris
8 Phainopepla 5 200 Phainopepla nitens
8 Olive Warbler 1 3 Peucedramus taeniatus
7 Virginia's Warbler 1 1 Vermivora virginiae
8 Lucy's Warbler 5 4 Vermivora luciae
8 Yellow Warbler 3 10 Dendroica petechia sonorana
4 "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 2 Dendroica coronata memorabilis
8 Black-throated Gray Warbler 2 3 Dendroica nigrescens
8 Grace's Warbler 3 6 Dendroica graciae
8 Common Yellowthroat 4 6 Geothlypis trichas
7 Red-faced Warbler 1 1 Cardellina rubrifrons
8 Painted Redstart 6 4 Myioborus pictus
8 Yellow-breasted Chat 5 8 Icteria virens auricollis
1 Western x Flame-colored Tanager Piranga ludoviciana x bidentata
8 Spotted Towhee 5 20 Pipilo maculatus montanus
8 Canyon Towhee 5 6 Pipilo fuscus
8 Abert's Towhee 3 4 Pipilo aberti
8 Rufous-winged Sparrow 1 1 Aimophila carpalis carpalis
7 Cassin's Sparrow 1 4 Aimophila cassinii
8 Botteri's Sparrow 2 6 Aimophila botterii arizonae
7 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 3 22 Aimophila ruficeps scotti
7 Five-striped Sparrow 1 3 Aimophila quinquestriata
4 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
7 Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
8 Lark Sparrow 2 1 Chondestes grammacus
8 Black-throated Sparrow 4 5 Amphispiza bilineata
6 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 4 Ammodramus savannarum ammolegus
8 Song Sparrow 3 3 Melospiza melodia fallax
8 Yellow-eyed Junco 2 20 Y Junco phaeonotus palliatus
8 Hepatic Tanager 4 2 Piranga flava hepatica
8 Summer Tanager 5 8 Piranga rubra cooperi
7 Western Tanager 5 5 Piranga ludoviciana
4 Flame-colored Tanager 1 1 Piranga bidentata
8 Northern Cardinal 7 4 Cardinalis cardinalis superbus
8 Pyrrhuloxia 3 5 Cardinalis sinuatus
8 Black-headed Grosbeak 6 20 Pheucticus melanocephalus melanocephalus
8 Blue Grosbeak 7 8 Passerina caerulea
3 Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
1 Indigo Bunting 3 5 Passerina cyanea
8 Varied Bunting 3 3 Passerina versicolor dickeyae
8 Red-winged Blackbird 2 10 Agelaius phoeniceus
8 Eastern Meadowlark 4 6 Sturnella magna lilianae
7 Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 1 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
8 Great-tailed Grackle 8 30 Quiscalus mexicanus
8 Bronzed Cowbird 4 2 Molothrus aeneus milleri
8 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 60 Molothrus ater
8 Hooded Oriole 6 6 N Icterus cucullatus nelsoni
8 Bullock's Oriole 6 6 Icterus bullockii
8 Scott's Oriole 6 2 Icterus parisorum
8 House Finch 9 40 Carpodacus mexicanus
4 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
1 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
8 Lesser Goldfinch 9 50 Spinus psaltria
1 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus montanus
7 House Sparrow 9 25 Passer domesticus

Mammals

8 Desert Cottontail 5 8 Sylvilagus audubonii
3 Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
2 Antelope Jackrabbit Lepus alleni
8 Black-tailed Jackrabbit 4 4 Lepus californicus
8 Cliff Chipmunk 3 4 Tamias dorsalis
7 Harris's Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus harrisii
6 Spotted Ground Squirrel 1 1 Spermophilus spilosoma
5 Round-tailed Ground Squirrel 2 1 Spermophilus tereticaudus
8 Rock Squirrel 7 4 Spermophilus variegatus
8 Arizona Gray Squirrel 4 8 Sciurus arizonensis
5 Mexican Fox Squirrel 2 1 Sciurus nayaritensis
3 Arizona Cotton Rat Sigmodon arizonae
1 Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat 1 1 Sigmodon ochrognathus
1 White-throated Woodrat Neotoma albigula
1 Ord's Kangaroo-Rat Dipodomys ordii
8 Coyote 3 5 Canis latrans
1 Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
1 Raccoon Procyon lotor
5 Collared Peccary 2 1 Pecari tajacu
4 Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
2 Bobcat 1 1 Lynx rufus
6 Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
8 White-tailed Deer 7 4 Odocoileus virginianus couesi
4 Pronghorn 1 16 Antilocapra americana
1 Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis mexicana

Amphibians and Reptiles

2 Couch's Spadefoot Scaphiopus chouchii
2 Mexican Spadefoot Spea multiplicata
2 Red-spotted Toad 1 1 Bufo punctatus
2 Great Plains Toad Bufo cognatus
1 Sonoran Desert Toad Bufo alvarius
1 Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea
2 Canyon Tree Frog Hyla arenicolor
7 Chiricahua Leopard Frog 1 12 Rana chiricahuensis
7 Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
1 Western Box Turtle Terrapenne ornata
1 Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta
1 Sonora Mud Turtle Kinosternon sonoriense
2 Spiny Softshell Trionyx spiniferus
6 Lesser Earless Lizard Holbrookia maculata
1 Elegant Earless Lizard 2 1 Holbrookia elegans
2 "Chihuahuan" Greater Earless Lizard 1 1 Cophosaurus texanus scitulus
5 Zebra-tailed Lizard 1 1 Callisaurus draconoides
2 Slevin's Bunchgrass Lizard Sceloporus slevini
8 Mountain Spiny Lizard 3 3 Sceloporus jarroviI
5 Desert Spiny Lizard 1 2 Sceloporus magister
7 Clark's Spiny Lizard 3 2 Sceloporus clarkiI
3 Eastern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus
1 Southwestern Fence Lizard Sceloporus couesi
1 Striped Plateau Lizard 1 1 Sceloporus virgatus
1 Ornate Tree Lizard 1 1 Urosaurus ornatus
1 Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum
1 Regal Horned Lizard Phrynosoma solare
1 Greater Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma hernandesi
2 Arizona Striped Whiptail 1 2 Aspidoscelis arizonae
4 Desert Grassland Whiptail 1 1 Aspidoscelis uniparens
8 Sonoran Spotted Whiptail 4 4 Aspidoscelis sonorae
3 Gila Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis flagellicauda
5 Canyon Spotted Whiptail 1 2 Aspidoscelis burti
1 Madrean Alligator Lizard 1 1 Elgaria kingi
2 "Reticulate" Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum suspectum
4 Gopher Snake 1 1 Pituophis catenifer affinis
1 Black-necked Garter Snake 1 1 Thamnophis cyrtopsis
1 Western Lyre Snake Trimorphodon biscutatus
3 Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 1 1 Crotalus atrox
1 Rock Rattlesnake Crotalus lepidus
2 Black-tailed Rattlesnake Crotalus molossus
2 Mohave Rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus

Butterflies

8 Pipevine Swallowtail 7 20 Battus philenor
4 Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes
8 Two-tailed Swallowtail 4 3 Papilio multicaudata
1 Desert Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes asterius
1 Checkered White Pontia protodice
3 Chiricahua White Neophasia terlootii
2 Orange Sulphur 1 2 Colias eurytheme
4 Southern Dogface 1 1 Colias cesonia
4 Dainty Sulphur 2 1 Nathalis iole
8 Sleepy Orange 4 8 Eurema nicippe
5 Mexican Yellow 2 4 Eurema mexicana
8 Cloudless Sulphur 6 6 Phoebis sennae
1 Lyside Sulphur 5 300 Kricogonia lyside
2 Gray Hairstreak 3 2 Strymon melinus
1 Western Pygmy-Blue 2 10 Brephidium exile
5 Marine Blue 5 15 Leptotes marina
2 Ceraunus Blue 1 1 Hemiargus ceraunus
6 Spring Azure Celastrina ladon
1 Zela Metalmark 1 1 Emesis zela
1 Palmer's Metalmark 1 5 Apodemia palmeri
2 American Snout Libytheana carinenta
8 Gulf Fritillary 1 1 Agraulis vanillae
4 Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia
4 Tiny Checkerspot 1 1 Dymasia dymas
2 Elada Checkerspot Texola elada
3 Texan Crescent Phyciodes frisia
4 Bordered Patch 2 2 Chlosyne lacinia
1 Theona Checkerspot Thessalia theona
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
4 American Lady Vanessa virginiensis
3 Painted Lady 3 12 Vanessa cardui
3 Common Buckeye 1 2 Junonia coenia
1 Tropical Buckeye Junonia genoveva
4 Red-spotted Admiral Limenitis arthemis
2 Viceroy Limenitis archippus
5 Weidemeyer's Admiral 1 2 Limenitis weidemeyerii
1 Tropical or Goatweed Leafwing Anaea aidea or andria
6 Empress Leilia 1 2 Asterocampa leilia
2 Monarch 1 1 Danaus plexippus
7 Queen 6 10 Danaus gilippus
8 Red Satyr 2 1 Megisto rubricata
3 Pine Satyr 1 2 Paramacera allyni
2 Nabokov's Satyr 1 4 Cyllopsis pyracmon
1 Canyonland Satyr 1 1 Cylloopsis pertepida
2 Dull Firetip Pyrrhopyge araxes
4 Golden-banded Skipper 4 5 Autochton cellus
2 Arizona Skipper 1 1 Codatractus arizonensis
5 Northern Cloudywing 2 25 Thorybes pylades
1 Acacia Skipper 1 1 Cogia hippalus
3 Common Sootywing 4 12 Pholisora catullus
1 Short-tailed Skipper Zestusa dorus
1 Pacuvius Duskywing Erynnis pacuvius
2 Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis
2 Desert Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus philetas
1 Common Streaky-Skipper Celotes nessus
3 Golden-headed Scallopwing 3 3 Staphylus ceos
1 Arizona Powdered Skipper 1 1 Systasea zampa
1 Four-spotted Skipperling 1 1 Piruna polingi
4 Orange Skipperling 1 1 Copaeodes aurantiaca
2 Fiery Skipper 1 4 Hylephila phyleus
8 Taxiles Skipper 2 10 Poanes taxiles
1 Cassus Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes cassus
1 Slaty Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes nereus
2 Bronze Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes aenus
8 Orange-edged Roadside-Skipper 3 30 Amblyscirtes fimbriata

Butterflies and Skippers

3 Cabbage White 1 4 Pieris rapae
5 Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa
8 California Sister 3 7 Adelpha bredowii