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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Arizona: Second Spring

Cumulative Checklist

With Jon Dunn as leader

  • 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
  • Column D = Heard only N = nest observed Y = dependent young observed
A B C D
8 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
1 Ross's Goose Chen rossii
2 Gadwall Anas strepera
4 American Wigeon Anas americana
7 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos
10 Mexican Mallard 3 3 Y Anas platyrhynchos diazi
5 Blue-winged Teal 1 1 Anas discors
7 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
1 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
1 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
3 Redhead Aythya americana
1 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
1 Greater Scaup Aythya marila
3 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
9 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
10 Scaled Quail 2 2 Callipepla squamata pallida
10 Gambel's Quail 4 10 Y Callipepla gambelii
9 Montezuma Quail 1 2 Y Cyrtonyx montezumae
6 Wild Turkey 1 10 Y Melagris gallopavo merriamii
4 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
8 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
3 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
1 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
3 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
6 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
4 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
1 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
10 Great Blue Heron 2 1 Ardea herodias
6 Great Egret Ardea alba
4 Snowy Egret Egretta thula
3 Tricolored Heron 1 1 Egretta tricolor
1 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
1 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
6 Green Heron Butorides virescens
5 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
5 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
1 Glossy x White-faced Ibis Plegadis falcinellus x chihi
7 Black Vulture 1 1 Coragyps atratus
10 Turkey Vulture 7 20 Cathartes aura
1 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
1 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
9 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
3 Northern Harrier 1 3 Circus cyaneus
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
10 Cooper?s Hawk 3 1 Accipiter cooperii
5 Northern Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter gentiles apache
10 Gray Hawk 1 1 H Asturina nitida
9 Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
9 Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
7 Short-tailed Hawk 1 1 Buteo brachyurus
10 Swainson's Hawk 5 15 Buteo swainsoni
9 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
10 Red-tailed Hawk 7 6 Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi
5 Golden Eagle 1 1 Aquila chrysaetos
10 American Kestrel 6 3 Falco sparverius
4 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum
5 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
10 American Coot 1 1 Fulica americana
1 Semipalmated Plover 1 2 Charadrius semipalmatus
10 Killdeer 2 10 Charadrius vociferus
10 Black-necked Stilt 1 15 Himantopus mexicanus
10 American Avocet 1 15 Recurvirostra americana
9 Spotted Sandpiper 2 3 Actitis macularius
1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 3 Tringa solitaria
5 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
5 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 2 Tringa flavipes
6 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
1 Sanderling Calidris alba
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
9 Western Sandpiper 1 35 Calidris mauri
9 Least Sandpiper 2 60 Calidris minutilla
8 Baird?s Sandpiper 1 40 Calidris bairdii
3 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
1 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 3 Limnodromus griseus
8 Long-billed Dowitcher 1 3 Limnodromus scolopaceus
1 Wilson's Snipe 1 1 Gallinago delicata
10 Wilson's Phalarope 1 150 Phalaropus tricolor
2 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
1 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
3 California Gull Larus californicus
1 Black Tern 1 5 Chlidonias niger
1 Forster?s Tern Sterna forsteri
1 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
10 Rock Pigeon 5 30 Columba livia
10 Band-tailed Pigeon 1 3 Patagioenas fasciata
7 Eurasian Collared-Dove 5 20 Streptopelia decaocto
10 White-winged Dove 7 50 Zenaida asiatica
10 Mourning Dove 8 30 Zenaida macroura
10 Inca Dove 3 1 Columbina inca
10 Common Ground-Dove 2 1 Columbina passerina pallescens
10 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 1 H Coccyzus americanus
10 Greater Roadrunner 1 2 N Geococcyx californianus
5 Barn Owl Tyto alba
8 Western Screech-Owl 1 1 Megascops kennicottii
10 Whiskered Screech-Owl 1 6 Y Megascops trichopsis
8 Great Horned Owl 2 2 Bubo virginianus
5 Mountain Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma gnoma
9 Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi whitneyi
9 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
8 Spotted Owl 1 1 Strix occidentalis lucida
1 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
10 Lesser Nighthawk 4 3 Chordeiles acutipennis
2 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
7 Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
3 Buff-collared Nightjar Caprimulgus ridgwayi
8 Mexican Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus arizonae arizonae
10 White-throated Swift 1 2 Aeronautes saxatalis
10 Broad-billed Hummingbird 6 100 Cynanthus latirostris
7 White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis
7 Berylline Hummingbird 1 1 Amazilia beryllina
10 Violet-crowned Hummingbird 2 5 Amazilia violiceps
10 Blue-throated Hummingbird 1 12 Lampornis clemenciae
10 Magnificent Hummingbird 4 30 Eugenes fulgens
1 Magnificent x Berylline Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens x Amazilia beryllina
1 Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
8 Lucifer Hummingbird 2 4 Calothorax lucifer
10 Black-chinned Hummingbird 7 300 Archilochus alexandri
10 Anna's Hummingbird 2 10 Calypte anna
8 Costa's Hummingbird 1 1 Calypte costae
5 Calliope Hummingbird 5 40 Stellula calliope
10 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2 20 Selasphorus platycercus
8 Rufous Hummingbird 6 30 Selasphorus rufus
5 Allen's Hummingbird 3 1 Selasphorus sasin
8 Rufous or Allen's Hummingbird 7 400 Selasphorus rufus or sasin
10 Elegant Trogon 4 3 N Trogon elegans
10 Acorn Woodpecker 7 10 Melanerpes f. formicivorus
10 Gila Woodpecker 6 5 Melanerpes uropygialis
10 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 3 1 Picoides scalaris
9 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus icastus
10 Arizona Woodpecker 2 2 Picoides arizonae
10 Red-shafted Northern Flicker 2 2 Colaptes auratus collaris
9 Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
1 Gilded x "Red-shafted Flicker" C. auratus collaris x C. chyrsoides
9 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe ridgwayi
1 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 1 Contopus cooperi
10 Greater Pewee 1 1 Contopus pertinax
10 Western Wood-Pewee 6 10 Contopus sordidulus
1 Willow Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax traillii
9 Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis
10 Buff-breasted Flycatcher 1 4 Empidonax fulvifrons
10 Black Phoebe 5 2 Sayornis nigricans
10 Say's Phoebe 5 2 Sayornis saya
10 Vermilion Flycatcher 3 2 Pyrocephalus rubinus
10 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 5 6 Myiarchus tuberculifer olivascens
10 Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 1 Myiarchus cinerascens
10 Brown-crested Flycatcher 3 2 Myiarchus tyrannulus magister
10 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher 4 6 Myiodynastes luteiventris
10 Tropical Kingbird 1 3 Y Tyrannus melancholicus
10 Cassin's Kingbird 7 6 Tyrannus vociferans
10 Thick-billed Kingbird 1 3 Tyrannus crassirostris
10 Western Kingbird 6 250 Tyrannus verticalis
2 Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae albiventris
10 Loggerhead Shrike 4 2 Lanius ludovicianus
3 Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior
10 Bell's Vireo 3 2 Vireo bellii arizonae
10 Plumbeous Vireo 5 4 Vireo plumbeus plumbeus
10 Hutton's Vireo 5 4 Vireo huttoni stephensi
5 Warbling Vireo 2 2 Vireo gilvus
1 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
1 Long-crested Steller's Jay 2 2 Cyanocitta stelleri macrolopha
10 Western Scrub-Jay 2 4 Aphelocoma californica nevadae
10 Mexican Jay 6 25 Aphelocoma ultramarina arizonae
10 Chihuahuan Raven 3 2 Corvus cryptoleucus
10 Common Raven 6 8 Corvus corax
9 Horned Lark 1 4 Eremophila alpestris
10 Purple Martin 1 1 Progne subis hesperia
9 Tree Swallow 2 200 Tachycineta bicolor
10 Violet-green Swallow 3 30 Tachycineta thalassina
9 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
4 Bank Swallow 2 2 Riparia riparia
10 Cliff Swallow 5 50 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
3 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota melanogaster
10 Barn Swallow 6 20 Y Hirundo rustica
1 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli gambeli
10 Mexican Chickadee 2 1 Poecile sclateri
10 Bridled Titmouse 3 5 Y Baeolophus wollweberi
10 Juniper Titmouse 1 1 Baeolophus ridgwayi
10 Verdin 2 2 Auriparus flaviceps
8 Lead-colored Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus plumbeus
9 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
10 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 6 Sitta carolinensis nelsoni
9 Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea melanotis
9 Brown Creeper Certhia americana albescens
4 Brown Creeper 1 1 Certhia americana montana
10 Cactus Wren 4 3 N Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
9 Rock Wren 1 1 Salpinctes obsoletus
10 Canyon Wren 2 1 Catherpes mexicanus
1 Sinaloa Wren Thryothorus sinaloa
10 Bewick's Wren 4 5 Thryomanes bewickii eremophilus
9 House Wren 3 3 Troglodytes aedon
5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea amoenissima
9 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura lucida
7 Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps
5 Azure Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis fulva
1 Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana bairdi
10 Hermit Thrush 2 2 Catharus guttatus auduboni
10 American Robin 2 2 Turdus migratorius propinquus
1 Aztec Thrush 1 1 Ridgwayia pinicola
10 Northern Mockingbird 7 10 Mimus polyglottos
10 Bendire's Thrasher 1 2 Toxostoma bendirei
10 Curve-billed Thrasher 4 2 Toxostoma curvirostre palmeri
9 Curve-billed Thrasher 3 3 Toxostoma curvirostre oberholseri
10 Crissal Thrasher 2 1 Toxostoma crissale
10 European Starling 3 15 Sturnus vulgaris
10 Phainopepla 5 10 Phainopepla nitens
9 Olive Warbler 1 5 Peucedramus taeniatus
1 Nashville Warbler 2 1 Oreothlypis ruficapilla ridgwayi
8 Virginia's Warbler 2 1 Oreothlypis virginiae
9 Lucy's Warbler Oreothlypis luciae
10 Yellow Warbler 4 3 Dendroica petechia sonorana
5 Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata memorabilis
10 Black-throated Gray Warbler 2 2 Dendroica nigrescens
1 Hermit Warbler 1 1 Dendroica occidentalis
10 Grace's Warbler 3 3 Dendroica graciae
10 Common Yellowthroat 3 2 Geothlypis trichas
1 Wilson's Warbler 1 1 Wilsonia pusilla
9 Red-faced Warbler 1 1 Cardellina rubrifrons
10 Painted Redstart 4 3 Myioborus pictus
10 Yellow-breasted Chat 4 6 Icteria virens auricollis
9 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus montanus
9 Rufous-crowned Sparrow 4 2 Aimophila ruficeps scotti
10 Canyon Towhee 4 6 Melozone fusca
10 Abert's Towhee 1 1 Melozone aberti
10 Rufous-winged Sparrow 2 4 Peucaea carpalis carpalis
9 Cassin's Sparrow 3 3 Peucaea cassinii
10 Botteri's Sparrow 5 4 Peucaea botterii arizonae
5 Chipping Sparrow 3 3 Spizella passerina
8 Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
10 Lark Sparrow 6 10 Chondestes grammacus
9 Five-striped Sparrow 1 1 Amphispiza quinquestriata
10 Black-throated Sparrow 5 20 Amphispiza bilineata
1 Lark Bunting 1 3 Calamospiza melanocorys
10 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 2 Ammodramus savannarum ammolegus
10 Song Sparrow 4 5 Melospiza melodia fallax
10 Yellow-eyed Junco 2 6 Y Junco phaeonotus palliatus
10 Hepatic Tanager 3 1 Piranga flava hepatica
10 Summer Tanager 4 3 Piranga rubra cooperi
9 Western Tanager 4 3 Piranga ludoviciana
4 Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
1 Western x Flame-colored Tanager Piranga ludoviciana x bidentata
10 Northern Cardinal 7 5 Cardinalis cardinalis superbus
10 Pyrrhuloxia 5 2 Cardinalis sinuatus
10 Black-headed Grosbeak 6 8 Pheucticus melanocephalus melanocephalus
10 Blue Grosbeak 7 20 Passerina caerulea
4 Lazuli Bunting 3 30 Passerina amoena
1 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
10 Varied Bunting 2 3 Passerina versicolor dickeyae
10 Red-winged Blackbird 1 6 Agelaius phoeniceus
10 Eastern Meadowlark 4 3 Sturnella magna lilianae
8 Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 2 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
10 Great-tailed Grackle 5 20 Quiscalus mexicanus
9 Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus milleri
10 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 40 Molothrus ater
10 Hooded Oriole 6 5 Icterus cucullatus nelsoni
10 Bullock's Oriole 1 1 Icterus bullockii
10 Scott's Oriole 1 2 Icterus parisorum
10 House Finch 7 30 Carpodacus mexicanus
5 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
2 Pine Siskin 1 1 Spinuspinus
10 Lesser Goldfinch 7 100 Spinus psaltria
1 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus montanus
8 House Sparrow 7 50 Passer domesticus

Mammals

10 Desert Cottontail 3 2 Sylvilagus audubonii
3 Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
3 Antelope Jackrabbit 1 1 Lepus alleni
10 Black-tailed Jackrabbit 1 1 Lepus californicus
9 Cliff Chipmunk Tamias dorsalis
9 Harris's Antelope Squirrel 1 1 Ammospermophilus harrisii
7 Spotted Ground Squirrel 1 1 Spermophilus spilosoma
5 Round-tailed Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tereticaudus
10 Rock Squirrel 5 3 Spermophilus variegatus
10 Arizona Gray Squirrel 3 2 Sciurus arizonensis
6 Mexican Fox Squirrel Sciurus nayaritensis
3 Arizona Cotton Rat Sigmodon arizonae
1 Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon ochrognathus
1 White-throated Woodrat Neotoma albigula
1 Ord's Kangaroo-Rat Dipodomys ordii
1 Mexican Long-tongued Bat 1 30 Choeronycteris mexicana
10 Coyote 1 6 Canis latrans
2 Gray Fox 1 1 Urocyon cinereoargenteus
2 Raccoon 1 2 Procyon lotor
1 White-nosed Coati 1 1 Nasua narica
7 Collared Peccary 2 2 Pecari tajacu
4 Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
1 Hooded Skunk Mephitis macroura
2 Bobcat Lynx rufus
7 Mule Deer 2 1 Odocoileus hemionus
10 White-tailed Deer 6 6 Odocoileus virginianus couesi
5 Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
1 Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis mexicana

Amphibians and Reptiles

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

Butterflies

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

Butterflies and Skippers

5 Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes
4 Cabbage White Pieris rapae
3 Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme
10 Cloudless Sulphur 5 6 Phoebis sennae
9 Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae
6 Bordered Patch 1 1 Chlosyne lacinia
6 Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa
4 Common Buckeye Junonia coenia
10 California Sister 3 1 Adelpha bredowii
2 Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus