Checklist of the Birds of Arizona.
This checklist contains 551 species of birds that have been
accepted by the Arizona Bird Committee as of December 2011.
This list conforms to the A.O.U. checklist order and
nomenclature as of the 53rd supplement July 2012.
n = Has bred in Arizona (304 species). A species that has
hatched young at least once
[ ] = Species in brackets have not been physically documented in
Arizona (6 species)
* = Arizona bird committee review species (166 species).
# = Sketch details species (58 species)
italics = Species in italics are identifiable forms (64
subspecies)
(int) = Introduced (8 species)
(ex) = Extirpated (4 species) previously bred or presumed to
have bred in AZ, but no longer occur naturally. they may have
been re-introduced but remain un-established.
Species or subspecies marked with an asterisk or pound sign (*,
#) should be documented with photographs and or written details.
Reports of Arizona Bird Committee review species (*) may be
submitted on-line to the Arizona Bird Committee (ABC) at the
Arizona Field Ornithologists Website at : www.azfo.org.
Subspecies common names are derived from eBird Taxonomy,
available online at:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/ebird-taxonomy
Anatidae - Swans,
Geese, Ducks
Black-bellied
Whistling-Duck, n
Fulvous
Whistling-Duck *
Greater
White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Brant *
Cackling Goose #
Minima (minima)
form
Taverner's
(taverneri) form
Richardson's
(hutchinsii) form
Canada Goose, n
Giant (maxima) form
Large (moffitti)
form, n
Lesser (parvipes)
form
Trumpeter Swan *
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck, n
Gadwall, n
Eurasian Wigeon #
American Wigeon, n
Mallard, n
Northern
(platyrhynchos) form, n
Mexican (diazi)
form, n
Blue-winged Teal, n
Cinnamon Teal, n
Northern Shoveler,
n
Northern Pintail, n
Garganey *
Baikal Teal *
Green-winged Teal,
n
Eurasian (crecca)
form *
American
(carolinensis) form, n
Canvasback, n
Redhead, n
Ring-necked Duck, n
Tufted Duck *
Greater Scaup #
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck *
Surf Scoter #
White-winged Scoter
#
Black Scoter *
Long-tailed Duck #
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
#
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser, n
Red-breasted
Merganser
Ruddy Duck, n
Odontophoridae -
Quail
Scaled Quail, n
California Quail, n
(int)
Gambel's Quail, n
Northern Bobwhite
(Masked), n (ex)
Montezuma Quail, n
Phasianidae -
Partridges, Grouse, and Turkey
Chukar, n (int)
Ring-necked
Pheasant, n (int)
Dusky Grouse, n
Wild Turkey, n
Gaviidae - Loons
Red-throated Loon *
Pacific Loon #
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
*
Podicipedidae -
Grebes
Least Grebe *, n
Pied-billed Grebe,
n
Horned Grebe #
Red-necked Grebe *
Eared Grebe, n
Western Grebe, n
Clark's Grebe, n
Diomedeidae -
Albatrosses
Laysan Albatross *
Procellariidae -
Shearwaters
Sooty Shearwater *
[Black-vented
Shearwater] *
Hydrobatidae -
Storm-Petrels
[Leach’s
Storm-Petrel] *
Black Storm-Petrel
*
Least Storm-Petrel
*
Phaethontidae -
Tropicbirds
White-tailed
Tropicbird *
Red-billed
Tropicbird *
Ciconiidae - Storks
Wood Stork *
Fregatidae -
Frigatebirds
Magnificent
Frigatebird *
Sulidae - Boobies
Blue-footed Booby *
Brown Booby *
Phalacrocoracidae -
Cormorants
Neotropic
Cormorant, n
Double-crested
Cormorant, n
Anhingidae -
Anhinga
Anhinga *
Pelecanidae -
Pelicans
American White
Pelican
Brown Pelican
Ardeidae -
Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets
American Bittern, n
Least Bittern, n
Great Blue Heron, n
Great Egret, n
Snowy Egret, n
Little Blue Heron #
Tricolored Heron #
Reddish Egret *
Cattle Egret, n
Green Heron, n
Black-crowned
Night-Heron, n
Yellow-crowned
Night-Heron *
Threskiornithidae -
Ibises and Spoonbills
White Ibis *
Glossy Ibis *
White-faced Ibis, n
Roseate Spoonbill*
Cathartidae - New
World Vultures
Black Vulture, n
Turkey Vulture, n
California Condor,
n (ex)
Pandionidae -
Osprey
Osprey, n
Accipitridae - Kites, Eagles, and
Hawks
[Swallow-tailed
Kite] *
White-tailed Kite,
n
Mississippi Kite, n
Bald Eagle, n
Northern Harrier, n
Sharp-shinned Hawk,
n
Cooper's Hawk, n
Northern Goshawk, n
Common Black-Hawk,
n
Harris's Hawk, n
Red-shouldered Hawk
*, n
Broad-winged Hawk #
Gray Hawk, n
Short-tailed Hawk
*, n
Swainson's Hawk, n
White-tailed Hawk *
Zone-tailed Hawk, n
Red-tailed Hawk, n
Western (calurus)
form, n
Harlan’s (harlani)
form #
Krider's (kriderii)
form
Fuertes's
(fuertesi) form, n
Ferruginous Hawk, n
Rough-legged Hawk #
Golden Eagle, n
Rallidae - Rails, Gallinules, and
Coots
Black Rail, n
Clapper Rail
(Yuma), n
Virginia Rail, n
Sora, n
Purple Gallinule *
Common Gallinule, n
American Coot, n
Gruidae - Cranes
Sandhill Crane, n
Lesser (canadensis)
form
Greater (tabida)
form, n
Charadriidae -
Plovers
Black-bellied
Plover
American
Golden-Plover *
Pacific
Golden-Plover *
Snowy Plover, n
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer, n
Mountain Plover, n
Recurvirostridae -
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt,
n
American Avocet, n
Jacanidae - Jacanas
Northern Jacana *
Scolopacidae -
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and
Allies
Spotted Sandpiper,
n
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler *
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper *
Whimbrel #
Long-billed Curlew,
n
Hudsonian Godwit *
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone *
Black Turnstone *
Red Knot *
Sanderling
Semipalmated
Sandpiper #
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped
Sandpiper *
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed
Sandpiper *
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted
Sandpiper *
Ruff *
Short-billed
Dowitcher #
Long-billed
Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe, n
Wilson's Phalarope,
n
Red-necked
Phalarope
Red Phalarope #
Laridae - Gulls,
Terns, and Skimmers
Black-legged
Kittiwake *
Sabine's Gull #
Bonaparte's Gull
Little Gull *
Laughing Gull *
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull #
Mew Gull *
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull *
Yellow-footed Gull
*
California Gull
Herring Gull #
Thayer's Gull *
Lesser Black-backed
Gull *
Glaucous-winged
Gull *
Glaucous Gull *
Least Tern #, n
Gull-billed Tern *
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern *
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern *
Elegant Tern *
Black Skimmer *
Stercorariidae -
Jaegers
Pomarine Jaeger *
Parasitic Jaeger *
Long-tailed Jaeger
*
Columbidae -
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon, n
(int)
Band-tailed Pigeon,
n
Eurasian
Collared-Dove, n (int)
White-winged Dove,
n
Mourning Dove, n
Inca Dove, n
Common Ground-Dove,
n
Ruddy Ground-Dove
#, n
Cuculidae -
Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis
Yellow-billed
Cuckoo, n
Black-billed Cuckoo
*
Greater Roadrunner,
n
Groove-billed Ani *
Tytonidae - Barn
Owls
Barn Owl, n
Strigidae - Typical
Owls
Flammulated Owl, n
Western
Screech-Owl, n
Whiskered
Screech-Owl, n
Great Horned Owl, n
Northern Pygmy-Owl,
n
Rocky Mts.
(pinicola) form, n
Mountain (gnoma)
form, n
Ferruginous
Pygmy-Owl #, n
Elf Owl, n
Burrowing Owl, n
Spotted Owl, n
Long-eared Owl, n
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet
Owl, n
Caprimulgidae -
Nighthawks and Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk, n
Common Nighthawk, n
Common Poorwill, n
Buff-collared
Nightjar *, n
Eastern
Whip-poor-will
Mexican
Whip-poor-will, n
Apodidae - Swifts
[Black Swift] *
Chimney Swift *
Vaux's Swift
White-throated
Swift, n
Trochilidae -
Hummingbirds
Magnificent
Hummingbird, n
Plain-capped
Starthroat *
Blue-throated
Hummingbird, n
Lucifer Hummingbird
#, n
Ruby-throated
Hummingbird *
Black-chinned
Hummingbird, n
Anna's Hummingbird,
n
Costa's
Hummingbird, n
Bumblebee
Hummingbird *
Broad-tailed
Hummingbird, n
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
#
Calliope
Hummingbird
Broad-billed
Hummingbird, n
Berylline
Hummingbird #, n
Cinnamon
Hummingbird *
Violet-crowned
Hummingbird, n
White-eared
Hummingbird #, n
Trogonidae -
Trogons
Elegant Trogon, n
Eared Quetzal *, n
Alcedinidae -
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher,
n
Green Kingfisher, n
Picidae -
Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker,
n
Red-headed
Woodpecker *
Acorn Woodpecker, n
Gila Woodpecker, n
Williamson's
Sapsucker, n
Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker #
Red-naped
Sapsucker, n
Red-breasted Sapsucker #
Ladder-backed
Woodpecker, n
Downy Woodpecker, n
Hairy Woodpecker, n
Arizona Woodpecker,
n
American Three-toed
Woodpecker, n
Northern Flicker, n
Yellow-shafted
(auratus) form
Red-shafted (cafer)
form, n
Gilded Flicker, n
Falconidae -
Caracaras and Falcons
Crested Caracara, n
American Kestrel, n
Merlin
Taiga (columbarius)
form
Prairie
(richardsoni) form
Black (suckleyi)
form
Aplomado Falcon *,
n (ex)
Peregrine Falcon, n
Continental
(anatum) form, n
Tundra (tundrius)
form
Prairie Falcon, n
Psittacidae -
Parrots
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Thick-billed
Parrot, n (ex) *
Tyrannidae - Tyrant
Flycatchers
Northern
Beardless-Tyrannulet, n
Tufted Flycatcher *
Olive-sided
Flycatcher, n
Greater Pewee, n
Western Wood-Pewee,
n
Eastern Wood-Pewee
*
Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher *
Acadian Flycatcher
*
Willow Flycatcher,
n
Least Flycatcher *
Hammond's
Flycatcher, n
Gray Flycatcher, n
Dusky Flycatcher, n
Pacific-slope
Flycatcher
Cordilleran
Flycatcher, n
Buff-breasted
Flycatcher, n
Black Phoebe, n
Eastern Phoebe #
Say's Phoebe, n
Vermilion
Flycatcher, n
Dusky-capped
Flycatcher, n
Ash-throated
Flycatcher, n
Nutting's
Flycatcher *
Great Crested
Flycatcher *
Brown-crested
Flycatcher, n
Great Kiskadee *
Sulphur-bellied
Flycatcher, n
Tropical Kingbird,
n
Couch's Kingbird *
Cassin's Kingbird,
n
Thick-billed
Kingbird, n
Western Kingbird, n
Eastern Kingbird #
Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher #
Incertae Sedis
(Tyrannidae)
Gray-collared
Becard *
Rose-throated
Becard *, n
Laniidae - Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike,
n
Northern Shrike #
Vireonidae - Vireos
White-eyed Vireo *
Bell's Vireo, n
[Black-capped
Vireo] *
Gray Vireo, n
Yellow-throated Vireo #
Plumbeous Vireo, n
Cassin’s Vireo
[Blue-headed Vireo]
*
Hutton's Vireo, n
Warbling Vireo, n
Philadelphia Vireo
*
Red-eyed Vireo *
Yellow-green Vireo
*
Corvidae - Jays,
Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Gray Jay, n
Pinyon Jay, n
Steller's Jay, n
Blue Jay *
Western Scrub-Jay,
n
Mexican Jay, n
Clark's Nutcracker,
n
Black-billed
Magpie, n
American Crow, n
Chihuahuan Raven, n
Common Raven, n
Alaudidae - Larks
Horned Lark, n
Hirundinidae -
Swallows
Purple Martin, n
Northern
(arboricola) form, n
Desert (hesperia)
form, n
Brown-chested
Martin *
Tree Swallow, n
Violet-green
Swallow, n
Northern
Rough-winged Swallow, n
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow, n
Northern
(pyrrhonota) group, n
Southwestern
(swainsoni) form, n
Cave Swallow *, n
Barn Swallow, n
Paridae -
Chickadees and Titmice
Black-capped
Chickadee *
Mountain Chickadee,
n
Mexican Chickadee,
n
Bridled Titmouse, n
Juniper Titmouse, n
Remizidae - Verdins
Verdin, n
Aegithalidae -
Bushtits
Bushtit, n
Sittidae -
Nuthatches
Red-breasted
Nuthatch, n
White-breasted
Nuthatch, n
Pygmy Nuthatch, n
Certhiidae -
Creepers
Brown Creeper, n
Troglodytidae -
Wrens
Rock Wren, n
Canyon Wren, n
House Wren, n
Northern (aedon)
group, n
Brown-throated (brunneicollis) form, n
Pacific Wren #,
n
Winter Wren *
Sedge Wren *
Marsh Wren, n
Carolina Wren *
Bewick's Wren, n
Cactus Wren, n
Sinaloa Wren *
Polioptilidae -
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, n
Black-tailed
Gnatcatcher, n
Black-capped
Gnatcatcher #, n
Cinclidae - Dippers
American Dipper, n
Regulidae -
Kinglets
Golden-crowned
Kinglet, n
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet, n
Turdidae - Thrushes
Northern Wheatear *
Eastern Bluebird, n
Western Bluebird, n
Mountain Bluebird,
n
Townsend's
Solitaire, n
Brown-backed
Solitaire *
Veery *, n
Gray-cheeked Thrush
*
Swainson's Thrush,
n
Russet-backed
(ustulatus) group
Olive-backed (swainsoni) group, n
Hermit Thrush, n
Wood Thrush *
Rufous-backed Robin
#
American Robin, n
Varied Thrush #
Aztec Thrush *
Mimidae - Catbirds,
Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird #, n
Northern
Mockingbird, n
Sage Thrasher, n
Brown Thrasher #
Bendire's Thrasher,
n
Curve-billed
Thrasher, n
Eastern
(curvirostre) Group, n
Western (palmeri)
Group, n
Crissal Thrasher, n
Le Conte's
Thrasher, n
Blue Mockingbird *
Sturnidae -
Starlings
European Starling,
n (int)
Motacillidae -
Wagtails and Pipits
White Wagtail *
Red-throated Pipit
*
American Pipit, n
Sprague's Pipit
Bombycillidae -
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing *
Cedar Waxwing
Ptilogonatidae -
Silky-flycatchers
Phainopepla, n
Peucedramidae -
Olive Warbler
Olive Warbler, n
Calcariidae -Longspurs and Snow
Buntings
Lapland Longspur *
Smith's Longspur *
Chestnut-collared
Longspur
McCown's Longspur #
Snow Bunting *
Parulidae - Wood
Warblers
Ovenbird #
Worm-eating Warbler
*
Louisiana
Waterthrush #
Northern
Waterthrush
Golden-winged
Warbler *
Blue-winged Warbler
*
Black-and-white
Warbler, n
Prothonotary
Warbler #
Swainson's Warbler
*
Crescent-chested
Warbler *, n
Tennessee Warbler *
Orange-crowned
Warbler, n
Celata (celata)
form *
Orestera (orestera)
form, n
Lutescens
(lutescens) form
Lucy's Warbler, n
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler,
n
Connecticut Warbler
*
MacGillivray's
Warbler, n
Mourning Warbler *
Kentucky Warbler *
Common
Yellowthroat, n
Hooded Warbler #
American Redstart,
n
Cape May Warbler *
Cerulean Warbler *
Northern Parula, n
Tropical Parula *
Magnolia Warbler *
Bay-breasted
Warbler *
Blackburnian
Warbler *
Yellow Warbler, n
Northern (aestiva)
group, n
Mangrove
(erithachorides) form *
Chestnut-sided
Warbler #
Blackpoll Warbler *
Black-throated Blue
Warbler #
Palm Warbler *
Pine Warbler *
Yellow-rumped
Warbler, n
Audubon's
(auduboni) form, n
Myrtle (coronata)
form
Yellow-throated
Warbler *
Prairie Warbler *
Grace's Warbler, n
Black-throated Gray
Warbler, n
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated
Green Warbler *
Fan-tailed Warbler
*
Rufous-capped
Warbler *, n
Canada Warbler *
Wilson's Warbler
Mountain West
(pileolata) form
Pacific Coast
(chryseola) form
Red-faced Warbler,
n
Painted Redstart, n
Slate-throated
Redstart *
Yellow-breasted
Chat, n
Emberizidae -
Emberizine Finches
Green-tailed
Towhee, n
Spotted Towhee, n
Pacific (oregonus)
group
Rocky Mts.
(montanus) group, n
Eastern Towhee *
Rufous-crowned
Sparrow, n
Canyon Towhee, n
Abert's Towhee, n
Rufous-winged
Sparrow, n
Botteri's Sparrow,
n
Cassin's Sparrow, n
American Tree
Sparrow *
Chipping Sparrow, n
Clay-colored
Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow, n
Field Sparrow *
Black-chinned
Sparrow, n
Vesper Sparrow, n
Lark Sparrow, n
Five-striped
Sparrow, n
Black-throated
Sparrow, n
Sage Sparrow, n
Lark Bunting, n
Savannah Sparrow, n
Western
(nevadensis) group, n
Large-billed
(rostratus) form *
Grasshopper
Sparrow, n
Western
(perpallidus) form, n
Arizona (ammolegus)
form, n
Baird's Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
*
Nelson's Sparrow *
Fox Sparrow
Red (iliaca) group
*
Slate-colored
(schistacea) group
Sooty
(unalaschcensis) group *
Thick-billed (megarhyncha) group *
Song Sparrow, n
Lincoln's Sparrow,
n
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated
Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow #
White-crowned
Sparrow, n
Gambel's (gambelii)
form
Mountain (oriantha)
form, n
Golden-crowned
Sparrow #
Dark-eyed Junco, n
Oregon (oreganus)
group
Pink-sided
(mearnsi) form
White-winged
(aikeni) form *
Slate-colored
(hyemalis) group
Gray-headed (caniceps) form, n
Red-backed (dorsalis) form, n
Yellow-eyed Junco,
n
Cardinalidae -
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings
Hepatic Tanager, n
Summer Tanager, n
Scarlet Tanager *
Western Tanager, n
Flame-colored
Tanager *, n
Northern Cardinal,
n
Pyrrhuloxia, n
Yellow Grosbeak *
Rose-breasted
Grosbeak
Black-headed
Grosbeak, n
Blue Grosbeak, n
Lazuli Bunting, n
Indigo Bunting, n
Varied Bunting, n
Painted Bunting #
Dickcissel #
Icteridae -
Icterids
Bobolink *, n
Red-winged
Blackbird, n
Eastern Meadowlark
(Lilian's), n
Western Meadowlark,
n
Yellow-headed
Blackbird, n
Rusty Blackbird *
Brewer's Blackbird,
n
Common Grackle *
Great-tailed
Grackle, n
Bronzed Cowbird, n
Brown-headed
Cowbird, n
Black-vented Oriole
*
Orchard Oriole *
Hooded Oriole, n
Eastern
(cucullatus) group, *
Western (nelsoni)
group, n
Streak-backed
Oriole *, n
Bullock’s Oriole, n
Baltimore Oriole *
Scott's Oriole, n
Fringillidae - Finches and
Goldfinches
Gray-crowned
Rosy-Finch *
Black Rosy-Finch *
Pine Grosbeak, n
Purple Finch *
Cassin's Finch, n
House Finch, n
Red Crossbill, n
White-winged
Crossbill *
Pine Siskin, n
Lesser Goldfinch, n
Lawrence's
Goldfinch, n
American Goldfinch,
n
Evening Grosbeak, n
Passeridae - Old
World Sparrows
House Sparrow, n
(int)
Pending
Common Redpoll *
Updated 22 August 2012