Checklist of the Birds of Arizona.
This checklist contains 563 species of birds that have been
accepted by the Arizona Bird Committee as of October 2018.
This list conforms to the A.O.U. checklist order and
nomenclature as of the 60th supplement June 2019.
n = Has bred in Arizona (3 taxa). A species that has
hatched young at least once, however, this does not include hybrid offspring.
[ ] = Species in brackets have not been physically documented in
Arizona (2 species)
* = Arizona bird committee review species (161 taxa).
# = Sketch details species (77 taxa)
italics = Species in italics are identifiable forms (72 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 * |
Snow Goose |
Ross's Goose |
Greater White-fronted 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 |
Baikal Teal * |
Garganey * |
Blue-winged Teal, n |
Cinnamon Teal, n |
Northern Shoveler, n |
Gadwall, n |
Eurasian Wigeon # |
American Wigeon, n |
Mallard, n |
Northern (platyrhynchos) form, n |
Mexican (diazi) form, n |
Northern Pintail, n |
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 |
Northern Bobwhite (Masked), n (ex) |
Scaled Quail, n |
California Quail, n (int) |
Gambel's Quail, n |
Montezuma Quail, n |
Phasianidae - Partridges, Grouse,and Turkey |
Chukar, n (int) |
Ring-necked Pheasant, n (int) |
Dusky Grouse, n |
Wild Turkey, n |
Podicipedidae - Grebes |
Least Grebe *, n |
Pied-billed Grebe, n |
Horned Grebe # |
Red-necked Grebe # |
Eared Grebe, n |
Western Grebe, n |
Clark's Grebe, n |
Columbidae - Pigeons and Doves |
Rock Pigeon, n (int) |
Band-tailed Pigeon, n |
Eurasian Collared-Dove, n (int) |
Inca Dove, n |
Common Ground Dove, n |
Ruddy Ground Dove #, n |
White-winged Dove, n |
Mourning Dove, n |
Cuculidae - Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis |
Groove-billed Ani * |
Greater Roadrunner, n |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, n |
Black-billed Cuckoo * |
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 |
Rivoli's Hummingbird, n |
Plain-capped Starthroat # |
Blue-throated Mountain-gem, 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 |
Rallidae - Rails, Gallinules, and Coots |
Black Rail, n |
Ridgway's Rail, 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 |
Common Crane * |
Recurvirostridae - Stilts and Avocets |
Black-necked Stilt, n |
American Avocet, n |
Charadriidae - Plovers |
Killdeer, n |
Semipalmated Plover |
Lesser Sand-Plover * |
Mountain Plover, n |
Snowy Plover, n |
Black-bellied Plover |
American Golden-Plover * |
Pacific Golden-Plover * |
Jacanidae - Jacanas |
Northern Jacana * |
Scolopacidae - Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies |
Upland Sandpiper * |
Whimbrel # |
Long-billed Curlew, n |
Hudsonian Godwit * |
Marbled Godwit |
Ruddy Turnstone * |
Black Turnstone * |
Red Knot * |
Ruff * |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper * |
Stilt Sandpiper |
Sanderling |
Dunlin |
Baird's Sandpiper |
Least Sandpiper |
White-rumped Sandpiper * |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper * |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
Semipalmated Sandpiper # |
Western Sandpiper |
Short-billed Dowitcher # |
Long-billed Dowitcher |
Wilson’s Snipe, n |
Spotted Sandpiper, n |
Solitary Sandpiper |
Wandering Tattler * |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
Willet |
Greater Yellowlegs |
Wilson's Phalarope, n |
Red-necked Phalarope |
Red Phalarope # |
Stercorariidae - Jaegers |
Pomarine Jaeger * |
Parasitic Jaeger * |
Long-tailed Jaeger * |
Laridae - Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers |
Black-legged Kittiwake * |
Ivory Gull * |
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 # |
Iceland 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 * |
Phaethontidae - Tropicbirds |
White-tailed Tropicbird * |
Red-billed Tropicbird * |
Gaviidae - Loons |
Red-throated Loon # |
Pacific Loon # |
Common Loon |
Yellow-billed Loon * |
Diomedeidae - Albatrosses |
Laysan Albatross * |
Hydrobatidae - Storm-Petrels |
[Leach’s/Townsend’s/Ainley’s Storm-Petrel] * |
Wedge-rumped Storm-petrel * |
Black Storm-Petrel * |
Least Storm-Petrel * |
Procellariidae - Shearwaters |
Juan Fernandez Petrel * |
Hawaiian Petrel * |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater * |
Sooty Shearwater * |
[Black-vented Shearwater] * |
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 |
White-tailed Kite, n |
Swallow-tailed Kite * |
Golden Eagle, n |
Northern Harrier, n |
Sharp-shinned Hawk, n |
Cooper's Hawk, n |
Northern Goshawk, n |
Bald Eagle, n |
Mississippi Kite, n |
Common Black Hawk, n |
Harris's Hawk, n |
White-tailed Hawk * |
Gray Hawk, n |
Red-shouldered Hawk #, n |
Broad-winged Hawk # |
Short-tailed Hawk #, n |
Swainson's Hawk, n |
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 |
Rough-legged Hawk # |
Ferruginous Hawk, n |
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 |
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 # |
Downy Woodpecker, n |
Ladder-backed 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 |
Thick-billed Parrot, n (ex) * |
Psittaculidae - Lovebirds |
Rosy-faced Lovebird, n (int) |
Tityridae - Becards |
Gray-collared Becard * |
Rose-throated Becard *, n |
Tyrannidae - Tyrant Flycatchers |
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, n |
Dusky-capped Flycatcher, n |
Ash-throated Flycatcher, n |
Nutting's Flycatcher *, n |
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 # |
Tufted Flycatcher *, n |
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 |
Pine Flycatcher * |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher |
Cordilleran Flycatcher, n |
Buff-breasted Flycatcher, n |
Black Phoebe, n |
Eastern Phoebe # |
Say's Phoebe, n |
Vermilion Flycatcher, n |
Laniidae - Shrikes |
Loggerhead Shrike, n |
Northern Shrike # |
Vireonidae - Vireos |
Black-capped Vireo * |
White-eyed Vireo # |
Bell's Vireo, n |
Bell's Vireo (Eastern) form* |
Gray Vireo, n |
Hutton's Vireo, n |
Yellow-throated Vireo # |
Cassin’s Vireo |
Blue-headed Vireo * |
Plumbeous Vireo, n |
Philadelphia Vireo * |
Warbling Vireo, n |
Red-eyed Vireo * |
Yellow-green Vireo * |
Corvidae - Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens |
Canada Jay, n |
Pinyon Jay, n |
Steller's Jay, n |
Blue Jay * |
California Scrub-Jay * |
Woodhouse's 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 |
Bank Swallow |
Tree Swallow, n |
Violet-green Swallow, n |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, n |
Brown-chested Martin * |
Purple Martin, n |
Northern (arboricola) form, n |
Desert (hesperia) form, n |
Barn Swallow, n |
Cliff Swallow, n |
Northern (pyrrhonota) group, n |
Southwestern (swainsoni) form, n |
Cave Swallow *, n |
Paridae - Chickadees and Titmice |
Black-capped Chickadee *, n |
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 |
Eastern (americana) group |
Rocky Mountain (montana) group, n |
Pacific (occidentalis) group |
Mexican (albescens) group, 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 |
Muscicapidae - Old World Flycatchers |
Northern Wheatear * |
Turdidae - Thrushes |
Eastern Bluebird, n |
Eastern Bluebird (Eastern) form, # 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 |
Blue Mockingbird * |
Gray Catbird #, n |
Curve-billed Thrasher, n |
Eastern (curvirostre) group, n |
Western (palmeri) group, n |
Brown Thrasher # |
Bendire's Thrasher, n |
LeConte's Thrasher, n |
Crissal Thrasher, n |
Sage Thrasher, n |
Northern Mockingbird, n |
Sturnidae - Starlings |
European Starling, n (int) |
Bombycillidae - Waxwings |
Bohemian Waxwing * |
Cedar Waxwing |
Ptiliogonatidae - Silky-flycatchers |
Phainopepla, n |
Peucedramidae - Olive Warbler |
Olive Warbler, n |
Passeridae - Old World Sparrows |
House Sparrow, n (int) |
Motacillidae - Wagtails and Pipits |
White Wagtail * |
Red-throated Pipit * |
American Pipit, n |
Sprague's Pipit |
Fringillidae - Finches and Goldfinches |
Evening Grosbeak, n |
Pine Grosbeak, n |
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch * |
Black Rosy-Finch * |
House Finch, n |
Purple Finch * |
Eastern (purpureus) group * |
Western (californicus) group |
Cassin's Finch, n |
Common Redpoll * |
Red Crossbill, n |
White-winged Crossbill * |
Pine Siskin, n |
Lesser Goldfinch, n |
Lawrence's Goldfinch, n |
American Goldfinch, n |
Calcariidae -Longspurs and Snow Buntings |
Lapland Longspur # |
Chestnut-collared Longspur |
Smith's Longspur * |
McCown's Longspur # |
Snow Bunting * |
Emberizidae - Old World Sparrows |
Little Bunting * |
Passerellidae - New World Sparrows |
Rufous-winged Sparrow, n |
Botteri's Sparrow, n |
Cassin's Sparrow, n |
Grasshopper Sparrow, n |
Five-striped Sparrow, n |
Black-throated Sparrow, n |
Lark Sparrow, n |
Lark Bunting, n |
Chipping Sparrow, n |
Clay-colored Sparrow |
Black-chinned Sparrow, n |
Field Sparrow * |
Brewer's Sparrow, n |
Fox Sparrow |
Red (iliaca) group # |
Slate-colored (schistacea) group |
Sooty (unalaschcensis) group * |
Thick-billed (megarhyncha) group * |
American Tree 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 |
White-crowned Sparrow, n |
Gambel's (gambelii) form |
Mountain (oriantha) form, n |
Golden-crowned Sparrow # |
Harris's Sparrow # |
White-throated Sparrow |
Sagebrush Sparrow, n |
Bell's Sparrow |
Vesper Sparrow, n |
LeConte's Sparrow * |
Nelson's Sparrow * |
Baird's Sparrow |
Savannah Sparrow, n |
Western (nevadensis) group, n |
Large-billed (rostratus) form * |
Western (perpallidus) form, n |
Arizona (ammolegus) form, n |
Song Sparrow, n |
Lincoln's Sparrow, n |
Swamp Sparrow |
Canyon Towhee, n |
Abert's Towhee, n |
Rufous-crowned Sparrow, n |
Green-tailed Towhee, n |
Spotted Towhee, n |
Pacific (oregonus) group |
Rocky Mts. (montanus) group, n |
Eastern Towhee * |
Icteriidae - Chats |
Yellow-breasted Chat, n |
Icteridae - Blackbirds and allies |
Yellow-headed Blackbird, n |
Bobolink *, n |
Eastern Meadowlark (Lilian's), n |
Western Meadowlark, 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 |
Red-winged Blackbird, n |
Bronzed Cowbird, n |
Brown-headed Cowbird, n |
Rusty Blackbird * |
Brewer's Blackbird, n |
Common Grackle * |
Great-tailed Grackle, n |
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 * |
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 # |
Pending committee review |
White-throated Thrush |
Clay-colored Thrush |
Ringed Kingfisher |