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Arizona Birds
during FONT Birding 
& Nature Tours 

1993 thru 2007

(during the months of July & August)

in Southern Arizona 
(and nearby New Mexico) 


An Arizona bird list compiled by Armas Hill 
with photos



258 species of birds have cumulatively been seen during FONT Arizona tours.
An additional subspecies brings the following list to 259.  


PHOTO AT RIGHT: a male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD, 
1 of 14 species of hummingbirds seen during FONT tours in Arizona
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Codes:

 nm = in nearby New Mexico
sas = a southern Arizona specialty (usually common in Mexico) 

h = heard only

(e):     endemic to the USA 
(qe):   quasi (or nearly) endemic to the USA
(neb): near-endemic breeder in the USA
(i):      species introduced into North America

(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical   (t2): endangered   (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally

(AZr): rare in Arizona
(AZl): local in Arizona

(NAr): rare in North America

Links:
Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Arizona

Mammals during Previous FONT Arizona Tours

North American Mammals

A List of Arizona Butterflies

Directory of Photos in this Website, in this list & others

Bird-List:

  1. Scaled Quail ______ nm
    Callipepla squamata pallida

  2. Gambel's Quail ______ nm
    Callipepla g. gambelii  (in most of AZ)
    Callipepla gambelii fulvipectus  (vicinity of Chiricahua Mtns; darker than nominate)




         Gambel's Quail
         (photo by Howard Eskin)

  3. "Masked" Bobwhite  (ARr) ______  (a rare, distinctive form of the Northern Bobwhite) (extirpated from AZ a long time ago; re-introduced from wild stock in Mexico, where this race has a limited & diminished geographic range) 
    Colinus virginianus ridgwayi
     
  4. Montezuma Quail ______  (has also been called Harlequin or Mearn's Quail)  
    Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi

  5. Wild Turkey ______  (restocked in much of AZ range)
    Meleagris gallopavo merriami  (most AZ birds apparently this subspecies) 
  6. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck______
     Dendrocygna a. autumnalis




         Black-bellied Whistling Duck
     (Photo by Howard Eskin)

  7. Wood Duck ______ 
    Aix sponsa      (monotypic)
  8. Mallard ______
     Anas platyrhynchos

  9. Mexican Duck ______  (has been a subspecies of the Mallard)
    Anas diazi
  10. Cinnamon Teal ______
     Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium

  11. Blue-winged Teal ______  
    Anas discors      (monotypic)

  12. Green-winged Teal ______ (now considered a species distinct from the Eurasian Teal, Anas crecca) 
    Anas carolinensis

  13. Northern Shoveler ______
    Anas clypeata      (monotypic)

  14. American Wigeon ______
    Anas americana      (monotypic)

  15. Redhead ______
     Aythya americana      (monotypic)




    A female Redhead
     (Photo by Kim Steininger)
     
  16. Lesser Scaup ______
    Aythya affinis      (monotypic)

  17. Ruddy Duck ______
     Oxyura j. jamaicensis
  18. Least Grebe ______
     Tachybaptus     (formerly Podiceps) dominicus bangsi
  19. Pied-billed Grebe ______
     Podilymbus p. podiceps

  20. Black-necked Grebe ______ (has been called Eared Grebe)
    Podiceps nigricollis californicus
  21. White-faced Ibis ______
    Plegadis chichi      (monotypic)




    White-faced Ibis

  22. Least Bittern  ______
     Ixobrychus e. exilis

  23. Great Blue Heron ______
     Ardea herodias fannini  (treganzai merged)

  24. Great Egret ______
     Ardea     (formerly Casmerodius or Egretta) alba egretta

  25. Snowy Egret ______
     Egretta thula brewsteri

  26. Tricolored Heron ______  (AZr)
    Egretta tricolor occidentalis



    Tricolored Heron
     (Photo by Kim Steininger)
     
  27. Cattle Egret ______
     Bubulcus i. ibis

  28. Green Heron ______  (was for a time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called Green-backed Heron)  
    Butorides virescens anthonyi

  29. Black-crowned Night-Heron ______
     Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli

  30. Brown Pelican  (AZr) ______
     Pelecanus occidentalis californicus

     
  31. Double-crested Cormorant ______
     Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus

  32. Turkey Vulture ______ nm
    Cathartes a. aura      (summer resident in AZ, except north)
    Cathartes aura meridionalis      (arrives in AZ about late Aug, winters) 
  33. Black Vulture ______ 
     Coragyps atratus      (now said to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus)

  34. Northern Crested Caracara  (ARr) ______  (formerly conspecific with what's now the Southern Crested Caracara in South America, south of the Amazon) 
    Caracara cheriway      (monotypic)

  35. American Kestrel ______ nm
    Falco s. sparverius




         A male American Kestrel
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
  36. Merlin ______
    Falco columbarius      (2 subspecies in AZ: F. c. bendirei (darker) & F. c. richardsonii (paler)) 

  37. Peregrine Falcon ______
    Falco peregrinus anatum
  38. Prairie Falcon ______
    Falco mexicanus      (monotypic)




    Prairie Falcon
     (photo by Howard Eskin)

  39. White-tailed Kite  (AZr) ______ nm
    Elanus leucurus majusculus

  40. Mississippi Kite  (AZl) ______
    Ictinia mississippiensis      (monotypic)

  41. Cooper's Hawk ______
     Accipiter cooperii      (monotypic)

  42. Northern Goshawk ______
     Accipiter gentilis apache      (resident of se AZ mtns) 

  43. Northern Harrier ______  (conspecific with the Hen Harrier of Eurasia, Circus cyaneus)
    Circus cyaneus hudsonius  

  44. Harris's Hawk ______  (has also been called Bay-winged Hawk)
         Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi  (the single member of its genus)

    Harris's Hawk
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
  45. Common Black Hawk ______
     Buteogallus a. anthracinus




         A Common Black Hawk photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Alan Brady)
  46. Gray Hawk ______  (merged with the Gray-lined Hawk of southern Central America & South America)
    Buteo nitidus plagiatus  




         A Gray Hawk photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Alan Brady)
  47. Swainson's Hawk ______ nm
    Buteo swainsoni      (monotypic)
  48. Zone-tailed Hawk______
    Buteo albonotatus      (monotypic)
  49. Short-tailed Hawk  (AZr) ______  (some now in se AZ, having come from Mexico)
    Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus  

  50. Red-tailed Hawk ______ nm
    Buteo jamaicensis calurus      (winters, & some year-round)
    Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi      (se AZ)

  51. Golden Eagle ______
     Aguila chrysaetos canadensis

  52. Sora ______
    Porzana carolina      (monotypic)

  53. Purple Gallinule (AZr) ______ 
     Porphyrula martinica      (monotypic)

  54. Common Moorhen (or Gallinule)  ______
     Gallinula chloropus cachinnans

  55. American Coot  ______
     Fulica a. americana

  56. Black-bellied (or Gray) Plover ______
     Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae

  57. Semipalmated Plover ______
     Charadrius semipalmatus      (monotypic)
  58. Killdeer  ______
     Charadrius v. vociferus 

  59. Black-necked Stilt  ______  (was said by some to be conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World, Himantopus himantopus) 
    Himantopus mexicanus

  60. American Avocet  ______
     Recurvirostra americana      (monotypic)
  61. Greater Yellowlegs ______
     Tringa melanoleuca      (monotypic)

  62. Lesser Yellowlegs ______
     Tringa flavipes      (monotypic)

  63. Solitary Sandpiper  ______
     Tringa solitaria

  64. Spotted Sandpiper  ______
     Actitis macularia      (monotypic)

  65. Willet ______
     Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus      (the single member of its genus)
  66. "American" Whimbrel ______
     Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus

  67. Long-billed Curlew (nt) ______
     Numenius americanus      (2 subspecies occur in AZ: N. a. americanus & N. a. parvus)

  68. Ruddy Turnstone  (ARr)  ______
    Arenaria interpres morinella
  69. Western Sandpiper ______
     Calidris mauri      (monotypic)

  70. Semipalmated Sandpiper ______
     Calidris pusilla      (monotypic)

  71. Least Sandpiper ______
     Calidris minutilla      (monotypic)

  72. Baird's Sandpiper ______
    Calidris bairdii      (monotypic)

  73. Stilt Sandpiper ______
    Calidris     (formerly Micropalama) himantopus  (monotypic)

  74. Long-billed Dowitcher ______
     Limnodromus scolopaceus  (now monotypic)

  75. Wilson's Snipe ______ (was conspecific with the Common Snipe of the Old World,  Gallinago gallinago) 
    Gallinago delicata      (monotypic)  

  76. Wilson's Phalarope ______
     Phalaropus tricolor      (monotypic)

  77. Ring-billed Gull ______
     Larus delawarensis      (monotypic)

  78. California Gull ______
     Larus c. californicus

  79. Forster's Tern ______
     Sterna forsteri      (monotypic)

  80. Elegant Tern (nt) (AZr) ______
    Thalasseus     (formerly Sterna) elegans  (monotypic)
  81. Black Tern ______
     Chlidonias niger surinamensis




         A Black Tern, in non-breeding plumage,
    as in Arizona in July & August
     (photo by Kim Steininger)

  82. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) ______
     Columba livia

  83. Band-tailed Pigeon ______
     Patagioenas     (formerly Columba) f. fasciata




    Band-tailed Pigeon
         (photo by Fred Lesser)
     
  84. Eurasian Collared-Dove (i) ______
     Streptopella d. decapcto

  85. White-winged Dove ______ nm
    Zenaida asiatica mearnsi

  86. Mourning Dove ______ nm
    Zenaida aurita marginella

  87. Inca Dove ______
     Columbina     (or said by some to be Scardafella) inca  (monotypic)

  88. Common Ground Dove ______
     Columbina passerina pallescens

  89. Yellow-billed Cuckoo ______
     Coccyzus minor      (monotypic)

  90. Greater Roadrunner ______
     Geococcyx californianus      (monotypic)




    Greater Roadrunner
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
  91. Barn Owl ______
     Tyto alba pratincola

  92. Western Screech-Owl ______
     Megascops     (formerly Otus) kennicottii  (more than 1 subspecies in AZ)
    Megascops kennicotti cineraceus      (in se AZ mtns)
    Megascops kennicotti gilmani      (in s AZ deserts & foothills) 

    Western Screech Owl
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
  93. Whiskered Screech-Owl ______  (in AZ, gray morph only, no red)
    (in AZ, gray morph only, no red)
     Megascops (formerly) Otus trichopsis asperus 
  94. Great Horned Owl ______
     Bubo virginianus pallescens 

  95. Northern Pygmy-Owl  ______
     Glaucidium gnoma      (2 subspecies in AZ)
    Glaucidium a. gnoma      (in oak woods of se mtns)
    Glaucidium gnoma pinicola      (in rest of AZ)  

  96. Elf Owl ______
    Micrathene w. whitneyi      (the single member of its genus)

  97. Flamulated Owl ______
    Otus flammeolus      (monotypic)  (now the only member of its genus in the New World)

     
  98. "Mexican" Spotted Owl  (nt)______ sas   (in photo at beginning of this list)
    Strix occidentalis lucida      (S. l. huachucae no longer valid)




    A young "Mexican" Spotted Owl,
    photographed during a FONT tour in Arizona
       
     
  99. Burrowing Owl ______
     Athene cunicularia hypugaea

  100. Common Nighthawk ______
     Chordeiles minor      (more than 1 subspecies in AZ)
    Chordeiles minor henryi      (breeding race in AZ)
    Chordeiles minor hesperis      (the most common migrant race)
    Chordeiles minor howelli      (records of this race also in AZ) 

  101. Lesser Nighthawk ______
     Chlordeiles acutipennis texensis

  102. Common Poorwill ______
     Phalaenoptilus n. nuttallii

  103. "Mexican" Whip-poor-will ______
     Caprimulgus vociferus arizonae

     
  104. White-throated Swift ______
     Aeronautes s. saxatalis

  105. Broad-billed Hummingbird ______  
    Cynanthus latirostris magicus




    Broad-billed Hummingbird

  106. Berylline Hummingbird (AZr) ______ sas
    Amazilia beryllina viola

  107. White-eared Hummingbird (AZr) ______ sas
    Basilinna leucotis borealis      (formerly genus Hylocharis)

  108. Violet-crowned Hummingbird (AZr) ______ sas  
    Amazilia violiceps ellioti




         This Violet-crowned Hummingbird, at its nest,
    was photographed during a FONT Arizona tour.
       
  109. Blue-throated Mountain-gem ______  (has been called Blue-throated Hummingbird) 
    Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus      (the nominate race said to restricted to the Chisos Mtns of Texas)




    A Blue-throated Mountain-gem, photographed
    during a FONT tour in Arizona
       
  110. "Rivoli's" Magnificent  Hummingbird ______ 
    Eugenes fulgens




         The "Rivoli's" subspecies of the Magnificent Hummingbird
      
  111. Lucifer Sheartail  (AZr) ______  (has been called Lucifer Hummingbird)
         Calothorax lucifer  (monotypic)

  112. Black-chinned Hummingbird______
    Archilochus alexandri      (monotypic)


     Photos below of Black-chinned Hummingbirds,
    a male     (above) & a female (below)




  113. Anna's Hummingbird ______
     Calypte anna      (monotypic)




    Anna's Hummingbird
  114. Costa's Hummingbird ______
     Calypte costae      (monotypic)




    Costa's Hummingbird
  115. Calliope Hummingbird ______
     Stellula calliope      (now monotypic, and the single member of its genus)




    Calliope Hummingbird

  116. Broad-tailed Hummingbird ______
     Selasphorus platycercus     (now monotypic)
  117. Rufous Hummingbird ______
     Selasphorus rufus      (monotypic)




    An immature female Rufous Hummingbird
     (photo by Howard Eskin)

  118. Allen's Hummingbird ______
     Selasphorus s. sasin      (AZ specimens have been the smaller nominate race; the other subspecies occurs on offshore California islands) 
  119. Elegant Trogon ______ sas  (the race in AZ (& North America) was formerly called the Coppery-tailed Trogon) 
    Trogon elegans canescens

  120. Belted Kingfisher ______
    Megaceryle     (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)

  121. Green Kingfisher ______ 
     Chloroceryle americana hachisukai

  122. Acorn Woodpecker ______  
    Melanerpes f. formicivorus      (M. formicivorus aculeatus no longer valid) 




     Acorn Woodpecker
     (photo by Armas Hill)
     
  123. Gila Woodpecker ______ sas
    Melanerpes u. uropygialis

  124. Ladder-backed Woodpecker ______
         Picoides (formerly Dendrocopos) scalaris cactophilus




    Ladder-backed Woodpecker
    (photo by Howad Eskin)
  125. Hairy Woodpecker ______
     Picoides     (formerly Dendrocopos) villosus icastus
  126. Arizona Woodpecker ______ sas (was conspecific with the Strickland's Woodpecker, Picoides stricklandi, of central Mexico)
    Picoides     (formerly Dendrocopos) a. arizonae  (another subspecies of the     Arizona Woodpecker is in west Mexico)

  127. Gilded Flicker ______ sas
    Colaptes chrysoides mearnsi




    Gilded Flicker
    (photo by Howard Eskin)

  128. "Red-shafted" Northern Flicker ______
     Colaptes auratus collaris
  129. Rose-throated Becard (NAr) (AZr) ______ sas
    Pachyramphus aglaiae albiventris

  130. Northern Beardless Tyrannulet ______ sas
    Camptostoma imberbe

  131. Greater Pewee ______ sas  (was at one time called Coues' Flycatcher)
    Contopus pertinax      (formerly     C. musicus)
  132. Olive-sided Flycatcher ______
    Contopus cooperi      (monotypic)
  133. Western Wood-Pewee ______ nm
    Contopus sordidulus      (2 subspecies occur in the western US: C. s. veliei & C. s. saturatus)

  134. Cordilleran Flycatcher ______  (formerly called Western Flycatcher when considered conspecific with what's now the Pacific Slope Flycatcher, Empidonax difficilis)
    Empidonax occidentalis

  135. Willow Flycatcher ______
    Empidonax traillii extimus      (breeding race in AZ)
    Empidonax traillii brewsteri      (abundant transient in so AZ) 
  136. Dusky Flycatcher ______  
     Empidonax oberholseri      (monotypic)



    Dusky Flycatcher
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
  137. Gray Flycatcher ______
    Empidonax wrightii      (monotypic)

  138. Buff-breasted Flycatcher______ sas
    Empidonax fulvifrons pygmaeus

  139. Black Phoebe ______
     Sayornis nigricans semiatra

  140. Say's Phoebe ______
     Sayornis s. saya

  141. Vermilion Flycatcher ______
     Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus      (the single member of its genus)




    Vermilion Flycatcher
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
  142. Dusky-capped Flycatcher ______ sas  (formerly called Olivaceous Flycatcher)
    Myiarchus tuberculifer olivascens

  143. Ash-throated Flycatcher ______
     Myiarchus c. cinerascens

  144. Brown-crested Flycatcher ______  (formerly called Wied's Crested Flycatcher)
     Myiarchus tyrannulus magister

  145. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher ______ sas
    Myiodynastes luteiventris      (monotypic)
  146. Cassin's Kingbird ______ nm
    Tyrannus v. vociferans

  147. Western Kingbird ______ nm
    Tyrannus verticalis      (monotypic)

  148. Tropical Kingbird  (NAr) ______ sas
    Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa

  149. Thick-billed Kingbird  (NAr) ______ sas
    Tyrannus crassirostris pompalis

  150. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (AZr) ______
     Tyrannus forticatus      (monotypic)
  151. Loggerhead Shrike ______ nm
    Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides

  152. White-eyed Vireo  (AZr) ______
    Vireo griseus micrus      (closest subspecies in S Texas & NE Mexico)
  153. Bell's Vireo ______
     Vireo bellii arizonae

  154. Plumbeous Vireo ______  (was called Solitary Vireo when conspecific with the Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo solitarius, of the eastern US and much of Canada, and the Cassin's Vireo, Vireo cassini, of the western US and Canada)
    Vireo plumbeus 

     
  155. Gray Vireo ______
    Vireo vicinior      (monotypic)
  156. Hutton's Vireo ______
     Vireo huttoni stephensi      (a pale large subspecies)

  157. Warbling Vireo ______
    Vireo gilvus brewsteri      (breeding race in AZ)
    Vireo gilvus swainsonii      (common migrant race) 
    Vireo gilvus leucopolius      (less common in AZ)
  158. Steller's Jay ______
     Cyanocitta stelleri diademata

  159. Western Scrub Jay ______
     Aphelocoma californica woodhouseii

    160.
  160. Mexican Jay ______  (has also been called Gray-breasted Jay)
    Aphelocoma ultramarinam arizonae




    Mexican Jay

  161. Chihuahuan Raven ______ nm
    Corvus cryptoleucus      (monotypic)

    Chihuahuan Raven
         (photo by Howard Eskin)

  162. Northern Raven ______
     Corvus corax sinuatus

  163. Horned Lark ______
     Eremophila alpestris adusta      (race in se AZ)  (7 subspecies have been recorded in the state)
  164. Purple Martin ______
    Progne subis hesperia      (a small race that nests in saguaros)




    A male Purple Martin on a Saguaro Cactus in Arizona

  165. Tree Swallow ______
     Tachycineta bicolor      (monotypic)

  166. Violet-green Swallow ______
     Tachycineta thalassina lepida

  167. Northern Rough-winged Swallow  ______
     Stelgidopteryx serripennis psammochrous      (breeding race in AZ)
  168. Bank Swallow ______ (called Sand Martin in the Old World) 
     Riparia r. riparia

  169. American Cliff Swallow  ______
     Petrochelidon     (has been Hirundo) pyrrhonota  (subspecies occur in AZ)
    Petrochelidon p. melanogaster      (breeds in se AZ)

  170. Barn Swallow ______ nm
    Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

  171. Mexican Chickadee______ sas
    Poecile (formerly Parus) sclateri eidos

  172. Mountain Chickadee ______
     Poecile (formerly Parus) gambeli inyoensis

  173. Bridled Titmouse ______
     Baeolophus (formerly Parus) wollweberi phillipsi

  174. Juniper Titmouse ______  (was conspecific with the Oak Titmouse, and when so, was called the Plain Titmouse)   
     Baeolophus (formerly Parus) r. ridgwayi

  175. Verdin ______
     Auriparus flaviceps ornatus




    Verdin
    (photo by Howard Eskin)

  176. American Bushtit ______
     Psaltriparus minimus lloydi

  177. Red-breasted Nuthatch ______
     Sitta canadensis  (monotypic)

    Red-breasted Nuthatch
     (photo by Howard Eskin)

  178. White-breasted Nuthatch ______
     Sitta carolinensis nelsoni

  179. Pygmy Nuthatch ______
     Sitta pygmaea melanotis

  180. Brown Creeper ______
     Certhia americana montana      (breeds in mtns north of the Chiricahuas & Rincons)
    Certhis americana albescens      (resident in Santa Rita & Huachuca Mtns)  

  181. Cactus Wren ______ nm
    Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus anthonyi




    Cactus Wren
    (photo by Howard Eskin)

  182. Rock Wren ______
     Salpinctes o. obsoletus

  183. Canyon Wren ______
     Catherpes mexicanus conspersus

  184. Bewick's Wren ______
     Thryomanes bewickii

  185. House Wren ______  (including "Brown-throated Wren") 
     Troglodytes aedon 

  186. Golden-crowned Kinglet ______
     Regulus satrapa apache      (breeding race south to the Santa Rita Mtns)

  187. Ruby-crowned Kinglet ______
     Regulus calendula

  188. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ______
     Polioptila caerulea obscura




    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
    (photo by Howard Eskin)

  189. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher ______
     Polioptila melanura lucida

  190. Eastern Bluebird ______
     Sialia sialis fulva      (this "Mexican" race paler than the nominate)
  191. Western Bluebird ______
     Sialia mexicana occidentalis

  192. Hermit Thrush ______
     Catharus guttatus      (a complex species in regard to races)
  193. American Robin ______
     Turdus migratorius propinquis

  194. Rufous-backed Robin  (NAr) ______
    Turdus r. rufopalliatus
  195. Northern Mockingbird ______
     Mimus p. polyglottos
  196. Curve-billed Thrasher ______ nm
    Toxostoma c. curvirostre      (in se AZ)
    Toxostoma curvirostre palmeri      (most of AZ, this race lacking white in the tail & wings)
  197. Bendire's Thrasher ______
     Toxostoma bendirei      (monotypic)
  198. Crissal Thasher ______
     Toxostoma c. crissale
  199. Phainopepla ______
     Phainopepla nitens lepida




    Phainopepla
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
  200. Common Starling (i) ______  (first found in Arizona in 1946)
     Sturnus vulgaris
  201. Virginia's Warbler ______
     Vermivora virginiae      (monotypic)
  202. Lucy's Warbler ______
     Vermivora luciae      (monotypic)
  203. Orange-crowned Warbler ______
     Vermivora celata orestera




         Orange-crowned Warbler
     (photo by Howard Eskin)

  204. Yellow Warbler ______
     Dendroica aestiva      (D. petechia is now Golden Warbler of the Caribbean)

     
  205. "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______
     Dendroica coronata auduboni
  206. Nashville Warbler ______  (in PG)
     Vermivora ruficapilla
  207. Black-throated Gray Warbler ______
     Dendroica nigrescens halsei      (breeding race in AZ)
    Dendroica n. nigrescens      (AZ migrant & winter resident)
  208. Hermit Warbler ______
     Dendroica occidentalis      (monotypic)
  209. Grace's Warbler ______
     Dendroica g. graciae
  210. MacGillivray's Warbler ______
     Oporornis tolmiei monticola      (breeding race in AZ)
    Oporornis t. tolmiei      (migrant)
  211. Common Yellowthroat ______
     Geothlypis trichas




         A male Common Yellowthroat
     (photo by Kim Steininger)

  212. Wilson's Warbler ______
     Wilsonia pusilla      (2 of 3 subspecies migrate commonly in AZ)

  213. Rufous-capped Warbler  (NAr) (AZr) ______
    Basileuterus rufifrons caudatus
  214. Red-faced Warbler ______ sas
    Cardellina rubifrons      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  215. Painted Whitestart ______ sas  (has been called Painted Redstart)
    Myioborus p. pictus
  216. Yellow-breasted Chat ______  
     Icteria virens auricollis




         A Yellow-breasted Chat
  217. Olive Warbler ______  (called a warbler, but not a warbler at all; not in the same families as either the New World or the Old World Warblers. Taxonomically placed between accentors and pipits.) 
    Peucedramus taeniatus arizonae      (the single member of its genus & family)
  218. Hepatic Tanager ______
     Piranga flava hepatica
  219. Summer Tanager  ______
     Piranga rubra cooperi
  220. Western Tanager ______
    Piranga ludoviciana      (monotypic)

  221. Flame-colored Tanager (NAr) ______ sas  (sometimes hybridizes with Western Tanager)
         Piranga b. bidentata  (the northernmost of 4 subspecies)
  222. Spotted Towhee  ______ (was called Rufous-sided Towhee when previously conspecific with the now Eastern Towhee of North America and the Olive-sided and Socorro Towhees of Mexico) (now said by some to be conspecific with the Collared Towhee of Mexico) 
    Pipilo maculatus montanus

  223. Canyon Towhee  ______ nm  (was called Brown Towhee when previously conspecific with the now California Towhee, Pipilo crissalis)
    Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus




    Canyon Towhee
    (photo by Howard Eskin)

  224. Abert's Towhee  ______ (nearly endemic to Arizona)
     Pipilo a. aberti




    Abert's Towhee
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
  225. Botteri's Sparrow  ______
     Aimophila botterii arizonae
  226. Cassin's Sparrow  ______ nm  (a successful AZ nest was not found until 1965)
    Aimophila cassinii
  227. Rufous-winged Sparrow  ______ sas
    Aimophila c. carpalis
  228. Rufous-crowned Sparrow  ______
     Aimophila ruficeps scotti
  229. Chipping Sparrow  ______
     Spizella passerina arizonae
  230. Grasshopper Sparrow ______
     Ammodramus savannarum ammolegus     (formerly A. s. perpallidus)

  231. Lark Sparrow  ______
     Chondestes grammacus strigatus




         Lark Sparrow
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
  232. Black-throated Sparrow  ______ nm
    Amphispiza bilineata deserticola 

  233. Five-striped Sparrow (NAr) (AZr&l)  ______ sas
    Aimophila quinquestriata septentrionalis
  234. Lark Bunting  ______  nm
     Calamospiza melanocorys      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
  235. Song Sparrow ______
     Melospiza melodia fallax      (resident race in central & southeast AZ, and nearby Mexico)
    (There are about 40 subspecies of Song Sparrow in North America.)  
  236. "Mexican" Yellow-eyed Junco  ______
     Junco phaeonotus palliatus
  237. Northern Cardinal  ______
     Cardinalis cardinalus superbus

     
  238. Pyrrhuloxia  ______
     Cardinalis sinuatus fulvescens      (most of AZ)
    Cardinalis s. sinuatus      (se Cochise County)
  239. Mexican Yellow Grosbeak  (NRr) (AZr)  ______
    Pheucticus chrysopeplus dilutus
  240. Black-headed Grosbeak  ______
     Pheucticus melanocephalus
  241. Blue Grosbeak  ______
     Passerina     (formerly Guiraca) caerulea interfusa
  242. Lazuli Bunting  ______
     Passerina amoena      (monotypic)




         Lazuli Bunting
     (photo by Howard Eskin)

  243. Indigo Bunting  ______ nm
    Passerina cyanea      (monotypic)

  244. Varied Bunting  ______ sas
    Passerina versicolor dickeyae     (or pulchra)

  245. Painted Bunting  ______ sas  
    Passerina ciris pallidior




         A female Painted Bunting
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
  246. "Lillian's" Eastern Meadowlark  ______
     Sturnella magna lilianae
  247. Western Meadowlark ______
    Sturnella neglecta      (monotypic)

  248. Red-winged Blackbird   ______
     Agelaius phoeniceeus sonoriensis      (common resident in south AZ)

  249. Yellow-headed Blackbird ______
     Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 

  250. Great-tailed Grackle  ______ nm
    Quiscalus mexicanus monsoni
  251. Brown-headed Cowbird  ______
     Molothrus ater      (2 subspecies in the southwest US: M. a. artemisiae & M. a. obscurus)

  252. Bronzed Cowbird  ______
     Molothrus aeneus loyei
  253. Hooded Oriole  ______
     Icterus cucullatus nelsoni
  254. Bullock's Oriole  ______  (for a while was called Northern Oriole, when it was conspecific with Baltimore Oriole) 
    Icterus bullockii      (monotypic)
  255. Scott's Oriole  ______
     Icterus parisorum      (monotypic)
  256. House Finch  ______ nm
    Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis

  257. Red Crossbill _______
    Loxia curvirostra grinnelli
     
  258. Lesser Goldfinch  ______
     Carduelis p. psaltria      (this nominate race is usually green-backed) (the back-backed form has also been seen, rarely, during our tours in southern Arizona) 
  259. House Sparrow (i)  ______ nm  (had become widespread in AZ by 1915)
    Passer domesticus


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