including Southern Arizona Specialties
(and some birds in nearby New Mexico) 


Part 1 of a List of Arizona Birds with some photos, 
compiled by Armas Hill


Link to:  Part 2 of this List of Arizona Birds, from Flycatchers to Buntings

293 species of birds have cumulatively been seen during FONT Arizona tours.  


UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: a male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD, 
1 of 14 species of hummingbirds seen during FONT tours in Arizona.
We've seen the ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD in Arizona in the summer and the winter.
(photo by Howard Eskin)


Codes:

GC:  has occurred in the area of the Grand Canyon
NM:  in nearby New Mexico
sas: a southern Arizona specialty (usually common in Mexico) 

jan:  during FONT tours in January
jul:   during FONT tours in July  
aug: during FONT tours in August
sep: during FONT tours in September

S:  occurs most commonly in the summer
W: occurs most commonly in the winter
S/W:  year-round
W/S:  year-round, more commonly in the winter

(USe):     endemic to the USA 
(USqe):   quasi (or nearly) endemic to the USA
(USneb): near-endemic breeder in the USA
(NAi):      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
(i):   introduced species in North America

(ph):   species with a photo in the FONT website

Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Arizona    Upcoming FONT Tours Elsewhere

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A Complete List (with some photos) of North American Birds, north of Mexico, in 6 parts:
Part #1: Grouse to Anhinga    Part #2: Condor to Shorebirds     Part #3: Jaegers to Cuckoos  
Part #4: Owls to Flycatchers    Part #5: Shrikes to Pipits    Part #6: Olive Warbler to Buntings   

Other Lists & Photo Galleries of:     Arizona Mammals      Arizona Amphibians & Reptiles

Arizona Butterflies, Dragonflies & Damselfies, and Grasshoppers  (with some photos) 

Plants in the Arizona Desert & in some nearby habitats

Directory of Photos in this Website

1. Scaled Quail  (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug,sep  nm
   Callipepla squamata pallida
   
   
2. Gambel's Quail  (ph) (*)  ______  S/W  jan,jul,aug,sep  GC  nm
   Callipepla g. gambelii  (subspecies in most of AZ)
   Callipepla gambelii fulvipectus  (subspecies in the vicinity of the Chiricahua Mtns; darker than nominate)
   
   
   
   Gambel's Quail
   (photo by Howard Eskin)
   
   
3. "Masked" Bobwhite  (NAr) (AZr) (ph) (*) ______  jul,aug  (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  (*)  ______  S/W  jul,aug  (another name has been Harlequin Quail)  
   Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi  (this subspecies, the "Mearn's Quail", in northwest Mexico & the southwest US) 
   
   
5. Dusky Grouse  (ph)  ______  GC(north rim)
   Dendragapus obscurus
   
   
6. Wild Turkey  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jul  GC  (restocked in much of AZ range)
   Meleagris gallopavo merriami  (most AZ birds apparently this subspecies) 
   
   
7. Common Pheasant (i)  ______   GC
   Phasianus colchicus
      
   
8. Black-bellied Whistling Duck  (ph) (*)  ______  S/W  jul  (another name has been Black-bellied Tree Duck) 
   Dendrocygna a. autumnalis
   
   
   
   Black-bellied Whistling Duck
   (Photo by Howard Eskin)
   
   
9. Fulvous Whistling Duck  (AZr)  ______  (another name has been Fulvous Tree Duck)
   Dendrocygna bicolor
   
   
10. Tundra Swan ______  W  GC
    Cygnus columbianus
    
    
11. Greater White-fronted Goose  ______ W
    Anser albifrons
    
    
12. Snow Goose  (ph)  ______  W  GC
    Chen (formerly Anser) caerulescens
    
    
13. Ross's Goose  (*)  _____  W  jan
    Chen (formerly Anser) rossii
    
    
14. Brant Goose (AZr) (ph)  ______  W  (has been simply Brant, or "Black Brant")
    Branta bernicla nigricans
    
    
15. Canada Goose  (*)  ______  W  aug  GC
    Branta canadensis
    
    
16. Cackling Goose  (ph)  ______  W  GC
    Branta hutchinsii
    
    
17. Wood Duck  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug
    Aix sponsa  (monotypic)   
    
    
18. Mallard  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jan,jul,aug,sep  GC
    Anas platyrhynchos
    
    
19. Mexican Duck  (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug,sep  (has been a subspecies of the Mallard)
    (has been a subspecies of the Mallard)
    Anas diazi
    
    
20. Northern Pintail  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  jan,aug,sep  GC
    Anas acuta
    
    
21. Cinnamon Teal  (*) ______  W/S  jul,sep  GC
    Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium
    
    
22. Blue-winged Teal  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  aug  GC
    Anas discors  (monotypic)
    
    
23. Green-winged Teal  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jan,aug,sep  GC  (now considered a species distinct from the Eurasian Teal, Anas crecca) 
    Anas carolinensis
    
    
24. Northern Shoveler  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  jan,aug,sep  GC
    Anas clypeata  (monotypic)
    
    
25. Gadwall  (ph)  ______  W/S  GC
    Anas strepera
    
    
26. American Wigeon  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  jan  GC
    Anas americana  (monotypic)
    
    
27. Eurasian Wigeon  (AZr) (ph)  ______  W  GC
    Anas penelope
    
    
28. Canvasback  ______  W/S  GC
    Aythya valisineria
    
    
29. Redhead  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  aug  GC
    Aythya americana  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    A female Redhead
    (photo by Kim Steininger)
     
    
30. Ring-necked Duck  (ph)  ______  W  GC
    Aythya collaris
    
    
31. Greater Scaup  ______  W
    Aythya marila
    
    
32. Lesser Scaup  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  jan,jul,sep  GC
    Aythya affinis  (monotypic)
    
    
33. Long-tailed Duck  (AZr) (ph)  ______  W
    Clangula hyemalis
    
    
34. Black Scoter  (AZr) (ph)  ______  W  (was conspecific with the Common Scoter of Europe)    
    Melanitta americana 
    
    
35. Surf Scoter  (AZr) (ph)  ______  GC
    Melanitta perspicillata
    
    
36. White-winged Scoter  ______  GC  (was conspecific with the Velvet Scoter, Melanitta fusca of Europe)
    Melanitta deglandi
    
    
37. Common Goldeneye  ______  W  GC
    Bucephala clangula
    
    
38. Barrow's Goldeneye  (AZr) ______  W
    Bucephala islandica
    
    
39. Bufflehead  (ph)  ______  W  GC
    Bucephala albeola
    
    
40. Hooded Merganser  (ph)  _____ W  GC
    Lophodytes (formerly Mergus) cucullatus   
    
    
41. Common Merganser  (ph) (*) ______  W  jan  GC
    Mergus merganser americanus
    
    
42. Red-breasted Merganser  (ph)  ______  W  GC
    Mergus serrator
    
    
43. Ruddy Duck  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  jan,jul,aug,sep  GC
    Oxyura j. jamaicensis
    
    
44. Red-throated Loon  (AZr) (ph)  ______
    Gavia stellata
    
    
45. Pacific Loon  (AZr) (ph)   ______  W
    Gavia pacifica 
    
    
46. Common Loon  ______  W  GC  (another name is Great Northern Diver, in Europe)
    Gavia immer
    
    
47. Least Grebe  (AZr) (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jul
    Tachybaptus (formerly Podiceps) dominicus bangsi
    
    
    
    Least Grebe
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
48. Pied-billed Grebe  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  jan,jul,aug  GC
    Podilymbus p. podiceps
    
    
49. Horned Grebe  (ph)  ______  W
    Podiceps auritus cornutus
    
    
50. Eared Grebe  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  aug,sep  GC  (also called Black-necked Grebe)
    Podiceps nigricollis californicus
    
    
    
    Eared Grebe
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
51. Western Grebe  (ph)  ______  W  GC
    Aechmophorus occidentalis sphemeralis
    
    
52. Clark's Grebe  (*)  ______  W  aug
    Aechmophorus c. clarkii
    
    
53. Wood Stork  (AZr) (ph)  ______  GC    
    Mycteria americana  (monotypic) 
    
    
54. White-faced Ibis  (ph) (*) ______  S  jul,aug,sep  GC
    Plegadis chichi  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    White-faced Ibis
    
    
55. Roseate Spoonbill  (AZr) (ph)  ______  S
    Platalea (formerly Ajaia) ajaja  (monotypic)
    
    
56. American Bittern  (ph) (*) ______  W  jan  GC
    Botaurus lentiginosus
    
    
57. Least Bittern  (ph) (*)  ______  S
    Ixobrychus e. exilis
    
    
58. Great Blue Heron  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  jan,jul,aug,sep  GC
    Ardea herodias fannini  (treganzai merged)
    
    
59. Great Egret  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  jul,aug,sep  GC
    Casmerodius (has been Ardea) alba egretta
    
    
60. Little Blue Heron  (ph)  ______  S
    Egretta caerulea  (monotypic)
    
    
61. Snowy Egret  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  aug,sep  GC
    Egretta thula brewsteri
    
    
62. Tricolored Heron  (AZr) (ph) (*) ______  S  aug  (was at one time called Louisiana Heron)
    Egretta tricolor occidentalis
    
    
    
    Tricolored Heron
    (photo by Kim Steininger)
     
    
63. Western Cattle Egret  (ph) (*) ______  W  GC
    Bubulcus ibis
    
    The Western Cattle Egret is in Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The Eastern Cattle Egret, Bubulcis coromandus, is in eastern Asia.  
    
    
64. Green Heron  (*) ______  S/W  jan,jul.aug,sep  GC  (was for a time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called Green-backed Heron)  
    Butorides virescens anthonyi
    
    
65. Black-crowned Night Heron  (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug,sep  GC
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
    
    
66. Yellow-crowned Night Heron  (AZr) (ph)  ______  
    Nyctanassa v. violacea
    
    
67. Red-billed Tropicbird  (AZr) (ph)  ______
    Phaethon aethereus
    
    
68. Magnificent Frigatebird  (AZr) (ph)  ______  GC
    Fregata magnificens
    
    
69. American White Pelican  (ph)  ______  W  GC
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos  (monotypic)   
    
    
70. Brown Pelican  (AZr) (ph) (*)  ______  S  jul,aug  GC
    Pelecanus occidentalis californicus  (subspecies from west Mexico)
    
     
71. Double-crested Cormorant  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  aug  GC
    Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus
    
    
72. Neotropic Cormorant  (ph)  ______  W  (was called Olivaceous Cormorant)
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus
    
    
73. Anhinga  (AZr) (ph)  ______  
    Anhinga anhinga leucogaster 
    
    
74. California Condor  (t1) (ph) (*)   ______  S/W  aug  GC
    Gymnogyps californianus
    
    
    
    A California Condor in Arizona. With it, a Northern Raven.
    
    
    In 1992, 63 California Condors existed in captivity. A few were released that year into the wild. 8 young birds were returned to California, but within a couple years, half had perished from collisions with power lines, shooting, or poisoning.
    
    In the fall of 1996, 6 young condors were taken to a holding pen atop Vermilion Cliffs near Page, Arizona. After several weeks of feeding them stillborn calf carcasses, they were released. 
    From their release site, they wandered through the Monument Valley and Grand Canyon in northern Arizona, Bryce Canyon in Utah, Mesa Verde in Colorado, and as far north as Flaming Gorge in southwestern Wyoming.
    Condor releases have continued about annually in northern Arizona.
    
    In 2003, the Arizona condor population produced its first wild offspring in the Grand Canyon. A number of the birds, in that area, during the summer of 2006 traveled north to Utah to reside in hills near Zion National Park, but in the winter they returned to Arizona, where food was always available for them..
    By March 2009, the number of wild-living condors in Arizona and southern Utah reached 75. In May of that year, the Peregrine Fund reported on its website that there were 358 California Condors. 189 of them were wild birds in California, Arizona, and elsewhere in the US, and in Baja California in Mexico. 169 of them were in captivity, including those in zoos, maintained for breeding purposes, or pending release.
    
    
75. Turkey Vulture  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug,sep  GC  nm
    Cathartes a. aura  (subspecies a summer resident in AZ, except north)
    Cathartes aura meridionalis  (subspecies arrives in AZ about late Aug, winters) 
    
    
76. Black Vulture  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  jul,aug
    Coragyps atratus  (now said to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus)
    
    
    
    Black Vulture
    
    
77. Northern Crested Caracara  (AZr) (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jul  (formerly conspecific with what's now the Southern Crested Caracara in South America, south of the Amazon) 
    Caracara cheriway  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    Northern Crested Caracara
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
78. American Kestrel  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  jan,jul,aug,sep  GC  nm
    Falco s. sparverius
    
    
    
    A male American Kestrel
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
79. Merlin  (ph) (*) ______  W  GC
    Falco columbarius  (2 subspecies in AZ: F. c. bendirei (darker) & F. c. richardsonii (paler)) 
    
    
80. Peregrine Falcon  (ph) (*) ______ W/S
    Falco peregrinus anatum
    
    
81. Prairie Falcon  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   jan,aug  GC
    Falco mexicanus  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    Prairie Falcon
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
82. Osprey  (ph) (*)  _____  S  aug  GC
    Pandion haliaetus
    
    
83. White-tailed Kite  (AZr) (ph) (*) ______  S  aug,sep  nm
    Elanus leucurus majusculus
    
    
84. Mississippi Kite  (AZl) (*) ______  S  jul,aug
    Ictinia mississippiensis  (monotypic)
    
    
85. Bald Eagle  (ph) (*)  ______  W  aug  GC
    Haliaeetus l. leucocephalus
    
    
86. Sharp-shinned Hawk  (ph)  ______  W  GC
    Accipiter striatus
    
    
87. Cooper's Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jan,jul,aug  GC
    Accipiter cooperii  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    A female Cooper's Hawk
    (photo by James Scheib)
    
    
88. Northern Goshawk  (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug  GC
    Accipiter gentilis apache  (subspecies a resident of southeast AZ mountains) 
    
    
89. Northern Harrier  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  jan,jul,sep  GC  (conspecific with the Hen Harrier of Eurasia, Circus cyaneus)
    (conspecific with the Hen Harrier of Eurasia, Circus cyaneus)
    Circus cyaneus hudsonius  
    
    
90. Harris's Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   jan,jul,aug  (has also been called Bay-winged Hawk)
    Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   jan,jul,aug  (has also been called Bay-winged Hawk)
    Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
    
    Harris's Hawk
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
91. Common Black Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  S  jul,aug
    Buteogallus a. anthracinus
    
    
    
    Common Black Hawk 
    (photo by Dick Tipton)
    
    
92. Gray Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  S  jul,aug 
    Buteo plagiatus  
    
    The Gray Hawk was previously merged with the Gray-lined Hawk, Buteo nitidus, of southern Central America and South America.
    
    
    
    An immature Gray Hawk 
    (photo by Danny Leon Cordero)
    
    
93. Swainson's Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  W   jul,aug,sep  GC  nm
    Buteo swainsoni  (monotypic)
    
    
94. Zone-tailed Hawk  (ph) (*)______  W   jul,aug  GC
    Buteo albonotatus  (monotypic)
    
    
95. Short-tailed Hawk  (AZr) (ph) (*) ______  S  jul,sep  (some now occur in southeast AZ, having come from Mexico)
    Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus  
    
    
96. Red-tailed Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   jan,jul,aug,sep  GC  nm
    Buteo jamaicensis calurus  (subspecies winters, & some year-round)
    Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi  (subspecies in southeast AZ)
    
    
    
    A dark morph of the Red-tailed Hawk, photographed during a FONT Arizona tour.
    This subspecies is the "Western Red-tailed Hawk", Buteo jamaicensis calurus. 
    It winters south into central Mexico. Other subspecies of the Red-tailed Hawk 
    further south, in Central America, are also dark.   
    
    
97. Ferruginous Hawk  (nt) (ph) (*) ______  W  jan  GC
    Buteo regalis
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Two photographs of Ferruginous Hawks
    Upper: an juvenile  (photographed by Ed Kendall)
    Lower: an adult  (photographed by Rick Greenspun, during a FONT tour)
    
    
98. Rough-legged Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______  W  jan  GC
    Buteo lagopus
    
    
    
    A light-morph Rough-legged Hawk
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
99. Red-shouldered Hawk  (AZr) (ph)  ______  GC
    Buteo lineatus
    
    
100. Broad-winged Hawk  (AZr)  ______
     Buteo platypterus
     
     
101. White-tailed Hawk  (AZr)  ______ 
     Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius
     
     
102. Golden Eagle  (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug  GC
     Aguila chrysaetos canadensis
     
     
103. Black Rail  (AZr)  ______
     Laterallus jamaicensis
     
     
104. Ridgway's Rail  (AZr) (ph)  ______
     Rallus obsoletus yumanensis
     
     Until 2014, the Ridgway's Rail was part of the Clapper Rail.
     
     
105. Virginia Rail  (ph) (*)  ______  W  aug,sep  GC
     Rallus limicola
     
     
106. Sora  (*) ______  W/S  jan,aug,sep  GC
     Porzana carolina  (monotypic)
     
     
107. Purple Gallinule (AZr) (ph) (*) ______ 
     Porphyrio martinicus  (monotypic)
     
     
108. Common Gallinule (ph) (*)  ______  W/S  jul,aug  GC
     (ph) (*)  ______  W/S  jul,aug  GC
     Gallinula galeata
     
     
109. American Coot  (ph) (*)  ______  W/S  jan,jul,aug,sep  GC
     Fulica a. americana
     
     
110. Sandhill Crane  (ph) (*) ______  W  jan
     Grus canadensis
     
     
111. Whooping Crane  (AZr)  ______  W  GC
     Grus americana
     
     Single Whooping Cranes were with Sandhill Cranes near Willcox in Oct 1979 & in De 1980 & Jan 1981; they were presumably raised at Gray's Lake.
        
     
112. Black Oystercatcher  (AZr) (ph)  ______
     Haematopus bachmani
     
     
113. Black-bellied (or Gray) Plover  (ph) (*) ______
     Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
     
     
114. American Golden Plover  (ph)  ______
     Pluvialis dominica
     
     
115. Snowy Plover  (ph)  ______  S/W
     Charadrius nivosus
     
     
     
     Snowy Plover
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
116. Semipalmated Plover  (ph) (*) ______  S  GC
     Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic)
     
     
117. Killdeer  (ph) (*)  ______  S/W  jan,jul,aug,sep  GC
     Charadrius v. vociferus 
     
     
118. Mountain Plover  (ph)  ______  W
     Charadrius montanus
     
     
119. Black-necked Stilt  (ph) (*)  ______  S  jul,aug,sep  GC  (was said by some to be conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World, Himantopus himantopus) 
     Himantopus mexicanus
     
     
120. American Avocet  (ph) (*)  ______  S  jul,aug,sep  GC
     Recurvirostra americana  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     American Avocet
     (photo by Abram Fleishman)
     
     
121. Greater Yellowlegs  (*) ______  S/W  aug,sep  GC
     Tringa melanoleuca  (monotypic)
     
     
122. Lesser Yellowlegs  (ph) (*) ______  S  jul,aug,sep  GC
     Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)
     
     
123. Solitary Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  ______ S  jul,aug,sep  GC
     Tringa solitaria
     
     
124. Spotted Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  ______  S/W  jul,aug  GC
     Actitis macularia  (monotypic)
     
     
125. Willet  (ph) (*) ______  S  aug  GC
     Tringa (has been Catoptrophorus) semipalmatus inornatus  
     
     
126. Upland Sandpiper  (AZr)  ______ 
     Bartramia longicauda 
     
     
127. "American" Whimbrel  (AZr) (ph) (*) ______
     Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
     
     
128. Long-billed Curlew (nt) (ph) (*) ______  S/W  sep  GC
     Numenius americanus  (2 subspecies occur in AZ: N. a. americanus & N. a. parvus)
     
     
129. Hudsonian Godwit  (AZr) (ph)  ______
     Limosa haemastica
     
     
130. Marbled Godwit  (ph)  ______  S  GC
     Limosa fedoa
     
     
131. Ruddy Turnstone  (AZr) (ph) (*)  ______  S  jul
     Arenaria interpres morinella
     
     
132. Red Knot  (AZr) (ph)  ______
     Calidris canutus rufa
     
     
133. Sanderling  (ph)   ______  S
     Calidris alba
     
     
134. Western Sandpiper  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug,sep  GC
     Calidris mauri  (monotypic)
     
     
135. Semipalmated Sandpiper  (AZr) (ph) (*) ______  S  GC
     Calidris pusilla  (monotypic)
     
     
136. Least Sandpiper  (ph) (*) ______  W/S  jan,jul,aug,sep  GC
     Calidris minutilla  (monotypic)
     
     
137. White-rumped Sandpiper  (AZr) (ph)  ______  S
     Calidris fuscicollis
     
     
138. Baird's Sandpiper  (ph) (*) ______  S  jul,aug,sep
     Calidris bairdii  (monotypic)
     
     
139. Pectoral Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  ______  S  aug  GC
     Calidris melanotos  (monotypic)
     
     
140. Dunlin  (ph)  ______  W  GC
     Calidris alpina
     
     
141. Stilt Sandpiper  (ph) (*) ______  S  aug
     Calidris (formerly Micropalama) himantopus  (monotypic)
     
     
142. Short-billed Dowitcher  (ph)  ______  S
     Limnodromus griseus
     
     
143. Long-billed Dowitcher  (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug  GC
     Limnodromus scolopaceus  (now monotypic)
     
     
144. Wilson's Snipe  (ph) (*) ______  W  GC  (was conspecific with the Common Snipe of the Old World, Gallinago gallinago) 
     Gallinago delicata  (monotypic)  
     
     
145. American Woodcock  (AZr) (ph)  ______
     Scolopax minor
     
     
146. Wilson's Phalarope  (*) ______  S  jul,aug,sep  GC
     Phalaropus tricolor  (monotypic)
     
     
147. Red-necked Phalarope  (ph)  ______  S  GC
     Phalaropus lobatus
     
     
148. Red Phalarope  (AZr) (ph)  ______
     Phalaropus fulicaria
     
     
149. Long-tailed Jaeger  (AZr) (ph)  ______
     Stercorarius longicaudus
     
     
150. Laughing Gull  (AZr) (ph)  ______
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) atricilla
     
     
151. Franklin's Gull  (AZr) (ph)  ______
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) pipixcan  (monotypic)
     
     
152. Bonaparte's Gull  (ph)  ______  W/S  GC
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) philadelphiusa
     
     
153. Heermann's Gull  (AZr) (ph)  ______  
     Larus heermanni 
     
     
     
     Heermann's Gull
     (photo by Armas Hill)
     
     
154. Ring-billed Gull  (ph) (*) ______  jul  GC
     Larus delawarensis  (monotypic)
     
     
155. California Gull  (AZr) (ph) (*) ______  GC
     Larus c. californicus
     
     
156. "American" Herring Gull  (AZr)  ______  GC
     Larus argentatus smithsonianus
     
     
157. Thayer's Gull  (AZr)  ______
     Larus thayeri
     
     
158. Sabine's Gull  (AZr) (ph)  ______  GC
     Xema sabini
     
     
159. Gull-billed Tern  (AZr) ______ 
     Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) nilotica vanrossemi
     
     
160. Common Tern  ______  S
     Sterna h. hirundo
     
     
161. Arctic Tern  (AZr)  ______
     Sterna paradisaea  
     
     
162. Forster's Tern  (ph) (*) ______  S  GC
     Sterna forsteri  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     Forster's Tern
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
163. Caspian Tern  (AZr) (ph)  ______
     Hydroprogne  (formerly Sterna) caspia  (monotypic)
     
     
164. Royal Tern  (AZr) (ph)  ______
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima 
     
     
165. Elegant Tern (nt) (AZr) (*) ______  jul
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) elegans  (monotypic)
     
     
166. Least Tern  (AZr)  ______  S
     Sternula antillarum 
     
     
167. Black Tern  (ph) (*) ______  S  jul,sep  GC
     Chlidonias niger surinamensis
     
     
     
     A Black Tern, in non-breeding plumage,
     as in Arizona in July & August
     (photo by Kim Steininger)
     
     
168. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (NAi)  (*) ______  S/W   jan,jul,aug,sep  GC
     Columba livia
     
     
169. Band-tailed Pigeon  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug,sep  GC
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) f. fasciata
     
     
     
     Band-tailed Pigeon
     (photo by Fred Lesser)
      
     
170. Eurasian Collared-Dove (i) (*) ______  S/W  jan,jul,aug,sep
     Streptopella d. decapcto
     
     
171. White-winged Dove  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jan,jul,aug,sep  nm
     Zenaida asiatica mearnsi
     
     
     
     White-winged Dove
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
172. Mourning Dove  (*) ______  S/W  jan,jul,aug,sep  GC  nm
     Zenaida aurita marginella
     
     
173. Inca Dove  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug  GC
     Columbina (or said by some to be Scardafella) inca  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     Inca Doves
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
174. Common Ground Dove  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jan,jul,aug  GC
     Columbina passerina pallescens
     
     
175. Ruddy Ground Dove  (AZr) ______
     Columbina taipacoti
     
     
176. White-tipped Dove  (AZr)  ______
     Leptotila verreauxi
     
     
177. Thick-billed Parrot  (NAr) (AZr)  ______  (occurred formerly in Arizona)
     Rhynchopsitta pachyhyncha
     
     Thick-billed Parrots were visitants from Mexico to montane coniferous forests in southern Arizona. There were no confirmed sightings in Arizona of wild birds from Mexico after 1938.   
     
     
178. Rosy-faced Lovebird  (i) (ph)  ______  S/W  sep  (also called Peach-faced Lovebird) 
     Agapornis roseicollis
     
     
     
     Rosy-faced Lovebirds photographed in Phoenix during a FONT tour in August 2010
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
179. Yellow-billed Cuckoo  (*) ______  S  jul,aug,sep  GC
     Coccyzus minor  (monotypic)
     
     
180. Black-billed Cuckoo (AZr)  ______
     Coccyzus erythropthalmus
     
     
181. Groove-billed Ani  (AZr) (ph)  ______  GC
     Crotophaga sulcirostris
     
     
182. Greater Roadrunner  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jan,jul,aug,sep  GC
     Geococcyx californianus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     Two photos of the Greater Roadrunner
     (upper photo by Howard Eskin; lower photo by Doris Potter)
     
     
     
     
183. Barn Owl  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug
     jul,aug
     Tyto alba pratincola
     
     
184. Western Screech Owl  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   aug  GC
     Megascops (formerly Otus) kennicottii  (more than 1 subspecies in AZ)
     Megascops kennicotti cineraceus  (subspecies in southeast AZ mountains)
     Megascops kennicotti gilmani  (subspecies in southern AZ deserts & foothills) 
     
     
     
     Western Screech Owl
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
185. Whiskered Screech Owl  (*) ______  S/W   (in Arizona, gray morph only, no red)
     Megascops (formerly) Otus trichopsis asperus 
     
     
186. Great Horned Owl  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   jan,jul,aug  GC
     Bubo virginianus pallescens 
     
     
     
     A Great Horned Owl as seen during the FONT tour in Arizona in August 2008
     
     
187. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl  (AZr) (ph)  ______  S/W
     Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum
     
     
     
     Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
     (photo by Dick Tipton)
     
     
188. Mountain Pygmy Owl (*) ______  S/W  jul  (has been part of the Northern Pygmy Owl; occurs in the oak woods of southeast Arizona)
     Glaucidium gnoma    
     
     
189. Northern Pygmy Owl ______  S/W  GC  (occurs in most of Arizona)
     Glaucidium californicum   
     
     
190. Elf Owl  (*) ______  S  jul,aug
     Micrathene w. whitneyi  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
191. Flamulated Owl  (*) ______  S  jul  GC
     Megascops (formerly Otus) flammeolus  (monotypic)
     
     
192. "Mexican" Spotted Owl  (nt) (ph) (*)______  S/W   jul  sas   
     Strix occidentalis lucida  (S. l. huachucae no longer valid)
     
     
     
     A young "Mexican" Spotted Owl,
     photographed during a FONT tour in Arizona
        
      
193. Burrowing Owl  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   jul,aug  GC
     Athene cunicularia hypugaea
     
     
     
     Burrowing Owl
     
     
194. Northern Long-eared Owl  (ph)  ______   W/S  GC
     Asio otus wilsonianus
     
     
195. Short-eared Owl  (ph)  ______  W
     Asio f. flammeus
     
     
196. Northern Saw-whet Owl  (ph)  ______  S/W  GC
     Aegolius a. acadicus    
     
     
197. Common Nighthawk  (*) ______  S  jul,aug  GC
     Chordeiles minor  (more than 1 subspecies in AZ)
     Chordeiles minor henryi  (breeding subspecies in AZ)
     Chordeiles minor hesperis  (the most common migrant subspecies in AZ)
     Chordeiles minor howelli  (records of this subspecies also in AZ) 
     
     
198. Lesser Nighthawk  (*) ______  S  jul,aug  GC
     Chlordeiles acutipennis texensis
     
     
199. Common Poorwill  (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug  GC
     Phalaenoptilus n. nuttallii
     
     
200. Buff-collared Nightjar ______  S
     Antrostomus (formerly Caprimulgus) ridgwayi
     
     
201. Mexican Whip-poor-will  (*) ______  S  jul  GC
     Antrostomus (formerly Caprimulgus) arizonae
     
      
202. White-throated Swift  (*) ______  jul,aug  GC
     Aeronautes s. saxatalis
     
     
203. American Black Swift  (AZr)  ______  S
     Cypseloides niger
     
     
204. Vaux's Swift  ______  S  GC
     Chaetura vauxi
     
     
205. Chimney Swift  (AZr)  ______  
     Chaetura pelagica
     
     
206. Broad-billed Hummingbird  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   jul,aug,sep  
     Cynanthus latirostris magicus
     
     
     
     Two photographs of Broad-billed Hummingbirds
     (the above photo by Doris Potter, during a FONT Arizona tour in 2008;
      the photo below by Larry O'Meallie)   
     
     
     
     
     
207. Berylline Hummingbird (AZr) (*) ______  S  jul,aug,sep  sas
     Amazilia beryllina viola
     
     
208. White-eared Hummingbird (AZr) (ph) (*) ______  S  jul,aug,sep  sas
     Basilinna leucotis borealis  (formerly genus Hylocharis)
     
     
209. Violet-crowned Hummingbird (AZr) (ph) (*) ______  S  jul,aug,sep   sas  
     Amazilia violiceps ellioti
     
     
     
     Above & below: Violet-crowned Hummingbirds photographed during FONT tours.
     Above: A bird at its nest. Below: Another at a feeder during our August 2010 Tour. 
     
     
        
     
     
210. Blue-throated Mountaingem  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug,sep  (has been called Blue-throated Hummingbird) 
     Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus  (the nominate race said to be restricted to the Chisos Mtns of Texas)
     
     
     
     A Blue-throated Mountain-gem, photographed
     during a FONT tour in Arizona
        
     
211. "Rivoli's" Magnificent  Hummingbird  (ph) (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug,sep  GC
     Eugenes fulgens
     
     
     
     The "Rivoli's" subspecies of the Magnificent Hummingbird
     (photo by Larry O'Meallie)
      
     
212. Lucifer Hummingbird  (AZr) (ph) (*) ______  S  jul,aug  (has been called Lucifer Sheartail)
     Calothorax lucifer  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     Lucifer Hummingbirds photographed during a FONT tour in Arizona
     Above: a male; below: a female.  
     
     
     
     
     
213. Black-chinned Hummingbird  (ph) (*)______  S/W   jul,aug,sep  GC
     Archilochus alexandri  (monotypic)
     
     Photos below of Black-chinned Hummingbirds,
     a male (upper) & a female (lower)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
214. Anna's Hummingbird  (ph) (*) ______  W/S   jan,jul,aug,sep  GC
     Calypte anna  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     Anna's Hummingbird
     (photo above of a male, by Larry O'Meallie:
     photo below of a female at its nest with young, by Howard Eskin)
     
     
     
     
     A Costa's-Anna's hybrid was seen during a FONT Arizona tour in August 2010. 
     
     
215. Costa's Hummingbird  (ph) (*) ______  W/S   jul,aug,sep  GC
     Calypte costae  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     Costa's Hummingbird
     (upper photo by Howard Eskin; lower photo by Larry O'Meallie)
     
     
     
      
     
216. Calliope Hummingbird  (ph) (*) ______  S   jul,aug,sep  GC
     Selasphorus (formerly Stellula) calliope  (now monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     Two photos of Calliope Hummingbirds
     (the upper photo by Doris Potter during the FONT Arizona tour in 2008)
     
     
217. Broad-tailed Hummingbird  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   jul,aug,sep  GC
     Selasphorus platycercus  (now monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     Two photos of Broad-tailed Hummingbirds
     Above: an adult male  (photo by Larry O'Meallie)
     Below: an immature male  (photo by Doris Potter, 
     during the FONT tour in Arizona in August 2008) 
     
     
218. Rufous Hummingbird  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   jul,aug,sep  GC
     Selasphorus rufus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     An immature female Rufous Hummingbird
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
219. Allen's Hummingbird  (ph) (*) ______  S   jul,aug
     Selasphorus s. sasin  (AZ specimens have been the smaller nominate race; the other subspecies occurs on offshore California islands)
     
     
     
     An adult female Allen's Hummingbird
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
220. Plain-capped Starthroat  (AZr)  ______  S
     Heliomaster constantii
     
     
221. Eared Quetzal  (AZr)  ______  S/W
     Euptilotis neoxenus
     
     The Eared Quetzal was first found in southern Arizona in the Chiricahua Mountains in 1977.
     
     
222. Elegant Trogon  (*) ______  S/W   jul,aug  sas  (the race in AZ, & in North America, was formerly called the Coppery-tailed Trogon) 
     Trogon elegans canescens
     
     
223. Belted Kingfisher  (ph) (*) ______  W  GC
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
     
     
224. Green Kingfisher  (ph) (*) ______  W/S   jul
     Chloroceryle americana hachisukai
     
     
225. Lewis's Woodpecker  ______  W  GC
     Melanerpes lewis
     
     
226. Acorn Woodpecker  (ph) (*) ______  S/W    jan,jul,aug,sep  GC
     Melanerpes f. formicivorus  (M. formicivorus aculeatus no longer valid) 
     
     
     
     Acorn Woodpecker
     (photo by Armas Hill)
      
     
227. Gila Woodpecker  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   jan,jul,aug,sep  GC  sas
     Melanerpes u. uropygialis
     
     
     
     Gila Woodpecker
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
228. Red-naped Sapsucker  (ph) (*) ______  W   jan
     Sphyrapicus nuchalis
     
     
     
     Red-naped Sapsucker
     (photo by Rick Greenspun)
     
     
229. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  (AZr) (ph)  ______  W  GC
     Sphyrapicus varius  (monotypic)
     
     
230. Red-breasted Sapsucker  (AZr)  ______  W  GC
     Sphyrapicus ruber daggetti
     
     
231. Williamson's Sapsucker  (AZr)  ______  W  GC
     Sphyrapicus thyroideus
     
     
232. Ladder-backed Woodpecker  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   jan,jul,aug,sep  GC
     Picoides (formerly Dendrocopos) scalaris cactophilus
     
     
     
     Ladder-backed Woodpecker
     (photo by Howad Eskin)
     
     
233. Hairy Woodpecker  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   jul,aug  GC
     Picoides (formerly Dendrocopos) villosus icastus
     
     
234. Arizona Woodpecker  (*) ______  S/W  jul,aug,sep  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)
     
     
235. American Three-toed Woodpecker  ______  GC
     Picoides dorsalis
     
     
236. Gilded Flicker  (ph) (*) ______  S/W   jul,sep  sas
     Colaptes chrysoides mearnsi
     
     
     
     Gilded Flicker
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
237. "Red-shafted" Northern Flicker  (*) ______  S/W   jan,jul,aug,sep  GC
     Colaptes auratus collaris
     
     
238. Rose-throated Becard (NAr) (AZr) (*) ______  S   jul  sas
     Pachyramphus aglaiae albiventris 
     
     
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