List of Birds of Arizona

Mathew Louis

INCOMPLETE

KEY

P Pima County

S Santa Cruz County

C Cochise County

‡ Escape

RI. Reintroduced

I. Introduced

○ Established in southeastern Arizona

△ Arizona outside of PSC, southeastern Arizona

N Nesting

e Erroneous entry

~ Also recorded outside s.e. Arizona

--- Subspecies indistinguishable in field from related taxon

X Hybridization record/Intergradation record

н Hypothetical record

† Extirpated

+ Introduced

* Important Rarity (Accidental, Casual) and Review Species

spec. specimen

Res. Resident, Non-breeding Resident

( ) Year of most recent occurrence if <2005, either for the state or for a particular county

( ) Year of last occurrence in a given county (PSC) if <2005

[v] identified by vocalization alone

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571 RECOGNIZED SPECIES

Two possible species splits may affect and augment the total figure. They are the nominate subspecies of Anas crecca Green-winged Teal and the nominate subspecies of Buteo lineatus Red-shouldered Hawk.

1 First of Four Pages: Casuariidae to Charadriidae

1--143

Casuariidae, Anatidae, Numididae, Odontophoridae, Phasianidae, Gaviidae, Diomedeidae, Hydrobatidae, Procellariidae, Podicipedidae, Phaethontidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Ardeidae, Pelecanidae, Fregatidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Cathartidae, Pandionidae, Accipitridae, Rallidae, Gruidae, Haematopodidae, Burhinidae, Recurvirostridae, Jacanidae, Charadriidae

2 Second of Four Pages: Scolopacidae to Psittaculidae

Scolopacidae, Laridae, Stercorariidae, Columbidae, Cuculidae, Tytonidae, Strigidae, Caprimulgidae, Apodidae, Trochilidae, Trogonidae, Alcedinidae, Picidae, Falconidae, Cacatuidae, Psittacidae, Psittaculidae

3 Third of Four Pages: Tyrannidae to Motacillidae

Tyrannidae, Tityridae, Laniidae, Vireonidae, Corvidae, Bombycillidae, Ptiliogonatidae, Paridae, Remizidae, Alaudidae, Pycnonotidae, Hirundinidae, Aegithalidae, Regulidae, Troglodytidae, Polioptilidae, Sittidae, Certhiidae, Mimidae, Sturnidae, Turdidae, Muscicapidae, Cinclidae, Passeridae, Ploceidae, Estrildidae, Viduidae, Peucedramidae, Motacillidae

4 Fourth of Four Pages: Fringillidae to Thraupidae

Fringillidae, Calcariidae, Emberizidae, Passerculidae, Icteriidae, Icteridae, Parulidae, Cardinalidae, Thraupidae

FAMILY CASUARIIDAE

[‡△ Dromaius novaehollandiae Emu]

FAMILY ANATIDAE

[‡△ Dendrocygna viduata White-faced Whistling Duck]

1 ○ Dendrocygna autumnalis Black-bellied Whistling Duck [=fallalis] Summer N:SC~ Summer:P

2 ○ Dendrocygna bicolor Fulvous Whistling Duck Rare*:P S(1990)~

3 ○ Anser caerulescens Snow Goose Rare:PSC~ Hybrid X A. rossii △

4 ○ Anser rossii Ross' Goose Rare:PSC~ Hybrid X A. caerulescens △

5 ○ Anser albifrons frontalis Greater White-fronted Goose Rare:PSC~

e Anser albifrons gambeli ascribed to subspecies based on P spec. of A. a. frontalis

[‡ Anser anser Graylag Goose PC~ domestic]

[‡ Anser cygnoides Swan Goose PC~ domestic]

6 ○ Branta bernicla nigricans Brant Rare*:PC~

7 ○ Branta hutchinsii Cackling Goose Rare:C~

○ Branta hutchinsii minima Rare:SC~

○ Branta hutchinsii taverneri Rare:P~

○ Branta hutchinsii leucopareia Rare:P~

8 ○ Branta canadensis parvipes Canada Goose Rare:PSC~ N:△

△ Branta canadensis occidentalis

△ Branta canadensis maxima

○ Branta canadensis moffitti Rare: PSC~

[‡△ Cygnus atratus Black Swan]

[‡△ Cygnus olor Mute Swan]

9 ○ Cygnus buccinator Trumpeter Swan Rare*:PS C(1998)~

10 ○ Cygnus columbianus Tundra Swan Rare:PSC~

[‡ Alopochen aegyptiacus Egyptian Goose C (c1947, Brandt, Arizona and Its Bird Life) ‡~]

[‡△ Tadorna tadorna Common Shelduck]

[‡ Cairina moschata Muscovy Duck PC S(2001) domestic]

[‡△ Callonetta leucophrys Ringed Teal]

[‡ Aix galericulata Mandarin Duck C ‡~]

11 ○ Aix sponsa Wood Duck Rare:PSC~ N:△ Hybrid X Anas platyrhynchos △

[‡△ Lophonetta specularioides Crested Duck]

12 △ Sibirionetta formosa Baikal Teal Rare* [e:S]

13 ○ Spatula querquedula Garganey Rare*:P (1992) н:C (1991)

14 ○ Spatula discors Blue-winged Teal Rare:PSC~ N:△ Hybrid X S. cyanoptera septentrionalium PSC~; S. clypeata P~

15 ○ Spatula cyanoptera septentrionalium Cinnamon Teal N:P~ Non-breeding Res:SC~ Hybrid X S. clypeata PC~; S. discors PSC~

16 ○ Spatula clypeata Northern Shoveler N:P~ Wintering:SC Hybrid X S. discors P~; S. cyanoptera septentrionalium PC~

17 ○ Mareca strepera Gadwall N:S~ Wintering:PC~

18 ○ Mareca penelope Eurasian Wigeon Rare:PSC~ Hybrid X M. americana PSC~

19 ○ Mareca americana American Wigeon Wintering:PSC~ N:△ Hybrid X M. penelope PSC~

20 ○ Anas platyrhynchos Mallard N:PS~ Non-breeding Res.:C Hybrid X A. diazi PSC~; X Aix sponsa △

21 ○ Anas diazi Mexican Duck [=platyrhynchos diazi] N:PC~ Non-breeding Res.:S~ Hybrid X A. platyrhynchos PSC~

e Anas fulvigula Mottled Duck erroneously conflated with this species

22 ○ Anas acuta Northern Pintail Wintering:PSC~ N:△

23 △ Anas crecca Green-winged Teal Rare* This may possibly represent a species split.

○ Anas crecca carolinensis Wintering:PSC~ N:△

[н△ Anas rubripes American Black Duck (1990)]

[‡ Anas bahamensis White-cheeked Pintail P ‡~]

[‡△ Netta rufina Red-crested Pochard]

24 ○ Aythya valisineria Canvasback Wintering:PSC~ N:△

25 ○ Aythya americana Redhead Wintering:PSC~ N:△

26 ○ Aythya collaris Ring-necked Duck Wintering:PSC~ N:△

27 △ Aythya fuligula Tufted Duck Rare* (1997) н:P

28 ○ Aythya marila mariloides Greater Scaup Rare:PSC~

29 ○ Aythya affinis Lesser Scaup Wintering:PSC~ N:△?

30 ○ Histrionicus histrionicus Rare*:P (1995)

31 ○ Melanitta perspicillata Surf Scoter Rare:PSC~

32 ○ Melanitta deglandi White-winged Scoter [=fusca deglandi] Rare:PC~

33 ○ Melanitta americana Black Scoter [=nigra americana] Rare:P~

34 ○ Clangula hyemalis Long-tailed Duck Rare:PSC~

35 ○ Bucephala albeola Bufflehead Wintering:PSC~

36 ○ Bucephala clangula americana Common Goldeneye Rare:PSC~

37 ○ Bucephala islandica Barrow's Goldeneye Rare:P(1973) C(1982)~

38 ○ Lophodytes cucullatus Hooded Merganser Rare:PSC~

39 ○ Mergus merganser americanus Common Merganser Wintering:PSC~ N:△

40 ○ Mergus serrator Red-breasted Merganser Rare:PSC~

41 ○ Oxyura jamaicensis Ruddy Duck N:PC~ Non-breeding Res.:S~

[н△ Nomonyx dominicus Masked Duck (1977)]

FAMILY NUMIDIDAE

[‡ Numida meleagris galeata Helmeted Guineafowl PC ‡~]

FAMILY ODONTOPHORIDAE

42 ‡ Colinus virginianus Northern Bobwhite P~ S[v]

○ Colinus virginianus ridgwayi N:P RI. (formerly †)

43 ○ Callipepla squamata pallida Scaled Quail N:PSC~ fulvipectus

44 △+ Callipepla californica California Quail I.:△

45 ○ Callipepla gambelii Gambel's Quail N:PSC~

[‡ Callipepla douglasii bensoni Elegant Quail C (1998)]

46 ○ Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi Montezuma Quail N:PSC~

FAMILY PHASIANIDAE

47 ‡ Meleagris gallopavo Wild Turkey P ‡~

○ Meleagris gallopavo merriami N:C~ Non-breeding Res.:PS

○ Meleagris gallopavo mexicana N:C

48 △ Dendragapus obscurus Dusky Grouse [н:C (1982)] N:△

e△ Tympanuchus phasianellus

[н△ Centrocercus minimus Gunnison Sage Grouse (c2000), attributed to former distribution in state]

[н△ Centrocercus urophasianus

[н△ Lagopus leucurus

[‡ Gallus gallus Red Junglefowl domestic PC~]

[‡ Lophura sp.

49 ○+ Phasianus colchicus bianchii Ring-necked Pheasant I. N:△ I.:PSC~

‡ Phasianus colchicus torquatus PSC~

[‡ Chrysolophus pictus Golden Pheasant

[‡△ Chrysolophous amherstiae

[‡ Pavo cristatus Common Peafowl C P(1979; (Fisk, Peacocks of Baboquivari, p. 22))

50 ○+ Alectoris chukar (cypriotes) Chukar N:△ ‡PS C (1983)

[△ Alectoris rufa

[Perdix perdix

[△ Coturnix japonica

FAMILY GAVIIDAE

51 ○ Gavia stellata Red-throated Loon Rare:PSC~

52 ○ Gavia pacifica Pacific Loon Rare:PSC~

53 ○ Gavia immer Common Loon Rare:PSC~

54 △ Gavia adamsii Yellow-billed Loon Rare*

FAMILY DIOMEDEIDAE

55 △ Phoebastria immutabilis Laysan Albatross Rare* (1981; spec. 1988)

FAMILY HYDROBATIDAE

56 ○ Hydrobates leucorhous Leach's Storm-Petrel sight records of individuals, construed with H. socorroensis and H. cheimomnestes ?~

[н Hydrobates socorroensis Townsend's Storm-Petrel construed with H. leucorhous, H. cheimomnestes, based on sight record of same individual]

[н Hydrobates cheimomnestes Ainley's Storm-Petrel construed with H. leucorhous, H. socorroensis, based on sight record of same individual]

57 ○ Hydrobates tethys Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Rare*~

58 ○ Hydrobates melania Black Storm-Petrel Rare*~

59 ○ Hydrobates microsoma Least Storm-Petrel Rare*~

FAMILY PROCELLARIIDAE

60 ○ Pterodroma externa Juan Fernandez Petrel Rare*:P

61 △ Pterodroma sandwichensis Hawaiian Petrel [=phaeopygia sandwichensis] spec.

62 ○ Ardenna pacifica Wedge-tailed Shearwater Rare*:P

63 △ Ardenna grisea Sooty Shearwater Rare*

64 △ Puffinus opisthomelas Black-vented Shearwater (1997 sight record)

FAMILY PODICIPEDIDAE

65 ○ Tachybaptus dominicus bangsi Least Grebe Rare N*:P Rare:P(2000)S C(1999)

66 ○ Podilymbus podiceps Pied-billed Grebe N:PSC~

67 ○ Podiceps auritus Horned Grebe Rare:PSC

68 ○ Podiceps grisegena Red-necked Grebe Rare:C~

69 ○ Podiceps nigricollis californicus Eared Grebe N:C~ Wintering:PS

70 ○ Aechmophorus occidentalis Western Grebe Migratory:PSC~ N:△

71 ○ Aechmophorus clarkii Clark's Grebe Migratory:PSC~ N:△

FAMILY PHAETHONTIDAE

72 △ Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird

73 ○ Phaethon aethereus Red-billed Tropicbird

FAMILY CICONIIDAE

74 ○ Mycteria americana Wood Stork Rare

FAMILY THRESKIORNITHIDAE

[△ Threskiornis aethiopica Sacred Ibis Escape: 1995, ?]

75 ○ Eudocimus albus White Ibis Rare*P~

[н Eudocimus ruber Scarlet Ibis н:P (1890)]

76 ○ Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis Rare*:P

77 ○ Plegadis chihi White-faced Ibis Migratory:PSC N:△

78 ○ Platalea ajaja Roseate Spoonbill Rare:PSC~

FAMILY ARDEIDAE

79 ○ Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern Wintering:PC N:△

80 ○ Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern N:S~ Rare:C P

81 ○ Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron N:PSC~

82 ○ Ardea alba egretta Great Egret N:△

83 ○ Egretta thula brewsteri Snowy Egret N:△

84 ○ Egretta caerulea Little Blue Heron

85 ○ Egretta tricolor ruficollis Tricolored Heron

86 ○ Egretta rufescens Reddish Egret

87 ○ Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret N:△

88 ○ Butorides virescens anthonyi Green Heron [=striatus anthonyi] N:PSC~

89 ○ Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli Black-crowned Night-Heron N:PC~

90 ○ Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Rare*:

FAMILY PELECANIDAE

91 ○ Pelecanus erythrorhynchos American White Pelican

92 ○ Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Brown Pelican

FAMILY FREGATIDAE

93 ○ Fregata magnificens Magnificent Frigatebird

FAMILY SULIDAE

94 ○ Sula nebouxii Blue-footed Booby

95 △ Sula leucogaster Brown Booby

FAMILY PHALACROCORACIDAE

96 ○ Nannopterum auritum Double-crested Cormorant Migratory:PSC~ N:△

○ Nannopterum auritum albociliatum Migratory:P

97 ○ Nannopterum brasilianum mexicanum Neotropic Cormorant [=olivaceus mexicanus] PSC~

FAMILY ANHINGIDAE

98 ○ Anhinga anhinga Anhinga 1893 spec. (spec. not extant)

Old World sp.

FAMILY CATHARTIDAE

99 ○ Cathartes aura Turkey Vulture N:PSC~

100 ○ Coragyps atratus Black Vulture N:S~ PC

[н△ Sarcoramphus papa King Vulture (1865)]

101 †○ Gymnogyps californianus California Condor Intr. N:△

e△ Vultur gryphus Andean Condor conflated with Gymnogyps californianus (Bonaparte, American Ornithology, 4:17)

FAMILY PANDIONIDAE

102 ○ Pandion haliaetus carolinensis Osprey Migratory:PSC~ N:△

FAMILY ACCIPITRIDAE

103 ○ Elanus leucurus majusculus White-tailed Kite N:PS~

104 ○ Elanoides forficatus Swallow-tailed Kite Rare*:S ~ (1980, 2023)

105 ○ Aquila chrysaetos canadensis Golden Eagle N:PSC~

106 ○ Circus hudsonius Northern Harrier [=cyaneus hudsonius] N:△

107 ○ Accipiter striatus velox Sharp-shinned Hawk N:PSC~

○ Accipiter striatus suttoni N:C

108 ○ Accipiter cooperii Cooper's Hawk N:PSC~

109 ○ Accipiter gentilis atricapillus American Goshawk N:PSC~

○ Accipiter gentilis apache N:C

110 ○ Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle N:△

111 ○ Ictinia mississippiensis Mississippi Kite N:C~

112 ○ Buteogallus anthracinus Common Black Hawk [=micronyx] N:PSC~

[н Buteogallus urubitinga ridgwayi Great Black Hawk н:C (1987)]

113 ○ Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi Harris' Hawk N:PC~ S

114 ○ Geranoaetus albicaudatus hypospodius White-tailed Hawk Rare*:? N:△?

115 ○ Buteo plagiatus Gray Hawk [=nitida plagiata] N:PSC~

116 △ Buteo lineatus Red-shouldered Hawk Rare This may possibly represent a species split.

○ Buteo lineatus elegans Rare:P N:△

117 ○ Buteo platypterus Broad-winged Hawk

118 ○ Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus Short-tailed Hawk N:C

119 ○ Buteo swainsoni Swainson's Hawk N:PC~

120 ○ Buteo albonotatus Zone-tailed Hawk N:PSC~

121 ○ Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi Red-tailed Hawk N:PSC~

○ Buteo jamaicensis calurus N:PSC~

○ Buteo jamaicensis harlani

○ Buteo jamaicensis kriderii

△ Buteo jamaicensis borealis Wintering:△

122 ○ Buteo lagopus Rough-legged Hawk Wintering:P

123 ○ Buteo regalis Ferruginous Hawk Wintering:PSC~ N:△

FAMILY RALLIDAE

124 ○ Rallus obsoletus yumanensis Ridgway's Rail [=longirostris yumanensis] Rare:P N:~

125 ○ Rallus limicola Virginia Rail N:PC~ Wintering:S

126 ○ Porzana carolina Sora Wintering:PSC~ N:△

127 ○ Gallinula galeata cachinnans Common Gallinule [=chloropus cachinnans] N:PC~ Resident:S

e Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen conflated in P record with G. galeata cachinnans

128 ○ Fulica americana American Coot N:PSC~

129 ○ Porphyrio martinicus Purple Gallinule Rare: P

130 ○ Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus Black Rail Rare*:P (1972)~ N:△

FAMILY GRUIDAE

131 ○ Antigone canadensis Sandhill Crane Wintering:PSC~ N:△

Antigone canadensis tabida

132 ○ Grus grus Common Crane Rare*:C~

[Grus americana Whooping Crane H:C (1989)]

FAMILY BURHINIDAE

[△ Burhinus bistriatus Double-striped Thick-knee (1989)]

FAMILY HAEMATOPODIDAE

[△ Haematopus bachmani AZ (1972)]

FAMILY RECURVIROSTRIDAE

133 ○ Himantopus mexicanus Black-necked Stilt N:PC~ Migratory:S

134 ○ Recurvirostra americana American Avocet N:PC~ Migratory:S

FAMILY JACANIDAE

135 ○ Jacana spinosa gymnostoma Northern Jacana Rare*:P

FAMILY CHARADRIIDAE

136 ○ Pluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Plover

137 ○ Pluvialis dominica American Golden-Plover н:C (1986) ?

138 ○ Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden-Plover Rare*:C

139 ○ Charadrius vociferus Killdeer N:PSC~

140 ○ Charadrius semipalmatus Semipalmated Plover Migratory:P

141 △ Charadrius mongolus Lesser Sand-Plover Rare*

142 ○ Charadrius montanus Mountain Plover Wintering:P N:△

143 ○ Charadrius nivosus Snowy Plover [=alexandrinus] N:C~

Above image is of a Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum mexicanum (pinioned right wing). Pima County, Arizona. 2022. Mathew Louis.

2023

The region defined as southeastern Arizona includes all of Cochise, Pima, and Santa Cruz counties. The other counties of Arizona include Apache, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Navajo, Maricopa, Mohave, Pinal, Yavapai, and Yuma counties. Arizona is bordered by California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah in the United States and by Baja California and Sonora in México.