Official Arizona State List compiled by the

 

Arizona Bird Committee

 

n = Has nested in Arizona 

[ ] = Species in brackets have not been physically documented with photograph, tape recording, or specimen.

 

Anatidae - Swans, Geese, Ducks

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, n

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow Goose

Ross's Goose

Brant

Cackling Goose

Canada Goose, n

Trumpeter Swan

Tundra Swan

Wood Duck, n

Gadwall, n

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon, n

Mallard, n

"Mexican Duck", n

Blue-winged Teal, n

Cinnamon Teal, n

Northern Shoveler, n

Northern Pintail, n

Garganey

Green-winged Teal, n

[“Common Teal”]

Canvasback

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

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck, n

Phasianidae - Partridges, Grouse, and Turkey

Chukar, n (int)

Ring-necked Pheasant, n (int)

Dusky Grouse, n

Wild Turkey, n (int)

Odontophoridae - Quail

Scaled Quail, n

California Quail, n (int)

Gambel's Quail, n

Northern Bobwhite, n

Montezuma Quail, n

Gaviidae - Loons

Red-throated Loon

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Yellow-billed Loon

Podicipedidae - Grebes

Least Grebe, n?

Pied-billed Grebe, n

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Eared Grebe, n

Western Grebe, n

Clark's Grebe, n

Diomedeidae - Albatrosses

Laysan Albatross

Procellariidae - Shearwaters

Sooty Shearwater

Hydrobatidae - Storm-Petrels

[Leach’s Storm-Petrel]

Black Storm-Petrel

Least Storm-Petrel

Phaethontidae - Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird

Red-billed Tropicbird

Sulidae - Boobies

Blue-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Pelecanidae - Pelicans

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants

Neotropic Cormorant, n

Double-crested Cormorant, n

Anhingidae - Anhinga

Anhinga

Fregatidae - Frigatebirds

Magnificent Frigatebird

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

Ciconiidae - Storks

Wood Stork

Cathartidae - New World Vultures

Black Vulture, n

Turkey Vulture, n

California Condor

Accipitridae - Kites, Eagles, and Hawks

Osprey, n

[Swallow-tailed Kite]

White-tailed Kite, n

Mississippi Kite, n

Bald Eagle, n

Northern Harrier, n

Sharp-shinned Hawk, n

Cooper's Hawk, n

Northern Goshawk, n

Gray Hawk, n

Common Black-Hawk, n

Harris's Hawk, n

Red-shouldered Hawk, n

Broad-winged Hawk

Short-tailed Hawk

Swainson's Hawk, n

White-tailed Hawk

Zone-tailed Hawk, n

Red-tailed Hawk, n

“Harlan’s” Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk, n

Rough-legged Hawk

Golden Eagle, n

Falconidae - Caracaras and Falcons

Crested Caracara, n

American Kestrel, n

Merlin

Aplomado Falcon, n

Peregrine Falcon, n

Prairie Falcon, n

Rallidae - Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Black Rail, n

Clapper Rail, n

Virginia Rail, n

Sora, n

Purple Gallinule

Common Moorhen, n

American Coot, n

Gruidae - Cranes

Sandhill Crane

Charadriidae - Plovers

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

Snowy Plover, n

Semipalmated Plover

Killdeer, n

Mountain Plover, n

Recurvirostridae - Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt, n

American Avocet, n

Jacanidae - Jacanas

Northern Jacana

Scolopacidae - Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Solitary Sandpiper

Willet

Wandering Tattler

Spotted Sandpiper, n

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Long-billed Curlew, n

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Ruddy Turnstone

Black Turnstone

Red Knot

Sanderling

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Dunlin

Stilt Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Ruff

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson’s Snipe, n

Wilson's Phalarope, n

Red-necked Phalarope

Red Phalarope

Laridae - Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Heermann's Gull

Mew Gull

Ring-billed Gull

California Gull

Herring Gull

Thayer's Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Yellow-footed Gull

Western Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Glaucous Gull

Sabine's Gull

Black-legged Kittiwake

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Royal Tern

Elegant Tern

Common Tern

Arctic Tern

Forster's Tern

Least Tern

Black Tern

Black Skimmer

Stercorariidae - Jaegers

Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Long-tailed Jaeger

Columbidae - Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon, n (int)

Band-tailed Pigeon, n

Eurasian Collared-Dove, n

White-winged Dove, n

Mourning Dove, n

Inca Dove, n

Common Ground-Dove, n

Ruddy Ground-Dove, n?

Psittacidae - Parrots

Thick-billed Parrot

Cuculidae - Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis

Black-billed Cuckoo

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, n

Greater Roadrunner, n

Groove-billed Ani

Tytonidae - Barn Owls

Barn Owl, n

Strigidae - Typical Owls

Flammulated Owl, n

Western Screech-Owl, n

Whiskered Screech-Owl, n

Great Horned Owl, n

Northern Pygmy-Owl

californicum form, n

gnoma form, n

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, n

Elf Owl, n

Burrowing Owl, n

Spotted Owl, n

Long-eared Owl, n

Short-eared Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl, n

Caprimulgidae - Nighthawks and Nightjars

Lesser Nighthawk, n

Common Nighthawk, n

Common Poorwill, n

Buff-collared Nightjar, n

Whip-poor-will

arizonae form, n

vociferus form

Apodidae - Swifts

[Black Swift]

Chimney Swift

Vaux's Swift

White-throated Swift, n

Trochilidae - Hummingbirds

Broad-billed Hummingbird, n

White-eared Hummingbird, n

Berylline Hummingbird, n

Cinnamon Hummingbird

Violet-crowned Hummingbird, n

Blue-throated Hummingbird, n

Magnificent Hummingbird, n

Plain-capped Starthroat

Lucifer Hummingbird, n

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird, n

Anna's Hummingbird, n

Costa's Hummingbird, n

Calliope Hummingbird

Bumblebee Hummingbird

Broad-tailed Hummingbird, n

Rufous Hummingbird

Allen's Hummingbird

Trogonidae - Trogons

Elegant Trogon, n

Eared Quetzal, n

Alcedinidae - Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher, n

Green Kingfisher, n

Picidae - Woodpeckers

Lewis's Woodpecker, n

Red-headed Woodpecker

Acorn Woodpecker, n

Gila Woodpecker, n

Williamson's Sapsucker, n

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-naped Sapsucker, n

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Ladder-backed Woodpecker, n

Downy Woodpecker, n

Hairy Woodpecker, n

Arizona Woodpecker, n

American Three-toed Woodpecker, n

Northern Flicker

Yellow-shafted form

Red-shafted form, n

Gilded Flicker, n

Tyrannidae - Tyrant Flycatchers

Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, n

Tufted Flycatcher

Olive-sided Flycatcher, n

Greater Pewee, n

Western Wood-Pewee, n

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher, n

Least Flycatcher

Hammond's Flycatcher, n

Gray Flycatcher, n

Dusky Flycatcher, n

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Cordilleran Flycatcher, n

Buff-breasted Flycatcher, n

Black Phoebe, n

Eastern Phoebe

Say's Phoebe, n

Vermilion Flycatcher, n

Dusky-capped Flycatcher, n

Ash-throated Flycatcher, n

Nutting's Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher, n

Great Kiskadee

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, n

Tropical Kingbird, n

Couch's Kingbird

Cassin's Kingbird, n

Thick-billed Kingbird, n

Western Kingbird, n

Eastern Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, n

INCERTAE SEDIS (taxonomic position uncertain)

Rose-throated Becard, n

Laniidae - Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike, n

Northern Shrike

Vireonidae - Vireos

White-eyed Vireo

Bell's Vireo, n

Black-capped Vireo

Gray Vireo, n

Yellow-throated Vireo

Plumbeous Vireo, n

Cassin’s Vireo

[Blue-headed Vireo]

Hutton's Vireo, n

Warbling Vireo, n

Philadelphia Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Yellow-green Vireo

Corvidae - Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Gray Jay, n

Steller's Jay, n

Blue Jay

Western Scrub-Jay, n

Mexican Jay, n

Pinyon Jay, n

Clark's Nutcracker, n

Black-billed Magpie, n

American Crow, n

Chihuahuan Raven, n

Common Raven, n

Alaudidae - Larks

Horned Lark, n

Hirundinidae - Swallows

Purple Martin, n

Brown-chested Martin

Tree Swallow, n

Violet-green Swallow, n

Northern Rough-winged Swallow, n

Bank Swallow

Cliff Swallow, n

Cave Swallow, n

Barn Swallow, n

Paridae - Chickadees and Titmice

Black-capped Chickadee

Mountain Chickadee, n

Mexican Chickadee, n

Bridled Titmouse, n

Juniper Titmouse, n

Remizidae - Verdins

Verdin, n

Aegithalidae - Bushtits

Bushtit, n

Sittidae - Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatch, n

White-breasted Nuthatch, n

Pygmy Nuthatch, n

Certhiidae - Creepers

Brown Creeper, n

Troglodytidae - Wrens

Cactus Wren, n

Rock Wren, n

Canyon Wren, n

Carolina Wren

Bewick's Wren, n

House Wren, n

Winter Wren, n

Marsh Wren, n

Cinclidae - Dippers

American Dipper, n

Regulidae - Kinglets

Golden-crowned Kinglet, n

Ruby-crowned Kinglet, n

Sylviidae - Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, n

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, n

Black-capped Gnatcatcher, n

Turdidae - Thrushes

Northern Wheatear

Eastern Bluebird, n

Western Bluebird, n

Mountain Bluebird, n

Townsend's Solitaire, n

Veery, n

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush, n

Hermit Thrush, n

Wood Thrush

Rufous-backed Robin

American Robin, n

Varied Thrush

Aztec Thrush

Mimidae - Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Gray Catbird, n

Northern Mockingbird, n

Sage Thrasher, n

Brown Thrasher

Bendire's Thrasher, n

Curve-billed Thrasher, n

Crissal Thrasher, n

Le Conte's Thrasher, n

Blue Mockingbird

Sturnidae - Starlings

European Starling, n

Motacillidae - Wagtails and Pipits

White Wagtail

Red-throated Pipit

American Pipit, n

Sprague's Pipit

Bombycillidae - Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing

Cedar Waxwing

Ptilogonatidae - Silky-flycatchers

Phainopepla, n

Peucedramidae - Olive Warbler

Olive Warbler, n

Parulidae - Wood Warblers

Blue-winged Warbler

Golden-winged Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler, n

Nashville Warbler

Virginia's Warbler, n

Lucy's Warbler, n

Crescent-chested Warbler

Northern Parula, n

Tropical Parula

Yellow Warbler, n

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Audubon's form, n

Myrtle form

Black-throated Gray Warbler, n

Black-throated Green Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Hermit Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Grace's Warbler, n

Pine Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Palm Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Cerulean Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler, n

American Redstart, n

Prothonotary Warbler

Worm-eating Warbler

Swainson's Warbler

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana Waterthrush

Kentucky Warbler

Connecticut Warbler

Mourning Warbler

MacGillivray's Warbler, n

Common Yellowthroat, n

Hooded Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Canada Warbler

Red-faced Warbler, n

Painted Redstart, n

Slate-throated Redstart

Fan-tailed Warbler

Rufous-capped Warbler, n

Yellow-breasted Chat, n

Thraupidae - Tanagers

Hepatic Tanager, n

Summer Tanager, n

Scarlet Tanager

Western Tanager, n

Flame-colored Tanager, n

Emberizidae - Emberizine Finches

Green-tailed Towhee, n

Spotted Towhee, n

Eastern Towhee

Canyon Towhee, n

Abert's Towhee, n

Rufous-winged Sparrow, n

Cassin's Sparrow, n

Botteri's Sparrow, n

Rufous-crowned Sparrow, n

Five-striped Sparrow, n

American Tree Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow, n

Clay-colored Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow, n

Field Sparrow

Black-chinned Sparrow, n

Vesper Sparrow, n

Lark Sparrow, n

Black-throated Sparrow, n

Sage Sparrow, n

Lark Bunting, n

Savannah Sparrow, n

“Large-billed” Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow, n

Baird's Sparrow

Le Conte's Sparrow

Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

“Red” Fox Sparrow

“Slate-colored” Fox Sparrow

“Sooty” Fox Sparrow

“Thick-billed” Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow, n

Lincoln's Sparrow, n

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

gambelii form

oriantha form, n

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-winged form

Slate-colored form

Oregon forms

Gray-headed (caniceps) form, n

Gray-headed (dorsalis) form, n

Yellow-eyed Junco, n

McCown's Longspur

Lapland Longspur

Smith's Longspur

Chestnut-collared Longspur

Snow Bunting

Cardinalidae - Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings

Northern Cardinal, n

Pyrrhuloxia, n

Yellow Grosbeak

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Black-headed Grosbeak, n

Blue Grosbeak, n

Lazuli Bunting, n

Indigo Bunting, n

Varied Bunting, n

Painted Bunting

Dickcissel

Icteridae - Icterids

Bobolink, n

Red-winged Blackbird, n

Eastern Meadowlark (lilianae), n

Western Meadowlark, n

Yellow-headed Blackbird, n

Rusty Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird, n

Common Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle, n

Bronzed Cowbird, n

Brown-headed Cowbird, n

Black-vented Oriole

Orchard Oriole

Hooded Oriole, n

Streak-backed Oriole, n

Baltimore Oriole, n

Bullock’s Oriole, n

Scott's Oriole, n

Fringillidae - Finches and Goldfinches

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Black Rosy-Finch

Pine Grosbeak, n

Purple Finch

Cassin's Finch, n

House Finch, n

Red Crossbill, n

Pine Siskin, n

Lesser Goldfinch, n

Lawrence's Goldfinch, n

American Goldfinch, n

Evening Grosbeak, n

Passeridae - Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow, n