Field Checklist of the Birds of Arizona
This checklist contains 556 species of birds that have been accepted by the Arizona Bird Committee as of July 2017.
An additional 64 subspecies that occur in Arizona and are identifiable have been included.
Identifiable forms and groups, and their common names are derived from eBird Taxonomy, available online at
The species list conforms to the American Ornithologists’ Society(AOU), checklist order and nomenclature as of the 58th supplement published July 5, 2017.
Checklist annotations:
n = Has bred in Arizona (306 species). A species that has hatched young at least once, however, this does not include hybrid off spring.
[ ] = Species in brackets have not been physically documented in Arizona (2 species)
* = Arizona Bird Committee review species (159 taxa)
# = Sketch details species (69 taxa)
italics = Species in italics are identifiable subspecific forms (64)
(int) = Introduced (8 species)
(ex) = Extirpated (4 species) previously bred or presumed to have bred in Arizona, but no longer occur naturally. They may have been reintroduced but remain unestablished.
Species or subspecies marked with an asterisk or pound sign (*,#) should be documented with photographs and or written details. Reports of Arizona Bird Committee review species (*) may be submitted online to the Arizona Bird Committee at the Arizona Field Ornithologists Website at : and design by Kurt and Cindy Radamaker
Checklist last updated: July, 2019
Anatidae - Swans, Geese, Ducks
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, n
Fulvous Whistling-Duck *
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant *
Cackling Goose #
Minima (minima) form
Taverner's (taverneri) form
Richardson's (hutchinsii) form
Canada Goose, n
Giant (maxima) form
Large (moffitti) form, n
Lesser (parvipes) form
Trumpeter Swan *
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck, n
Baikal Teal *
Garganey *
Blue-winged Teal, n
Cinnamon Teal, n
Northern Shoveler, n
Gadwall, n
Eurasian Wigeon #
American Wigeon, n
Mallard, n
Northern (platyrhynchos) form, n
Mexican Duck (diazi) form, n
Northern Pintail, n
Green-winged Teal, n
Eurasian (crecca) form *
American (carolinensis) form, n
Canvasback, n
Redhead, n
Ring-necked Duck, n
Tufted Duck *
Greater Scaup #
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck *
Surf Scoter #
White-winged Scoter #
Black Scoter *
Long-tailed Duck #
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye #
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser, n
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck, n
Odontophoridae - Quail
Northern Bobwhite (Masked), n (ex)
Scaled Quail, n
California Quail, n (int)
Gambel's Quail, n
Montezuma Quail, n
Phasianidae - Partridges, Grouse,and Turkey
Chukar, n (int)
Ring-necked Pheasant, n (int)
Dusky Grouse, n
Wild Turkey, n
Podicipedidae - Grebes
Least Grebe *, n
Pied-billed Grebe, n
Horned Grebe #
Red-necked Grebe #
Eared Grebe, n
Western Grebe, n
Clark's Grebe, n
Columbidae - Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon, n (int)
Band-tailed Pigeon, n
Eurasian Collared-Dove, n (int)
Inca Dove, n
Common Ground Dove, n
Ruddy Ground Dove #, n
White-winged Dove, n
Mourning Dove, n
Cuculidae - Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, n
Black-billed Cuckoo *
Greater Roadrunner, n
Groove-billed Ani *
Caprimulgidae - Nighthawks and Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk, n
Common Nighthawk, n
Common Poorwill, n
Buff -collared Nightjar *, n
Eastern Whip-poor-will *
Mexican Whip-poor-will, n
Apodidae - Swifts
Black Swift *
Chimney Swift *
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift, n
Trochilidae - Hummingbirds
Rivoli's Hummingbird, n
Plain-capped Starthroat #
Blue-throated Mountain-gem, n
Lucifer Hummingbird #, n
Ruby-throated Hummingbird *
Black-chinned Hummingbird, n
Anna's Hummingbird, n
Costa's Hummingbird, n
Bumblebee Hummingbird *
Broad-tailed Hummingbird, n
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird #
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird, n
Berylline Hummingbird #, n
Cinnamon Hummingbird *
Violet-crowned Hummingbird, n
White-eared Hummingbird #, n
Rallidae - Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Black Rail, n
Ridgway's Rail, n
Virginia Rail, n
Sora, n
Purple Gallinule *
Common Gallinule, n
American Coot, n
Gruidae - Cranes
Sandhill Crane, n
Lesser (canadensis) form
Greater (tabida) form, n
Recurvirostridae - Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt, n
American Avocet, n
Charadriidae - Plovers
Killdeer, n
Semipalmated Plover
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover *
Pacific Golden-Plover *
Snowy Plover, n
Mountain Plover, n
Jacanidae - Jacanas
Northern Jacana *
Scolopacidae - Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies
Spotted Sandpiper, n
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler *
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper *
Whimbrel #
Long-billed Curlew, n
Hudsonian Godwit *
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone *
Black Turnstone *
Red Knot *
Ruff *
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper *
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper *
Buff -breasted Sandpiper *
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper #
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher #
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe, n
Wilson's Phalarope, n
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope #
Stercorariidae - Jaegers
Pomarine Jaeger *
Parasitic Jaeger *
Long-tailed Jaeger *
Laridae - Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-legged Kittiwake *
Ivory Gull *
Sabine's Gull #
Bonaparte's Gull
Little Gull *
Laughing Gull *
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull #
Mew Gull *
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull *
Yellow-footed Gull *
California Gull
Herring Gull #
Iceland Gull *
Lesser Black-backed Gull *
Glaucous-winged Gull *
Glaucous Gull *
Least Tern #, n
Gull-billed Tern *
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern *
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern *
Elegant Tern *
Black Skimmer *
Phaethontidae - Tropicbirds
White-tailed Tropicbird *
Red-billed Tropicbird *
Gaviidae - Loons
Red-throated Loon #
Pacific Loon #
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon *
Diomedeidae - Albatrosses
Laysan Albatross *
Hydrobatidae - Storm-Petrels
[Leach’s/Townsend’s/Ainley’s Storm-Petrel] *
Black Storm-Petrel *
Least Storm-Petrel *
Procellariidae - Shearwaters
Hawaiian Petrel *
Sooty Shearwater *
[Black-vented Shearwater] *
Ciconiidae - Storks
Wood Stork *
Fregatidae - Frigatebirds
Magnificent Frigatebird *
Sulidae - Boobies
Blue-footed Booby *
Brown Booby *
Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants
Neotropic Cormorant, n
Double-crested Cormorant, n
Anhingidae - Anhinga
Anhinga *
Pelecanidae - Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Ardeidae - Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets
American Bittern, n
Least Bittern, n
Great Blue Heron, n
Great Egret, n
Snowy Egret, n
Little Blue Heron #
Tricolored Heron #
Reddish Egret #
Cattle Egret, n
Green Heron, n
Black-crowned Night-Heron, n
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron *
Threskiornithidae - Ibises and Spoonbills
White Ibis *
Glossy Ibis *
White-faced Ibis, n
Roseate Spoonbill #
Cathartidae - New World Vultures
Black Vulture, n
Turkey Vulture, n
California Condor, n (ex)
Pandionidae - Osprey
Osprey, n
Accipitridae - Kites, Eagles, and Hawks
White-tailed Kite, n
Swallow-tailed Kite *
Golden Eagle, n
Mississippi Kite, n
Northern Harrier, n
Sharp-shinned Hawk, n
Cooper's Hawk, n
Northern Goshawk, n
Bald Eagle, n
Common Black Hawk, n
Harris's Hawk, n
White-tailed Hawk *
Red-shouldered Hawk #, n
Broad-winged Hawk #
Gray Hawk, n
Short-tailed Hawk *, n
Swainson's Hawk, n
Zone-tailed Hawk, n
Red-tailed Hawk, n
Western (calurus) form, n
Harlan’s (harlani) form #
Krider's (kriderii) form
Fuertes's (fuertesi) form, n
Ferruginous Hawk, n
Rough-legged Hawk #
Tytonidae - Barn Owls
Barn Owl, n
Strigidae - Typical Owls
Flammulated Owl, n
Western Screech-Owl, n
Whiskered Screech-Owl, n
Great Horned Owl, n
Northern Pygmy-Owl, n
Rocky Mts. (pinicola) form, n
Mountain (gnoma) form, n
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl #, n
Elf Owl, n
Burrowing Owl, n
Mexican Spotted Owl, n
Long-eared Owl, n
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl, n
Trogonidae - Trogons
Eared Quetzal *, n
Elegant Trogon, 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 #
Southern (daggeti)
Northern (rube)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker, n
Downy Woodpecker, n
Hairy Woodpecker, n
Arizona Woodpecker, n
American Three-toed Woodpecker, n
Northern Flicker, n
Yellow-shafted (auratus) form #
Red-shafted (cafer) form, n
Gilded Flicker, n
Falconidae - Caracaras and Falcons
Crested Caracara, n
American Kestrel, n
Merlin
Taiga (columbarius) form
Prairie (richardsoni) form
Black (suckleyi) form
Aplomado Falcon *, n (ex)
Peregrine Falcon, n
Continental (anatum) form, n
Tundra (tundrius) form
Prairie Falcon, n
Psittacidae - Parrots
Thick-billed Parrot, n (ex) *
Psittaculidae - Lovebirds
Rosy-faced Lovebird, n (int)
Tyrannidae - Tyrant Flycatchers
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, n
Tufted Flycatcher, n *
Olive-sided Flycatcher, n
Greater Pewee, n
Western Wood-Pewee, n
Eastern Wood-Pewee *
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher *
Acadian Flycatcher *
Willow Flycatcher, n
Least Flycatcher *
Hammond's Flycatcher, n
Gray Flycatcher, n
Dusky Flycatcher, n
Pine Flycatcher *
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher, n
Buff -breasted Flycatcher, n
Black Phoebe, n
Eastern Phoebe #
Say's Phoebe, n
Vermilion Flycatcher, n
Dusky-capped Flycatcher, n
Ash-throated Flycatcher, n
Nutting's Flycatcher *, n
Great Crested Flycatcher *
Brown-crested Flycatcher, n
Great Kiskadee *
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, n
Tropical Kingbird, n
Couch's Kingbird *
Cassin's Kingbird, n
Thick-billed Kingbird, n
Western Kingbird, n
Eastern Kingbird #
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher #
Tityridae - Becards
Gray-collared Becard *
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
Canada Jay, n
Pinyon Jay, n
Steller's Jay, n
Blue Jay *
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, n
Mexican Jay, n
Black-billed Magpie, n
Clark's Nutcracker, n
American Crow, n
Chihuahuan Raven, n
Common Raven, n
Alaudidae - Larks
Horned Lark, n
Hirundinidae - Swallows Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow, n
Violet-green Swallow, n
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, n
Brown-chested Martin *
Purple Martin, n
Northern (arboricola) form, n
Desert (hesperia) form, n
Barn Swallow, n
Cliff Swallow, n
Northern (pyrrhonota) group, n
Southwestern (swainsoni) form, n
Cave Swallow *, n
Paridae - Chickadees and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee *
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, (nelsoni) n
White-breasted Nuthatch, n
Pygmy Nuthatch, n
Certhiidae - Creepers
Brown Creeper, n
Mexican Brown Creeper, (albescens)
Troglodytidae - Wrens
Rock Wren, n
Canyon Wren, n
House Wren, n
Northern (aedon) group, n
Brown-throated (brunneicollis) form, n
Pacific Wren #, n
Winter Wren #
Sedge Wren *
Marsh Wren, n
Carolina Wren *
Bewick's Wren, n
Cactus Wren, n
Sinaloa Wren *
Polioptilidae - Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, n
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, n
Black-capped Gnatcatcher #, n
Cinclidae - Dippers
American Dipper, n
Regulidae - Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet, n
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, n
Muscicapidae - Old World Flycatchers
Northern Wheatear *
Turdidae - Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird, n
Western Bluebird, n
Mountain Bluebird, n
Townsend's Solitaire, n
Brown-backed Solitaire *
Veery *, n
Gray-cheeked Thrush *
Swainson's Thrush, n
Russet-backed (ustulatus) group
Olive-backed (swainsoni) group, n
Hermit Thrush, n
Pacific(guttatus)
Interior West (auduboni)
Taiga (faxoni)
Wood Thrush *
Rufous-backed Robin #
American Robin, n
Varied Thrush #
Aztec Thrush *
Mimidae - Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Blue Mockingbird *
Gray Catbird #, n
Curve-billed Thrasher, n
Eastern (curvirostre) group, n
Western (palmeri) group, n
Brown Thrasher #
Bendire's Thrasher, n
LeConte's Thrasher, n
Crissal Thrasher, n
Sage Thrasher, n
Northern Mockingbird, n
Sturnidae - Starlings
European Starling, n (int)
Motacillidae - Wagtails and Pipits
White Wagtail *
Red-throated Pipit *
American Pipit, n
Sprague's Pipit
Bombycillidae - Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing *
Cedar Waxwing
Ptiliogonatidae - Silky-flycatchers
Phainopepla, n
Peucedramidae - Olive Warbler
Olive Warbler, n
Fringillidae - Finches and Goldfinches
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch *
Black Rosy-Finch *
Pine Grosbeak, n
House Finch, n
Purple Finch *
Cassin's Finch, n
Red Crossbill, n
White-winged Crossbill *
Common Redpoll *
Pine Siskin, n
Lesser Goldfinch, n
Lawrence's Goldfinch, n
American Goldfinch, n
Evening Grosbeak, n
Calcariidae -Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur #
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith's Longspur *
McCown's Longspur #
Snow Bunting *
Passerellidae - New World Sparrows
Rufous-winged Sparrow, n
Botteri's Sparrow, n
Cassin's Sparrow, n
Grasshopper Sparrow, n
Western (perpallidus) form, n
Arizona (ammolegus) form, n
Five-striped Sparrow, n
Black-throated Sparrow, n
Lark Sparrow, n
Lark Bunting, n
Chipping Sparrow, n
Clay-colored Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow, n
Field Sparrow *
Brewer's Sparrow, n
Fox Sparrow
Red (iliaca) group #
Slate-colored (schistacea) group
Sooty (unalaschcensis) group *
Thick-billed (megarhyncha) group *
American Tree Sparrow *
Dark-eyed Junco, n
Oregon (oreganus) group
Pink-sided (mearnsi) form
White-winged (aikeni) form *
Slate-colored (hyemalis) group
Gray-headed (caniceps) form, n
Red-backed (dorsalis) form, n
Yellow-eyed Junco, n
White-crowned Sparrow, n
Gambel's (gambelii) form
Mountain (oriantha) form, n
Golden-crowned Sparrow #
Harris's Sparrow #
White-throated Sparrow
Sagebrush Sparrow, n
Bell's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow, n
LeConte's Sparrow *
Nelson's Sparrow *
Baird's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow, n
Western (nevadensis) group, n
Large-billed (rostratus) form *
Song Sparrow, n
Lincoln's Sparrow, n
Swamp Sparrow
Canyon Towhee, n
Abert's Towhee, n
Rufous-crowned Sparrow, n
Green-tailed Towhee, n
Spotted Towhee, n
Pacific (oregonus) group
Rocky Mts. (montanus) group, n
Eastern Towhee *
Icteriidae - Chats
Yellow-breasted Chat, n
Icteridae - Blackbirds and Allies
Yellow-headed Blackbird, n
Bobolink *, n
Western Meadowlark, n
Eastern Meadowlark (Lilian's), n
Black-vented Oriole *
Orchard Oriole #
Hooded Oriole, n
Eastern (cucullatus) group, *
Western (nelsoni) group, n
Streak-backed Oriole *, n
Bullock’s Oriole, n
Baltimore Oriole #
Scott's Oriole, n
Red-winged Blackbird, n
Bronzed Cowbird, n
Brown-headed Cowbird, n
Rusty Blackbird *
Brewer's Blackbird, n
Common Grackle *
Great-tailed Grackle, n
Parulidae - Wood Warblers
Ovenbird #
Worm-eating Warbler #
Louisiana Waterthrush #
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler *
Blue-winged Warbler *
Black-and-white Warbler, n
Prothonotary Warbler #
Swainson's Warbler *
Crescent-chested Warbler *, n
Tennessee Warbler #
Orange-crowned Warbler, n
Celata (celata) form *
Orestera (orestera) form, n
Lutescens (lutescens) form
Lucy's Warbler, n
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler, n
Connecticut Warbler *
MacGillivray's Warbler, n
Mourning Warbler *
Kentucky Warbler *
Common Yellowthroat, n
Hooded Warbler #
American Redstart, n
Cape May Warbler *
Cerulean Warbler *
Northern Parula, n
Tropical Parula *
Magnolia Warbler #
Bay-breasted Warbler *
Blackburnian Warbler *
Yellow Warbler, n
Northern (aestiva) group, n
Mangrove (erithachorides) form *
Chestnut-sided Warbler #
Blackpoll Warbler *
Black-throated Blue Warbler #
Palm Warbler #
Pine Warbler *
Yellow-rumped Warbler, n
Audubon's (auduboni) form, n
Myrtle (coronata) form
Yellow-throated Warbler *
Prairie Warbler *
Grace's Warbler, n
Black-throated Gray Warbler, n
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler *
Fan-tailed Warbler *
Rufous-capped Warbler *, n
Canada Warbler *
Wilson's Warbler
Mountain West (pileolata) form
Pacific Coast (chryseola) form
Red-faced Warbler, n
Painted Redstart, n
Slate-throated Redstart *
Cardinalidae - Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Buntings
Hepatic Tanager, n
Summer Tanager, n
Scarlet Tanager *
Western Tanager, n
Flame-colored Tanager *, n
Northern Cardinal, n
Pyrrhuloxia, n
Yellow Grosbeak *
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak, n
Blue Grosbeak, n
Lazuli Bunting, n
Indigo Bunting, n
Varied Bunting, n
Painted Bunting #
Dickcissel #
Passeridae - Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow, n (int)
Pending committee review
Common Crane
Lesser Sand-Plover
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Juan Fernandez Petrel
Wedge-rumped Storm-petrel
California Scrub-Jay
Clay-colored Thrush
Little Bunting