PATAGONIA-SONOITA
CREEK PRESERVE
Patagonia AZ (520) 394-2400
CHECKLIST OF BIRDS
Rev 6.11.2010 FKee
Grebes
_____Pied-billed Grebe (O-y)
_____Western Grebe (O-t)
Cormorants
_____Double-crested Cormorant (O-y)
Herons, Egrets & Ibis
_____Great Blue Heron* (C-p)
_____Great Egret (O-y)
_____Snowy Egret (O-y)
_____Green Heron (U-y)
_____Black-crowned Night Heron (U-y)
_____White-faced Ibis (O-t)
Geese & Ducks
_____Canada Goose (R-t, Ca-W)
_____Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck (F-s)
_____Wood Duck (U-w)
_____Mallard (U-w)
_____Gadwall (U-w)
_____Northern Pintail (R-w)
_____American Wigeon (U-w)
_____Northern Shoveler (U-w)
_____Cinamon Teal (U-w)
_____Blue-winged Teal (R-w)
_____Green-winged Teal (U-w)
_____Canvasback (I-w)
_____Ring-necked Duck (O-w)
_____Lesser Scaup (O-w)
_____Bufflehead (I-w)
_____Common Merganser (O-w)
_____Ruddy Duck (O-y)
American Vultures
_____Turkey Vulture (C-s,R-w)
_____Black Vulture (F-s, U-w)
Kites, Hawks & Eagles
_____Northern Harrier (C-w)
_____White-tailed Kite (R-y)
_____Mississippi Kite (R-s)
_____Sharp-shinned Hawk (U-s,F-w)
_____Cooper’s Hawk* (C-s,F-w)
_____Northern Goshwak (I-y)
_____Common Black Hawk (R-s)
_____Harris’s Hawk (I-y)
_____Grey Hawk* (C-s)
_____Zone-tailed Hawk* (F-s)
_____Broad-winged Hawk (F-s)
_____Swainson’s Hawk (U-s)
_____Red-tailed Hawk (C-p)
_____Ferruginous Hawk (U-w)
_____Rough-legged Hawk (R-w)
_____Golden Eagle (U-y)
_____Bald Eagle (I-w)
_____Osprey (U-t, R-w)
Caracara & Falcons
_____Crested Caracara (I-y)
_____Merlin (U-w)
_____American Kestrel* (C-p)
_____Prairie Falcon (O-y)
_____Peregrine Falcon (R-y)
Turkey & Quail
_____Montezuma Quail* (F-p)
_____Gambel’s Quail* (C-p)
_____Scaled Quail (O-y)
_____Wild Turkey (I-y)
Rails, Moorhens & Coot
_____Common Moorhen (O-y)
_____American Coot (O-y)
_____Virginia Rail (O-y)
_____Sora (O-w)
Shorebirds
_____Killdeer (O-y)
_____American Avocet (U-t)
_____Solitary Sandpiper (R-t)
_____Spotted Sandpiper (U-t, O-w)
_____Western Sandpiper (I-t)
_____Least Sandpiper (O-w)
_____Wilson’s Snipe (F-w)
Gulls & Terns
_____Ring-billed Gull (O-w)
Pigeons & Doves
_____Mourning Dove* (C-p)
_____White-winged Dove* (C-s, R-w)
_____Inca Dove* (F-p)
_____Ruddy Ground-Dove (I-w)
_____Common Ground-Dove (F-p)
_____Eurasian Collared Dove (U-p)
_____Rock Pigeon* (F-y)
_____Band-tailed Pigeon (U-s, R-w)
Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Ani
_____Yellow-billed Cuckoo* (C-s)
_____Groove-billed Ani (Ca-s)
_____Greater Roadrunner* (F-p)
Owls
_____Barn Owl* (U-p)
_____Long-eared Owl (I-w, Ca-s)
_____Great Horned Owl* (F-p)
_____Northern Saw-whet Owl (Ca-y)
_____Elf Owl* (O-s)
_____Whiskered Screech-Owl (O-y)
_____Western Screech-Owl (F-p)
Nighthawks & Nightjars
_____Common Poorwill (F-s)
_____Whip-poor-will(arizonae) (O-s)
_____Common Nighthawk (O-s)
_____Lesser Nighthawk (U-s)
Swifts
_____Vaux’s Swift (U-t)
_____White-throated Swift (F-s)
Hummingbirds
_____Plain-capped Starthroat (Ca-s)
_____Lucifer Hummingbird (I-s, R-t)
_____Violet-crowned Hummingbird*(C-s, R-t)
_____Broad-billed Hummingbird* (C-s, R-w)
_____White-eared Hummingbird (R-t)
_____Blue-throated Hummingbird (U-t)
_____Magnificent Hummingbird (U-t)
_____Anna’s Hummingbird (C-s, U-w)
_____Costa’s Hummingbird (U-s, C-t)
_____Black-chinned Hummingbird* (C-s)
_____Calliope Hummingbird (U-t)
_____Broad-tailed Hummingbird (F-t)
_____Allen’s Hummingbird (R-t)
_____Rufous Hummingbird (C-t)
Trogons
_____Elegant Trogon (R-t, I-w)
Kingfishers
_____Belted Kingfisher (C-w)
_____Green Kingfisher* (I-s, R-w)
Woodpeckers
_____Acorn Woodpecker* (F-p)
_____Lewis’s Woodpecker (Ca-w)
_____Gila Woodpecker* (C-p)
_____Williamson’s Sapsucker (I-w)
_____Red-breasted Sapsucker (Ca-w)
_____Red-naped Sapsucker (C-t, U-w)
_____Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Ca-w)
_____Hairy Woodpecker (I-w)
_____Ladder-backed Woodpecker* (C-p)
_____Arizona Woodpecker (U-w)
_____Gilded Flicker (I-y)
_____Northern Flicker* (C-p)
Tyrant Flycatchers
_____Rose-throated Becard* (R-s)
_____Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet *
(C-s, R-w)
_____Greater Pewee (R-t)
_____Olive-sided Flycatcher (U-t)
_____Western Wood-Pewee* (C-s)
_____Pacific-slope Flycatcher (C-t)
_____Cordilleran Flycatcher (O-s)
_____Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (X)
_____Willow Flycatcher (F-t, I-s)
_____Least Flycatcher (Ca-t)
_____Hammond’s Flycatcher (F-w)
_____Dusky Flycatcher (F-w)
_____Grey Flycatcher (C-w)
_____Buff-breasted Flycatcher (R-t)
_____Black Phoebe* (C-p)
_____Eastern Phoebe (Ca-w)
_____Say’s Phoebe* (C-p)
_____Vermillion Flycatcher* (C-s)
_____Dusky-capped Flycatcher* (C-s)
_____Ash-throated Flycatcher* (F-s, U-w)
_____Brown-crested Flycatcher* (C-s)
_____Thick-billed Kingbird* (F-s)
_____Tropical Kingbird (R-s)
_____Cassin’s Kingbird* (C-s)
_____Western Kingbird (F-s)
_____Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (U-t, O-s)
Shrikes
_____Loggerhead Shrike (I-y)
Vireos
_____Grey Vireo (R-s)
_____Red-eyed Vireo (Ca-t)
_____Yellow-green Vireo (X)
_____Warbling Vireo (U-s, C-t)
_____Bell’s Vireo* (C-s)
_____Hutton’s Vireo* (F-s, U-w)
_____Yellow-throated Vireo (X)
_____Plumbeous Vireo (F-t, R-w)
_____Cassin’s Vireo (C-t, U-w)
Jays, Magpies & Crows
_____Steller’s Jay (R-y)
_____Western Scrub Jay (R-w)
_____Mexican Jay* (U-p)
_____Pinyon Jay (Ca-w)
_____Clark’s Nutcracker (Ca-w)
_____Common Raven (F-s, U-w)
_____Chihuahuan Raven (C-s, U-w)
_____American Crow (Ca-w)
Larks
_____Horned lark (F-w, U-s)
Swallows
_____Purple Martin (U-s)
_____Northern Rough-winged Swallow (C-s,
U-w)
_____Bank Swallow (F-t)
_____Violet-green Swallow (C-t, U-s)
_____Tree Swallow (C-t)
_____Cliff Swallow (U-s)
_____Barn Swallow* (C-s)
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
_____Northern Mockingbird* (C-p)
_____Brown Thrasher (Ca-w)
_____Bendire’s Thrasher (I-w)
_____Curve-billed Thrasher* (C-p)
_____Crissal Thrasher* (U-p)
_____Sage Thrasher (I-w)
Starlings
_____European Starling* (C-p)
Wagtails & Pipits
_____American Pipit (I-w)
Titmice & Chickadees
_____Bridled Titmouse* (C-p)
Silky Flycatchers
_____Phainopepla* (C-s, U-w)
Verdin & Bushtit
_____Verdin* (C-p)
_____Bushtit* (F-p)
Waxwings
_____Cedar Waxwing (F-w)
Nuthatches
_____Red-breasted Nuthatch (I-y)
_____White-breasted Nuthatch* (C-p)
Creepers
_____Brown Creeper (U-p)
Wrens
_____Bewick’s Wren* (C-p)
_____House Wren (F-p)
_____Winter Wren (R-w)
_____Marsh Wren (O-w)
_____Cactus Wren (U-p)
_____Rock Wren* (F-p)
_____Canyon Wren* (F-p)
_____ Sinaloa Wren (X )
Kinglets& Gnatcatchers
_____Ruby-crowned Kinglet (C-w)
_____Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (F-p)
_____Blue-grey Gnatcatcher* (F-p)
_____Black-capped Gnatcatcher (Ca-y)
Thrushes
_____Townsend’s Solitaire (R-w, U-t)
_____Mountain Bluebird (I-w)
_____Western Bluebird (F-w, U-s)
_____Eastern Bluebird(fulva) (U-y)
_____Varied Thrush (Ca-w)
_____American Robin (U-y)
_____Rufous-backed Robin (Ca-w)
_____Veery (X)
_____Swainson’s Thrush (U-t)
_____Hermit Thrush (F-w)
Wood Warblers
_____Northern Parula (Ca-t)
_____Orange-crowned Warbler (C-t, U-w)
_____Tennessee Warbler (R-t)
_____Golden-winged Warbler (Ca-t)
_____Virginia’s Warbler (F-t, R-s)
_____Nashville Warbler (C-t)
_____Lucy’s Warbler* (C-s)
_____Yellow Warbler* (C-s)
_____Yellow-rumped Warbler (C-w)
_____Black-throated Grey Warbler (C-t)
_____Townsend’s Warbler (F-t)
_____Hermit Warbler (U-t)
_____Palm Warbler (Ca-t)
_____Yellow-throated Warbler (Ca-t)
_____Grace’s Warbler (R-t)
_____Worm-eating Warbler (Ca-t)
_____Prothonotary Warbler (Ca-t)
_____Black-and-white Warbler (Ca-t)
_____American Redstart (R-t)
_____Painted Redstart (U-t, R-w)
_____Ovenbird (Ca-t)
_____Northern Waterthrush (R-t)
_____Louisiana Waterthrush (C-t)
_____MacGillivray’s Warbler (C-t)
_____Common Yellowthroat* (C-s, R-w)
_____Red-faced Warbler (R-t)
_____Wilson’s Warbler (C-t, R-w)
_____Hooded Warbler (Ca-s)
_____Yellow-breasted Chat* (C-s)
_____Crescent-chested Warbler (X)
_____ Rufous Capped Warbler (X )
Tanagers
_____Hepatic Tanager (U-s, R-w)
_____Summer Tanager* (C-s)
_____Western Tanager (U-s, C-t)
_____Scott’s Oriole* (U-s)
Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Buntings
_____Pyrrhuloxia* (F-p)
_____Northern Cardinal* (C-p)
_____Yellow Grosbeak (Ca-s)
_____Black-headed Grosbeak (U-s, C-t)
_____Rose-breasted Grosbeak (R-t)
_____Blue Grosbeak* (C-s)
_____Lazuli Bunting (U-s, C-t)
_____Indigo Bunting* (F-s)
_____Varied Bunting* (C-s)
_____Painted Bunting (Ca-t)
_____Dickcissel (X-t)
Finches
_____Evening Grosbeak (Ca-w)
_____Purple Finch (R-w)
_____Cassin’s Finch (R-w)
_____House Finch* (C-p)
_____Red Crossbill (I-w)
_____Pine Siskin (F-w)
_____Lawrence’s Goldfinch (I-w)
_____Lesser Goldfinch* (C-p)
_____American Goldfinch (F-w)
Sparrows, Towhees & Juncos
_____Spotted Towhee* (U-p)
_____Green-tailed Towhee* (C-w, R-s)
_____Canyon Towhee* (C-p)
_____Abert’s Towhee* (C-p)
_____Rufous-crowned Sparrow* (C-p)
_____Cassin’s Sparrow (U-s, R-w)
_____Botteri’s Sparrow (U-s)
_____Rufous-winged Sparrow (O-y)
_____Black-throated Sparrow* (C-p)
_____Black-chinned Sparrow (U-w)
_____Brewer’s Sparrow (C-w)
_____Clay-colored Sparrow (I-t, R-w)
_____Chipping Sparrow (C-w)
_____Grasshopper Sparrow (O-y, R-t)
_____Savannah Sparrow (F-w)
_____Vesper Sparrow (C-w)
_____Lark Bunting (U-w)
_____Lark Sparrow (F-p)
_____Golden-Crowned Sparrow (I-w)
_____White-throated Sparrow (U-w)
_____White-crowned Sparrow (C-w)
_____Fox Sparrow (illaca & schistacea) (U-w)
_____Song Sparrow* (C-p)
_____Lincoln’s Sparrow (C-w)
_____Swamp Sparrow (O-w)
_____Dark-eyed Junco (F-w)
_____Yellow-eyed Junco (O-w)
Blackbirds & Orioles
_____Western Meadowlark (O-w)
_____Eastern Meadowlark (lilianae) (O-y)
_____Brown-headed Cowbird* (C-s)
_____Bronzed Cowbird* (F-s)
_____Yellow-headed Blackbird (U-t)
_____Red-winged Blackbird (C-t, U-w)
_____Brewer’s Blackbird (C-t, U-w)
_____Great-tailed Grackle* (C-p)
_____Streak-backed Oriole (X)
_____Bullock’s Oriole* (F-s)
_____Hooded Oriole* (F-s)
Old World Sparrows
_____House Sparrow* (C-p)
C = Common (easy to find in favorable
habitat)
F = Fairly Common (usually found with
persistence)
U = Uncommon (found less than 50% of the
time)
O = Occasional (found annually in nearby
habitats, but easily missed on the preserve)
R = Rare (present in small numbers; usually
annual, but very unlikely)
I = Irregular (not found every year, but
found in varying abundance from year to
year)
Ca = Casual (years between sightings;
cannot be expected)
X = Accidental (seen five or fewer times)