Birds seen (and heard only) in Southeastern Arizona May 12-19, 1998.
Brad Bergstrom
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Abundance Code* Locality Codes**
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Podicipedidae (grebes)
Eared Grebe 2 TW
Ardeidae (herons)
Great Blue Heron 3 TW,SP
Great Egret 1 TW
Anatidae (ducks, geese)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck F PP
Blue-winged Teal F TW
Mallard F TW,CP
Gadwall 2 TW
Ruddy Duck C TW
Lesser Scaup C TW
Ciconiidae (New World vultures, storks)
Turkey Vulture A all locations
Black Vulture F PP,PR
Falconiformes (hawks, falcons)
Golden Eagle 1+ RC (nest w/ chick)
Northern Harrier 1 TW
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 CP
Cooper's Hawk 1 CP
Red-tailed Hawk C CP,CM,FH,SR,SC
Swainson's Hawk 3 FW,CD
Harris's Hawk 2 SC
*Gray Hawk 3 PP,PR
American Kestrel 3 SP,PP
Peregrine Falcon 2 CP
Galliformes (upland game birds)
Wild Turkey 3 RC
Gambel's Quail A all elev. below 6000
Scaled Quail F CD,SR
Rallidae (rails, coots)
Common Moorhen F TW
American Coot F TW
Charadriiformes (shorebirds)
Killdeer F TW
American Avocet 3 TW
Spotted Sandpiper 2 TW
Long-billed Dowitcher F TW
Willet 3 TW
Wilson's Phalarope 4 TW
Columbidae (doves)
Rock Dove C TW
Mourning Dove A all localities
White-winged Dove A TW,CD,CP,FH,PR,PP,SR,SC
Inca Dove C TW,PP,CP,SR
Common Ground-Dove F PP,TW
Coccyzidae (New World Cuckoos)
Greater Roadrunner 3 TW,CD
Tytonidae (owls)
Elf Owl 2 SR
(Flammulated Owl) 3 CM
Great Horned Owl 3 CP,CD,SR
Western Screech Owl F CP,FH
(Whiskered Screech Owl) F SR
Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers)
Lesser Nighthawk C TW,CD,SR
(Poorwill) 1 RC
Whip-poor-will C CP,CM,FH,SR
Apodiformes (swifts, hummingbirds)
White-throated Swift A all mountain ranges
Anna's Hummingbird F TW,PP,SR
Black-chinned Hummingbird C TW,CP,RC,PP,SC
Blue-throated Hummingbird C CP,RC,SR
Broad-billed Hummingbird F TW,PP,SR
Broad-tailed Hummingbird A TW,CP,CM,FH,RC,SR,SC
Costa's Hummingbird 2 SR
Magnificent Hummingbird C CP,RC,SC,SR
*Violet-crowned Hummingbird 3 PP
*White-eared Hummingbird 2 RC
Trogoniformes (trogons...)
Elegant Trogon F CP,FH,RC,SR
Picidae (woodpeckers)
Acorn Woodpecker A all mtn. ranges + desert
Gila Woodpecker F TW,CD,PP,FH,SR
Hairy Woodpecker F CM,SC
Ladder-backed Woodpecker F PP,SR
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker C most locations
Gilded Flicker 2 PP
Tyrannidae (flycatchers)
Brown-crested Flycatcher F CP,FH,PP,SR
Ash-throated Flycatcher C CD,CP,FH,PP,PR,SR,SP
Dusky-capped Flycatcher C CP,FH,RC,SR
Hammond's Flycatcher 1 SP
Cordilleran Flycatcher C CM,FH,SR,SC
Vermilion Flycatcher C TW,CD,SP,PP,PR,SC,SR
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher F FH,RC,SR
*Buff-breasted Flycatcher 3 FH
*Northern Beardless Tyrannulet 2 PP,SR
Western Wood-pewee C CP,CM,FH,RC,SR,SC
Greater Pewee C FH,RC,SR,SC
Black Phoebe F CP,SR
Say's Phoebe C CP,TW,SP,SR
Cassin's Kingbird C CM,FH,SR,SC,SP
Western Kingbird C TW,CD,CP
Thick-billed Kingbird 3 PP,PR
Alaudidae (larks)
Horned Lark 2 TW
Hirudinidae (swallows)
Purple Martin 2 TW
Barn Swallow C TW,SP,PP,CD,CP
Northern Rough-winged Swallow F SP
Violet-green Swallow C CM,FH,RC,SC
Corvidae (jays, crows)
Steller's Jay F CM,FH,SR,SC
Mexican Jay A all mtn. ranges
Western Scrub Jay 1 FH
Common Raven C all mtn. ranges
Chihuahuan Raven C TW,CD,SP
Paridae (chickadees)
*Mexican Chickadee F CM
Bridled Titmouse C TW,CD,CP,FH,RC,PP,PR,SP,SR
Juniper Titmouse 1 CP
Verdin F CD,TW,SR
Sittidae (nuthatches)
White-breasted Nuthatch C CP,CM,SP,PP,SR
Pygmy Nuthatch C CM,SC
Aegithalidae
Common Bushtit 4 RC
Certhiidae (creepers,gnatcatchers)
Brown Creeper C CM,FH,SR,SC,SP
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 1 TW
Troglodytidae (wrens)
Bewick's Wren C TW,CM,CP,FH,SR,SC,SP
Cactus Wren C TW,CD,CP,SR,SC,SP
Canyon Wren C CP,CM,FH,SR
House Wren F RC
Rock Wren 2 PR (5 mi SW)
Sylviidae (kinglets)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 RC
Muscicapidae (true thrushes)
Western Bluebird F CM
Hermit Thrush C CP,CM,FH,SR,SC
American Robin A all localities
Sturnidae (mimic thrushes, starlings)
Northern Mockingbird C TW,SR,PP,CD,SR
Bendire's Thrasher 2 CD
Curve-billed Thrasher C TW,CD,CP,FH,SR,SP
Crissal Thrasher 2 CD
European Starling C TW,CP,SP,PP,SR
Bombycillidae (waxwings,silky flycatchers)
Cedar Waxwing C CP,CM,FH,SR
Phainopepla C TW,PP,PR,SC,SR
Laniidae (shrikes)
Loggerhead Shrike 1 SP
Vireonidae (vireos)
Bell's Vireo C FH,RC,PP,SR,SC
Gray Vireo 1 FH
Hutton's Vireo F PP,PR,SR
Plumbeous Vireo A all mtn. ranges
Warbling Vireo C CM,FH,SR,PP,SC
Fringillidae
Emberizinae/Parulini (wood warblers)
Black-throated Gray Warbler F FH,SR
Grace's Warbler C FH,CM,SR,SC
Lucy's Warbler F PP,PR,SR
*Olive Warbler C CM,SC
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 PR
Red-faced Warbler C CM,RC,FH,SR,SC
Virginia's Warbler F RC,SR
Wilson's Warbler C CP,CM,RC,PP,SR,SC
Yellow Warbler F SP,PP
Yellow-rumped Warbler C CP,CM,FH,RC,SR,SC
Common Yellowthroat C TW,PP,SP
Yellow-breasted Chat F PP,SP
Painted Redstart A all mtn. ranges
Emberizinae/Thraupini (tanagers)
Summer Tanager C CP,FH,SR,SC
Hepatic Tanager F CM,FH
Western Tanager C CP,CM,FH,RC,SR,SC
Emberizinae/Cardinalini
Northern Cardinal C CP,FH,PP,TW,SP,SR
Pyrrhuloxia F TW,PR,PP,PR,SC
Black-headed Grosbeak A all mtn. ranges
Emberizinae/Icterini (blackbirds, orioles)
Eastern Meadowlark F SP
Great-tailed Grackle C TW,CD,SR,PP,SP
Red-winged Blackbird C TW,SP,PP,CP
Brewer's Blackbird F TW
Brown-headed Cowbird C TW,CD,CP,CM,FH,SR,SC,SP
Bronzed Cowbird 3 CP
Bullock's Oriole C TW,CP,RC,PP,PR,SR,SP
Scott's Oriole F CD,CP,SR
Hooded Oriole F CP,SC
Emberizinae/Emberizini (sparrows, buntings, longspurs...)
Spotted Towhee C CP,FH,RC,SR,SC
Canyon Towhee C CD,CP,FH,SR,SC
Abert's Towhee C SP,PP,PR,SR
Black-throated Sparrow F CD,SR
*Botteri's Sparrow 1 SR
Rufous-crowned Sparrow F TW,PR
*Rufous-winged Sparrow 2 TW
Song Sparrow C all elev. below 6000
White-crowned Sparrow 3 PP,sp
Yellow-eyed Junco A all mtn. ranges
Chipping Sparrow F PP
Lark Sparrow F SR
Blue Grosbeak F CP,TW
Lark Bunting F TW
Lazuli Bunting F CP,SR
Pine Siskin F CP,SC
Fringillinae/Carduelini (finches, crossbills)
House Finch A all elev. below 6000
American Goldfinch F CP,FH,SC
Lesser Goldfinch F TW,PP,SR
Passeridae
House Sparrow C TW,CP,FH
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*Abundance Codes: 1,2,3 = just that; F (fairly common) = 4-10;
C (common) = 10 to 20 or so; A (abundant) = 25+
**Locality Codes & [# of days]
TW = Tucson-Willcox (incl. Sonoran Desert, agric., sewage ponds) [1]
CD = Chihuahuan Desert-scrub (immediately east of Portal) [.5]
CP = Chiricahuas/Portal, including Cave Creek [1.75]
CM = Chiricahua Mtns. (higher elevations, including Rustler/Barfoot,
Pinery) [1]
FH = Ft. Huachuca, including Garden, Scheelite, & Sawmill Canyons. [1]
RC = Ramsey Canyon, from entrance road to upper elevations [.75]
PP = Patagonia Preserve (including town and Paton's) [.75]
PR = Patagonia Roadside Rest [.25]
SR = Santa Rita Mtns.: Madera Canyon road, Boot Spring cmpgd., Boot
Spring, Florida Wash and desert approaches [.7]
SC = Santa Catalina Hwy. (up Mt. Lemmon) [.5]
SP = San Pedro River preserve, east of Sierra Vista
Remarks: 900 miles driven from 12-19 May. 168 species total.
Mammals seen: AZ White-tailed Deer, Coatimundi, Ringtail, Coyote, Gray Fox,
Striped Skunk, several bat spp., Desert Cottontail, Black-tailed Jackrabbit,
Mexican Ground Squirrel, Rock Squirrel, Cliff Chipmunk, Antelope Ground
Squirrel, AZ Gray Squirrel, Abert's Squirrel.
Reptiles seen: AZ Mtn. Kingsnake; Lizards: Chuckwalla, Zebratail, Lesser
Earless, Desert Side-blotched, Desert Spiny, Yarrow's Spiny, Tree, Bunchgrass,
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail.