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101 Bird species

Allen's Hummingbird

This small hummingbird, nearly identical to Rufous Hummingbird, is limited to the West Coast. Best identified by male’s display flight. Male: Rusty-orange, with a bronze-green crown and back. The gorget is coppery-red and elongated at the sides. The upper breast is white, while the belly and sides more...

Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 12 cm

American Redstart

This warbler is easily recognized by its bold pattern and active feeding behavior. Adult Male: Black upperparts, including the entire head and upper breast. Belly is white. Bright salmon-orange patches occur on the tail, the bases of the secondaries and inner primaries, and on the sides of the breast more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 20 cm

Anna's Hummingbird

This stocky hummingbird is a year-round resident along the West Coast. The bill is short and straight, and fairly stout. Male: Bronzy-green upperparts, gray-green below. The gorget and entire crown are rose-red to hot pink. In certain light, entire head may appear dark with light eye-ring. The tail i more...

Length: 9 cm Wingspan: 12 cm

Antillean Palm-Swift

This mostly dark Caribbean swift is white below and extensively white on the rump. Upperparts are very dark dusky-brown. White rump divided by a narrow dark stripe that connects between the dark back and all-dark tail. White belly and throat. Sides of neck and flanks washed with dusky-brown, undertai more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 29 cm

Arctic Warbler

This is the only member of the Old World warblers that breeds in North America. Note the long primary projection, pale legs and feet, and pale lower mandible. The upperparts are olive-gray to olive brown, with a very thin whitish wing bar. The white supercilium often curves upward at the back. The au more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 20 cm

Bachman's Warbler

This little warbler is probably extinct. The last confirmed sighting was in 1962. In all plumages, note the thin, very pointed, decurved bill. Adult Male: Dark olive upperparts, with black cap, yellow forehead, gray nape, and yellowish eye ring. Underparts are yellow, with a large black patch on the more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 17 cm

Bahama Woodstar

Relatively small hummingbird with green upperparts, buffy underparts, and a partial white collar. Forked, rufous tail with black or green edges distinctive. Bill slightly curved. Male is iridescent green above with a magenta-pink gorget and rufous underparts with a greenish wash on flanks. Female gre more...

Length: 9 cm Wingspan: 12 cm

Baird's Sparrow

This species is an uncommon resident of mixed grass prairie. Appears flat-headed and large-billed. The short tail is square or slightly notched. The central crown stripe and supercilium are ochre, fading to buffy on the rest of the face. The eye line and moustachial stripe are broken or missing near more...

Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 22 cm

Bananaquit

A small, striking, warbler-like songbird with dark above and variable amounts of yellow below. Dark, thin, decurved bill with bright pink gape. Black to olive-gray upperparts with a long, bold white supercilium and white patch at base of primaries. Yellow rump. Underparts vary greatly. Many birds sho more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 20 cm

Bank Swallow

Relatively small and slender swallow; dark, defined breast band diagnostic in all plumages. White throat wraps around cheeks. White belly. Upperparts and breast band dark brown, usually shows noticeable contrast between the back, which is the color of dried garden soil, and the darker wings. Juvenile more...

Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 27 cm

Bell's Sparrow

Formerly considered conspecific with Sage (now Sagebrush) Sparrow. This coastal slope breeder has medum brown to gray-brown upperparts with minimal streaking. The head and nape are darker gray than Sagebrush Sparrow and there is less contrast between the darker lores and the head color, otherwise the more...

Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 21 cm

Bell's Vireo

This small vireo is often heard singing from deep within heavy brush. A short primary projection makes this bird appear long-tailed compared to other vireos. Western populations have slightly longer tails than eastern. The face shows indistinct spectacles, with a broken eye ring. There are two pale w more...

Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 18 cm

Berylline Hummingbird

This species is rare but annual in Southeast Arizona. The upper mandible is black, while the lower mandible is reddish-orange at the base and black at the tip. The tail is square. Male: Upperparts and breast dark green, sometimes with turquoise cast to the throat. Belly is dark gray. The rump and ta more...

Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 13 cm

Black Rail

This is the smallest rail in North America. Two races occur here: the smaller and more brightly colored California Black Rail, and the larger, darker Eastern Black Rail. Adult: Very small and short-billed. Blackish gray overall, with a chestnut patch on the nape, brownish wash on the back, white spot more...

Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 22 cm

Black-and-white Warbler

This warbler is recognized by its boldly streaked pattern and by its unusual foraging habits. The bill is fairly long and slightly decurved. Upperparts are black with white streaks. Underparts are white with black streaks. The crown is black with a central white stripe. Adult Male: Distinguished by t more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 22 cm

Black-capped Gnatcatcher

This species is a rare visitor from Mexico, to be expected only in Southeastern Arizona. In basic plumage, most closely resembles Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, but has a longer, darker bill, and a more graduated tail (outer tail feathers are significantly shorter than central tail feathers). From below, the more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 15 cm

Non-vegetated Areas

0 species

Salt Water

8 species

Antillean Palm-Swift

Tachornis phoenicobia

Beaches

Black Rail

Laterallus jamaicensis

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Nelson's Sparrow

Ammodramus nelsoni

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Prairie Warbler

Setophaga discolor

Coastal Dunes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Saltmarsh Sparrow

Ammodramus caudacutus

Saltmarshes

Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis

Rocky Shores, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Swamp Sparrow

Melospiza georgiana

Estuaries and Bays, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Human-altered Areas

30 species

Allen's Hummingbird

Selasphorus sasin

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia