Southwest Phoenix Area-Species List
Swans, Geese, Ducks
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow Goose
Cackling Goose*
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon*
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup*
Lesser Scaup
Black Scoter*
Surf Scoter*
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser*
Ruddy Duck
Quail
Gambel's Quail
Loons
Common Loon
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe*
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Cormorants
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Tricolored Heron*
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills
White-faced Ibis
Roseaste Spoonbill*
New World Vultures
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Kites, Eagles, and Hawks
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Whimbrel*
Marbled Godwit
Red Knot*
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper*
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed Dowitcher*
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Sabine's Gull*
Franklin's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Mew Gull*
Western Gull*
California Gull
Herring Gull*
Glaucous-winged Gull*
Least Tern*
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Elegant Tern*
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Barn Owls
Barn Owl
Typical Owls
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Nighthawks and Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Swifts
White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird*
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Northern "Red-shafted" Flicker
Gilded Flicker
Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe*
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Tropical Kingbird*
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Vireos
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Common Raven
Larks
Horned Lark
Swallows
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow*
Verdins
Verdin
Bushtit
Bushtit
Wrens
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Eastern Bluebird*
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird
Curve-billed Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Starlings
European Starling
Pipits
American Pipit
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Silky-flycatchers
Phainopepla
Wood Warblers
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Northern Parula*
American Redstart*
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Sparrows and Allies
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow*
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Longspurs
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Lapland Longspur*
Smith's Longspur*
McKown's Longspur*
Tanagers
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings
Northern Cardinal
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Icterids
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Finches and Goldfinches
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Golfinch
American Goldfinch
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
245 species recorded in the Southwest Phoenix Area by Tommy DeBardeleben
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