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National Audubon Society's Arizona WatchList


Compiled by the Arizona Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program
53 WatchList Species in Arizona:  Red Species:  16, Yellow Species:  37

RED SPECIES:  BirdLife International:  THREATENED, NEAR THREATENED & Partners in Flight:  Extremely High Priority. Red listed species are red font and underlined.  

YELLOW SPECIES:  Partners in Flight:  Moderately High Priority, Moderate Priority. Yellow listed species are in black, and not underlined.  

Species are listed by breeding/seasonal status in Arizona.  Breeding Species:  breeding populations in the state, Migrants:  major passage populations in the state-non-breeding, and Wintering Species:  over-wintering populations in the state.

Breeding Species (40 species):

California Condor

Gymnogyps californianus 

Harris's Hawk

Parabuteo unicinctus 

Swainson's Hawk

Buteo swainsoni 

Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis

Blue Grouse

Dendragapus obscurus 

Montezuma Quail

Cyrtonyx montezumae 

Black Rail

Laterallus jamaicensis 
Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor 

Band-tailed Pigeon

Columba fasciata 

Thick-billed Parrot

Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha 

Flammulated Owl

Otus flammeolus 

Whiskered Screech-Owl

Otus trichopsis 

Elf Owl

Micrathene whitneyi 

Spotted Owl

Strix occidentalis 

White-throated Swift

Aeronautes saxatalis 

Lucifer Hummingbird

Calothorax lucifer 

Costa's Hummingbird

Calypte costae 

Lewis's Woodpecker

Melanerpes lewis 

Gilded Flicker

Colaptes chrysoides 

Arizona Woodpecker

Picoides arizonae

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Contopus cooperi 

Willow Flycatcher

Empidonax traillii 

Thick-billed Kingbird

Tyrannus crassirostris 

Bell’s Vireo

Vireo bellii 

Gray Vireo

Vireo vicinior 

Pinyon Jay

Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus  

Black-capped Gnatcatcher

Polioptila nigriceps 

Bendire’s Thrasher

Toxostoma bendirei 

Curve-billed Thrasher

Toxostoma curvirostre 

Le Conte's Thrasher

Toxostoma lecontei 

Virginia's Warbler

Vermivora virginiae 

Lucy's Warbler

Vermivora luciae   

Grace's Warbler

Dendroica graciae 

Red-faced Warbler

Cardellina rubrifrons 

Abert's Towhee

Pipilo aberti 

Botteri's Sparrow

Aimophila botterii 

Rufous-winged Sparrow

Aimophila carpalis 

Five-striped Sparrow

Aimophila quinquestriata 

Black-chinned Sparrow

Spizella atrogularis 

Migrants (5 species):

Black Swift

Cypseloides niger  

Calliope Hummingbird

Stellula calliope

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

Allen's Hummingbird

Selasphorus sasin

Hermit Warbler

Dendroica occidentalis

Wintering Species (8 species):

Mountain Plover

Charadrius montanus 

Long-billed Curlew

Numenius americanus 

Spraque’s Pipit Anthus spragueii

Brewer's Sparrow (some scarce NE AZ breeding)

Spizella breweri 

Baird’s Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii
McCown’s Longspur

Calcarius mccownii 

Black Rosy-Finch (irregularly)

Leucosticte atrata 

Lawrence's Goldfinch (irregularly)

Carduelis lawrencei 

 


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This page was updated on 02/21/06