Yuma County Bird Checklist Latest update: Oct 10, 2016 www.southwestbirders.com Seasons Spring is Mar-May Summer is Jun-Aug Fall is Sep-Nov Winter is Dec-Feb Status Codes C - Common, usually seen 3 out of 4 visits U - Uncommon, usually seen 1 out of 4 visits - are, usually not seen, and may be absent some years - agrant, not expected in our area on a regular basis may be a visitor from the eastern United States, Mexico, Asia, or Europe The Status Codes are the likelihood of finding a bird species if you look for it in the right type of habitat, at the right time of year, at the right time of day. Even within a particular season, there is much variation among birds. For example, some shorebirds start their southward migration in midsummer and are gone by early fall. Thus, a bird marked as "C" for summer (such as Greater Yellowlegs) may be absent in June and common only in July and August. Notes The checklist is in A.O.U. (7th Edition) order, 57th supplement, from July 2016. This list contains 339 species that I have personally observed, or have first-hand knowledge of, over the past twenty years. However, just about any migratory bird that breeds in the United States has the potential to show up here, so make sure to bring along a comprehensive bird guide! Additional sightings, corrections, and other feedback on this checklist are welcome. Please send e-mails to henrydetwiler@earthlink.net.
Anatidae - Swans, Geese, Ducks Black-bellied Whistling Duck Greater White-fronted Goose U U Snow Goose U oss's Goose Cackling Goose Canada Goose U C C Tundra Swan Wood Duck Gadwall U C C Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon U C C Mallard C C C C Blue-winged Teal U U U Cinnamon Teal C U C C Northern Shoveler C C C Northern Pintail C C C Green-winged Teal U C C Canvasback U U U edhead U C C ing-necked Duck C C C Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup C C C Surf Scoter Bufflehead C C C Common Goldeneye C C C Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser (common during some years) U Common Merganser U U U ed-breasted Merganser uddy Duck C U C C Odontophoridae - Quail Gambel's Quail C C C C Phasianidae - Partridges ing-necked Pheasant C U U U Podicipedidae - Grebes Pied-billed Grebe C C C C Horned Grebe ed-necked Grebe Eared Grebe C U C C Western Grebe C C C C Clark's Grebe C C C C Columbidae - Pigeons, Doves ock Pigeon C C C C Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove C C C C Inca Dove C C C C Common Ground-Dove C C C C uddy Ground-Dove (may be common some years) White-winged Dove C C U Mourning Dove C C C C Cuculidae - Cuckoos, oadrunners Yellow-billed Cuckoo Greater oadrunner C C C C Caprimulgidae - Goatsuckers Lesser Nighthawk U C C Common Poorwill U C U Apodidae - Swifts Black Swift aux's Swift U White-throated Swift C U C C Trochilidae - Hummingbirds Black-chinned Hummingbird C C Anna's Hummingbird C C C C Costa's Hummingbird C U U C ufous Hummingbird U U U Calliope Hummingbird Broad-billed Hummingbird allidae - ails, Gallinules, Coots Black ail C U U idgway's ail C U U irginia ail C U C C Sora C C C Common Gallinule C C C C American Coot C C C C Gruidae - Cranes Sandhill Crane (common during some years) ecurvirostridae - Stilts, Avocets Black-necked Stilt C C C C American Avocet C U U U Charadriidae - Plovers Black-bellied Plover Snowy Plover Semipalmated Plover U U Killdeer C C C C Mountain Plover Scolopacidae - Sandpipers, Phalaropes Whimbrel C Long-billed Curlew C C C Marbled Godwit
uddy Turnstone ed Knot uff Stilt Sandpiper Sanderling Dunlin U Baird's Sandpiper U U Least Sandpiper C U C C White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper U Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper C U C U Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher C C C Wilson's Snipe C U C C Spotted Sandpiper C U C C Solitary Sandpiper U U Greater Yellowlegs C U C C Willet U Lesser Yellowlegs Wilson's Phalarope C C ed-necked Phalarope U ed Phalarope Laridae - Gulls, Terns Sabine's Gull Bonaparte's Gull U Franklin's Gull U Heermann's Gull ing-billed Gull C C C California Gull U U Herring Gull Least Tern Caspian Tern U U Black Tern C U U Common Tern Forster's Tern U U C Elegant Tern Gaviidae - Loons ed-throated Loon Pacific Loon Common Loon Procellariidae - Shearwaters Sooty Shearwater Ciconiidae - Storks Wood Stork
Fegatidae - Frigatebirds Magnificent Frigatebird Sulidae - Boobies Blue-footed Booby Brown Booby Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants Neotropic Cormorant (increasing in numbers) C C C U Double-crested Cormorant C U C C Pelecanidae - Pelicans American White Pelican U U Brown Pelican U U Ardeidae - Bitterns, Herons, Egrets American Bittern Least Bittern C C U U Great Blue Heron C C C C Great Egret C C C C Snowy Egret C C C C Tricolored Heron eddish Egret (irruptive) Cattle Egret C C C C Green Heron C C C C Black-crowned Night-Heron C C C C Threskiornithidae - Ibises, Spoonbills White Ibis White-faced Ibis C C C C oseate Spoonbill Cathartidae - New World ultures Turkey ulture C C C C Pandionate - Osprey Osprey U C C Accipitridae - Kites, Eagles, Hawks White-tailed Kite U U Mississippi Kite Bald Eagle U Northern Harrier C C C Sharp-shinned Hawk U U U Cooper's Hawk C C C Harris's Hawk (once common) ed-shouldered Hawk (increasing in numbers) C C C C Swainson's Hawk C C Zone-tailed Hawk ed-tailed Hawk C C C C ough-legged Hawk Ferruginous Hawk U C C Golden Eagle
Tytonidae - Barn Owls Barn Owl C C C C Strigidae - Typical Owls Flammulated Owl Western Screech-Owl C C U U Great Horned Owl C C C C Elf Owl U C U Burrowing Owl C C C C Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Alcedinidae - Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher C C C Picidae - Woodpeckers Lewis's Woodpecker Gila Woodpecker C C C C Williamson's Sapsucker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ed-naped Sapsucker U U U ed-breasted Sapsucker (common during some years) Ladder-backed Woodpecker C C C C Northern Flicker U C C Gilded Flicker U U U U Falconidae - Caracaras, Falcons Crested Caracara American Kestrel C C C C Merlin U U U Peregrine Falcon U U U Prairie Falcon U U Tyrannidae - Tyrant Flycatchers Olive-sided Flycatcher Western Wood-Pewee C C Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher C U U Least Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher U Gray Flycatcher U U U Dusky Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher C C Cordilleran Flycatcher Black Phoebe C C C C Eastern Phoebe (regular most winters) Say's Phoebe C U C C ermilion Flycatcher C C C C Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher C C C Brown-crested Flycatcher U U Tropical Kingbird Cassin's Kingbird Couch's Kingbird Thick-billed Kingbird (not present every year) Western Kingbird C C C Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Laniidae - Shrikes Loggerhead Shrike C U C C ireonidae - ireos White-eyed ireo Bell's ireo U U Gray ireo Hutton's ireo Cassin's ireo U U Plumbeous ireo C U Warbling ireo C C ed-eyed ireo Corvidae - Jays, avens California Scrub-Jay Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Clark's Nutcracker Common aven C C C C Alaudidae - Larks Horned Lark C C C C Hirundinidae - Swallows Purple Martin Tree Swallow C U C C iolet-green Swallow Northern ough-winged Swallow C C C C Bank Swallow U U Cliff Swallow C C C Barn Swallow C C U emizidae - erdins erdin C C C C Sittidae - Nuthatches ed-breasted Nuthatch (irruptive) Certhiidae - Creepers Brown Creeper (irruptive) Troglodytidae - Wrens ock Wren C C C C Canyon Wren U U U U House Wren U U C Pacific Wren
Winter Wren Marsh Wren C C C C Bewick's Wren U U Cactus Wren C C C C Sylviidae - Gnatcatchers Blue-gray Gnatcatcher C C C Black-tailed Gnatcatcher C C C C egulidae - Kinglets Golden-crowned Kinglet uby-crowned Kinglet C C C Turdidae - Thrushes Western Bluebird (irruptive) U U Mountain Bluebird (irruptive) Townsend's Solitaire (irruptive) Swainson's Thrush C Hermit Thrush U U U ufous-backed obin American obin U U aried Thrush Mimidae - Mockingbirds, Thrashers Gray Catbird Curve-billed Thrasher U U U Bendire's Thrasher U U U Le Conte's Thrasher U U U U Crissal Thrasher C C C C Sage Thrasher U U Northern Mockingbird C C C C Sturnidae - Starlings European Starling C C C C Bombycillidae - Waxwings Cedar Waxwing U U U Ptilogonatidae - Silky-flycatchers Phainopepla C U U C Passeridae - Old World Sparrows House Sparrow C C C C Motacillidae - Pipits American Pipit U U U Sprague's Pipit Fringillidae - Finches, Goldfinches House Finch C C C C Cassin s Finch Pine Siskin (irruptive) U U U Lesser Goldfinch C C C C Lawrence's Goldfinch (irruptive) U U U American Goldfinch
Parulidae - Wood-Warblers Northern Waterthrush Golden-winged Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler (regular winter visitor) Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler C C C Lucy's Warbler C U Nashville Warbler C C irginia's Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler C U Common Yellowthroat C C C C American edstart (regular visitor) Northern Parula (regular visitor) Magnolia Warbler Yellow Warbler C U U Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler C C C Black-throated Gray Warbler C C Townsend's Warbler C C Hermit Warbler U Wilson's Warbler C C C Painted edstart Yellow-breasted Chat C C U Emberizidae - Emberizine Finches Green-tailed Towhee U U U Spotted Towhee U U U ufous-crowned Sparrow U U U Canyon Towhee C C C U Abert's Towhee C C C C Chipping Sparrow C C C Clay-colored Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow C C C Field Sparrow Black-chinned Sparrow U U U esper Sparrow C C C Lark Sparrow U U U Black-throated Sparrow C C C C Sagebrush Sparrow U U U Bell's Sparrow Lark Bunting Savannah Sparrow C C C Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow C C C C Lincoln's Sparrow C C C Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow (regular visitor) Harris's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow C C C Golden-crowned Sparrow (regular visitor) Dark-eyed Junco (irruptive) C U C Cardinalidae - Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings Summer Tanager U U U Western Tanager C C Northern Cardinal (may be escaped cage birds) ose-breasted Grosbeak (more common some years) Black-headed Grosbeak C U C C Blue Grosbeak C C U Lazuli Bunting C C Indigo Bunting (may be common some years) Painted Bunting Dickcissel Icteridae - Icterids ed-winged Blackbird C C C C Western Meadowlark C C C C Yellow-headed Blackbird C C C C Brewer's Blackbird U U U Common Grackle Great-tailed Grackle C C C C Bronzed Cowbird U U U Brown-headed Cowbird C C C C Orchard Oriole Hooded Oriole C C U Streak-backed Oriole Bullock's Oriole C C C Baltimore Oriole Scott's Oriole C C U