Common Birds in Arizona
Our list for Arizona has 46 common birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 5 summer visitors and 14 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Arizona in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 46, most common first
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentCommon20–25 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made