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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Arizona in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 46, most common first
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
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