Birds to See in Arizona in February
127 bird species on our list for Arizona are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, House Finch, Gila Woodpecker, White-crowned Sparrow and Yellow-rumped Warbler. New this month: Black-throated Blue Warbler.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
From Arizona’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 127 birds in February
127 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Feb
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentCommon20–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.34% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Feb
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.72% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Feb
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Feb
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.88% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.64% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Feb
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.51% in Feb
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.41% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Feb
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.25% in Feb
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Feb
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentUncommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Feb
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentRare26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentRare14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentRare16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
California CondorGymnogyps californianusSummer visitorRare109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorPassage migrantRare139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorRare10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Feb
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
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