Birds to See in Arizona in January
132 bird species on our list for Arizona are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, Mourning Dove, Gila Woodpecker, White-crowned Sparrow and Yellow-rumped Warbler. New this month: Trumpeter Swan and Grey Phalarope.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt 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 132 birds in January
132 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Jan
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentCommon20–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.37% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.92% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jan
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.03% in Jan
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.56% in Jan
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.51% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.51% in Jan
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Jan
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.32% in Jan
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Jan
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Jan
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentUncommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentRare26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentRare16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentRare14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
California CondorGymnogyps californianusSummer visitorRare109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorPassage migrantRare139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorRare10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Jan
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
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