Uncommon Birds in Arizona
Our list for Arizona has 59 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 19 residents, 6 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors and 12 passage migrants
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 59, most common first
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentUncommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 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