Birds in Arizona
Explore 120 species found in this region.
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Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Year-round

Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Sep

Elf Owl
Micrathene whitneyiLC
Apr–Jul

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Year-round

Evening Grosbeak
Hesperiphona vespertinaVU
Apr

Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Sep

Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Apr

Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Sep–Jun
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Gila Woodpecker
Melanerpes uropygialisLC
Year-round

Gilded Flicker
Colaptes chrysoidesLC
Year-round

Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Aug–May

Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Nov–Mar

Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Year-round

Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Year-round

Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Year-round

Greater Roadrunner
Geococcyx californianusLC
Year-round

Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Dec–Jan

Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Sep–Jan

Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Jul–Apr

Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Year-round

Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatusLC
Year-round

Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatusLC
Nov–Mar

Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Year-round