SE AZ MONTHLY CHECKLIST FEBRUARY Compiled by Stuart Healy 1996-2006 revised March, 2005

 

This checklist is arranged in Clements order and contains 282 species that can occur in February in southeast Arizona. Abundance codes in proper habitat: a-abundant, c-common, f-fairly common u-uncommon, r-rare, i-very rare or irregular Status: (see extended notes for full details) N=nesting, Sp/S/F/W=seasons, *=all year, not necessarily in same habitat or same individuals. Italics = transient, Underline = localized range Modifiers that precede the abundance code: E = early part of month, L = later part of month I = Irruptive or variable in numbers year to year Examples: rLu = rare early becoming uncommon later Ef = fairly common early in month, absent later Lc = absent early in the month, common later

  


LOONS
W  Common Loon....................rLi

GREBES
  *Least Grebe......................i
 N*Pied-billed Grebe................c
Wn*Eared Grebe......................f
W  Western Grebe....................u
   Clark's Grebe..................iLr

CORMORANTS
w *Double-crested Cormorant.........u
  *Neotropic Cormorant..............r

HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS
 N*Great Blue Heron.................c
 n*Great Egret......................u
S *Snowy Egret......................i
S  Cattle Egret.....................i
 N*Green Heron......................f
Wn*Black-crowned Night-Heron........r
 N*Least Bittern....................i
W  American Bittern.................r

IBIS AND SPOONBILLS
F *White-faced Ibis.................i

DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS
SN*Black-bellied Whistling-Duck.....r
W  Tundra Swan......................i
W  Greater White-fronted Goose......r
W  Snow Goose.......................u
W  Ross's Goose.....................r
W  Canada Goose.....................u
w  Cackling Goose..................Ei
W  Wood Duck........................r
W  Eurasian Wigeon..................i
W  American Wigeon..................a
Wn*Gadwall..........................c
W *Green-winged Teal................c
WN*Mallard..........................c
W *Northern Pintail.................c
F *Blue-winged Teal...............iLr
 n*Cinnamon Teal....................f
W *Northern Shoveler................a
W *Canvasback.......................u
Wn*Redhead..........................f
W *Ring-necked Duck.................c
W  Greater Scaup....................r
W *Lesser Scaup.....................f
W  Common Goldeneye.................r
W  Bufflehead.......................u
W  Hooded Merganser.................r
fW Red-breasted Merganser...........i
W  Common Merganser.................f
 N*Ruddy Duck.......................c

NEW WORLD VULTURES
 N*Black Vulture....................u
 N*Turkey Vulture...................r

OSPREY
   Osprey...........................i

HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
 n*White-tailed Kite................r
W  Bald Eagle.......................u
Wn Northern Harrier.................c
Wn Sharp-shinned Hawk...............u
 N*Cooper's Hawk....................c
 N*Northern Goshawk.................r
 N*Harris's Hawk....................f
 N*Zone-tailed Hawk.................i
WN*Red-tailed Hawk..................c
W  Ferruginous Hawk.................f
W  Rough-legged Hawk...............Ir
 N*Golden Eagle.....................u

FALCONS AND CARACARAS
 N*Crested Caracara.................u
WN*American Kestrel.................c
W  Merlin...........................r
WN*Prairie Falcon...................u
wN*Peregrine Falcon.................u

TURKEYS
 N*Wild Turkey......................r

NEW WORLD QUAIL
 N*Scaled Quail.....................f
 N*Gambel's Quail...................a
 N*Montezuma Quail..................u

CRANES
W  Sandhill Crane...................a

RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS
 n Clapper Rail.....................i
Wn*Virginia Rail....................u
W *Sora.............................u
 N*Common Moorhen...................u
WN*American Coot....................a

AVOCETS AND STILTS
Sn*Black-necked Stilt...............r
 N*American Avocet..................i

PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
 N*Killdeer.........................c
W  Mountain Plover..................u

SANDPIPERS
W  Wilson's Snipe...................f
  *Long-billed Dowitcher............r
  *Long-billed Curlew...............r
F *Greater Yellowlegs.............rLu
w *Spotted Sandpiper................u
F *Western Sandpiper................i
W *Least Sandpiper..................u
w  Dunlin...........................r
fw Red Phalarope....................i

GULLS
   Heermann's Gull..................i
  *Ring-billed Gull.................r

PIGEONS AND DOVES
 N*Rock Pigeon......................c
 N*Band-tailed Pigeon...............r
 N*Eurasian Collared-Dove...........r
 N*Mourning Dove....................a
 N*White-winged Dove..............rLu
 N*Common Ground-Dove...............r
 n*Ruddy Ground-Dove................r
 N*Inca Dove........................f

CUCKOOS
 N*Greater Roadrunner...............f

BARN-OWLS
 N*Barn Owl.........................f

OWLS
 N*Western Screech-Owl..............c
 N*Whiskered Screech-Owl............c
 N*Great Horned Owl.................c
 N*Spotted Owl......................u
 N*Northern Pygmy-Owl...............u
 N*Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl............r
 N*Burrowing Owl....................u
 N*Northern Saw-whet Owl............r
Wn*Northern Long-eared Owl..........r
W  Short-eared Owl.................Ir

NIGHTJARS
 N*Common Poorwill..................i

SWIFTS
 N*White-throated Swift.............u

HUMMINGBIRDS
 N*Broad-billed Hummingbird.........r
 N*Violet-crowned Hummingbird.......r
 N*Blue-throated Hummingbird........r
 N*Magnificent Hummingbird..........r
 N Black-chinned Hummingbird.......Li
WN*Anna's Hummingbird...............c
 N*Costa's Hummingbird..............c
 N*Broad-tailed Hummingbird.........i
F  Rufous Hummingbird..............Li

TROGONS AND QUETZALS
 N*Elegant Trogon...................i
f  Eared Quetzal....................i

KINGFISHERS
W  Belted Kingfisher................u
 n*Green Kingfisher.................r

WOODPECKERS
W  Lewis's Woodpecker...............r
 N*Acorn Woodpecker.................c
 N*Gila Woodpecker..................c
W  Williamson's Sapsucker...........r
w  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.........i
W  Red-naped Sapsucker..............u
 N*Ladder-backed Woodpecker.........c
 N*Hairy Woodpecker.................u
 N*Arizona Woodpecker...............f
 N*Northern Flicker.................c
 N*Gilded Flicker...................f

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
 N*Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet....r
 N*Greater Pewee....................i
W  Hammond's Flycatcher.............r
Wn*Gray Flycatcher..................f
W  Dusky Flycatcher.................u
w  Eastern Phoebe...................r
 N*Black Phoebe.....................c
 N*Say's Phoebe.....................c
 N*Vermilion Flycatcher...........uLc
 N*Ash-throated Flycatcher..........r
 N*Cassin's Kingbird................i

LARKS
 N*Horned Lark......................a

SWALLOWS
  *Tree Swallow...................rLu
 N*Violet-green Swallow...........rLu
 N*Northern Rough-winged Swallow....r
 N Cliff Swallow...................Li
 N*Barn Swallow.....................i

WAGTAILS AND PIPITS
W  American Pipit...................c
w  Sprague's Pipit..................r

KINGLETS
 N*Golden-crowned Kinglet...........u
Wn*Ruby-crowned Kinglet.............c

SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
 N*Phainopepla......................c

WAXWINGS
W  Cedar Waxwing...................If

DIPPERS
Wn American Dipper..................r

WRENS
 N*Cactus Wren......................c
 N*Rock Wren........................f
 N*Canyon Wren......................c
 N*Bewick's Wren....................c
w  Winter Wren......................r
 N*House Wren.......................c
W  Marsh Wren.......................f

MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
  *Gray Catbird.....................i
 N*Northern Mockingbird.............c
W  Sage Thrasher....................u
w  Brown Thrasher...................i
 N*Bendire's Thrasher...............f
 N*Curve-billed Thrasher............c
 N*Crissal Thrasher.................f
 n*Le Conte's Thrasher..............i

THRUSHES
 N*Eastern Bluebird.................u
 N*Western Bluebird.................f
W  Mountain Bluebird...............If
W  Townsend's Solitaire............Iu
 N*Hermit Thrush....................f
w  Rufous-backed Robin..............r
 N*American Robin...................f
w  Varied Thrush....................i

GNATCATCHERS
 N*Blue-gray Gnatcatcher............u
 N*Black-tailed Gnatcatcher.........f
 n*Black-capped Gnatcatcher.........r

LONG-TAILED TITS
 N*Bushtit..........................c

CHICKADEES AND TITS
 N*Mountain Chickadee...............f
 N*Mexican Chickadee................u
 N*Bridled Titmouse.................c
 N*Juniper Titmouse.................u

NUTHATCHES
 N*Pygmy Nuthatch...................c
 N*Red-breasted Nuthatch............f
 N*White-breasted Nuthatch..........c

CREEPERS
 N*Brown Creeper....................c

PENDULINE TITS
 N*Verdin...........................c

SHRIKES
WN*Loggerhead Shrike................c

CROWS AND JAYS
 N*Steller's Jay....................f
 N*Western Scrub-Jay................u
 N*Mexican Jay......................c
w  Pinyon Jay......................Ir
w  Clark's Nutcracker..............Ir
w  American Crow...................Ii
 N*Chihuahuan Raven.................c
 N*Common Raven.....................c

STARLINGS
 N*European Starling................a

OLD WORLD SPARROWS
 N*House Sparrow....................a

VIREOS AND ALLIES
 N*Plumbeous Vireo..................r
   Cassin's Vireo...................r
 N*Hutton's Vireo...................f

FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS
W  Cassin's Finch..................Ir
w  Purple Finch.....................i
 N*House Finch......................a
 N*Red Crossbill....................u
 n*Pine Siskin......................f
 N*Lesser Goldfinch.................c
W  Lawrence's Goldfinch............Iu
W  American Goldfinch...............u
 N*Evening Grosbeak................Ir

OLIVE WARBLER
 N*Olive Warbler....................r

WOOD WARBLERS
Wn*Orange-crowned Warbler...........u
   Chestnut-sided Warbler...........i
 N*Yellow-rumped Warbler............a
 N*Black-throated Gray Warbler......r
F *Townsend's Warbler...............r
   Palm Warbler.....................i
  *Black-and-white Warbler..........i
f *American Redstart................i
w  Louisiana Waterthrush............i
 N*Common Yellowthroat..............u
  *Wilson's Warbler.................i
 N*Painted Redstart.................r
 n*Rufous-capped Warbler............i

TANAGERS AND ALLIES
 N*Hepatic Tanager..................i

SPARROWS, TOWHEES, JUNCOS
W  Green-tailed Towhee..............f
 N*Spotted Towhee...................c
 N*Canyon Towhee....................c
 N*Abert's Towhee...................c
 N*Cassin's Sparrow.................r
 N*Rufous-crowned Sparrow...........f
 N*Rufous-winged Sparrow............u
 N*Five-striped Sparrow.............i
 N*Chipping Sparrow.................a
w  Clay-colored Sparrow.............i
W  Brewer's Sparrow.................a
 N*Black-chinned Sparrow............u
W  Vesper Sparrow...................c
 N*Lark Sparrow.....................f
 N*Black-throated Sparrow...........c
W  Sage Sparrow.....................u
W  Lark Bunting.....................a
W  Savannah Sparrow.................c
W  Baird's Sparrow..................r
 N*Grasshopper Sparrow..............f
W  Fox Sparrow......................r
 N*Song Sparrow.....................c
W  Lincoln's Sparrow................f
W  Swamp Sparrow....................r
W  White-crowned Sparrow............a
W  White-throated Sparrow...........r
w  Golden-crowned Sparrow...........i
w  Harris's Sparrow.................i
W  Dark-eyed Junco..................c
 N*Yellow-eyed Junco................c
W  McCown's Longspur................r
W  Chestnut-collared Longspur.......c

SALTATORS, CARDINALS AND ALLIES
 N*Northern Cardinal................c
 N*Pyrrhuloxia......................c
  *Rose-breasted Grosbeak...........i
 N*Blue Grosbeak....................i
Fn*Lazuli Bunting...................r

BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC.
 N*Red-winged Blackbird.............a
 N*Eastern Meadowlark...............c
Wn*Western Meadowlark...............f
Wn*Yellow-headed Blackbird..........a
W  Brewer's Blackbird...............a
 N*Great-tailed Grackle.............a
 N*Bronzed Cowbird..................r
 N*Brown-headed Cowbird.............c
 n*Streak-backed Oriole.............i
 N*Hooded Oriole....................i
 N*Scott's Oriole...................i


  

 

Stuart Healy, Western U.S. Bird Guide specializing in SE AZ & the White Mtns. 220 Stardust Street, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 Tel: (520) 458-7603 email: stuarthealy@earthlink.net Web site: http://www.aztrogon.com SE AZ Feb. 1996-2006 Stuart Healy