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

 

This checklist is arranged in Clements order and contains 312 species that can occur in March 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......................i

GREBES
  *Least Grebe......................i
 N*Pied-billed Grebe................c
Wn*Eared Grebe....................fLc
W  Western Grebe..................uLr
   Clark's Grebe....................r

PELICANS
   American White Pelican...........i
SF Brown Pelican....................i

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

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

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

DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS
SN*Black-bellied Whistling-Duck...rLf
W  Tundra Swan......................i
W  Greater White-fronted Goose......r
W  Snow Goose.......................u
W  Ross's Goose.....................r
W  Canada Goose...................uLi
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.................r
 n*Cinnamon Teal....................c
W *Northern Shoveler................a
W *Canvasback.......................u
Wn*Redhead..........................f
W *Ring-necked Duck.................c
W  Greater Scaup....................i
W *Lesser Scaup.....................f
W  Common Goldeneye.................r
W  Bufflehead.......................u
W  Hooded Merganser.................i
fW Red-breasted Merganser...........i
W  Common Merganser...............fLu
 N*Ruddy Duck.......................c

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

OSPREY
   Osprey.........................iLu

HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
 n*White-tailed Kite................r
W  Bald Eagle.....................rLi
Wn Northern Harrier...............cLf
Wn Sharp-shinned Hawk...............u
 N*Cooper's Hawk....................c
 N*Northern Goshawk.................r
 N Common Black-Hawk..............rLu
 N*Harris's Hawk....................f
 N*Gray Hawk......................iLr
 N Swainson's Hawk................iLu
 N*Zone-tailed Hawk...............iLr
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.................cLu

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................iLu

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

SANDPIPERS
W  Wilson's Snipe...................f
  *Long-billed Dowitcher..........uLf
  *Long-billed Curlew.............rLu
F *Greater Yellowlegs.............uLf
F  Lesser Yellowlegs...............Lr
w *Spotted Sandpiper................u
F *Western Sandpiper..............iLr
W *Least Sandpiper................fLc
w  Dunlin.........................rLi
F  Wilson's Phalarope..............Li

GULLS
   Heermann's Gull..................i
  *Ring-billed Gull.................u
f  California Gull..................i

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..............fLc
 N*Common Ground-Dove...............r
 n*Ruddy Ground-Dove..............rLi
 N*Inca Dove........................f

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

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

OWLS
 N Flammulated Owl................iLu
 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 Elf Owl........................iLu
 N*Burrowing Owl....................u
 N*Northern Saw-whet Owl............r
Wn*Northern Long-eared Owl..........r
W  Short-eared Owl................IEi

NIGHTJARS
 N Lesser Nighthawk................Li
 N*Common Poorwill................iLu

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

HUMMINGBIRDS
 N*Broad-billed Hummingbird.......uLf
 N White-eared Hummingbird.........Li
 N*Violet-crowned Hummingbird.......u
 N*Blue-throated Hummingbird........r
 N*Magnificent Hummingbird........rLu
 N Black-chinned Hummingbird......rLu
WN*Anna's Hummingbird...............f
 N*Costa's Hummingbird..............c
F  Calliope Hummingbird............Li
 N*Broad-tailed Hummingbird.......rLu
F  Rufous Hummingbird.............rLu

TROGONS AND QUETZALS
 N*Elegant Trogon...................r
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..............f
 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....u
 N*Greater Pewee..................iLr
W  Hammond's Flycatcher.............r
Wn*Gray Flycatcher................fLu
W  Dusky Flycatcher.................u
   Pacific-slope Flycatcher........Lr
 N*Buff-breasted Flycatcher........Lr
w  Eastern Phoebe.................rLi
 N*Black Phoebe.....................c
 N*Say's Phoebe.....................c
 N*Vermilion Flycatcher.............c
 N Dusky-capped Flycatcher.........Li
 N*Ash-throated Flycatcher........rLu
 N*Cassin's Kingbird..............rLu
 N Western Kingbird...............iLu

LARKS
 N*Horned Lark....................aLc

SWALLOWS
 N Purple Martin....................i
  *Tree Swallow.....................c
 N*Violet-green Swallow...........fLc
 N*Northern Rough-winged Swallow..fLc
 N Cliff Swallow..................rLu
 N*Barn Swallow...................iLu

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

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

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...............fLu
W  Mountain Bluebird.............IfLu
W  Townsend's Solitaire..........IuLr
 N*Hermit Thrush....................f
w  Rufous-backed Robin..............r
 N*American Robin...................f
w  Varied Thrush....................i

GNATCATCHERS
 N*Blue-gray Gnatcatcher..........uLf
 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
 N*Chihuahuan Raven.................c
 N*Common Raven.....................c

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

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

VIREOS AND ALLIES
 N Bell's Vireo...................iLf
 n Gray Vireo......................Li
 N*Plumbeous Vireo................rLu
   Cassin's Vireo.................rLu
 N*Hutton's Vireo.................fLc
 N Warbling Vireo.................iLu
s  Red-eyed Vireo..................Li

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..................uLf

WOOD WARBLERS
   Tennessee Warbler...............Li
Wn*Orange-crowned Warbler.........uLf
   Nashville Warbler..............iLr
 N Virginia's Warbler..............Lr
 N Lucy's Warbler.................iLc
 N Yellow Warbler.................iLf
   Chestnut-sided Warbler..........Ei
 N*Yellow-rumped Warbler............a
 N*Black-throated Gray Warbler....rLu
F *Townsend's Warbler...............r
 N Grace's Warbler.................Lr
   Palm Warbler.....................i
  *Black-and-white Warbler..........i
f *American Redstart................i
sp Worm-eating Warbler.............Li
w  Louisiana Waterthrush...........Ei
 n MacGillivray's Warbler..........Li
 N*Common Yellowthroat..............u
  *Wilson's Warbler.................r
 N*Painted Redstart...............uLf
 n*Rufous-capped Warbler............i

TANAGERS AND ALLIES
 N*Hepatic Tanager................iLr
 N Summer Tanager..................Li

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...............rLu
 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.....................r
W  Lark Bunting.....................a
W  Savannah Sparrow.................c
W  Baird's Sparrow................rLi
 N*Grasshopper Sparrow..............f
W  Fox Sparrow....................rLi
 N*Song Sparrow.....................c
W  Lincoln's Sparrow................f
W  Swamp Sparrow..................rLi
W  White-crowned Sparrow............a
W  White-throated Sparrow...........r
w  Golden-crowned Sparrow...........i
w  Harris's Sparrow.................i
W  Dark-eyed Junco................fLu
 N*Yellow-eyed Junco................c
W  McCown's Longspur..............rLi
W  Chestnut-collared Longspur.....cLf

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

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.............aLc
 N*Great-tailed Grackle.............a
 N*Bronzed Cowbird................rLu
 N*Brown-headed Cowbird.............c
 n*Streak-backed Oriole.............i
 N*Hooded Oriole..................iLu
 N Bullock's Oriole...............iLu
 N*Scott's Oriole.................iLr


  

 

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 March 1996-2006 Stuart Healy