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

 

This checklist is arranged in Clements order and contains 290 species that can occur in June 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

  


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

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

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

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

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

DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS
SN*Black-bellied Whistling-Duck.....f
W  Wood Duck........................i
W  American Wigeon..................i
Wn*Gadwall..........................i
W *Green-winged Teal................i
WN*Mallard..........................f
W *Northern Pintail.................i
F *Blue-winged Teal...............rLi
 n*Cinnamon Teal....................r
W *Northern Shoveler................i
W *Canvasback.......................i
Wn*Redhead..........................i
W *Ring-necked Duck.................i
W *Lesser Scaup.....................i
 N*Ruddy Duck.......................f

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

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

HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
 n*White-tailed Kite................r
 N Mississippi Kite.................u
Wn Sharp-shinned Hawk...............r
 N*Cooper's Hawk....................f
 N*Northern Goshawk.................r
 N Common Black-Hawk................u
 N*Harris's Hawk....................f
 N*Gray Hawk........................u
 n Short-tailed Hawk................i
 N Swainson's Hawk..................f
 N*Zone-tailed Hawk.................u
WN*Red-tailed Hawk..................c
 N*Golden Eagle.....................u

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

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

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

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

AVOCETS AND STILTS
Sn*Black-necked Stilt...............u
 N*American Avocet..................f

PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
 N*Killdeer.........................c
 n Snowy Plover.....................i

SANDPIPERS
F  Marbled Godwit...................i
sp Whimbrel........................Ei
  *Long-billed Curlew.............rLu
F *Greater Yellowlegs...............i
F  Lesser Yellowlegs...............Li
w *Spotted Sandpiper................i
   Willet...........................i
W *Least Sandpiper.................Li
F  Wilson's Phalarope.............uLi
f  Red-necked Phalarope.............i

GULLS
   Heermann's Gull..................i
  *Ring-billed Gull.................r
f  California Gull..................i
   Bonaparte's Gull.................i
sp Franklin's Gull................rLi

TERNS
sp Least Tern.......................i
F  Black Tern.......................i

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

CUCKOOS
 N Yellow-billed Cuckoo.............f
sf Groove-billed Ani................i
 N*Greater Roadrunner...............f

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

OWLS
 N Flammulated Owl..................f
 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..........................c
 N*Burrowing Owl....................u
 N*Northern Saw-whet Owl............r
Wn*Northern Long-eared Owl..........i

NIGHTJARS
 N Lesser Nighthawk.................c
 N Common Nighthawk.................f
 N*Common Poorwill..................c
 n Buff-collared Nightjar...........r
 N Whip-poor-will...................f

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

HUMMINGBIRDS
 N*Broad-billed Hummingbird.........c
 N White-eared Hummingbird..........r
 N*Violet-crowned Hummingbird.......u
 n Berylline Hummingbird............i
 N*Blue-throated Hummingbird........f
 N*Magnificent Hummingbird..........c
s  Plain-capped Starthroat.........Li
 n Lucifer Hummingbird..............r
 N Black-chinned Hummingbird........c
WN*Anna's Hummingbird...............f
 N*Costa's Hummingbird..............f
 N*Broad-tailed Hummingbird.........c
F  Rufous Hummingbird..............Li

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

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

WOODPECKERS
 N*Acorn Woodpecker.................c
 N*Gila Woodpecker..................c
 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
   Olive-sided Flycatcher..........Er
 N*Greater Pewee....................f
 N Western Wood-Pewee...............c
 n Willow Flycatcher..............fLr
Wn*Gray Flycatcher..................i
   Pacific-slope Flycatcher........Er
 N*Cordilleran Flycatcher...........c
 N*Buff-breasted Flycatcher.........c
 N*Black Phoebe.....................c
 N*Say's Phoebe.....................f
 N*Vermilion Flycatcher.............c
 N Dusky-capped Flycatcher..........c
 N*Ash-throated Flycatcher..........c
 N Brown-crested Flycatcher.........f
 N Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher.......u
 N Tropical Kingbird................u
 N*Cassin's Kingbird................c
 N Thick-billed Kingbird............u
 N Western Kingbird.................c
sf Eastern Kingbird.................i
sfnScissor-tailed Flycatcher........i
 N Rose-throated Becard.............r

LARKS
 N*Horned Lark......................c

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

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

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

DIPPERS
Wn American Dipper..................i

WRENS
 N*Cactus Wren......................c
 N*Rock Wren........................f
 N*Canyon Wren......................c
 N*Bewick's Wren....................c
 N*House Wren.......................u

MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
  *Gray Catbird.....................i
 N*Northern Mockingbird.............c
 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.................u
   Swainson's Thrush..............uLi
 N*Hermit Thrush....................f
 N*American Robin...................f

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................u

CROWS AND JAYS
 N*Steller's Jay....................f
 N*Western Scrub-Jay................u
 N*Mexican Jay......................c
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.....................c
 n Gray Vireo.......................r
s  Yellow-throated Vireo............i
 N*Plumbeous Vireo..................f
 N*Hutton's Vireo...................c
 N Warbling Vireo...................c
s  Red-eyed Vireo...................i

FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS
 N*House Finch......................a
 N*Red Crossbill....................u
 n*Pine Siskin......................r
 N*Lesser Goldfinch.................c
 N*Evening Grosbeak................Iu

OLIVE WARBLER
 N*Olive Warbler....................c

WOOD WARBLERS
Wn*Orange-crowned Warbler...........r
 N Virginia's Warbler...............f
 N Lucy's Warbler...................c
s  Northern Parula..................i
 N Yellow Warbler...................c
   Chestnut-sided Warbler..........Ei
f  Black-throated Blue Warbler.....Ei
 N*Yellow-rumped Warbler............f
 N*Black-throated Gray Warbler......c
 N Grace's Warbler..................c
  *Black-and-white Warbler........rLi
f *American Redstart..............rLi
   Prothonotary Warbler.............i
sp Worm-eating Warbler.............Ei
   Ovenbird.........................i
   Northern Waterthrush.............i
   Kentucky Warbler................Ei
 n MacGillivray's Warbler.........rLi
 N*Common Yellowthroat..............f
spsHooded Warbler...................i
  *Wilson's Warbler.................i
 N Red-faced Warbler................f
 N*Painted Redstart.................c
 n*Rufous-capped Warbler............i
 N Yellow-breasted Chat.............c

TANAGERS AND ALLIES
 N*Hepatic Tanager..................f
 N Summer Tanager...................c
 N Western Tanager..................f
 n Flame-colored Tanager............i

SPARROWS, TOWHEES, JUNCOS
W  Green-tailed Towhee.............Ei
 N*Spotted Towhee...................c
 N*Canyon Towhee....................c
 N*Abert's Towhee...................c
 N Botteri's Sparrow................u
 N*Cassin's Sparrow.................r
 N*Rufous-crowned Sparrow...........f
 N*Rufous-winged Sparrow............u
 N*Five-striped Sparrow.............r
 N*Chipping Sparrow.................r
 N*Black-chinned Sparrow............u
 N*Lark Sparrow.....................f
 N*Black-throated Sparrow...........c
 N*Grasshopper Sparrow..............f
 N*Song Sparrow.....................c
W  White-crowned Sparrow...........Ei
 N*Yellow-eyed Junco................c

SALTATORS, CARDINALS AND ALLIES
 N*Northern Cardinal................c
 N*Pyrrhuloxia......................c
s  Yellow Grosbeak..................i
  *Rose-breasted Grosbeak...........r
 N Black-headed Grosbeak............c
 N*Blue Grosbeak....................c
Fn*Lazuli Bunting...................i
 N Indigo Bunting...................u
 N Varied Bunting...................f

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


  

 

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 June 1996-2006 Stuart Healy