SE AZ MONTHLY CHECKLIST OCTOBER Compiled by Stuart Healy 1996-2005 revised April, 2006

 

This checklist is arranged in Clements order and contains 360 species that can occur in October 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....................iLr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

OSPREY
   Osprey.........................uLi

HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
 n*White-tailed Kite................r
Wn Northern Harrier.................c
Wn Sharp-shinned Hawk...............u
 N*Cooper's Hawk....................c
 N*Northern Goshawk.................r
 N Common Black-Hawk...............Er
 N*Harris's Hawk....................f
 N*Gray Hawk......................rLi
 N Swainson's Hawk................uLi
 N*Zone-tailed Hawk.................i
WN*Red-tailed Hawk..................c
W  Ferruginous Hawk...............rLu
W  Rough-legged Hawk..............ILi
 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.................rLu

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

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

PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
f  American Golden-Plover...........i
f  Black-bellied Plover.............r
F  Semipalmated Plover.............Er
 N*Killdeer.........................c
 n Snowy Plover.....................i
W  Mountain Plover................iLr

SANDPIPERS
W  Wilson's Snipe...................f
f  Short-billed Dowitcher..........Er
  *Long-billed Dowitcher............c
F  Marbled Godwit...................r
  *Long-billed Curlew...............r
F *Greater Yellowlegs.............uLr
F  Lesser Yellowlegs................r
   Solitary Sandpiper..............Er
w *Spotted Sandpiper................u
f  Sanderling.....................rLi
f  Semipalmated Sandpiper..........Ei
F *Western Sandpiper..............fLu
W *Least Sandpiper..................f
F  Baird's Sandpiper..............uLi
F  Pectoral Sandpiper.............uLr
w  Dunlin..........................Lr
F  Stilt Sandpiper.................Er
F  Wilson's Phalarope.............uLi
f  Red-necked Phalarope............Er
fw Red Phalarope....................i

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

TERNS
f  Common Tern......................i
F  Forster's Tern.................rLi
F  Black Tern......................Ei

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

CUCKOOS
sf Groove-billed Ani................i
 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 Elf Owl.........................Ei
 N*Burrowing Owl....................u
 N*Northern Saw-whet Owl............r
Wn*Northern Long-eared Owl..........r
W  Short-eared Owl................ILi

NIGHTJARS
 N Lesser Nighthawk...............fLi
 N*Common Poorwill................fLu
 N Whip-poor-will...................r

SWIFTS
f  Vaux's Swift....................Er
 N*White-throated Swift...........cLf

HUMMINGBIRDS
 N*Broad-billed Hummingbird.........r
 N White-eared Hummingbird.........Ei
 N*Violet-crowned Hummingbird.......u
 N*Blue-throated Hummingbird......fLu
 N*Magnificent Hummingbird........cLf
s  Plain-capped Starthroat.........Ei
 n Lucifer Hummingbird.............Er
 N Black-chinned Hummingbird......uLr
WN*Anna's Hummingbird...............c
 N*Costa's Hummingbird..............u
F  Calliope Hummingbird...........rLi
 N*Broad-tailed Hummingbird.......uLi
F  Rufous Hummingbird.............uLi

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

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

WOODPECKERS
W  Lewis's Woodpecker.............iLr
 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..uLr
   Olive-sided Flycatcher..........Er
 N*Greater Pewee....................i
 N Western Wood-Pewee.............rLi
 n Willow Flycatcher...............Ei
W  Hammond's Flycatcher...........uLr
Wn*Gray Flycatcher..................f
W  Dusky Flycatcher...............fLu
   Pacific-slope Flycatcher........Er
 N*Cordilleran Flycatcher..........Ei
 N*Buff-breasted Flycatcher........Ei
w  Eastern Phoebe.................iLr
 N*Black Phoebe.....................c
 N*Say's Phoebe.....................c
 N*Vermilion Flycatcher.............u
 N Dusky-capped Flycatcher........rLi
 N*Ash-throated Flycatcher..........r
 N Tropical Kingbird...............Ei
 N*Cassin's Kingbird..............fLu
 N Thick-billed Kingbird...........Ei
 N Western Kingbird...............fLu
sf Eastern Kingbird................Ei
sfnScissor-tailed Flycatcher........i
 N Rose-throated Becard.............i

LARKS
 N*Horned Lark....................cLa

SWALLOWS
 N Purple Martin..................rLi
  *Tree Swallow.....................c
 N*Violet-green Swallow...........fLu
 N*Northern Rough-winged Swallow....f
f  Bank Swallow....................Ei
 N Cliff Swallow...................Ei
 N*Barn Swallow...................cLf

WAGTAILS AND PIPITS
W  American Pipit.................uLc
w  Sprague's Pipit.................Li

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

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.....................Li
 N*House Wren.......................c
W  Marsh Wren.....................uLf

MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
  *Gray Catbird.....................i
 N*Northern Mockingbird.............c
W  Sage Thrasher....................r
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...............uLf
W  Mountain Bluebird..............ILu
W  Townsend's Solitaire..........IrLu
   Swainson's Thrush..............uLi
 N*Hermit Thrush....................f
w  Rufous-backed Robin..............i
 N*American Robin...................f
w  Varied Thrush...................Li
s  Aztec 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
 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...................rLi
 N*Plumbeous Vireo................uLr
   Cassin's Vireo...................u
 N*Hutton's Vireo...................f
 N Warbling Vireo..................Ei
s  Red-eyed Vireo...................i

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.............iLr
 N*Evening Grosbeak................Iu

OLIVE WARBLER
 N*Olive Warbler..................fLu

WOOD WARBLERS
   Tennessee Warbler................i
Wn*Orange-crowned Warbler.........fLu
   Nashville Warbler..............uLi
 N Lucy's Warbler..................Er
s  Northern Parula..................i
 N Yellow Warbler..................Eu
   Chestnut-sided Warbler...........i
f  Black-throated Blue Warbler......i
 N*Yellow-rumped Warbler..........cLa
 N*Black-throated Gray Warbler....fLu
F *Townsend's Warbler...............u
F  Hermit Warbler.................uLr
 N Grace's Warbler..................i
   Palm Warbler.....................i
  *Black-and-white Warbler..........r
f *American Redstart..............rLi
   Prothonotary Warbler.............i
   Ovenbird.........................i
w  Louisiana Waterthrush...........Li
   Kentucky Warbler.................i
 n MacGillivray's Warbler..........Eu
 N*Common Yellowthroat..............f
spsHooded Warbler..................Li
  *Wilson's Warbler.................r
 N*Painted Redstart...............uLr
 n*Rufous-capped Warbler............i
 N Yellow-breasted Chat............Er

TANAGERS AND ALLIES
 N*Hepatic Tanager................uLr
 N Summer Tanager.................uLr
 N Western Tanager................rLi

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

SALTATORS, CARDINALS AND ALLIES
 N*Northern Cardinal................c
 N*Pyrrhuloxia......................c
  *Rose-breasted Grosbeak...........r
 N Black-headed Grosbeak..........uLi
 N*Blue Grosbeak..................uLr
Fn*Lazuli Bunting.................uLr
 N Indigo Bunting.................rLi
 N Varied Bunting..................Ei
s  Painted Bunting..................i
f  Dickcissel.......................i

BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC.
f  Bobolink.........................i
 N*Red-winged Blackbird...........cLa
 N*Eastern Meadowlark...............c
Wn*Western Meadowlark.............uLf
Wn*Yellow-headed Blackbird..........a
W  Brewer's Blackbird.............cLa
 N*Great-tailed Grackle.............a
 N*Bronzed Cowbird..................r
 N*Brown-headed Cowbird.............c
 n*Streak-backed Oriole.............i
 N*Hooded Oriole..................uLi
 N Bullock's Oriole.................i
spsOrchard Oriole..................Ei
 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 Oct. 1996-2006 Stuart Healy