SE AZ MONTHLY CHECKLIST FEBRUARY Compiled by and Copyright Stuart Healy revised January, 2011

 

This checklist is arranged in Clements order and contains 283 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 website 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

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

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

PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES
[ ] N*Wild Turkey......................r

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 AND SHAGS
[ ]  *Neotropic Cormorant..............r
[ ]w *Double-crested Cormorant.........u

HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS
[ ]W  American Bittern.................r
[ ] N*Least Bittern....................i
[ ] 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

IBISES AND SPOONBILLS
[ ]F *White-faced Ibis.................i

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*Peregrine Falcon.................u
[ ]WN*Prairie Falcon...................u

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

CRANES
[ ]W  Sandhill Crane...................a

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

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

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

GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS
[ ]   Heermann's Gull..................i
[ ]  *Ring-billed Gull.................r

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

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*Northern Pygmy-Owl...............u
[ ] N*Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl............r
[ ] N*Burrowing Owl....................u
[ ] N*Spotted Owl......................u
[ ]Wn*Long-eared Owl...................r
[ ]W  Short-eared Owl.................Ir
[ ] N*Northern Saw-whet Owl............r

NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES
[ ] N*Common Poorwill..................i

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

HUMMINGBIRDS
[ ] N*Magnificent Hummingbird..........r
[ ] N*Blue-throated 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
[ ] N*Broad-billed Hummingbird.........r
[ ] N*Violet-crowned Hummingbird.......r

TROGONS
[ ]f  Eared Quetzal....................i
[ ] N*Elegant Trogon...................r

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
[ ] N*Black Phoebe.....................c
[ ]w  Eastern Phoebe...................r
[ ] N*Say's Phoebe.....................c
[ ] N*Vermilion Flycatcher...........uLc
[ ] N Dusky-capped Flycatcher..........i
[ ] N*Ash-throated Flycatcher..........r
[ ] N*Cassin's Kingbird................i

SHRIKES
[ ]WN*Loggerhead Shrike................c

VIREOS
[ ] N*Plumbeous Vireo..................r
[ ]   Cassin's Vireo...................r
[ ] N*Hutton's Vireo...................f

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

LARKS
[ ] N*Horned Lark......................a

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

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

PENDULINE-TITS
[ ] N*Verdin...........................c

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

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

CREEPERS
[ ] N*Brown Creeper....................c

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

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

DIPPERS
[ ]Wn American Dipper..................r

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

THRUSHES AND ALLIES
[ ] 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

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

STARLINGS
[ ] N*European Starling................a

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

WAXWINGS
[ ]W  Cedar Waxwing...................If

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

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

LONGSPURS AND SNOW BUNTING
[ ]W  McCown's Longspur................r
[ ]W  Chestnut-collared Longspur.......c

NEW WORLD 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

BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES
[ ]W  Green-tailed Towhee..............f
[ ] N*Spotted Towhee...................c
[ ] N*Rufous-crowned Sparrow...........f
[ ] N*Canyon Towhee....................c
[ ] N*Abert's Towhee...................c
[ ] N*Rufous-winged Sparrow............u
[ ] N*Cassin's Sparrow.................r
[ ] 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*Five-striped Sparrow.............i
[ ] N*Black-throated Sparrow...........c
[ ]W  Sage Sparrow.....................u
[ ]W  Lark Bunting.....................a
[ ]W  Savannah Sparrow.................c
[ ] N*Grasshopper Sparrow..............f
[ ]W  Baird's Sparrow..................r
[ ]W  Fox Sparrow......................r
[ ] N*Song Sparrow.....................c
[ ]W  Lincoln's Sparrow................f
[ ]W  Swamp Sparrow....................r
[ ]W  White-throated Sparrow...........r
[ ]w  Harris's Sparrow.................i
[ ]W  White-crowned Sparrow............a
[ ]w  Golden-crowned Sparrow...........i
[ ]W  Dark-eyed Junco..................c
[ ] N*Yellow-eyed Junco................c

CARDINALS AND ALLIES
[ ] N*Hepatic Tanager..................i
[ ] N*Northern Cardinal................c
[ ] N*Pyrrhuloxia......................c
[ ]  *Rose-breasted Grosbeak...........i
[ ] N*Blue Grosbeak....................i
[ ]Fn*Lazuli Bunting...................r

TROUPIALS AND ALLIES
[ ] 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..................i
[ ] N*Brown-headed Cowbird.............c
[ ] N*Hooded Oriole....................i
[ ] n*Streak-backed Oriole.............i
[ ] N*Scott's Oriole...................i

SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES
[ ]w  Purple Finch.....................i
[ ]W  Cassin's Finch..................Ir
[ ] 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

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

 

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