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

 

This checklist is arranged in Clements order and contains 353 species that can occur in April 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................c
[ ]Wn*Eared Grebe......................c
[ ]W  Western Grebe..................rLi
[ ]   Clark's Grebe..................rLi

PELICANS
[ ]   American White Pelican.........iLr

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

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

IBIS AND SPOONBILLS
[ ]F *White-faced Ibis.................u

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

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

OSPREY
[ ]   Osprey...........................u

HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
[ ] n*White-tailed Kite................r
[ ] N Mississippi Kite................Li
[ ]Wn Northern Harrier.................f
[ ]Wn Sharp-shinned Hawk...............u
[ ] N*Cooper's Hawk..................cLf
[ ] 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................fLc
[ ] N*Zone-tailed Hawk.................u
[ ]WN*Red-tailed Hawk..................c
[ ]W  Ferruginous Hawk...............uLi
[ ]W  Rough-legged Hawk..............IEi
[ ] N*Golden Eagle.....................u

FALCONS AND CARACARAS
[ ] N*Crested Caracara.................u
[ ]WN*American Kestrel...............cLf
[ ]W  Merlin...........................r
[ ]WN*Prairie Falcon...................u
[ ]wN*Peregrine Falcon...............uLr

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..................Ei

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...............u
[ ] N*American Avocet................uLc

PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
[ ]f  American Golden-Plover..........Li
[ ]f  Black-bellied Plover.............i
[ ]F  Semipalmated Plover.............Lr
[ ] N*Killdeer.........................c
[ ] n Snowy Plover.....................r

SANDPIPERS
[ ]W  Wilson's Snipe.................uLr
[ ]f  Short-billed Dowitcher..........Li
[ ]  *Long-billed Dowitcher............c
[ ]F  Marbled Godwit..................Lr
[ ]sp Whimbrel.........................i
[ ]  *Long-billed Curlew...............u
[ ]F *Greater Yellowlegs...............f
[ ]F  Lesser Yellowlegs................u
[ ]   Solitary Sandpiper...............u
[ ]w *Spotted Sandpiper..............uLf
[ ]   Willet.........................iLu
[ ]f  Sanderling.......................i
[ ]f  Semipalmated Sandpiper..........Li
[ ]F *Western Sandpiper................f
[ ]W *Least Sandpiper..................a
[ ]F  Baird's Sandpiper................r
[ ]F  Pectoral Sandpiper...............i
[ ]w  Dunlin...........................i
[ ]F  Stilt Sandpiper.................Li
[ ]F  Wilson's Phalarope.............uLc
[ ]fw Red Phalarope....................i

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

TERNS
[ ]f  Common Tern.....................Li
[ ]F  Forster's Tern..................Li
[ ]sp Least Tern.......................i

PIGEONS AND DOVES
[ ] N*Rock Pigeon......................c
[ ] N*Band-tailed Pigeon.............rLu
[ ] 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*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...............iLu
[ ] N*Common Poorwill................uLf
[ ] n Buff-collared Nightjar..........Li
[ ] N Whip-poor-will.................rLu

SWIFTS
[ ]f  Vaux's Swift...................iLr
[ ] N*White-throated Swift.............c

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

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

KINGFISHERS
[ ]W  Belted Kingfisher..............uLi
[ ] n*Green Kingfisher.................r

WOODPECKERS
[ ]W  Lewis's Woodpecker.............rLi
[ ] N*Acorn Woodpecker.................c
[ ] N*Gila Woodpecker..................c
[ ]W  Williamson's Sapsucker.........rLi
[ ]w  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.........i
[ ]W  Red-naped Sapsucker............uLr
[ ] 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..........Lu
[ ] N*Greater Pewee..................uLf
[ ] N Western Wood-Pewee..............Lr
[ ] n Willow Flycatcher...............Li
[ ]W  Hammond's Flycatcher...........uLf
[ ]Wn*Gray Flycatcher................uLf
[ ]W  Dusky Flycatcher.................f
[ ]   Pacific-slope Flycatcher.......uLf
[ ] N*Cordilleran Flycatcher..........Li
[ ] N*Buff-breasted Flycatcher.......fLc
[ ]w  Eastern Phoebe...................i
[ ] N*Black Phoebe.....................c
[ ] N*Say's Phoebe.....................c
[ ] N*Vermilion Flycatcher.............c
[ ] N Dusky-capped Flycatcher........rLu
[ ] N*Ash-throated Flycatcher........fLc
[ ] N Brown-crested Flycatcher.......iLr
[ ] N*Cassin's Kingbird..............fLc
[ ] N Thick-billed Kingbird...........Lr
[ ] N Western Kingbird.................c
[ ]sfnScissor-tailed Flycatcher.......Li

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

SWALLOWS
[ ] N Purple Martin..................iLr
[ ]  *Tree Swallow...................fLu
[ ] N*Violet-green Swallow.............c
[ ] N*Northern Rough-winged Swallow..cLf
[ ]f  Bank Swallow.....................u
[ ] N Cliff Swallow....................c
[ ] N*Barn Swallow...................fLc

WAGTAILS AND PIPITS
[ ]W  American Pipit.................cLu
[ ]w  Sprague's Pipit.................Ei

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................rLi

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

MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
[ ]  *Gray Catbird.....................i
[ ] N*Northern Mockingbird.............c
[ ]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.................u
[ ]W  Townsend's Solitaire............Ir
[ ]   Swainson's Thrush...............Li
[ ] N*Hermit Thrush....................f
[ ]w  Rufous-backed Robin..............i
[ ] N*American Robin...................f
[ ]w  Varied Thrush....................i

GNATCATCHERS
[ ] N*Blue-gray Gnatcatcher..........fLu
[ ] 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................f

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.....................c
[ ] n Gray Vireo.......................r
[ ] N*Plumbeous Vireo................uLf
[ ]   Cassin's Vireo.................uLf
[ ] N*Hutton's Vireo...................c
[ ] N Warbling Vireo...................c
[ ]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..........IuLr
[ ]W  American Goldfinch...............u
[ ] N*Evening Grosbeak................Ir

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

WOOD WARBLERS
[ ]   Tennessee Warbler................i
[ ]Wn*Orange-crowned Warbler...........f
[ ]   Nashville Warbler................u
[ ] N Virginia's Warbler.............uLf
[ ] N Lucy's Warbler...................c
[ ]s  Northern Parula................iLr
[ ] N Yellow Warbler...................c
[ ]f  Black-throated Blue Warbler.....Li
[ ] N*Yellow-rumped Warbler..........cLf
[ ] N*Black-throated Gray Warbler....fLc
[ ]F *Townsend's Warbler.............rLf
[ ]F  Hermit Warbler...................u
[ ] N Grace's Warbler..................c
[ ]   Palm Warbler.....................i
[ ]  *Black-and-white Warbler........iLr
[ ]f *American Redstart..............iLr
[ ]   Prothonotary Warbler............Li
[ ]sp Worm-eating Warbler..............i
[ ]   Northern Waterthrush...........iLr
[ ]   Kentucky Warbler................Li
[ ] n MacGillivray's Warbler.........uLf
[ ] N*Common Yellowthroat..............f
[ ]spsHooded Warbler...................i
[ ]  *Wilson's Warbler...............uLc
[ ] N Red-faced Warbler..............iLu
[ ] N*Painted Redstart.................c
[ ] n*Rufous-capped Warbler............i
[ ] N Yellow-breasted Chat............Lf

TANAGERS AND ALLIES
[ ] N*Hepatic Tanager................uLf
[ ] N Summer Tanager.................rLc
[ ] N Western Tanager.................Lu
[ ] n Flame-colored Tanager...........Li

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...............Li
[ ] N*Cassin's Sparrow.................u
[ ] N*Rufous-crowned Sparrow...........f
[ ] N*Rufous-winged Sparrow............u
[ ] N*Five-striped Sparrow...........iLr
[ ] N*Chipping Sparrow.................c
[ ]w  Clay-colored Sparrow.............i
[ ]W  Brewer's Sparrow...............cLf
[ ] N*Black-chinned Sparrow............u
[ ]W  Vesper Sparrow.................fLu
[ ] N*Lark Sparrow.....................f
[ ] N*Black-throated Sparrow...........c
[ ]W  Lark Bunting.....................c
[ ]W  Savannah Sparrow...............fLu
[ ]W  Baird's Sparrow.................Ei
[ ] N*Grasshopper Sparrow..............f
[ ]W  Fox Sparrow.....................Ei
[ ] N*Song Sparrow.....................c
[ ]W  Lincoln's Sparrow..............fLu
[ ]W  Swamp Sparrow....................i
[ ]W  White-crowned Sparrow..........aLc
[ ]W  White-throated Sparrow.........rLi
[ ]w  Golden-crowned Sparrow...........i
[ ]w  Harris's Sparrow.................i
[ ]W  Dark-eyed Junco................rLi
[ ] N*Yellow-eyed Junco................c
[ ]W  McCown's Longspur...............Ei
[ ]W  Chestnut-collared Longspur.....uLr

SALTATORS, CARDINALS AND ALLIES
[ ] N*Northern Cardinal................c
[ ] N*Pyrrhuloxia......................c
[ ]  *Rose-breasted Grosbeak.........iLr
[ ] N Black-headed Grosbeak..........uLf
[ ] N*Blue Grosbeak....................i
[ ]Fn*Lazuli Bunting.................uLf
[ ] N Indigo Bunting..................Lr

BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC.
[ ] N*Red-winged Blackbird...........aLc
[ ] N*Eastern Meadowlark...............c
[ ]Wn*Western Meadowlark.............uLr
[ ]Wn*Yellow-headed Blackbird........aLc
[ ]W  Brewer's Blackbird.............fLu
[ ] N*Great-tailed Grackle.............a
[ ] N*Bronzed Cowbird..................u
[ ] N*Brown-headed Cowbird...........cLf
[ ] n*Streak-backed Oriole.............i
[ ] N*Hooded Oriole....................f
[ ]sp Baltimore Oriole................Li
[ ] N Bullock's Oriole...............uLf
[ ]spsOrchard Oriole..................Li
[ ] 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 April 1996-2006 Stuart Healy