SE AZ MONTHLY CHECKLIST

JUNE

Compiled by and Copyright Stuart Healy
revised January, 2011
 
This checklist is arranged in Clements order
and contains 294 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 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.....f
[ ]W  Wood Duck........................i
[ ]Wn*Gadwall..........................i
[ ]W  American Wigeon..................i
[ ]WN*Mallard..........................f
[ ]F *Blue-winged Teal...............rLi
[ ] n*Cinnamon Teal....................r
[ ]W *Northern Shoveler................i
[ ]W *Northern Pintail.................i
[ ]W *Green-winged Teal................i
[ ]W *Canvasback.......................i
[ ]Wn*Redhead..........................i
[ ]W *Ring-necked Duck.................i
[ ]W *Lesser Scaup.....................i
[ ] N*Ruddy Duck.......................f

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Northern Harrier...............rLi
[ ]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*Peregrine Falcon.................r
[ ]WN*Prairie Falcon...................r

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

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

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

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

GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS
[ ]   Bonaparte's Gull.................i
[ ]sp Franklin's Gull................rLi
[ ]   Heermann's Gull..................i
[ ]  *Ring-billed Gull.................r
[ ]f  California Gull..................i
[ ]sp Least Tern.......................i
[ ]F  Black Tern.......................i

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

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

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*Northern Pygmy-Owl...............u
[ ] N*Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl............r
[ ] N Elf Owl..........................c
[ ] N*Burrowing Owl....................u
[ ] N*Spotted Owl......................u
[ ]Wn*Long-eared Owl...................i
[ ] N*Northern Saw-whet Owl............r

NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES
[ ] N Lesser Nighthawk.................c
[ ] N Common Nighthawk.................f
[ ] N*Common Poorwill..................c
[ ] n Buff-collared Nightjar...........r
[ ] N Mexican Whip-poor-will...........f

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

HUMMINGBIRDS
[ ] N*Magnificent Hummingbird..........c
[ ]s  Plain-capped Starthroat.........Li
[ ] N*Blue-throated Hummingbird........f
[ ] 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
[ ] N*Broad-billed Hummingbird.........c
[ ] n Berylline Hummingbird............i
[ ] N*Violet-crowned Hummingbird.......u
[ ] N White-eared Hummingbird..........r

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

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

TITYRAS AND ALLIES
[ ] n Rose-throated Becard.............r

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

VIREOS
[ ] N Bell's Vireo.....................c
[ ] n Gray Vireo.......................r
[ ]s  Yellow-throated Vireo............i
[ ] N*Plumbeous Vireo..................f
[ ]   Cassin's Vireo..................Ei
[ ] N*Hutton's Vireo...................c
[ ] N Warbling Vireo...................c
[ ]s  Red-eyed Vireo...................i

CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES
[ ] 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

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

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

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

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

DIPPERS
[ ]Wn American Dipper..................i

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

THRUSHES AND ALLIES
[ ] N*Eastern Bluebird.................u
[ ] N*Western Bluebird.................u
[ ]W  Townsend's Solitaire............Ii
[ ]   Swainson's Thrush..............uLi
[ ] N*Hermit Thrush....................f
[ ] N*American Robin...................f

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

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

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

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

NEW WORLD 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

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

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

TROUPIALS AND ALLIES
[ ] 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
[ ]spsOrchard Oriole..................Ei
[ ] N*Hooded Oriole....................f
[ ] n*Streak-backed Oriole.............i
[ ] N Bullock's Oriole.................f
[ ]sp Baltimore Oriole................Ei
[ ] N*Scott's Oriole...................f

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

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
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