Dec. Journal
 
 		Stuart Healy
Species recorded - December, 1996 		bottom of page
 

DO NOT USE THIS LIST TO GENERATE A LIST OF TARGET BIRDS.
Please use the appropriate SE AZ monthly checklists for that purpose.

274 species recorded from December 1 to December 31, 1996 (23 birding days in 5 states)

Location Species Seen Unique Species Birding Days
Arizona 166 87 13
California 38 18 1
Louisiana 77 3 2
Tamaulipas 25 0 1
Texas 163 47 8

274 species recorded
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DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL (32)          
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck x       x
Fulvous Whistling-Duck     x    
Greater White-fronted Goose     x   x
Snow Goose x   x   x
Brant   x      
Canada Goose         x
Tundra Swan x        
Muscovy Duck         x
Wood Duck x        
Gadwall x   x   x
American Wigeon x   x   x
Mallard x   x   x
Mottled Duck         x
Blue-winged Teal     x x x
Cinnamon Teal x   x   x
Northern Shoveler x   x   x
Northern Pintail x   x   x
Green-winged Teal x   x   x
Canvasback x   x    
Redhead x        
Ring-necked Duck x       x
Greater Scaup x       x
Lesser Scaup x   x   x
Surf Scoter   x      
White-winged Scoter   x      
Long-tailed Duck x        
Bufflehead x   x   x
Common Goldeneye         x
Hooded Merganser         x
Common Merganser x        
Red-breasted Merganser         x
Ruddy Duck x       x
GUANS, CHACHALACAS, AND CURASSOWS (1)          
Plain Chachalaca         x
NEW WORLD QUAIL (2)          
Scaled Quail x        
Gambel's Quail x        
LOONS (2)          
Pacific Loon   x      
Common Loon   x     x
GREBES (3)          
Pied-billed Grebe x   x   x
Eared Grebe x       x
Western Grebe   x      
PELICANS (2)          
American White Pelican     x   x
Brown Pelican   x x   x
CORMORANTS AND SHAGS (4)          
Brandt's Cormorant   x      
Neotropic Cormorant x   x x x
Double-crested Cormorant x x x x x
Pelagic Cormorant   x      
ANHINGAS (1)          
Anhinga         x
HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS (9)          
Great Blue Heron x   x x x
Great Egret x   x x x
Snowy Egret x   x x x
Little Blue Heron     x   x
Tricolored Heron         x
Reddish Egret         x
Cattle Egret     x x x
Green Heron x        
Black-crowned Night-Heron     x x x
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS (3)          
White Ibis     x   x
White-faced Ibis     x   x
Roseate Spoonbill     x   x
NEW WORLD VULTURES (2)          
Black Vulture x     x x
Turkey Vulture x   x x x
OSPREY (1)          
Osprey       x x
HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES (11)          
White-tailed Kite   x x   x
Bald Eagle x        
Northern Harrier x   x   x
Sharp-shinned Hawk x        
Cooper's Hawk x       x
Harris's Hawk x       x
Red-shouldered Hawk   x      
White-tailed Hawk         x
Red-tailed Hawk x   x x x
Ferruginous Hawk x        
Golden Eagle x        
FALCONS (5)          
Crested Caracara       x x
American Kestrel x   x   x
Merlin x        
Peregrine Falcon     x    
Prairie Falcon x        
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS (5)          
Clapper Rail   x      
Virginia Rail x        
Sora x        
Common Moorhen x   x   x
American Coot x   x   x
CRANES (1)          
Sandhill Crane x       x
PLOVERS (5)          
Black-bellied Plover   x x   x
Snowy Plover         x
Piping Plover         x
Killdeer x   x x x
Mountain Plover x        
OYSTERCATCHERS (1)          
American Oystercatcher         x
STILTS AND AVOCETS (2)          
Black-necked Stilt x       x
American Avocet x   x   x
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES (17)          
Spotted Sandpiper x x   x x
Greater Yellowlegs     x   x
Willet   x x   x
Lesser Yellowlegs         x
Whimbrel   x      
Long-billed Curlew     x   x
Marbled Godwit         x
Ruddy Turnstone   x x   x
Black Turnstone   x      
Surfbird   x      
Red Knot         x
Sanderling   x x   x
Western Sandpiper         x
Least Sandpiper x x   x x
Short-billed Dowitcher x        
Long-billed Dowitcher x   x   x
Wilson's Snipe     x   x
GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS (15)          
Black-legged Kittiwake         x
Bonaparte's Gull         x
Laughing Gull     x x x
Franklin's Gull         x
Heermann's Gull   x      
Ring-billed Gull   x x   x
Western Gull   x      
Herring Gull         x
Kelp Gull         x
Caspian Tern     x   x
Common Tern     x   x
Forster's Tern     x   x
Royal Tern   x x   x
Sandwich Tern         x
Black Skimmer         x
SKUAS AND JAEGERS (1)          
Pomarine Jaeger   x      
PIGEONS AND DOVES (6)          
Rock Pigeon x x     x
Red-billed Pigeon         x
White-winged Dove x        
Mourning Dove x   x   x
Inca Dove x       x
Common Ground-Dove x        
CUCKOOS (1)          
Greater Roadrunner x        
BARN-OWLS (1)          
Barn Owl x        
OWLS (5)          
Western Screech-Owl x        
Whiskered Screech-Owl x        
Great Horned Owl x        
Northern Pygmy-Owl x        
Spotted Owl x        
NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES (1)          
Common Pauraque         x
HUMMINGBIRDS (3)          
Buff-bellied Hummingbird         x
Blue-throated Hummingbird x        
Anna's Hummingbird x        
TROGONS (1)          
Elegant Trogon x        
KINGFISHERS (2)          
Belted Kingfisher x   x x x
Green Kingfisher       x x
WOODPECKERS (13)          
Acorn Woodpecker x        
Gila Woodpecker x        
Golden-fronted Woodpecker       x x
Red-bellied Woodpecker         x
Williamson's Sapsucker x        
Red-naped Sapsucker x        
Ladder-backed Woodpecker x       x
Downy Woodpecker     x   x
Arizona Woodpecker x        
Red-cockaded Woodpecker         x
Northern Flicker x   x   x
Gilded Flicker x        
Pileated Woodpecker         x
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (10)          
Hammond's Flycatcher x        
Gray Flycatcher x        
Dusky Flycatcher x        
Black Phoebe x x     x
Eastern Phoebe     x   x
Say's Phoebe x        
Vermilion Flycatcher x       x
Ash-throated Flycatcher x        
Great Kiskadee       x x
Couch's Kingbird         x
SHRIKES (1)          
Loggerhead Shrike x   x   x
VIREOS (2)          
White-eyed Vireo         x
Cassin's Vireo x        
CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES (10)          
Steller's Jay x        
Blue Jay     x   x
Green Jay         x
Mexican Jay x        
Yellow-billed Magpie   x      
Clark's Nutcracker x        
American Crow x       x
Fish Crow     x    
Chihuahuan Raven x       x
Common Raven x        
LARKS (1)          
Horned Lark x       x
SWALLOWS (1)          
Tree Swallow     x x x
CHICKADEES AND TITS (5)          
Carolina Chickadee     x   x
Chestnut-backed Chickadee   x      
Bridled Titmouse x        
Tufted Titmouse         x
Black-crested Titmouse         x
PENDULINE TITS (1)          
Verdin x        
LONG-TAILED TITS (1)          
Bushtit x        
NUTHATCHES (2)          
White-breasted Nuthatch x        
Pygmy Nuthatch x        
CREEPERS (1)          
Brown Creeper x        
WRENS (8)          
Cactus Wren x        
Rock Wren x        
Canyon Wren x        
Carolina Wren         x
Bewick's Wren x x      
House Wren x       x
Sedge Wren     x   x
Marsh Wren x   x   x
GNATCATCHERS (1)          
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x       x
KINGLETS (1)          
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x   x   x
THRUSHES AND ALLIES (6)          
Eastern Bluebird x       x
Western Bluebird x        
Mountain Bluebird x        
Townsend's Solitaire x        
Hermit Thrush x        
American Robin x       x
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS (4)          
Northern Mockingbird x   x   x
Sage Thrasher x       x
Curve-billed Thrasher x        
Crissal Thrasher x        
STARLINGS (1)          
European Starling x x x x x
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS (1)          
American Pipit x     x x
WAXWINGS (1)          
Cedar Waxwing         x
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (1)          
Phainopepla x        
OLIVE WARBLER (1)          
Olive Warbler x        
NEW WORLD WARBLERS (6)          
Orange-crowned Warbler x x     x
Yellow-rumped Warbler x   x   x
Townsend's Warbler   x      
Pine Warbler         x
Common Yellowthroat x   x   x
Painted Redstart x        
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES (27)          
Olive Sparrow         x
Green-tailed Towhee x        
Spotted Towhee x        
Canyon Towhee x        
Abert's Towhee x        
Rufous-winged Sparrow x        
Rufous-crowned Sparrow x        
Chipping Sparrow x       x
Clay-colored Sparrow x        
Brewer's Sparrow x        
Black-chinned Sparrow x        
Vesper Sparrow x       x
Lark Sparrow         x
Black-throated Sparrow x        
Sage Sparrow x        
Lark Bunting x        
Savannah Sparrow x   x   x
Seaside Sparrow         x
Fox Sparrow         x
Song Sparrow x x x   x
Lincoln's Sparrow x       x
Swamp Sparrow     x   x
White-throated Sparrow     x   x
White-crowned Sparrow x        
Dark-eyed Junco x       x
Yellow-eyed Junco x        
Chestnut-collared Longspur x        
CARDINALS AND ALLIES (4)          
Summer Tanager         x
Northern Cardinal x       x
Pyrrhuloxia x       x
Blue Grosbeak x        
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES (12)          
Red-winged Blackbird x   x   x
Eastern Meadowlark x   x   x
Western Meadowlark x       x
Yellow-headed Blackbird x        
Rusty Blackbird x        
Brewer's Blackbird x x      
Common Grackle         x
Boat-tailed Grackle     x   x
Great-tailed Grackle x   x   x
Brown-headed Cowbird x        
Altamira Oriole       x x
Audubon's Oriole         x
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES (6)          
House Finch x x     x
Red Crossbill x        
Pine Siskin x        
Lesser Goldfinch x        
Lawrence's Goldfinch x        
American Goldfinch         x
OLD WORLD SPARROWS (1)          
House Sparrow x       x
274 species recorded
23 birding days in 5 states		 A
Z		 C
A		 L
A		 T
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Dec. Journal
 Stuart Healy
Species recorded - December, 1996
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