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Partial List of Birds of the Sonoran Desert
Grouped by Family

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• Turkey vulture -15 Cathartidae (new world vultures)*
• Coopers hawk (adult) -18 Accipitridae (accipiters)*
• Coopers hawk (juvenile) -18 Accipitridae (accipiters)*
• Ferruginous hawk -18 Accipitridae (accipiters)
• Golden eagle -18 Accipitridae (accipiters)
• Harris's hawk -18 Accipitridae (accipiters)*
• Northern harrier (female) -18 Accipitridae (accipiters)
• Northern harrier (male) -18 Accipitridae (accipiters)
• Red-tailed hawk -18 Accipitridae (accipiters)*
• Sharp-shinned hawk (adult) -18 Accipitridae (accipiters)*
• Sharp-shinned hawk (juvenile) -18 Accipitridae (accipiters)*
• American kestral (female) -19 Falconidae (true falcons)
• American kestral (male) -19 Falconidae (true falcons)*
• Northern caracara -19 Falconidae (true falcons)
• Prairie falcon -19 Falconidae (true falcons)
• Gambel's quail (female) -22 Odontophoridae (quail, bobwhite)*
• Gambel's quail (male) -22 Odontophoridae (quail, bobwhite)*
• Killdeer -27 Charadriidae (plovers)*
• Least sandpiper -31 Scolopacidae (sandpipers: peeps)
• Western sandpiper -31 Scolopacidae (sandpipers: peeps)
• Common ground dove -35 Columbidae (doves)
• Eurasian collared dove -35 Columbidae (doves)
• Inca dove -35 Columbidae (doves)*
• Mourning dove -35 Columbidae (doves)*
• Rock pigeons -35 Columbidae (doves)*
• White-winged dove -35 Columbidae (doves)*
• Greater roadrunner -37Cuculidae (cuckoos)*
• Barn owl -38 Tytonidae (owls)*
• Burrowing owl -39 Strigidae (owls)*
• Elf owl -39 Strigidae (owls)
• Great-horned owl -39 Strigidae (owls)
• Western screech owl -39 Strigidae (owls)*
• Common poorwill -40 Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers)
• Lesser nighthawk -40 Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers)*
• Whip-poor-will -40 Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers)
• Anna's hummingbird (female) -42 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Anna's hummingbird (male) -42 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Black-chinned hummingbird (female) -42 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
• Black-chinned hummingbird (male) -42 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
• Calliope hummingbird (female) -42 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
• Calliope hummingbird (male) -42 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
• Costas hummingbird (female) -42 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Costas hummingbird (male) -42 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Rufous hummingbird (female) -42 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Rufous hummingbird (male) -42 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Gila woodpecker (female) -46 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Gila woodpecker (male) -46 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Gilded flicker (female) -46 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Gilded flicker (male) -46 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Ladder-backed woodpecker (female) -46 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Ladder-backed woodpecker (male) -46 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Northern flicker (red-shafted) (female) -46 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Northern flicker (red-shafted) (male) -46 Picidae (woodpeckers)
• Red-naped sapsucker (female) -46 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Red-naped sapsucker (male) -46 Picidae (woodpeckers)
• Ash-throated flycatcher -47 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)
• Black phoebe -47 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)*
• Say's phoebe -47 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)*
• Vermilion flycatcher (female) -47 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)
• Vermilion flycatcher (male) -47 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)*
• Loggerhead shrike -48 Laniidae (shrikes)*
• Gray vireo -49 Vireonidae (vireos)
• Hutton's vireo -49 Vireonidae (vireos)
• Common raven -50 Corvidae (crows,jays)*
• Horned lark -51 Alaudidae (lark)
• Tree swallow -52 Hirundinidae (swallows)*
• Verdin -54 Remizidae (verdins)*
• Bewick's wren -58 Troglodytidae (wrens)
• Cactus wren -58 Troglodytidae (wrens)*
• Canyon wren -58 Troglodytidae (wrens)
• House wren -58 Troglodytidae (wrens)*
• Rock wren -58 Troglodytidae (wrens)*
• Ruby-crowned kinglet (female) -61 Regulidae (kinglets)
• Ruby-crowned kinglet (male) -61 Regulidae (kinglets)*
• Black-tailed gnatcatcher -62 Sylviidae (gnatcatchers)*
• Blue-gray gnatcatcher -62 Sylviidae (gnatcatchers)
• American robin (female) -64 Turdidae (thrushes)
• American robin (male) -64 Turdidae (thrushes)*
• Hermit thrush -64 Turdidae (thrushes)
• Mountain bluebird (female) -64 Turdidae (thrushes)*
• Mountain bluebird (male) -64 Turdidae (thrushes)*
• Western bluebird (female) -64 Turdidae (thrushes)
• Western bluebird (male) -64 Turdidae (thrushes)
• Bendire's thrasher -66 Mimidae (mimids)
• Crissal thrasher -66 Mimidae (mimids)
• Curve-billed thrasher -66 Mimidae (mimids)*
• LeConte's thrasher -66 Mimidae (mimids)
• Northern mockingbird -66 Mimidae (mimids)*
• Sage thrasher -66 Mimidae (mimids)*
• European starling -67 Sturnidae (starlings)
• American pipit -69 Motacillidae (pipits)
• Cedar waxwing -70 Bombycillidae (waxwings)*
• Phainopepla (female) -71 Ptilogonatidae (silky flycatchers)*
• Phainopepla (male) -71 Ptilogonatidae (silky flycatchers)*
• Common yellowthroat (female) -73 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Common yellowthroat (male) -73 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Lucy's warbler -73 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• Orange-crowned warbler -73 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• Wilson's warbler (female) -73 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Wilson's warbler (male) -73 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• Yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon's) (female) -73 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon's) (male) -73 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• Yellow-rumped warbler (Myrtle) (female) -73 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Yellow-rumped warbler (Myrtle) (male) -73 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Black-throated sparrow -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)*
• Brewer's sparrow -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)*
• Canyon towhee -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)
• Chipping sparrow -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)*
• Dark-eyed junco -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)
• Green-tailed towhee -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)*
• Indigo bunting -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)*
• Lark bunting -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)*
• Lark sparrow -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)*
• Lincoln's sparrow -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)*
• Sage sparrow -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)
• Spotted towhee -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)*
• White-crowned sparrow (adult) -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)*
• White-crowned sparrow (juvenile) -76 Emberizidae (sparrows)*
• Northern cardinal (female) -77 Cardinalidae (cardinals)*
• Northern cardinal (male) -77 Cardinalidae (cardinals)*
• Pyrrhuloxia (female) -77 Cardinalidae (cardinals)*
• Pyrrhuloxia (male) -77 Cardinalidae (cardinals)*
• Brewer's blackbird (female) -78 Icteridae (icterids)
• Brewer's blackbird (male) -78 Icteridae (icterids)*
• Brown-headed cowbird (female) -78 Icteridae (icterids)
• Brown-headed cowbird (male) -78 Icteridae (icterids)
• Bullock's oriole (female) -78 Icteridae (icterids)*
• Bullock's oriole (male) -78 Icteridae (icterids)*
• Great-tailed grackle (female) -78 Icteridae (icterids)
• Great-tailed grackle (male) -78 Icteridae (icterids)*
• Hooded oriole (female) -78 Icteridae (icterids)*
• Hooded oriole (male) -78 Icteridae (icterids)*
• Red-winged blackbird (bicolor) -78 Icteridae (icterids)*
• Scott's oriole (female) -78 Icteridae (icterids)*
• Scott's oriole (male) -78 Icteridae (icterids)*
• Western meadowlark -78 Icteridae (icterids)
• House finch (female) -79 Fringillidae (finches)*
• House finch (male) -79 Fringillidae (finches)*
• Lawrence's goldfinch (female) -79 Fringillidae (finches)*
• Lawrence's goldfinch (male) -79 Fringillidae (finches)*
• Lesser goldfinch (male) -79 Fringillidae (finches)*
• Lesser goldfinch female) -79 Fringillidae (finches)*
• House sparrow (female) -80 Passeridae (old world sparrows)
• House sparrow (male) -80 Passeridae (old world sparrows)*
• Sage thrasher -

*Species page has photo(s).