Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Birds

(Taxonomic List)

• Phylum Cordata (vertebrates)
  • Class Aves (birds)
    • Order Falconiformes (Vultures, Ospreys, Hawks, Falcons)
      • Family Cathartidae (new world vultures)
        • Turkey vulture *
      • Family Accipitridae (accipiters)
        • Coopers hawk (adult) * #
        • Coopers hawk (juvenile) *
        • Ferruginous hawk
        • Golden eagle
        • Harris's hawk * #
        • Northern harrier (female)
        • Northern harrier (male)
        • Red-tailed hawk * #
        • Sharp-shinned hawk (adult) *
        • Sharp-shinned hawk (juvenile) *
      • Family Falconidae (true falcons)
        • American kestral (female)
        • American kestral (male) *
        • Northern caracara
        • Prairie falcon
    • Order Galliformes (Pheasants, Turkey, Grouse, Quail)
      • Family Odontophoridae (quail, bobwhite)"
        • Gambel's quail (female) *
        • Gambel's quail (male) * #
    • Order Charadriiformes (Plovers, Sandpipers/Phalaropes, Gulls/Terns)
      • Family Charadriidae (plovers)
        • Killdeer *
      • Family Scolopacidae (sandpipers: peeps)
        • Least sandpiper *
        • Western sandpiper
    • Order Columbiformes (Pigeons, Doves)
      • Family Columbidae (doves)
        • Common ground dove
        • Eurasian collared dove *
        • Inca dove *
        • Mourning dove *
        • Rock pigeons *
        • White-winged dove *
    • Order Cuculiformes (Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis)
      • Family uculidae (cuckoos)
        • Greater roadrunner *
    • Order Strigiformes (Barn Owls, Typical Owls)
      • Family Tytonidae (owls)
        • Barn owl *
      • Family Strigidae (owls)
        • Burrowing owl *
        • Elf owl
        • Great-horned owl *
        • Western screech owl
    • Order Caprimulgiformes (Goatsuckers)
      • Family Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers)
        • Common poorwill
        • Lesser nighthawk
        • Whip-poor-will
    • Order Apodiformes (Swifts, Hummingbirds)
      • Family Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
        • Anna's hummingbird (female) *
        • Anna's hummingbird (male) *
        • Black-chinned hummingbird (female)
        • Black-chinned hummingbird (male)
        • Calliope hummingbird (female)
        • Calliope hummingbird (male) *
        • Costas hummingbird (female) *
        • Costas hummingbird (male) *
        • Rufous hummingbird (female)
        • Rufous hummingbird (male) *
    • Order Piciformes (Woodpeckers)
      • Family Picidae (woodpeckers)
        • Gila woodpecker (female) *
        • Gila woodpecker (male) *
        • Gilded flicker (female) *
        • Gilded flicker (male) *
        • Ladder-backed woodpecker (female) *
        • Ladder-backed woodpecker (male) *
        • Northern flicker (red-shafted) (female)
        • Northern flicker (red-shafted) (male) *
        • Red-naped sapsucker (female) *
        • Red-naped sapsucker (male)
    • Order Passeriformes (Perching Birds)
      • Family Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)
        • Ash-throated flycatcher *
        • Black phoebe *
        • Say's phoebe *
        • Vermilion flycatcher (female)
        • Vermilion flycatcher (male) *
      • Family Laniidae (shrikes)
        • Loggerhead shrike *
      • Family Vireonidae (vireos)
        • Gray vireo
        • Hutton's vireo
      • Family Corvidae (crows,jays)"
        • Common raven *
      • Family Alaudidae (lark)
        • Horned lark
      • Family Hirundinidae (swallows)
        • Tree swallow *
      • Family Remizidae (verdins)
        • Verdin *
      • Family Troglodytidae (wrens)
        • Bewick's wren
        • Cactus wren * #
        • Canyon wren
        • House wren *
        • Rock wren *
      • Family Regulidae (kinglets)
        • Ruby-crowned kinglet (female) *
        • Ruby-crowned kinglet (male)
      • Family Sylviidae (gnatcatchers)
        • Black-tailed gnatcatcher *
        • Blue-gray gnatcatcher
      • Family Turdidae (thrushes)
        • American robin (female)
        • American robin (male) *
        • Hermit thrush
        • Mountain bluebird (female) *
        • Mountain bluebird (male) *
        • Western bluebird (female)
        • Western bluebird (male)
      • Family Mimidae (mimids)
        • Bendire's thrasher
        • Crissal thrasher *
        • Curve-billed thrasher *
        • LeConte's thrasher
        • Northern mockingbird *
        • Sage thrasher *
      • Family Sturnidae (starlings)
        • European starling
      • Family Motacillidae (pipits)
        • American pipit
      • Family Bombycillidae (waxwings)
        • Cedar waxwing *
      • Family Ptilogonatidae (silky flycatchers)
        • Phainopepla (female) *
        • Phainopepla (male) *
      • Family Parulidae (wood warblers)
        • Common yellowthroat (female)
        • Common yellowthroat (male)
        • Lucy's warbler *
        • Orange-crowned warbler *
        • Wilson's warbler (female)
        • Wilson's warbler (male) *
        • Yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon's) (female)
        • Yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon's) (male) *
        • Yellow-rumped warbler (Myrtle) (female)
        • Yellow-rumped warbler (Myrtle) (male)
      • Family Emberizidae (sparrows)
        • Black-throated sparrow *
        • Brewer's sparrow *
        • Canyon towhee *
        • Chipping sparrow
        • Dark-eyed junco *
        • Green-tailed towhee *
        • Lark bunting
        • Lark sparrow *
        • Lincoln's sparrow *
        • Sage sparrow
        • Spotted towhee *
        • White-crowned sparrow (adult) *
        • White-crowned sparrow (juvenile) *
      • Family Cardinalidae (cardinals)
        • Northern cardinal (female) *
        • Northern cardinal (male) *
        • Pyrrhuloxia (female) *
        • Pyrrhuloxia (male) *
      • Family Icteridae (icterids)
        • Brewer's blackbird (female)
        • Brewer's blackbird (male) *
        • Brown-headed cowbird (female)
        • Brown-headed cowbird (male)
        • Bullock's oriole (female)
        • Bullock's oriole (male) *
        • Great-tailed grackle (female)
        • Great-tailed grackle (male) *
        • Hooded oriole (female) *
        • Hooded oriole (male) *
        • Red-winged blackbird (bicolor) *
        • Scott's oriole (female) *
        • Scott's oriole (male) *
        • Western meadowlark *
      • Family Fringillidae (finches)
        • House finch (female) *
        • House finch (male) *
        • Lawrence's goldfinch (female)
        • Lawrence's goldfinch (male) *
        • Lesser goldfinch (male) *
        • Lesser goldfinch female) *
      • Family Passeridae (old world sparrows)
        • House sparrow (female)
        • House sparrow (male) *

* Species page has photos.
# Species page has a bird call file.

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