Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Yuma, Arizona
Bureau of Land Management Yuma Field Office
The Yuma Field Office manages 1.6 million acres of public land in Arizona and California. Habitats vary from aquatic river, lake, and marsh environments to terrestrial uplands with broad sandy plains, rocky foothills, and desert mountain peaks. Vegetation ranges form wetland and riparian species such as cattail, willow, and cottonwood, to desert plants like creosotebush, palo verde, and giant saguaro cactus.
This checklist contains the names of 269 (check this number!) species that occur within the area. Bird names are according to the 41st supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Checklist of North American Birds. The abundance and residency codes given are general and should only be used as guides. Species abundance may vary yearly or seasonally. Habitats also determine where a species will be found and how numerous it may be.
The checklist will be periodically updated, so notification of interesting sightings would be greatly appreciated. Sightings of birds not contained in this checklist or those categorized as rare or accidental should be documented by photographs or complete details. Please report them to:
C - Common or abundant - Generally seen in suitable habitat, sometimes
in large numbers. Includes the terms "fairly common" and "not uncommon".
U - Uncommon - Seldom or infrequently seen, though not unusual.
R - Rare - Low probability of being seen, but not out of its usual
range.
Residency
y - Yearlong - Found in the area all year.
s - Summer - Resident during summer. This category includes the period
of migration to and from this area.
w - Winter - Resident during winter. Includes the period of migration
to and from this area.
t - Transient or migrant - Spring or fall migrant; summer of winter
visitor.
The following birds have been observed within the boundaries of Yuma Field Office area, but are out of their ordinary range.
LOONS ____ Pacific Loon R,w ____ Common Loon U,w GREBES ____ Pied-billed Grebe C,y ____ Horned Grebe R,w ____ Eared Grebe U,w ____ Western Grebe C,y ____ Clark's Grebe C,y PELICANS ____ American White Pelican U,y ____ Brown Pelican R,t CORMORANTS ____ Double-crested Cormorant C,y HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS ____ American Bittern R,w ____ Least Bittern U,y ____ Great Blue Heron C,y ____ Great Egret C,y ____ Snowy Egret C,y ____ Little Blue Heron R,t ____ Cattle Egret U,y ____ Green Heron U,y ____ Black-crowned Night-Heron C,y IBISES AND SPOONBILLS ____ White-faced Ibis U,y STORKS ____ Wood Stork R,s SWANS, GEESE AND DUCKS ____ Fulvous Whistling Duck R,s ____ Tundra Swan R,w ____ Greater White-fronted Goose R,w ____ Snow Goose U,w ____ Ross' Goose R,w ____ Canada Goose C,w ____ Wood Duck R,w ____ Green-winged Teal C,w ____ Mallard C,w ____ Northern Pintail C,w ____ Blue-winged Teal U,t ____ Cinnamon Teal C,y ____ Northern Shoveler C,w ____ Gadwall C,w ____ American Wigeon C,w ____ Canvasback U,w ____ Redhead C,w ____ Ring-necked Duck C,w ____ Greater Scaup R,w ____ Lesser Scaup C,w ____ Common Goldeneye C,w ____ Barrow's Goldeneye R,w ____ Bufflehead C,w ____ Hooded Merganser R,w ____ Common Merganser C,w ____ Red-breasted Merganser U,w ____ Ruddy Duck C,w AMERICAN VULTURES ____ Turkey Vulture C,y HAWKS, KITES AND EAGLES ____ Osprey U,y ____ White-tailed Kite R,w ____ Bald Eagle U,y ____ Northern Harrier U,w ____ Sharp-shinned Hawk U,w ____ Cooper's Hawk U,y ____ Common Black-Hawk R,s ____ Harris' Hawk U,y ____ Swainson's Hawk U,t ____ Zone-tailed Hawk R,s ____ Red-tailed Hawk C,y ____ Ferruginous Hawk U,w ____ Rough-legged Hawk R,w ____ Golden Eagle U,y FALCONS AND CARACARAS ____ American Kestrel C,y ____ Merlin U,w ____ Peregrine Falcon R,t ____ Prairie Falcon U,y PHEASANTS AND QUAIL ____ Ring-necked Pheasant R,y ____ Gambel's Quail C,y RAILS,GALLINULES AND COOTS ____ Black Rail U,y ____ Clapper Rail U,y ____ Virginia Rail U,y ____ Sora U,w ____ Common Moorhen U,y ____ American Coot C,y CRANES ____ Sandhill Crane U,w PLOVERS ____ Black-bellied Plover U,t ____ Snowy Plover R,t ____ Semipalmated Plover U,t ____ Killdeer C,y ____ Mountain Plover R,w AVOCETS AND STILTS ____ Black-necked Stilt U,y ____ American Avocet U,t SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES ____ Greater Yellowlegs U,w ____ Lesser Yellowlegs U,t ____ Solitary Sandpiper U,w ____ Willet U,t ____ Spotted Sandpiper C,w ____ Whimbrel R,t ____ Long-billed Curlew U,t ____ Marbled Godwit U,t ____ Red Knot R,t ____ Sanderling R,t ____ Western Sandpiper C,t ____ Least Sandpiper C,w ____ Baird's Sandpiper U,t ____ Pectoral Sandpiper U,t ____ Dunlin U,w ____ Short-billed Dowitcher R,t ____ Long-billed Dowitcher C,w ____ Common Snipe C,w ____ Wilson's Phalarope U,t ____ Red-necked Phalarope R,t GULLS, TERNS AND ALLIES ____ Franklin's Gull R,t ____ Bonaparte's Gull R,w ____ Ring-billed Gull C,w ____ California Gull U,w ____ Herring Gull R,w ____ Caspian Tern U,t ____ Common Tern U,t ____ Forster's Tern U,w ____ Least Tern R,t ____ Black Tern U,t PIGEONS AND DOVES ____ Rock Dove (Domestic Pigeon) C,y ____ White-winged Dove C,s ____ Mourning Dove C,y ____ Inca Dove U,y ____ Common Ground-Dove U,y ____ Ruddy Ground-Dove R,w CUCKOOS AND ROADRUNNERS ____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo R,s ____ Greater Roadrunner C,y BARN-OWLS ____ Barn-Owl U,y TYPICAL OWLS ____ Western Screech-Owl U,y ____ Great Horned Owl U,y ____ Elf Owl U,s ____ Burrowing Owl U,y ____ Long-eared Owl R,w ____ Short-eared Owl R,w NIGHTJARS ____ Lesser Nighthawk C,s ____ Common Poorwill U,s SWIFTS ____ Vaux's Swift U,t ____ White-throated Swift C,y HUMMINGBIRDS ____ Black-chinned Hummingbird C,s ____ Anna's Hummingbird C,y ____ Costa's Hummingbird C,y ____ Calliope Hummingbird R,t ____ Rufous Hummingbird U,t ____ Allen's Hummingbird R,t KINGFISHERS ____ Belted Kingfisher C,w WOODPECKERS ____ Lewis' Woodpecker R,w ____ Gila Woodpecker C,y ____ Red-naped Sapsucker U,w ____ Ladder-backed Woodpecker C,y ____ Gilded Flicker C,y ____ Northern Flicker C,w TYRANT FLYCATCHERS ____ Olive-sided Flycatcher U,t ____ Western Wood-Pewee U,t ____ Willow Flycatcher U,s ____ Hammond's Flycatcher U,t ____ Dusky Flycatcher R,t ____ Gray Flycatcher U,t ____ Pacific-slope Flycatcher U,t ____ Cordilleran Flycatcher U,t ____ Black Phoebe C,y ____ Say's Phoebe C,y ____ Vermilion Flycatcher U,y ____ Ash-throated Flycatcher C,s ____ Brown-crested Flycatcher R,s ____ Cassin's Kingbird R,t ____ Western Kingbird C,s LARKS ____ Horned Lark C,y SWALLOWS ____ Purple Martin R,t ____ Tree Swallow C,w ____ Violet-green Swallow U,t ____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow C,s ____ Bank Swallow U,t ____ Cliff Swallow C,s ____ Barn Swallow C,t JAYS AND CROWS ____ Scrub Jay R,w ____ American Crow U,w ____ Common Raven C,y VERDIN AND BUSHTITS ____ Verdin C,y ____ Bushtit R,w NUTHATCHES AND CREEPERS ____ Red-breasted Nuthatch R,t ____ Brown Creeper R,w WRENS ____ Cactus Wren C,y ____ Rock Wren C,y ____ Canyon Wren U,y ____ Bewick's Wren U,y ____ House Wren C,w ____ Winter Wren R,w ____ Marsh Wren C,y KINGLETS, GNATCATCHERS AND ALLIES ____ Golden-crowned Kinglet R,w ____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet C,w ____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher U,y ____ Black-tailed Gnatcatcher C,y ____ Western Bluebird U,w ____ Mountain Bluebird U,w ____ Townsend's Solitaire R,w ____ Swainson's Thrush U,t ____ Hermit Thrush U,w ____ American Robin U,w MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS ____ Northern Mockingbird C,y ____ Sage Thrasher U,t ____ Bendire's Thrasher U,s ____ Curve-billed Thrasher U,y ____ Crissal Thrasher U,y ____ LeConte's Thrasher U,y PIPITS ____ American Pipit C,w WAXWINGS ____ Cedar Waxwing U,w SILKY-FLYCATCHERS ____ Phainopepla C,y SHRIKES ____ Loggerhead Shrike C,y STARLINGS ____ European Starling C,y VIREOS ____ Bell's Vireo U,s ____ Gray Vireo R,t ____ Cassin's Vireo U,w ____ Plumbeous Vireo U,w ____ Warbling Vireo C,t WOOD-WARBLERS ____ Orange-crowned Warbler C,w ____ Nashville Warbler C,t ____ Virginia's Warbler R,t ____ Lucy's Warbler U,s ____ Yellow Warbler U,s ____ Yellow-rumped Warbler C,w ____ Black-throated Gray Warbler C,t ____ Townsend's Warbler C,t ____ Hermit Warbler C,t ____ Black-and-white Warbler R,t ____ American Redstart R,t ____ Northern Waterthrush R,t ____ MacGillivray's Warbler C,t ____ Common Yellowthroat C,y ____ Wilson's Warbler C,t ____ Yellow-breasted Chat C,s TANAGERS ____ Summer Tanager U,s ____ Western Tanager C,t CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS AND ALLIES ____ Northern Cardinal R,y ____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak R,t ____ Black-headed Grosbeak C,t ____ Blue Grosbeak C,s ____ Lazuli Bunting C,t ____ Indigo Bunting R,s SPARROWS ____ Green-tailed Towhee U,t ____ Spotted Towhee U,w ____ Canyon Towhee C,y ____ Abert's Towhee C,y ____ Chipping Sparrow U,w ____ Brewer's Sparrow U,w ____ Black-chinned Sparrow R,w ____ Vesper Sparrow C,w ____ Lark Sparrow U,y ____ Black-throated Sparrow C,y ____ Sage Sparrow U,w ____ Lark Bunting R,t ____ Savannah Sparrow C,w ____ Grasshopper Sparrow R,w ____ Fox Sparrow R,w ____ Song Sparrow C,y ____ Lincoln's Sparrow U,w ____ Golden-crowned Sparrow R,w ____ White-crowned Sparrow C,w ____ Dark-eyed Junco U,w ____ Lapland Longspur R,w ____ Chestnut-collared Longspur R,w BLACKBIRDS AND ORIOLES ____ Red-winged Blackbird C,y ____ Western Meadowlark C,y ____ Yellow-headed Blackbird C,s ____ Brewer's Blackbird C,w ____ Great-tailed Grackle C,y ____ Brown-headed Cowbird C,y ____ Bronzed Cowbird R,s ____ Hooded Oriole U,s ____ Bullock's Oriole U,s ____ Scott's Oriole R,s FINCHES ____ House Finch C,y ____ Pine Siskin R,w ____ Lesser Goldfinch U,y ____ Lawrence's Goldfinch R,t ____ American Goldfinch U,w OLD WORLD SPARROW ____ House Sparrow C,y ACCIDENTALS
Red-throated Loon Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Yellow-billed Loon Steller's Jay Least Grebe Pinyon Jay Red-necked Grebe Clark's Nutcracker Laysan Albatross Mountain Chickadee Sooty Shearwater Bridled Titmouse Blue-footed Booby White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Booby Pygmy Nuthatch Neotropic Cormorant American Dipper Magnificent Frigatebird Rufous-backed Robin Tricolored Heron Varied Thrush Reddish Egret Gray Catbird Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Sprague's Pipit White Ibis Bohemian Waxwing Roseate Spoonbill Northern Shrike Brant Yellow-throated Vireo Eurasian Wigeon Hutton's Vireo Oldsquaw Red-eyed Vireo Surf Scoter Blue-winged Warbler White-winged Scoter Tropical Kingbird Mississippi Kite Thick-billed Kingbird Northern Goshawk Golden-winged Warbler Red-shouldered Hawk Tennessee Warbler Crested Caracara Northern Parula American Golden-Plover Chestnut-sided Warbler Upland Sandpiper Magnolia Warbler Ruddy Turnstone Cape May Warbler Black Turnstone Black-throated Blue Warbler Red Phalarope Black-throated Green Warbler Pomarine Jaeger Palm Warbler Parasitic Jaeger Bay-breasted Warbler Long-tailed Jaeger Blackpoll Warbler Laughing Gull Prothonotary Warbler Heermann's Gull Worm-eating Warbler Mew Gull Ovenbird Thayer's Gull Louisiana Waterthrush Yellow-footed Gull Kentucky Warbler Western Gull Hooded Warbler Glaucous-winged Gull Painted Redstart Black-legged Kittiwake Hepatic Tanager Sabine's Gull Scarlet Tanager Gull-billed Tern Pyrrhuloxia Black Skimmer Varied Bunting Band-tailed Pigeon Painted Bunting Groove-billed Ani American Tree Sparrow Flammulated Owl Sharp-tailed Sparrow Cactus Ferruginous Swamp Sparrow Pygmy-Owl White-throated Sparrow Common Nighthawk Harris' Sparrow Broad-billed Hummingbird McCown's Longspur Broad-tailed Hummingbird Bobolink Acorn Woodpecker Eastern Meadowlark Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Rusty Blackbird Red-breasted Sapsucker Common Grackle Williamson's Sapsucker Orchard Oriole Greater Peewee Purple Finch Eastern Phoebe Cassin's Finch Dusky-capped Flycatcher Red Crossbill Tropical Kingbird Evening Grosbeak Thick-billed Kingbird
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This resource is based on the following source:
Bureau of Land Management. No date. Birds of the Yuma Field Office,
Arizona. Bureau of Land Management. Unpaginated.
This resource should be cited as:
Bureau of Land Management. No date. Birds of the Yuma Field Office,
Arizona. Bureau of Land Management. Unpaginated. Jamestown,
ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govyumafiel.htm
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