List of birds of Yuma, Arizona

List of birds of Yuma, Arizona

The List of birds of Yuma, Arizona is set up in a check-list format, but its style is not meant for a checklist. Its purpose will be to make notations referencing the "seasonal traits" of specific species. (For example the Long-billed curlew visits only the city proper in winter, and grassy expanses, exclusively(i.e. the City Parks, golf courses, etc).)

The river reference is the Colorado River, (the N-South border with California). However, various water sources are in the environs, (the Gila River, etc; also, the Gulf of California is a (–winter-range–) destination of some birds). The mountains, or higher desert locations may rise to above 1500 m, or about 4000 Ft. Yuma County's mountains are contrasted against SE Arizona's Sky island Mtns, part of the Madrean Sky Island Biome.

A system for commonness of sightings

A scale of 1 to 10 is used where 1 is common and 9 is rare.

ee also

*List of North American birds
*List of birds
*List of Arizona birds -- (new article)
*List of Arizona-SW birds (Yuma County, Arizona)
*List of birds of Santa Cruz County, California
*Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy and DNA-DNA hybridisation

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Yuma, Arizona—low deserts, river, elevations
Species Category SPRING Summer ---Fall--- WINTER
City ----- -City- -City- -City- -City-
C Long-billed
Curlew		 C 1 Visitor
Parks-Grass		 --?-- --- --?-- Common
D Common
Ground Dove		 C 2 Permanent --- --- --- ---
D Mourning Dove C 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
D White-winged
Dove		 C 2 mostly:
Fall/(Winter)		 --- --- --- ---
G Great-tailed
Grackle		 C 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
K Sparrowhawk
or= American Kestrel		 C 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
O-Burrowing
Owl		 C 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
S House Sparrow C 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
S European Starling C 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
W Cactus Wren C 6 ?"rov-
-ing groups"?		 --- Common --- ---
City ----- -City- -City- -City- -City-
Deserts ----- -Desert- -Desert- -Desert- -Desert-
D B Mountain Bluebird D 7 "Winter" -?- --- -?- Winter
D F Brown-
-crested Flycatcher		 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
D K Sparrowhawk
or= American Kestrel		 D 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
D-L-(unspecified) Lark D-5-transits
-in flocks?		 --- --- --- Common?
D 1 Meadowlark 2?Permanent
"grasslands"		 --- --- --- ---
D N Lesser Nighthawk
"see: Nightjar"		 D 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
D Q
Gambel's Quail		 D 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
D R Common Raven D 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
D R Greater
Roadrunner		 D 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
D S Loggerhead Shrike D 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
D S Black-throat
-ed Sparrow		 D 1
" low desert "		 Common Common Common --?--
D T Abert's Towhee D 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
D V
Turkey Vulture
"see: New World vulture"		 1 Permanent:
"migrates?"
"flocks"
"at heights"		 --- --- --- ---
D W
Cactus Wren		 D 6 ?"rov-
-ing groups"?		 --- Common --- ---
D W Rock Wren D 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
Deserts ----- -Desert- -Desert- -Desert- -Desert-
Colorado
River, etc		 ----- -River+- -River+- -River+- -River+-
R B Red-winged
Blackbird		 R 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
R C American Coot R 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
R D Ring-necked
Duck		 R 1 Permanent -3- --- --- -3-
R K Belted
Kingfisher		 R 1?Permanent --- --- --- ---
R K Cerylidae
Water Kingfisher
"see: Kingfisher"		 R 1 Permanent? --- --- --- ---
R O Osprey 1?Permanent --- --- --- ---
R P Ring-necked
Pheasant		 R 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
R S Bank Swallow R 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
R S Cliff Swallow R 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
R T Cinnamon Teal-! R 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
R T Abert's Towhee R 1 Permanent --- --- --- ---
R Y Common Yellowthroat R 3?Winter Migr.
early spring?		 -3?-- -3?- --- ---
Colorado
River, etc		 ----- -River+- -River+- -River+- -River+-
Mountains ----- -Mtn- -Mtn- -Mtn- -Mtn-
M F Northern Flicker "3? Mtns" -?- -?- -?- -?-
M P Phainopepla
nitens		 M 1..Mountain
canyons		 -?- - -?- Mtn
canyon
M T
Spotted Towhee		 3? Mountain
foothills?		 -?- -?- -?- Winter
only?
Mountains ----- -Mtn- -Mtn- -Mtn- -Mtn-