CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS CHECKLIST
STATUS CODES
a = abundant
r = rare
c = common
x = casual or accidental
f = fairly common
h = hypothetical
u = uncommon
HABITAT CODES
Lack of a code indicates that species may be found throughout.
R = Riparian areas such as Cave Creek, South Fork & East Turkey Creek.
D = Desert scrub such as mesquite/creosote bush habitat on foothills road
A = Desert arroyos or washes, such as lower
J = Juniper-pinyon habitat, such as Portal, Round Valley & Silver Creek
O = Oak-juniper habitat, areas near Paradise,
P = Ponderosa Pine & Douglas Fir habitat, above 7000ft,
such as along
S = Spruce/Fir belt, on north slope of higher peaks such as Flys & Chiricahua Peaks, along Barfoot Road and along the Crest Trail
W = Water areas, ponds and stock tanks
I = Irrigated crop lands in vicinity of Rodeo and
G = Grasslands
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SPECIES |
Summer |
Winter |
Migrant |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
|
uW |
uW |
|
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Eared Grebe |
|
rW |
rW |
|
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Am. White Pelican |
|
|
x |
|
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American Bittern |
|
|
rW |
|
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Great Blue Heron |
uW |
uW |
|
|
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Great Egret |
|
|
x |
|
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Snowy Egret |
|
|
r |
|
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Cattle Egret |
|
|
r |
|
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Green Heron |
|
|
x |
|
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Black-crowned Night Heron |
|
|
rW |
|
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White-faced Ibis |
|
|
rW |
|
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Black-bellied Whistling Duck |
|
|
x |
|
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Tundra Swan |
|
rW |
|
|
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Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
x |
|
|
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Snow Goose |
|
rWI |
|
|
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Canada Goose |
|
uWI |
|
|
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Wood Duck |
|
|
x |
|
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Green-winged Teal |
|
fW |
cW |
|
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Mallard |
fW |
fW |
cW |
|
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Northern Pintail |
|
fW |
fW |
|
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Blue-winged Teal |
|
|
fW |
|
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Cinnamon Teal |
|
uW |
fW |
|
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Northern Shoveler |
|
uW |
fW |
|
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Gadwall |
|
uW |
uW |
|
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American Wigeon |
|
uW |
fW |
|
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Canvasback |
|
rW |
rW |
|
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Ring-necked Duck |
|
rW |
uW |
|
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Lesser Scaup |
|
rW |
uW |
|
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Bufflehead |
|
rW |
rW |
|
|
Hooded Merganser |
|
x |
|
|
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Red-breasted Merganser |
|
x |
|
|
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Ruddy Duck |
|
uW |
uW |
|
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Turkey Vulture |
c |
|
c |
|
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Osprey |
|
|
r |
|
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White-tailed Kite |
rI |
r |
|
|
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Bald Eagle |
|
|
r |
|
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Northern Harrier |
x |
fDG |
f |
|
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
r |
uRDI |
u |
|
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Cooper’s Hawk |
fR |
f |
|
|
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Northern Goshawk |
uP |
uROP |
|
|
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Common Black Hawk |
|
|
r |
|
|
Harris’s Hawk |
rDI |
rDI |
|
|
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Gray Hawk |
|
|
x |
|
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Broad-winged Hawk |
|
|
x |
|
|
Short-tailed Hawk |
r |
|
|
|
|
Swainson’s Hawk |
uG |
|
fG |
|
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White-tailed Hawk |
|
|
h |
|
|
Zone-tailed Hawk |
U |
|
u |
|
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Red-tailed Hawk |
f |
c |
c |
|
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Ferruginous Hawk |
|
fDIG |
|
|
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Rough-legged Hawk |
|
uG |
|
|
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Golden Eagle |
u |
u |
|
|
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Crested Caracara |
|
rG |
|
|
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American Kestrel |
uRDI |
fDG |
c |
|
|
Merlin |
|
r |
|
|
|
Peregrine Falcon |
r |
r |
r |
|
|
Prairie Falcon |
u |
uDIG |
|
|
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Blue Grouse |
|
|
h |
|
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Wild Turkey |
uROP |
uROP |
|
|
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Montezuma Quail |
uJOP |
uJO |
|
|
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Scaled Quail |
fDG |
fDG |
|
|
|
Gambel’s Quail |
cDJ |
cDJ |
|
|
|
Sora |
|
|
r |
|
|
American Coot |
|
cW |
|
|
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Sandhill Crane |
|
rI |
|
|
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Killdeer |
fWI |
fWI |
fWI |
|
|
American Avocet |
|
|
rW |
|
|
Greater Yellowlegs |
|
|
rW |
|
|
Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
|
rW |
|
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Solitary Sandpiper |
|
|
rW |
|
|
Willet |
|
|
rW |
|
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Spotted Sandpiper |
|
|
uW |
|
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Long-billed Curlew |
|
|
rD |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
|
|
h |
|
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Hudsonian Godwit |
|
|
h |
|
|
Marbled Godwit |
|
|
x |
|
|
Western Sandpiper |
|
|
rW |
|
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Least Sandpiper |
|
|
uW |
|
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Long-billed Dowitcher |
|
|
uW |
|
|
Wilson’s Snipe |
|
uW |
uW |
|
|
Ring-billed Gull |
|
|
x |
|
|
Rock Dove |
u |
u |
|
|
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Band-tailed Pigeon |
fOP |
x |
|
|
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White-winged Dove |
cRD |
x |
|
|
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Mourning Dove |
c |
a |
c |
|
|
Inca Dove |
r |
r |
|
|
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Common Ground Dove |
|
rD |
|
|
|
Thick-billed Parrot |
rP |
rP |
|
|
|
Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
|
|
r |
|
|
Greater Roadrunner |
fDJG |
fDG |
|
|
|
Common Barn Owl |
uDI |
uDI |
|
|
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Flammulated Owl |
fRPS |
|
|
|
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Western Screech-owl |
fRD |
fRD |
|
|
|
Whiskered Screech-owl |
fRO |
fRO |
|
|
|
Great Horned Owl |
cRDO |
cRDO |
|
|
|
Northern Pygmy Owl |
uROP |
uROP |
|
|
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Elf Owl |
fR |
|
|
|
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Burrowing Owl |
uD |
rD |
|
|
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Spotted Owl |
uP |
uP |
|
|
|
Long-eared Owl |
rP |
rD |
|
|
|
Short-eared Owl |
|
rDIG |
|
|
|
Northern Saw-whet Owl |
rPO |
r |
|
|
|
Lesser Nighthawk |
cD |
|
|
|
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Common Nighthawk |
rG |
|
r |
|
|
Common Poorwill |
cDJ |
x |
|
|
|
Buff-collared Nightjar |
rA |
|
|
|
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Whip-poor-will |
cRP |
|
c |
|
|
Black Swift |
|
|
x |
|
|
Vaux’s Swift |
|
|
r |
|
|
White-throated Swift |
c |
uD |
|
|
|
Broad-billed Hummingbird |
rP |
|
|
|
|
White-eared Hummingbird |
rRP |
|
|
|
|
Berylline Hummingbird |
x |
|
|
|
|
Violet-crowned Hummingbird |
rR |
|
|
|
|
Blue-throated Hummingbird |
cR |
rR |
|
|
|
Magnificent Hummingbird |
cRO |
xR |
|
|
|
Plain-capped Starthroat |
rJ |
|
|
|
|
Lucifer Hummingbird |
rRA |
|
|
|
|
Black-chinned Hummingbird |
cRDJ |
|
c |
|
|
Anna’s Hummingbird |
rR |
x |
c |
|
|
Costa’s Hummingbird |
|
|
r |
|
|
Calliope Hummingbird |
|
|
u |
|
|
Broad-tailed Hummingbird |
cOP |
|
c |
|
|
Rufous Hummingbird |
|
|
c |
|
|
Allen’s Hummingbird |
|
|
x |
|
|
Elegant Trogon |
fR |
|
|
|
|
Eared Trogon |
rR |
|
|
|
|
Belted Kingfisher |
|
r |
uRW |
|
|
Lewis’s Woodpecker |
|
|
r |
|
|
Acorn Woodpecker |
cROP |
cROP |
|
|
|
Gila Woodpecker |
x |
x |
|
|
|
Red-naped Sapsucker |
|
f |
c |
|
|
Williamson’s Sapsucker |
|
rRP |
rRP |
|
|
Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
cDO |
cDO |
|
|
|
Downy Woodpecker |
xP |
|
|
|
|
Hairy Woodpecker |
fPS |
f |
|
|
|
|
fRO |
fRO |
|
|
|
Northern Flicker |
c |
f |
|
|
|
Northern Beardless Tyrannulet |
|
|
r |
|
|
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
|
|
u |
|
|
Greater Pewee |
fRPS |
|
|
|
|
Western Wood-pewee |
cROP |
|
c |
|
|
Eastern Wood-pewee |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
|
r |
|
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Least Flycatcher |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
x |
f |
|
|
Dusky Flycatcher |
|
|
f |
|
|
Gray Flycatcher |
|
|
u |
|
|
Cordilleran Flycatcher |
cRPS |
|
c |
|
|
Pacific-slope Flycatcher |
|
|
r |
|
|
Buff-breasted Flycatcher |
rP |
|
r |
|
|
Black Phoebe |
fRW |
rW |
|
|
|
Eastern Phoebe |
|
|
x |
|
|
Say’s Phoebe |
fDJ |
fDJG |
|
|
|
Vermilion Flycatcher |
uW |
|
|
|
|
Dusky-capped Flycatcher |
cRO |
|
|
|
|
Ash-throated Flycatcher |
cRDJ |
|
|
|
|
Brown-crested Flycatcher |
fRO |
|
|
|
|
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher |
fR |
|
|
|
|
Tropical Kingbird |
|
|
x |
|
|
Cassin’s Kingbird |
cRO |
|
cDI |
|
|
Thick-billed Kingbird |
|
|
x |
|
|
Western Kingbird |
cD |
|
cDI |
|
|
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
|
|
x |
|
|
Horned Lark |
fG |
cG |
|
|
|
Purple Martin |
xP |
|
|
|
|
Tree Swallow |
|
|
r |
|
|
Violet-green Swallow |
cPS |
|
a |
|
|
N. Rough-winged Swallow |
|
|
f |
|
|
Bank Swallow |
|
|
r |
|
|
Cliff Swallow |
u |
|
f |
|
|
Barn Swallow |
|
|
c |
|
|
Steller’s Jay |
cPS |
cRPS |
|
|
|
Western Scrub-jay |
fOJ |
fOJ |
|
|
|
Mexican Jay |
aRO |
aRO |
|
|
|
Pinyon Jay |
|
|
r |
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
|
Chihuahuan Raven |
cDG |
cDG |
|
|
|
Common Raven |
f |
f |
|
|
|
Mexican Chickadee |
fPS |
fOPS |
|
|
|
Mountain Chickadee |
r |
r |
|
|
|
Bridled Titmouse |
cRO |
cRO |
|
|
|
Juniper Titmouse |
uRJ |
uRJ |
|
|
|
Verdin |
fD |
fD |
|
|
|
Bushtit |
cJO |
cJO |
|
|
|
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
uPS |
uPS |
|
|
|
White-breasted Nuthatch |
c |
c |
|
|
|
Pygmy Nuthatch |
cP |
cP |
|
|
|
Brown Creeper |
uRPS |
f |
c |
|
|
Cactus Wren |
cD |
cD |
|
|
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Rock Wren |
fAD |
fAD |
|
|
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Canyon Wren |
fRAJ |
fRAJ |
|
|
|
Bewick’s Wren |
cRJO |
cRJO |
|
|
|
House Wren |
fPS |
u |
c |
|
|
Winter Wren |
|
r |
r |
|
|
Marsh Wren |
|
rW |
rW |
|
|
American Dipper |
rR |
rR |
|
|
|
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
rS |
rPS |
|
|
|
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
x |
c |
c |
|
|
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
fJO |
uD |
|
|
|
Black-tailed Gnatcher |
uAD |
uAD |
|
|
|
Eastern Bluebird |
r |
u |
r |
|
|
Western Bluebird |
fOP |
f |
f |
|
|
Mountain Bluebird |
|
f |
|
|
|
Townsend’s Solitaire |
|
f |
f |
|
|
Veery |
|
|
x |
|
|
Swainson’s Thrush |
|
|
x |
|
|
Hermit Thrush |
fRPS |
u |
c |
|
|
Wood Thrush |
|
|
x |
|
|
American Robin |
cRP |
c |
c |
|
|
Varied Thrush |
|
|
r |
|
|
Aztec Thrush |
x |
|
|
|
|
Gray Catbird |
|
|
r |
|
|
Northern Mockingbird |
cAJ |
uD |
|
|
|
Sage Thrasher |
|
uDJ |
u |
|
|
Brown Thrasher |
|
|
x |
|
|
Bendire’s Thrasher |
uD |
uD |
|
|
|
Curve-billed Thrasher |
cRD |
cRD |
|
|
|
Crissal Thrasher |
cDJ |
cDJ |
|
|
|
American Pipit |
|
rW |
u |
|
|
Cedar Waxwing |
|
u |
u |
|
|
Phainopepla |
uRD |
uRD |
|
|
|
Northern Shrike |
|
x |
|
|
|
Loggerhead Shrike |
fD |
cD |
|
|
|
European Starling |
u |
u |
|
|
|
White-eyed Vireo |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
fA |
|
|
|
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Gray Vireo |
r |
|
|
|
|
Plumbeous Vireo |
fROP |
|
c |
|
|
Cassin’s Vireo |
|
|
u |
|
|
Hutton’s Vireo |
cRO |
rRD |
|
|
|
Warbling Vireo |
fRPS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
Red-eyed Vireo |
|
|
r |
|
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Yellow-green Vireo |
|
|
x |
|
|
Tennessee Warbler |
|
|
x |
|
|
Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
|
f |
|
|
|
|
|
u |
|
|
|
fO |
|
f |
|
|
Lucy’s Warbler |
cAR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
rR |
|
|
Yellow Warbler |
|
|
u |
|
|
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
|
|
x |
|
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
|
|
x |
|
|
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
fPS |
f |
c |
|
|
Black-throated Gray Warbler |
cJO |
|
c |
|
|
Townsend’s Warbler |
|
x |
fOPS |
|
|
Hermit Warbler |
|
|
cOPS |
|
|
Black-throated Green Warbler |
|
|
x |
|
|
Yellow-throated Warbler |
|
|
x |
|
|
Grace’s Warbler |
cP |
|
cP |
|
|
Palm Warbler |
|
|
x |
|
|
Black and White Warbler |
|
|
r |
|
|
American Redstart |
|
|
r |
|
|
Prothonotary Warbler |
|
|
x |
|
|
Worm-eating Warbler |
|
|
x |
|
|
Ovenbird |
|
|
rR |
|
|
|
|
|
rR |
|
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
|
r |
|
|
MacGillivray’s Warbler |
|
|
f |
|
|
Common Yellowthroat |
|
|
uW |
|
|
Hooded Warbler |
|
|
r |
|
|
Wilson’s Warbler |
|
|
c |
|
|
Red-faced Warbler |
fP |
|
f |
|
|
Painted Redstart |
cR |
rR |
|
|
|
Slate-throated Redstart |
|
|
h |
|
|
Golden-browed Warbler |
|
|
h |
|
|
Rufous-capped Warbler |
x |
|
|
|
|
Yellow-breasted Chat |
rA |
|
r |
|
|
Olive Warbler |
fP |
rP |
|
|
|
Hepatic Tanager |
fROP |
|
|
|
|
Summer Tanager |
fR |
|
|
|
|
Scarlet Tanager |
|
|
x |
|
|
Western Tanager |
fRP |
|
c |
|
|
Flame-colored Tanager |
x |
|
|
|
|
Northern Cardinal |
fRA |
fRA |
|
|
|
Pyrrhuloxia |
uD |
uD |
|
|
|
Yellow Grosbeak |
x |
|
|
|
|
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
r |
|
rR |
|
|
Black-headed Grosbeak |
cROP |
|
c |
|
|
Blue Grosbeak |
cD |
|
|
|
|
Lazuli Bunting |
|
|
u |
|
|
Indigo Bunting |
rAJ |
|
|
|
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Varied Bunting |
xAJ |
|
|
|
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Painted Bunting |
|
|
x |
|
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Dickcissal |
|
|
x |
|
|
Green-tailed Towhee |
|
uD |
f |
|
|
Spotted Towhee |
fJOP |
fDOJ |
|
|
|
Canyon Towhee |
cDO |
cDO |
|
|
|
Abert’s Towhee |
|
x |
|
|
|
Botteri’s Sparrow |
rDG |
|
|
|
|
Cassin’s Sparrow |
fDG |
uDG |
|
|
|
Rufous-crowned Sparrow |
fJO |
uJO |
|
|
|
Chipping Sparrow |
rOP |
aDJO |
a |
|
|
Clay-colored Sparrow |
|
r |
|
|
|
Brewer’s Sparrow |
|
aDI |
|
|
|
Black-chinned Sparrow |
uJ |
uJ |
|
|
|
Vesper Sparrow |
|
cDWG |
cDWG |
|
|
Lark Sparrow |
uDG |
uDG |
|
|
|
Black-throated Sparrow |
cD |
cD |
|
|
|
Sage Sparrow |
|
rD |
|
|
|
Lark Bunting |
r |
aDGI |
|
|
|
|
|
cWIG |
cWIG |
|
|
Grasshopper Sparrow |
rG |
rG |
|
|
|
Baird’s Sparrow |
|
x |
|
|
|
Fox Sparrow |
|
r |
r |
|
|
Song Sparrow |
|
r |
r |
|
|
|
|
f |
f |
|
|
Swamp Sparrow |
|
rW |
|
|
|
White-throated Sparrow |
|
r |
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Golden-crowned Sparrow |
|
r |
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White-crowned Sparrow |
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a |
a |
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Harris’s Sparrow |
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x |
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Dark-eyed Junco |
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c |
c |
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Yellow-eyed Junco |
cRP |
c |
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McCown’s Longspur |
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x |
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Chestnut-collared Longspur |
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cG |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
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cWI |
c |
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Eastern Meadowlark |
cGI |
cGI |
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Western Meadowlark |
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fGI |
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Yellow-headed Blackbird |
u |
uWI |
u |
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Brewer’s Blackbird |
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cI |
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Great-tailed Grackle |
r |
r |
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Common Grackle |
x |
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Bronzed Cowbird |
f |
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
f |
uI |
f |
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Orchard Oriole |
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x |
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Hooded Oriole |
fRD |
|
f |
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Bullock’s Oriole |
fR |
|
fRD |
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Scott’s Oriole |
cDO |
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c |
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Pine Grosbeak |
|
xP |
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Purple Finch |
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r |
r |
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Cassin’s Finch |
|
u |
u |
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House Finch |
a |
a |
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Red Crossbill |
fPS |
fPS |
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Pine Siskin |
u |
c |
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Lesser Goldfinch |
f |
c |
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r |
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American Goldfinch |
|
u |
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Evening Grosbeak |
r |
u |
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House Sparrow |
c |
c |
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