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Birding Guide
Birding Guide for Arizona
Desert wildlife, canyons, mountains, and cactus
Birding highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for birds in Arizona. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
255
Species
76
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Birds across Arizona
This guide focuses on birdlife within Arizona's wider region guide, helping families explore common sightings, shoreline birds, forest species, and the places where birding is easier to begin.
Latest Sightings
Recent bird sightings in Arizona
A recent look at bird sightings across Arizona.
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Sightings Map
See where bird sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where bird sightings cluster across Arizona.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 birds to see in Arizona
These birds are snapped the most across this region.
Greater Roadrunner
19 snaps
Northern Mockingbird
18 snaps
Mourning Dove
17 snaps
Common Raven
12 snaps
Great Horned Owl
9 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for birding in Arizona
These place guides connect well with the birds covered in this region.
Park57 sightings6 species
Arizona, US
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park
You might spot Desert Cottontail, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, and Black Phoebe.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Arizona, US
Phoenix Indian School
You might spot Rosy-Faced Lovebird, Great-Tailed Grackle, and Stinknet.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Arizona, US
Boyce Thompson Arboretum
You might spot Northern Cardinal, Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus, and Queen.
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Zoo30 sightings12 species
Arizona, US
Wildlife World Zoo
You might spot Stinknet, Great-Tailed Grackle, and Desert Spiny Lizard.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Arizona, US
Cartwright Elementary School District
You might spot Stinknet, Eurasian Collared-Dove, and Phoenix Talussnail.
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Park20 sightings12 species
Arizona, US
Desert Botanical Garden
You might spot Chuparosa, Verdin, and American Threefold.
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Full Guide
Full Arizona birds list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Greater Roadrunner
Northern Mockingbird
Mourning Dove
Common Raven
Great Horned Owl
Osprey
European Starling
House Finch
White-winged Dove
Great-tailed Grackle
Northern Cardinal
Black-throated Sparrow
Curve-billed Thrasher
Gambel's Quail
House Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Vulture
Dark-eyed Junco
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Lesser Goldfinch
Red-tailed Hawk
Steller's Jay
Verdin
White-breasted Nuthatch
Acorn Woodpecker
American Coot
Gila Woodpecker
Rock Pigeon
Rock Wren
Western Tanager
White-crowned Sparrow
American Robin
Anna's Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Cactus Wren
Canyon Towhee
Cassin's Kingbird
Chipping Sparrow
Costa's Hummingbird
Great Blue Heron
Western Bluebird
Western Kingbird
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Kestrel
Bell's Vireo
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Canada Goose
Canyon Wren
Cliff Swallow
Cooper's Hawk
Duck
Egyptian Goose
Gilded Flicker
Harris's Hawk
Inca Dove
Ladder-Backed Woodpecker
Lark Sparrow
Mountain Chickadee
Northern Flicker
Pekin Duck
Pigeon
Pygmy Nuthatch
Ring-necked Duck
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Solitary Sandpiper
Song Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Townsend's Warbler
White-throated Swift
Wilson'S Warbler
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