LIST OF BIRDS, YUMA, ARIZONA (LOW DESERTS, RIVER, ELEVATIONS)

This listing: 'List of birds, ''Yuma, Arizona'' (low deserts, river, elevations)' 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). (Add notes on 'Waters', on Talk.)
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.

Suggestion: use the talk page to make some permanent 'species' comments, or to suggest some bird types.(Page started Jan 21, 2006).

Contents

A system for commonness of sightings

Pre-listing by major types

See

See also

References: field guides, etc

SE Arizona biome

Listing-C/city,D/low desert,R/river,M/Mountain

A system for commonness of sightings

★ 1--Overly common; i.e. the 'common pigeon'; also the common Mourning Dove.

★ 2

★ 3

★ 4

★ 5--Precise middle of commonness(1/5/9). (Changes occur: the "Mocking Bird"-Northern Mockingbird has become a 'satellite' species in the low deserts north of Yuma, and north of smaller-cities to the east,(recent 5-10(?) years). )

★ 6

★ 7

★ 8

★ 9--Rarest, and must be seen at specific locales.

Pre-listing by major types

★ Blackbird, Grackle, Cowbird ★ Bluebird ★ Crow, Raven? ★ Duck, Coot, etc. ★ Egret, Heron, etc. ★ Flycatcher, Phoebe, Kingbird, etc. ★ Hawk, Eagle, raptor, etc. ★ Hummingbird-(Caribbean origins or S.Amer. ! ) ★ the "Kingfishers"-types ? ★ Nighthawk ★ Osprey ★ Owl ★ Pelicans: Brown Pelican, or American White Pelican(?less common)

★ Ring-necked Pheasant, see Common Pheasant ★ Plover, sandpiper ★ Seagull ★ Silky-flycatcher(1): Phainopepla ★ Sparrow ★ Starling ★ Swallow ★ Towhee: ★ ★ Abert's Towhee is one of our permanent, desert birds;(Imperial Dam area.) ★ Tyrant flycatchers: ★ ★ Flycatcher, phoebe ★ Vulture ★ Woodpecker, Flicker ★ Wren

See

★ For some ideas of bird types, see:

★
★ List of birds of Santa Cruz County, California

★ List of North American birds

★ List of birds

★ List of Arizona birds -- (new article)

★ List of Arizona-SW birds (Yuma County, Arizona)

See also

★ Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy and DNA-DNA hybridisation.

References: field guides, etc

★ Handbook of the Birds of the World

★ Helm Identification Guides

★ The Macmillan Field Guides to Bird Identification

★ The Sibley Guide to Birds, (and other listings under "Category: Ornithological literature").

★ Field guide

★ List of journals and magazines relating to birding and ornithology

SE Arizona biome

Listing-C/city,D/low desert,R/river,M/Mountain

psst.. try this: add to faves

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'-

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