Arizona Bird Committee

Documenting Arizona's Birds

Review List of the Birds of Arizona.

This list contains 142 review species of birds that have been accepted by the Arizona Bird Committee as of Jan 2025.

This list conforms to the A.O.U. checklist order and nomenclature as of the 66th supplement July 2025.

Subspecies common names are derived from eBird Taxonomy, available online at:

ebird taxonomy 

Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Brant
Trumpeter Swan
Baikal Teal
Garganey
Tufted Duck
Harlequin Duck
White-tipped Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Black Swift
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Bumblebee Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Purple Gallinule
Common Crane
Pacific Golden-Plover
Lesser Sand-Plover
Northern Jacana
Upland Sandpiper
Hudsonian Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Wandering Tattler
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Little Gull
Western Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Arctic Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Black Skimmer
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird
Yellow-billed Loon
Laysan Albatross
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
Least Storm-Petrel
Juan Fernandez Petrel
Hawaiian Petrel
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
Wood Stork
Magnificent Frigatebird
Blue-footed Booby
Cocos Booby
Anhinga
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Hawk
Eared Quetzal
Ringed Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Aplomado Falcon
Thick-billed Parrot
Gray-collared Becard
Nutting's Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Couch's Kingbird
Tufted Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Pine Flycatcher
Black-capped Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Blue Jay
California Scrub-Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown-chested Martin
Cave Swallow
Bohemian Waxwing
Sinaloa Wren
Carolina Wren
Sedge Wren
Blue Mockingbird
Brown-backed Solitaire
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Wood Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
White-throated Thrush
Aztec Thrush
Northern Wheatear
White Wagtail
Red-throated Pipit
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Black Rosy-Finch
Common Redpoll
White-winged Crossbill
Smith's Longspur
Snow Bunting
Little Bunting
Field Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Bobolink
Black-vented Oriole
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Crescent-chested Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Tropical Parula
Bay-breasted Warbler
Mangrove Yellow Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Fan-tailed Warbler
Canada Warbler
Slate-throated Redstart
Flame-colored Tanager
Yellow Grosbeak
Blue-black Grassquit

Subspecies and forms

The following subspecies and forms have been reported, reviewed and accepted at least once in Arizona and are still on the review list for the ABC:

"Eurasian" Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca crecca) *
"Eastern" Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii bellii) *
"Eastern" Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus purpureus) *
"Thick-billed" Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca megarhyncha) *
"White-winged" Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis aikeni) *
"Large-billed" Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus) *
"Eastern" Hooded Oriole(Icterus cucullatus cucullatus/sennetti) *
"Mangrove" Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia erithachorides) *