List of birds, Yuma, Arizona (low deserts, river, elevations)

The List of birds of Yuma, Arizona

Yuma, Arizona

Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and the population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2008 Census Bureau estimated population of 90,041....

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

Long-billed Curlew

The Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species is native to central and western North America...

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

Colorado River

The Colorado River , is a river in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The watershed of the Colorado River covers in parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states...

, (the N-South border with California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

). However, various water sources are in the environs, (the Gila River, etc.; also, the Gulf of California

Gulf of California

The Gulf of California is a body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland...

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

Yuma County, Arizona

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*70.4% White*2.0% Black*1.6% Native American*1.2% Asian*0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.8% Two or more races*20.8% Other races*59.7% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

mountains are contrasted against SE Arizona's Sky island

Sky island

Sky islands are mountains that are isolated by surrounding lowlands of a dramatically different environment, a situation which, in combination with the altitudinal zonation of ecosystems, has significant implications for natural habitats. Endemism, vertical migration, and relict populations are...

Mtns, part of the Madrean Sky Island Biome

Madrean sky islands

The Madrean Sky Islands are enclaves of Madrean pine-oak woodlands, found at higher elevations in a complex of small mountain ranges in southern and southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. The sky islands are surrounded at lower elevations by the Sonoran and...

A system for commonness of sightings

A scale of 1 to 10 is used where 1 is common

Common species

-Definitions:Common species and uncommon species are designations used in ecology to describe the population status of a species. Commonness is closely related to abundance. Abundance refers to the frequency with which a species is found in controlled samples; in contrast, species are defined as...

and 9 is rare

Rare species

A rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon or scarce. This designation may be applied to either a plant or animal taxon, and may be distinct from the term "endangered" or "threatened species" but not "extinct"....

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The List of birds of Yuma, Arizona

Yuma, Arizona

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

Colorado River

, (the N-South border with California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

). However, various water sources are in the environs, (the Gila River, etc.; also, the Gulf of California

Gulf of California

The Gulf of California is a body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland...

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

Yuma County, Arizona

mountains are contrasted against SE Arizona's Sky island

Sky island

Mtns, part of the Madrean Sky Island Biome

Madrean sky islands

A system for commonness of sightings

A scale of 1 to 10 is used where 1 is common

Common species

and 9 is rare

Rare species

.
The List of birds of Yuma, Arizona

Yuma, Arizona

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

Colorado River

, (the N-South border with California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

). However, various water sources are in the environs, (the Gila River, etc.; also, the Gulf of California

Gulf of California

The Gulf of California is a body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland...

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

Yuma County, Arizona

mountains are contrasted against SE Arizona's Sky island

Sky island

Mtns, part of the Madrean Sky Island Biome

Madrean sky islands

A system for commonness of sightings

A scale of 1 to 10 is used where 1 is common

Common species

and 9 is rare

Rare species

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
Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy
The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy is a bird taxonomy proposed by Charles Sibley and Jon Edward Ahlquist. It is based on DNA-DNA hybridization studies conducted in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s....

and DNA-DNA hybridisation
DNA-DNA hybridisation
DNA-DNA hybridization generally refers to a molecular biology technique that measures the degree of genetic similarity between pools of DNA sequences. It is usually used to determine the genetic distance between two species...

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Yuma, Arizona—low deserts, river, elevations Yuma, Arizona Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and the population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2008 Census Bureau estimated population of 90,041....
Species	'Category'	SPRING	Summer	---Fall---	WINTER
City'	-----	-City-	-City-	-City-	-City-
C Long-billed Curlew Long-billed Curlew The Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species is native to central and western North America...	C 1 Visitor Parks-Grass	--?--	---	--?--	Common
D Common Ground Dove Common Ground Dove The Common Ground Dove is a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. The Common Ground Dove is considered to be the smallest dove that inhabits the United States...	C 2 Permanent	---	---	---	---
D Mourning Dove Mourning Dove The Mourning Dove is a member of the dove family . The bird is also called the Turtle Dove or the American Mourning Dove or Rain Dove, and formerly was known as the Carolina Pigeon or Carolina Turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds...	C 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
D White-winged Dove White-winged Dove The White-winged Dove is a dove whose native range extends from the south-western USA through Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. In recent years with increasing urbanization and backyard feeding, it has expanded throughout Texas and into Louisiana...	C 2 mostly: Fall/(Winter)	---	---	---	---
G Great-tailed Grackle Great-tailed Grackle The Great-tailed Grackle is a medium-sized, gregarious passerine bird native to North and South America. A member of the Icteridae family, it is of the ten extant species of grackle and is closely related to the Red-bellied Grackle and the Velvet-fronted Grackle...	C 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
K Sparrowhawk or= American Kestrel American Kestrel The American Kestrel , sometimes colloquially known as the Sparrow Hawk, is a small falcon, and the only kestrel found in the Americas. It is the most common falcon in North America, and is found in a wide variety of habitats. At long, it is also the smallest falcon in North America...	C 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
O-Burrowing Owl Burrowing Owl The Burrowing Owl is a tiny but long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing Owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other open dry area with low vegetation. They nest and roost in burrows, such as those excavated...	C 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
S House Sparrow House Sparrow The House Sparrow is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. One of about 25 species in the genus Passer, the House Sparrow occurs naturally in most of Europe, the Mediterranean region, and much of Asia...	C 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
S European Starling European Starling The Common Starling , also known as the European Starling or just Starling, is a passerine bird in the family Sturnidae.This species of starling is native to most of temperate Europe and western Asia...	C 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
W Cactus Wren Cactus Wren The Cactus Wren is a species of wren that is native to the southwestern United States southwards to central Mexico.-Description:...	C 6 ?"rov- -ing groups"?	---	Common	---	---
City'	-----	-City-	-City-	-City-	-City-
Deserts'	-----	-Desert-	-Desert-	-Desert-	-Desert-
D B Mountain Bluebird Mountain Bluebird The Mountain Bluebird is a medium-sized bird weighing about 2-5 ounces, with a length from 15–20 cm . They have light underbellies and black eyes. Adult males have thin bills are bright turquoise-blue and somewhat lighter beneath. Adult females have duller blue wings and tail, grey breast,...	D 7 Winter	-?-	---	-?-	Winter
D F Brown- -crested Flycatcher Brown-crested Flycatcher The Brown-crested Flycatcher is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in open woodland from southern California, southern Nevada, central Arizona, and southern Texas southward to Argentina and Bolivia, and on Trinidad and Tobago...	' 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
D K Sparrowhawk or= American Kestrel American Kestrel The American Kestrel , sometimes colloquially known as the Sparrow Hawk, is a small falcon, and the only kestrel found in the Americas. It is the most common falcon in North America, and is found in a wide variety of habitats. At long, it is also the smallest falcon in North America...	D 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
D-L-(unspecified) Lark Lark Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. All species occur in the Old World, and in northern and eastern Australia; only one, the Shore Lark, has spread to North America, where it is called the Horned Lark...	'D-5-transits -in flocks?	---	---	---	Common?
D 1 Meadowlark Meadowlark Meadowlarks are birds belonging to the genus Sturnella in the New World family Icteridae.This genus includes seven species of largely insectivorous grassland birds...	2?Permanent "grasslands"	---	---	---	---
D N Lesser Nighthawk Lesser Nighthawk The Lesser Nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis, is a nightjar found throughout a large part of the Americas.The adults are dark with brown, grey and white patterning on the upperparts and breast; the long upperwings are black and show a white bar in flight. The tail is dark with white barring; the... see: Nightjar Nightjar Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats . Some New World species are named as nighthawks...	D 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
D Q Gambel's Quail Gambel's Quail The Gambel's Quail, Callipepla gambelii, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It inhabits the desert regions of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California...	D 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
D R Common Raven Common Raven The Common Raven , also known as the Northern Raven, is a large, all-black passerine bird. Found across the northern hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids...	D 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
D R Greater Roadrunner Greater Roadrunner The Greater Roadrunner, taxonomically classified as Geococcyx californianus, meaning "Californian Earth-cuckoo," is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae. Along with the Lesser Roadrunner, it is one of two species in the roadrunner genus Geococcyx...	D 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
D S Loggerhead Shrike Loggerhead Shrike The Loggerhead Shrike is a passerine bird. It is the only member of the shrike family endemic to North America; the related Northern Shrike occurs north of its range but also in the Palearctic....	D 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
D S Black-throat -ed Sparrow Black-throated Sparrow The Black-throated Sparrow is a small sparrow primarily found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is sometimes referred to as the Desert Sparrow, due to its preferred habitat of arid desert hillsides and scrub...	D 1 " low desert "	Common	Common	Common	--?--
D T Abert's Towhee Abert's Towhee The Abert's Towhee is a bird of the family Emberizidae, native to a small range in southwestern North America, generally the lower Colorado River and Gila River watersheds, nearly endemic to Arizona, but also present in small parts of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Sonora in Mexico.This...	D 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
D V Turkey Vulture Turkey Vulture The Turkey Vulture is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It is also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard , and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John Crow or Carrion Crow... see: New World vulture New World vulture The New World Vulture or Condor family Cathartidae contains seven species in fivegenera, all but one of which are monotypic. It includes five vultures and two condors found in warm and temperate areas of the Americas....	1 Permanent: "migrates?" "flocks" at heights	---	---	---	---
D W Cactus Wren Cactus Wren The Cactus Wren is a species of wren that is native to the southwestern United States southwards to central Mexico.-Description:...	D 6 ?"rov- -ing groups"?	---	Common	---	---
D W Rock Wren Rock Wren The Rock Wren is a small songbird of the wren family. It is the only species in the genus Salpinctes.The 12 cm long adults have grey-brown upperparts with small black and white spots and pale grey underparts with a light brown rump...	D 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
Deserts'	-----	-Desert-	-Desert-	-Desert-	-Desert-
Colorado River, etc.'	-----	-River+-	-River+-	-River+-	-River+-
R B Red-winged Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird The Red-winged Blackbird is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North and much of Central America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and...	R 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
R C American Coot American Coot The American Coot is a bird of the family Rallidae, inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies. Measuring in length and across the wings, adults have a short thick white bill and white frontal shield, which usually has a reddish-brown spot near the top of the bill between the eyes...	R 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
R D Ring-necked Duck Ring-necked Duck The Ring-necked Duck is a smaller diving duck from North America.The adult male is similar in color pattern to the Eurasian Tufted Duck, its relative. It has a grey bill with a white band, a shiny purple head, a white breast, yellow eyes and a dark grey back...	R 1 Permanent	-3-	---	---	-3-
R K Belted Kingfisher Belted Kingfisher The Belted Kingfisher is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, the only member of that group commonly found in the northern United States and Canada. It is depicted on the 1986 series Canadian $5 note. All kingfishers were formerly placed in one family, Alcedinidae, but recent research suggests...	R 1?Permanent	---	---	---	---
R K Cerylidae Water Kingfisher Water Kingfisher The water kingfishers or Cerylidae are one of the three families of kingfishers, and are also known as the cerylid kingfishers. All six American species are in this family.... see: Kingfisher Kingfisher Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia...	R 1 Permanent?	---	---	---	---
R O Osprey Osprey The Osprey , sometimes known as the sea hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and across the wings...	1?Permanent	---	---	---	---
R P Ring-necked Pheasant	R 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
R S Bank Swallow	R 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
R S Cliff Swallow Cliff Swallow The Cliff Swallow is a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae — the swallows and martins.It breeds in North America, and is migratory, wintering in western South America from Venezuela southwards to northeast Argentina...	R 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
R T Cinnamon Teal-! Cinnamon Teal The Cinnamon Teal is a small, reddish dabbling duck found in marshes and ponds of western North and South America.thumb\|left\|Female Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium...	R 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
R T Abert's Towhee Abert's Towhee The Abert's Towhee is a bird of the family Emberizidae, native to a small range in southwestern North America, generally the lower Colorado River and Gila River watersheds, nearly endemic to Arizona, but also present in small parts of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Sonora in Mexico.This...	R 1 Permanent	---	---	---	---
R Y Common Yellowthroat Common Yellowthroat The Common Yellowthroat is a New World warbler. They are abundant breeders in North America, ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico....	R 3?Winter Migr. early spring?	- 3?--	-3?-	---	---
Colorado River, etc.'	-----	-River+-	-River+-	-River+-	-River+-
Mountains'	-----	-Mtn-	-Mtn-	-Mtn-	-Mtn-
M F Northern Flicker Northern Flicker The Northern Flicker is a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate. There are over 100 common names for the Northern Flicker...	3? Mtns	-?-	-?-	-?-	-?-
M P Phainopepla nitens Phainopepla The Phainopepla is the most northerly representative of the mainly tropical Central American family Ptilogonatidae, the silky flycatchers.-Description:...	M 1..Mountain canyons	-?-	-	-?-	Mtn canyon
M T Spotted Towhee Spotted Towhee The Spotted Towhee is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been debated in recent decades, and formerly this bird and the Eastern Towhee were considered a single species, the Rufous-sided Towhee...	3? Mountain foothills?	-?-	-?-	-?-	Winter only?
Mountains'	-----	-Mtn-	-Mtn-	-Mtn-	-Mtn-

A system for commonness of sightings

A system for commonness of sightings

A system for commonness of sightings

See also