Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival
2008 Bird List
182 Total Species
Family Groups
Swans, Geese, Ducks Swifts Thrushes
Pheasant, Quail Hummingbirds Mockingbirds, Thrashers
Grebes, Cormorants Kingfishers Starlings
Herons, Bitterns, Ibis Woodpeckers Pipits
Vultures Tyrant Flycatchers Waxwing
Hawks, Eagles, Allies Shrikes Silky-Flycatchers
Rails, Coots Vireos Warblers
Cranes Crows, Jays Tanagers
Plovers Larks Emberizids
Avocets, Sandpipers, Dowitchers Swallows Cardinals
Gulls, Terns Chickadees, Titmice Blackbirds
Pigeons, Doves Verdin, Bushtit Finches
Cuckoos Creepers, Nuthatches Old World Sparrows
Owls Wrens  
Goatsuckers Kinglets, Gnatcatchers  

Swans, Geese, Ducks
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck

Quail
Gambel’s Quail

Grebes, Cormorants
Eared Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant

Herons, Bitterns, Ibis
Black-crowned Night Heron
Green Heron
Cattle Egret
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
White-faced Ibis

Vultures
California Condor
Turkey Vulture

Hawks, Eagles, Allies
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Rails, Coots
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot

Cranes
Sandhill Crane

Plovers
Killdeer

Avocets, Sandpipers, Dowitchers
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Wilson’s Phalarope

Gulls, Terns
Franklin’s Gull l
Caspian Tern

Pigeons, Doves
Band-tailed Pigeon
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
Eurasian Collard Dove

Cuckoos

Owls
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Western Screech Owl

Goatsuckers
Common Poorwill

Swifts
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift

Hummingbirds
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker

Tyrant Flycatchers
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Kingbird

Shrikes

Vireos
Bell’s Vireo
Hutton’s Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo

Crows, Jays
Steller’s Jay
Western Scrub Jay
Pinyon Jay
American Crow
Common Raven

Larks
Horned Lark

Swallows
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
No. Rough-winged Swallow

Chickadees, Titmice
Bridled Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse
Mountain Chickadee

Verdin, Bushtit
Verdin
Bushtit

Creepers, Nuthatches
Brown Creeper
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch

Wrens
House Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Marsh Wren

Kinglets, Gnatcatchers
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
American Robin

Mockingbirds, Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird
Crissal Thrasher

Starlings
European Starling

Pipits
American Pipit

Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing

Silky-Flycatchers
Phainopepla

Warblers
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia’s Warbler
Lucy’s Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle’s & Audubon’s)
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Grace’s Warbler
Yellow Warbler
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Common Yellowthroat
Painted Redstart
Red-faced Warbler
Olive Warbler

Tanagers
Summer Tanager
Hepatic Tanager
Western Tanager

Emberizids
Canyon Towhee
Abert’s Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

Cardinals
Black-headed Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Lazuli Bunting

Blackbirds
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Brewer’s Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Scott’s Oriole

Finches
Cassin’s Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch

Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow