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TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETY GREBES Common Black-Hawk U-L-su;R-t Red Knot* Ca-f CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS & ANIS Checklist of Birds of Southeast Arizona Least Grebe* Ca-t,w Harris’s Hawk F-p Sanderling R-f;Ca-sp Black-billed Cuckoo* X ©Updated 2011 by Chris Benesh and Mark Stevenson Pied-billed Grebe C-w;U-su Red-shouldered Hawk* Ca-t,w Semipalmated Yellow-billed Cuckoo F-su;X-w Horned Grebe # R-t,w Broad-winged Hawk# Ca-t;X-w Sandpiper # R-f;Ca-sp Greater Roadrunner C-p Locality Red-necked Grebe* X Gray Hawk U-L-su, Ca-w Western Sandpiper C-t;Ca-w Groove-billed Ani* Ca-su,f Eared Grebe C-t;U-w;R-L-su Short-tailed Hawk* Ca-su,X-w Least Sandpiper C-t;U-w Date Time Weather Western Grebe R-t;R-L-w Swainson’s Hawk C-t;U-su White-rumped Sandpiper* Ca-sp BARN & TYPICAL OWLS Clark’s Grebe R-t White-tailed Hawk* X Baird’s Sandpiper F-f;R-sp Barn Owl C-p Observers Zone-tailed Hawk U-su;Ca-w Pectoral Sandpiper U-f;Ca-sp Flammulated Owl F-su STORM-PETRELS Red-tailed Hawk C-p Dunlin R-f;Ca-sp,w Western Screech-Owl C-p SE Arizona is considered to be Arizona south of 33° and east of 112° Least Storm-Petrel* X Whiskered Screech-Owl C-p outside of Maricopa County. Symbols indicating abundance in the preferred Ferruginous Hawk U-w Stilt Sandpiper U-f;Ca-sp Rough-legged Hawk # R-I-w Great Horned Owl C-p habitat are: C–Common, F–Fairly Common, U–Uncommon, R–Rare (usually TROPICBIRDS Buff-breasted Sandpiper* X Golden Eagle U-p Ruff* X Northern Pygmy-Owl U-p reported annually in very small numbers), Ca–Casual (does not occur Red-billed Tropicbird* X Short-billed Dowitcher # R-f;Ca-sp Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl # R-L-p annually), X–Accidental (five or fewer records), I–Irregular (found in varying STORKS & FRIGATEBIRDS CARACARAS & FALCONS Long-billed Dowitcher C-t;R-w Elf Owl C-su numbers from year to year), L–Local, H–Historical records, none since 1970, Wood Stork* X Crested Caracara R-L-p Wilson’s Snipe C-t,w Burrowing Owl U-L-p ?–status uncertain, often complex or changing. Symbols indicating seasonal Magnificent Frigatebird* Ca-su,X-w American Kestrel C-t,w;U-su Wilson’s Phalarope C-t;X-w Spotted Owl U-p incidence are: p–present all year, though not necessarily the same individuals, Merlin U-t,w Red-necked Phalarope U-f;R-sp Long-eared Owl R-w;Ca-su w–winter, sp–spring, su-summer, f–fall, t–transient. Non-native birds and CORMORANTS & DARTERS Aplomado Falcon-E* H Red Phalarope # Ca-t Short-eared Owl R-w those present via introductions are italicized. E–denotes species on the Neotropic Cormorant R-L-p Peregrine Falcon R-p;U-t,w Northern Saw-whet Owl R-p Double-crested Cormorant U-p Prairie Falcon R-p;U-t,w GULLS, TERNS, SKIMMERS & Federal endangered list. NIGHTHAWKS & NIGHTJARS Species in parentheses are undocumented anywhere in AZ by specimen or Anhinga* H SKUAS RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS Black-legged Kittiwake* X Lesser Nighthawk C-su other physical evidence but are sight records by experienced birders. Species Common Nighthawk F-L-su PELICANS Black Rail* X Sabine’s Gull # Ca-f followed by an asterisk (*) warrant careful documentation for review by the Common Poorwill C-su;Ca-w American White Pelican U-t Clapper Rail-E # R-su? Bonaparte’s Gull U-I-t;Ca-w,su Arizona Bird Committee. Those followed by a # warrant briefer details. Written Buff-collared Nightjar* R-L-su Brown Pelican R-I-su,f Virginia Rail U-L-p Laughing Gull* Ca reports and physical documentation (photo, video or audio recording) should be Sora U-t,w Mexican Whip-poor-will C-su Franklin’s Gull U-sp;R-f BITTERNS & HERONS Purple Gallinule* Ca-t sent to Gary H Rosenberg, Sec’y, AZ Bird Committee, PO Box 91856, Tucson, Heermann’s Gull # Ca American Bittern R-t,w Common Moorhen U-p SWIFTS AZ 85752. http://www.azfo.org/ArizonaBirdCommittee/index.html Mew Gull* X (Black Swift)* Ca-t,su Tucson Rare Bird Alert: (520) 629-0510 X3. Please report your unusual Least Bittern U-L-su;R-w American Coot C-p Great Blue Heron F-p Ring-billed Gull F-t;R-su,w Chimney Swift* ?Ca-su;X-t sightings in SE Arizona ASAP to the number given on the RBA, currently Great Egret U-L-p;R-t,w CRANES Western Gull* X Vaux’s Swift U-t (520) 629-0510 X3. Snowy Egret U-t,su;Ca-w Sandhill Crane C-L-w California Gull R-t White-throated Swift C-su;U-w Little Blue Heron # Ca Herring Gull # Ca-f;X-sp,w SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS Greater Scaup # Ca-t,w PLOVERS Least Tern # R-sp;X-f HUMMINGBIRDS Tricolored Heron # Ca Broad-billed Black-bellied Lesser Scaup C-t,w Reddish Egret* Ca-su, f Black-bellied Plover R-t Gull-billed Tern* X Whistling-Duck U-su;R-w Harlequin Duck* X American Golden-Plover* Ca-t Caspian Tern Ca-t Hummingbird C-su;R-w Cattle Egret R-t,su;Ca-w White-eared Hummingbird # R-su Fulvous Whistling-Duck* X Surf Scoter # Ca-t Green Heron F-p Pacific Golden-Plover* X Black Tern R-sp;U-f Greater White-fronted Goose R-t,w White-winged Scoter # Ca-t Snowy Plover R-t,su Common Tern # Ca-t Berylline Hummingbird# R-su Black-crowned Night-Heron U-p Cinnamon Hummingbird* X Snow Goose U-t,w Black Scoter* X Yellow-crowned Night-Heron* X Semipalmated Plover U-f;R-sp Arctic Tern* X Ross’s Goose R-t,w Long-tailed Duck # Ca-t,w Killdeer C-p Forster’s Tern R-f;Ca-sp Violet-crowned Cackling Goose # X? Bufflehead U-t,w IBISES & SPOONBILLS Mountain Plover R-L-w Royal Tern* X Hummingbird U-L-su;R-w Canada Goose U-w White Ibis* X Elegant Tern* Ca Blue-throated Common Goldeneye R-t,w STILTS, AVOCETS & JACANA Hummingbird F-su;R-w Brant* X Barrow’s Goldeneye* X Glossy Ibis* X Black Skimmer* X White-faced Ibis F-t;Ca-w Black-necked Stilt C-L-su;R-L-w Magnificent Trumpeter Swan* X Hooded Merganser R-t,w American Avocet F-L-su;F-t Pomarine Jaeger* X Tundra Swan Ca-t,w Roseate Spoonbill* Ca-su,f Hummingbird C-su;R-w Common Merganser U-t,w Northern Jacana* X Parasitic Jaeger* X Plain-capped Starthroat* Ca-su Wood Duck U-t,w Red-breasted Merganser R-t,w AMERICAN VULTURES Long-tailed Jaeger* X Gadwall F-t,w Lucifer Hummingbird # R-L-su Ruddy Duck C-w;U-su Black Vulture R-p SANDPIPERS & ALLIES Ruby-throated Hummingbird* X Eurasian Wigeon Ca-t,w PIGEONS & DOVES Turkey Vulture C-t,su;R-L-w Spotted Sandpiper C-t;U-w Black-chinned Hummingbird C-su,t American Wigeon C-t,w QUAIL, PHEASANT & TURKEY Rock Pigeon C-p California Condor-E* H Solitary Sandpiper U-t Anna’s Hummingbird C-w;U-su Mallard U-p;C-w Scaled Quail C-p Wandering Tattler* X Band-tailed Pigeon F-su;R-w Eurasian Collared-Dove F-p Costa’s “Mexican” Duck U-L-p Gambel’s Quail C-p KITES, HAWKS & EAGLES Greater Yellowlegs C-t;Ca-w Hummingbird C-w,sp;U-L-su Blue-winged Teal U-t,R-w N “Masked” Bobwhite-E R-L-p? Osprey U-t,Ca-w Willet U-t White-winged Dove C-su;R-L-w Mourning Dove C-p Calliope Hummingbird U-f;R-sp Cinnamon Teal C-t;U-w,su Montezuma Quail U-p (Swallow-tailed Kite)* X Lesser Yellowlegs F-f;U-sp Bumblebee Hummingbird* H Northern Shoveler C-t,w Ring-necked Pheasant R-L-p White-tailed Kite R-I-p Upland Sandpiper* X Inca Dove F-p Common Ground-Dove U-su;R-w Broad-tailed Hummingbird C-su;U-t Northern Pintail C-t,w Wild Turkey R-p Mississippi Kite U-L-su Whimbrel # Ca-t Ruddy Ground-Dove # R-w,Ca-P Rufous Hummingbird C-f;U-sp Garganey* X Bald Eagle R-t,w Long-billed Curlew U-t;R-p Allen’s Hummingbird# R-su,f;X-sp Green-winged Teal C-t,w LOONS Northern Harrier C-t,w Hudsonian Godwit* X PARROTS Canvasback U-t,w Red-throated Loon* X Sharp-shinned Hawk C-t,w;R-su Marbled Godwit R-t Thick-billed Parrot* H TROGONS Redhead F-t,w;R-su Pacific Loon # Ca-t,w Cooper’s Hawk C-t,w,U-su Ruddy Turnstone* Ca-f;X-sp Elegant Trogon U-su;R-w Ring-necked Duck C-t,w Common Loon R-t,w Northern Goshawk R-p Black Turnstone* X Eared Quetzal* Ca? 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    Documenting Rare and Unusual Birds Packet

    RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DOCUMENTING RARE AND UNUSUAL BIRDS To improve the accuracy and breadth of Wyoming’s ornithological record, the Wyoming Bird Records Committee offers the following recommendations to assist with documentation of bird sightings. 1. Acceptable documentation must eliminate all similar species. Remember that immatures or juveniles of one species can be very similar to adults of another species. Examples that might cause confusion are gulls, jaegers, sparrows, and longspurs. Species that exhibit multiple color morphs can also be problematic. 2. Study and learn bird topography. Most field guides provide a schematic of avian body parts and feather groups. Specialized identification guides also provide specific structural and anatomical detail. A thorough grasp of this subject will heighten your general birding skill and facilitate accurate, detailed documentation. 3. Take meticulous and thorough field notes during or immediately after the observation. Alternatively, you can also use an audio recorder or digital camera to capture identification details. If the bird is cooperative, write your notes during the observation period. Try not to consult your field guide while you are writing to avoid predisposing your identification. Do not rely on memory to document a rare or unusual bird. 4. A good physical description of the bird is most crucial and you should include everything you observe. Include all details concerning plumage, shape, relative size, eyes, legs, and bill. Note the colors, including color distribution, color density, and color contrast between different feather groups. It is helpful to consider proportional details, i.e., bill length compared to head width, tail length as a proportion of body length, and length of primary projection compared to tail length.
  • SPLITS, LUMPS and SHUFFLES Splits, Lumps and Shuffles Alexander C

    SPLITS, LUMPS and SHUFFLES Splits, Lumps and Shuffles Alexander C

    >> SPLITS, LUMPS AND SHUFFLES Splits, lumps and shuffles Alexander C. Lees Crimson-fronted Cardinal Paroaria baeri, an endemic of the Araguaia Valley. Pousada Kuryala, Félix do Araguaia Mato Grosso, Brazil, November 2008 (Bradley Davis / Birding Mato Grosso). This series focuses on recent taxonomic proposals—be they entirely new species, splits, lumps or reorganisations—that are likely to be of greatest interest to birders. This latest instalment is a bumper one, dominated by the publication of the descriptions of 15 new species (and many splits) for the Amazon in the concluding Special Volume of the Handbook of the Birds of the World (reviewed on pp. 79–80). The last time descriptions of such a large number of new species were published in a single work was in 1871, with Pelzeln’s treatise! Most of these are suboscine passerines—woodcreepers, antbirds and tyrant flycatchers, but even include a new jay. Remaining novelties include papers describing a new tapaculo (who would have guessed), a major rearrangement of Myrmeciza antbirds, more Amazonian splits and oddments involving hermits, grosbeaks and cardinals. Get your lists out! 4 Neotropical Birding 14 Above left: Mexican Hemit Phaethornis mexicanus, Finca El Pacífico, Oaxaca, Mexico, April 2007 (Hadoram Shirihai / Photographic Handbook of the Birds of the World) Above right: Ocellated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus ocellatus perplexus, Allpahuayo-Mishana Reserved Zone, Loreto, Peru, October 2008 (Hadoram Shirihai / Photographic Handbook of the Birds of the World) Species status for Mexican endemic to western Mexico and sister to the Hermit remaining populations of P. longirostris. Splits, Lumps and Shuffles is no stranger to A presidential puffbird taxonomic revision of Phaethornis hermits, and The Striolated Puffbird Nystalus striolatus was not readers can look forward to some far-reaching an obvious candidate for a taxonomic overhaul, future developments from Amazonia, but the with two, very morphologically similar subspecies Phaethornis under the spotlight in this issue is recognised: N.
  • Species Table and Recommended Band Sizes the Table on the Left Is from the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory

    Species Table and Recommended Band Sizes the Table on the Left Is from the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory

    Species Table and Recommended Band Sizes The table on the left is from the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory. If there is more than one size listed then the first one is the preferred recommended size. The table on the right may be used to find the National Band & Tag Company butt-end band style that matches the federal band size you are looking for. This Size Chart should be used as a guide only! We cannot be responsible for incorrect sizes being ordered based on this chart. Please measure your bird’s leg for accurate sizing, if you are unsure we will gladly send samples. Common Federal Federal NB&T Inside Inside Name Band Size Size Size Dia. (IN) Dia. (MM) Abert's Towhee 1A, 2, 1D 0A None .078 1.98 Acadian Flycatcher 0A, 0 0 None .083 2.11 Acorn Woodpecker 2, 3 1 1242-3 .094 2.39 Adelaide's Warbler 0A, 0 1B None .109 2.77 Adelie Penguin 9 1P None .112 2.84 African Collared-Dove 3A 1A 1242-4 .125 3.17 African Penguin 9 1D None .138 3.50 African Silverbill 0, 1C, 1 2 1242-5 .156 3.96 Akekee 1B, 1C, 1 3 1242-6 .188 4.78 Akepa 0 3B None .203 5.16 Akiapolaau 1A 3A 1242-7 .219 5.56 Akikiki 0, 1C, 1 4 1242-8 .250 6.35 Akohekohe 1A 4S 1242-8 .250 6.35 Alaska Marbled Murrelet 3B, 3 4A None .281 7.14 Alder Flycatcher 0, 0A 4AS None .281 7.14 Aleutian Canada Goose 7B 5 1242-10 .313 7.95 Aleutian Tern 2, 1A, 1D 5A None .344 8.73 Allen's Hummingbird X 6 1242-12 .375 9.53 Altamira Oriole 3 7A 1242-14 .438 11.13 American Avocet 4, 4A 7AS 1242-14 .438 11.13 American Bittern M: 7A F: 6 7 1242-16 .500 12.70 American Black Duck 7A 7B None .531 13.49 American