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Cochise County Field Checklist 1 2 3 4 5 Note 1 2 3 4 5 Note Field Checklist of the Birds of Field Checklist of Cochise County The Birds of Cochise County Checklist of the Birds of Cochise County This list conforms to the A.O.U. checklist order and nomenclature, as of July 2005. * = Arizona bird committee review species. #= Arizona bird committee sketch details (int) Introduced Checklists available at Arizona Field Ornithologists Website http://AZFO.org Regional Reports Coordinator Mark Stevenson layout and design by Kurt and Cindy Radamaker October 2005 1 2 3 4 5 Note Great-tailed Grackle ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Bronzed Cowbird ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Locality __________________________________ Brown-headed Cowbird ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Observer(s) _______________________________ Orchard Oriole* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 1 Date __________Time ______ Total Species ____ Hooded Oriole ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Streak-backed Oriole* Weather __________________________________ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Baltimore Oriole* Remarks __________________________________ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Bullock’s Oriole ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Scott’s Oriole ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Fringillidae - Finches and Goldfinches ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Pine Grosbeak Locality __________________________________ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Purple Finch* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Observer(s) _______________________________ Cassin’s Finch ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 2 Date __________Time ______ Total Species ____ House Finch ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Weather __________________________________ Red Crossbill ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Pine Siskin Remarks __________________________________ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Lesser Goldfinch ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Lawrence’s Goldfinch ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ American Goldfinch ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Evening Grosbeak ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Locality __________________________________ Passeridae - Old World Sparrows ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Observer(s) _______________________________ House Sparrow(int) ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 3 Date __________Time ______ Total Species ____ Weather __________________________________ Remarks __________________________________ Locality __________________________________ Observer(s) _______________________________ 4 Date __________Time ______ Total Species ____ Weather __________________________________ Remarks __________________________________ Locality __________________________________ Observer(s) _______________________________ 5 Date __________Time ______ Total Species ____ Weather __________________________________ Remarks __________________________________ 2 15 1 2 3 4 5 Note 1 2 3 4 5 Note Red Fox Sparrow# Anatidae - Swans, Geese, Ducks ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Slate-colored Fox Sparrow# Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Sooty Fox Sparrow* Greater White-fronted Goose ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Thick-billed Fox Sparrow* Snow Goose ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Song Sparrow Ross’s Goose* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Lincoln’s Sparrow Canada Goose ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Swamp Sparrow Cackling Goose* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ White-throated Sparrow Brant* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Harris’s Sparrow# Trumpeter Swan* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ White-crowned Sparrow Tundra Swan ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ gambelii form Wood Duck ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ oriantha form Gadwall ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Golden-crowned Sparrow# Eurasian Wigeon# ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Dark-eyed Junco American Wigeon ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Slate-colored form Mallard ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Oregon forms Mexican Duck ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Gray-headed (caniceps) form Blue-winged Teal ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Gray-headed (dorsalis) form Cinnamon Teal ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Yellow-eyed Junco Northern Shoveler ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ McCown’s Longspur Northern Pintail ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Lapland Longspur* Green-winged Teal ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Chestnut-collared Longspur Canvasback ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Cardinalidae - Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Redhead ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ and Buntings Ring-necked Duck ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Northern Cardinal Greater Scaup# ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Pyrrhuloxia Lesser Scaup ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Yellow Grosbeak* Surf Scoter ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Rose-breasted Grosbeak Long-tailed Duck# ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Black-headed Grosbeak Bufflehead ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Blue Grosbeak Common Goldeneye ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Lazuli Bunting Hooded Merganser ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Indigo Bunting Common Merganser ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Varied Bunting Red-breasted Merganser ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Painted Bunting# Ruddy Duck ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Dickcissel# Phasianidae - Partridges, Grouse, and Turkey ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Icteridae - Icterids Wild Turkey(int) ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Bobolink* Odontophoridae - Quail ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Red-winged Blackbird Scaled Quail ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Eastern Meadowlark(lilianae) Gambel’s Quail ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Western Meadowlark Montezuma Quail ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Yellow-headed Blackbird Gaviidae - Loons ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Rusty Blackbird* Pacific Loon# ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Brewer’s Blackbird Common Loon ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Common Grackle* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 14 3 1 2 3 4 5 Note 1 2 3 4 5 Note Podicipedidae - Grebes Louisiana Waterthrush# ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Least Grebe* Kentucky Warbler* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Pied-billed Grebe Connecticut Warbler* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Horned Grebe# Mourning Warbler* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Red-necked Grebe* MacGillivray’s Warbler ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Eared Grebe Common Yellowthroat ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Western Grebe Hooded Warbler# ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Clark’s Grebe Wilson’s Warbler ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Phaethontidae - Tropicbirds Canada Warbler* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Red-billed Tropicbird* Red-faced Warbler ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Pelecanidae - Pelicans Painted Redstart ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ American White Pelican Slate-throated Redstart* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Brown Pelican Fan-tailed Warbler* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants Rufous-capped Warbler* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Neotropic Cormorant Yellow-breasted Chat ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Double-crested Cormorant Thraupidae - Tanagers ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Fregatidae - Frigatebirds Hepatic Tanager ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Magnificent Frigatebird* Summer Tanager ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Ardeidae - Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets Scarlet Tanager* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ American Bittern Western Tanager ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Least Bittern Flame-colored Tanager* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Great Blue Heron Emberizidae - Emberizine Finches ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Great Egret Green-tailed Towhee ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Snowy Egret Spotted Towhee ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Little Blue Heron# Canyon Towhee ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Tricolored Heron# Abert’s Towhee ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Reddish Egret* Rufous-winged Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Cattle Egret Cassin’s Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Green Heron Botteri’s Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Black-crowned Night-Heron Rufous-crowned Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Threskiornithidae - Ibises and Spoonbills Chipping Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ White-faced Ibis Clay-colored Sparrow# ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Ciconiidae - Storks Brewer’s Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Wood Stork* Field Sparrow* ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Cathartidae - New World Vultures Black-chinned Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Black Vulture Vesper Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Turkey Vulture Lark Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Accipitridae - Kites, Eagles, and Hawks Black-throated Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Osprey Sage Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ White-tailed Kite Lark Bunting ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Mississippi Kite Savannah Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Bald Eagle Grasshopper Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Northern Harrier Baird’s Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Sharp-shinned Hawk Fox Sparrow ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 4 13 1 2 3 4 5 Note 1 2 3 4 5 Note Bombycillidae - Waxwings Cooper’s Hawk ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○
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