Birds of the American Southwest
Range is the quietest ID clue and one of the strongest — plenty of look-alike pairs never overlap. These 68 species are regularly seen in the American Southwest, including birds found right across the continent.
68 birds
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
Gambel's QuailCallipepla gambelii
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus obscurus
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus
Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Rock PigeonColumba livia
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
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