Mark Pretti Nature Tours, L.L.C.


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About 200 species of birds are possible on my 7 - day spring Southeast Arizona trip.  The following have been seen on past trips.  As usual, some are common, some less common, and some fairly rare.  Short lists of mammals, reptiles and butterflies seen on previous trips are also included.

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Gadwall                                            

Mexican Mallard                                    

Blue-winged Teal          

Cinnamon Teal       

Northern Shoveler         

Green-winged Teal        

Ring-necked Duck         

Redhead                                  

Ruddy Duck                 

Wild Turkey      

Scaled Quail                                        

Gambel's Quail                                     

Montezuma Quail                      

Pied-billed Grebe                         

Eared Grebe                            

Neotropic Cormorant    

American White Pelican            

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret                                        

Green Heron                                         

Black-crowned Night-Heron       

White-faced Ibis                       

Black Vulture    

Osprey

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk                 

Cooper's Hawk                                     

Common Black-Hawk

Harris's Hawk               

Gray Hawk                   

Swainson's Hawk                                  

Zone-tailed Hawk                      

Red-tailed Hawk                                   

Golden Eagle   

Virginia Rail                  

Sora                                                    

Common Gallinule                    

Black-necked Stilt                    

American Avocet                      

Spotted Sandpiper                               

Solitary Sandpiper                                

Least Sandpiper       

Red-necked Phalarope                

Wilson's Phalarope                              

Long-billed Dowitcher   

Band-tailed Pigeon                   

Eurasian Collared-Dove            

White-winged Dove

Inca Dove                                            

Common Ground Dove             

Ruddy Ground Dove    

Greater Roadrunner      

Barn Owl                   

Western Screech-Owl    

Whiskered Screech-Owl            

Great Horned Owl                     

Northern Pygmy-Owl     

Elf Owl                                                

Burrowing Owl              

Spotted Owl     

Lesser Nighthawk                                 

Common Nighthawk                 

Common Poorwill                               

Mexican Whip-poor-will             

Vaux's Swift                                         

White-throated Swift     

Broad-billed Hummingbird        

White-eared Hummingbird         

Violet-crowned Hummingbird                

Blue-throated Mountain-gem

Rivoli's (Magnificent) Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird                

Costa's Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird  

Broad-tailed Hummingbird                    

Rufous Hummingbird                

Lucifer Hummingbird    

Elegant Trogon

Belted Kingfisher                                    

Acorn Woodpecker                  

Gila Woodpecker                                 

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker                                

Arizona Woodpecker   

Red-naped Sapsucker 

Northern Flicker                                    

Gilded Flicker               

American Kestrel                      

Peregrine Falcon                      

Prairie Falcon               

Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet   

Olive-sided Flycatcher              

Greater Pewee              

Western Wood-Pewee                          

Willow Flycatcher                     

Hammond's Flycatcher             

Gray Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

Pacific-slope Flycatcher           

Cordilleran Flycatcher

Buff-breasted Flycatcher          

Black Phoebe                          

Say's Phoebe                                      

Vermilion Flycatcher     

Dusky-capped Flycatcher  

Ash-throated Flycatcher     

Brown-crested Flycatcher          

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher                     

Tropical Kingbird  

Cassin's Kingbird                           

Thick-billed Kingbird                      

Western Kingbird                            

Loggerhead Shrike 

Bell's Vireo               

Plumbeous Vireo                        

Cassin's Vireo                                 

Hutton's Vireo                                  

Warbling Vireo                    

Steller's Jay  

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 

Mexican Jay 

Chihuahuan Raven           

Common Raven                              

Horned Lark             

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Tree Swallow           

Violet-green Swallow                     

Bank Swallow                                 

Barn Swallow                      

Cliff Swallow                                   

Bridled Titmouse                 

Verdin                       

Bushtit                      

Red-breasted Nuthatch                 

White-breasted Nuthatch    

Pygmy Nuthatch                 

Brown Creeper                    

Cactus Wren

Rock Wren                                       

Canyon Wren                                  

Bewick's Wren         

House Wren                        

Marsh Wren 

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher                

Black-capped Gnatcatcher  

Eastern Bluebird                             

Western Bluebird  

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush  

American Robin                           

Northern Mockingbird

Curve-billed Thrasher

Crissal Thrasher                 

Cedar Waxwing                  

Phainopepla

Olive Warbler           

Orange-crowned Warbler  

Nashville Warbler   

Virginia's Warbler               

Lucy's Warbler         

MacGillivray's Warbler

Common Yellowthroat                 

Northern Parula                  

Yellow Warbler        

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Townsend's Warbler                 

Hermit Warbler        

Grace's Warbler                   

Wilson's Warbler                 

Red-faced Warbler 

Painted Redstart                 

Yellow-breasted Chat                    

Green-tailed Towhee

Spotted Towhee                  

Canyon Towhee     

Abert's Towhee                   

Rufous-winged Sparrow

Cassin's Sparrow                

Botteri's Sparrow

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow                

Black-chinned Sparrow          

Vesper Sparrow

Lark Sparrow                                       

Black-throated Sparrow  

Five-striped Sparrow

Lark Bunting                        

Savannah Sparrow                        

Grasshopper Sparrow        

Song Sparrow                                 

Lincoln's Sparrow                           

White-crowned Sparrow

Yellow-eyed Junco 

Hepatic Tanager                             

Summer Tanager                

Western Tanager                           

Flame-colored Tanager       

Northern Cardinal

Pyrrhuloxia                                      

Rose-breasted Grosbeak   

Black-headed Grosbeak    

Blue Grosbeak                                

Lazuli Bunting                                     

Indigo Bunting                                

Varied Bunting                                

Bronzed Cowbird                           

Hooded Oriole                                 

Bullock's Oriole                             

Scott's Oriole                                    

Red Crossbill                                   

Pine Siskin                                      

Lesser Goldfinch                             

American Goldfinch    

Mammals

Coyote
Gray Fox
Coatimundi
Bobcat
Striped Skunk
Collared Peccary
Pronghorn              
White-tailed Deer   
Mule Deer    
Round-tailed Ground Squirrel
Rock Squirrel                   
Harris’ Antelope Squirrel
Arizona Gray Squirrel
Cliff Chipmunk        
Pocket Mouse                            
Pocket Gopher
Arizona Cotton-rat
Yellow-nosed Cotton-rat
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Desert Cottontail
Eastern Cottontail

Amphibians and Reptiles

Woodhouse’s Toad
Canyon Treefrog
Chiricahua Leopard Frog
Bullfrog
Zebra-tailed lizard
Elegant Earless Lizard
Greater Earless Lizard
Ornate Tree Lizard
Slevin’s Bunchgrass Lizard
Desert Spiny Lizard
Clark’s Spiny Lizard
Yarrow’s Spiny Lizard
Southwestern Fence Lizard
Regal Horned Lizard
Greater Short-horned Lizard
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail
Desert Grassland Whiptail
Tiger Whiptail
Common Side-blotched Lizard
Madrean Alligator Lizard
Gophersnake
Patch-nosed Snake
Sonoran Whipsnake
Coachwhip
Common Kingsnake
Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake
Black-necked Garter Snake
Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake
Mohave Rattlesnake
Black-tailed Rattlesnake
Rock Rattlesnake
Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake            
Common (Red-eared) Slider

Butterflies – there are many species possible,   but these are usually the most common.

Pipevine Swallowtail
Two-tailed Swallowtail
Arizona Sister
Red-spotted Purple
American Snout
Queen
Gulf Fritillary
Empress Laelia
Marine Blue
Acmon Blue
Reakirt’s Blue
Western Pygmy Blue
Spring Azure
Dainty Sulphur
Checkered White
Southern Dogface
Mexican Yellow
Zela Metalmark
Tropical Buckeye
Common Buckeye
Bordered Patch 
Texan Crescent
Tiny Checkerspot
Elada Checkerspot                 



Last updated: May 10, 2022.