Highway 87-"Desert to High Country" Species List

Quail

Gambel's Quail

Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets

Great Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

New World Vultures

Turkey Vulture

Kites, Eagles, and Hawks

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Common Black-Hawk

Harris's Hawk

Zone-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Golden Eagle

Caracaras and Falcons

American Kestrel

Peregrine Falcon

Plovers

Killdeer

Pigeons and Doves

Band-tailed Pigeon

Eurasian-collared Dove

White-winged Dove

Mourning Dove

Inca Dove

Common Ground-Dove

Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Greater Roadrunner

Barn Owls

Barn Owl

Typical Owls

Great Horned Owl

Northern Pygmy-Owl

Elf Owl

Nighthawks and Nightjars

Common Poorwill

Hummingbirds

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Costa's Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird*

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

Lewis's Woodpecker

Acorn Woodpecker

Gila Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker*

Red-naped Sapsucker

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)

Gilded Flicker

Tyrant Flycatchers

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Western Wood-Pewee

Willow Flycatcher

Hammond's Flycatcher

Gray Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Cordilleran Flycatcher

Black Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Vermilion Flycatcher

Dusky-capped Flycatcher*

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Cassin's Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Vireos

Bell's Vireo

Gray Vireo

Plumbeous Vireo

Cassin's Vireo

Hutton's Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Jays, Crows, and Ravens

Steller's Jay

Western Scrub-Jay

Mexican Jay*

Common Raven

Swallows

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Chickadees and Titmice

Mountain Chickadee*

Bridled Titmouse

Juniper Titmouse

Verdins

Verdin

Bushtits

Bushtit

Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch

Creepers

Brown Creeper

Wrens

Cactus Wren

Rock Wren

Canyon Wren

Bewick's Wren

House Wren

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Thrushes

Western Bluebird

Townsend's Solitaire

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Northern Mockingbird

Curve-billed Thrasher

Crissal Thrasher

Sage Thrasher

Starlings

European Starling

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing

Phainopepla

Phainopepla

Olive Warbler

Olive Warbler

Wood Warblers

Orange-crowned Warbler

Virginia's Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Lucy's Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Hermit Warbler

Grace's Warbler

American Redstart*

Northern Waterthrush*

MacGillivray's Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler

Red-faced Warbler*

Painted Redstart

Yellow-breasted Chat

Sparrows and Allies

Green-tailed Towhee

Spotted Towhee

Canyon Towhee

Abert's Towhee

Cassin's Sparrow*

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow

Black-chinned Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Black-throated Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Tanagers

Hepatic Tanager

Summer Tanager

Western Tanager

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings

Northern Cardinal

Black-headed Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Indigo Bunting

Icterids

Red-winged Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle

Bronzed Cowbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Hooded Oriole

Bullock's Oriole

Scott's Oriole

Finches and Goldfinches

Cassin's Finch

House Finch

Red Crossbill

Pine Siskin

Lesser Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

159 Species recorded by Tommy J. DeBardeleben