Latest Rarities

AZ-Birding compiles the most exciting recent sightings in the state, cutting through the thicket of news, rumors, and reports for you. Check in often to find out what we’re seeing—and what we can show you on your next trip to Arizona.

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Mexican Whip-poor-will 24 Mar Carr Canyon Rd--lower paved section
  Lesser Nighthawk 24 Mar Patagonia Lake State Park
  Pyrrhuloxia 24 Mar
  Cackling Goose 24 Mar NAU Campus
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24 Mar Reid Park
  Rivoli's Hummingbird 24 Mar
  Lawrence's Goldfinch 24 Mar Ajo Community Golf Course
  Western Sandpiper 24 Mar Solar Power & Water Ponds
  Red-breasted Merganser 24 Mar Solar Power & Water Ponds
Check Crested Caracara 24 Mar
Check Bendire's Thrasher 24 Mar CAP Recharge Basin--Mile Wide Rd
  Gray Hawk 24 Mar
  Song Sparrow 24 Mar Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
Check Acorn Woodpecker 24 Mar University of Arizona
  Neotropic Cormorant 24 Mar Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
Check Inca Dove 24 Mar Green Valley--Desert Meadows Park
Check Berylline Hummingbird 24 Mar Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
  Hooded Warbler 24 Mar Tuba City WTP
Check Rufous-winged Sparrow 24 Mar Casa de San Pedro B&B--Visitors Welcome
Check Costa's Hummingbird 24 Mar
Check Brown Thrasher 24 Mar Veterans Oasis Park
  Greater Scaup 24 Mar
  Mexican Jay 24 Mar
Check Violet-crowned Hummingbird 24 Mar
Check White-winged Scoter 24 Mar Graham County Regional Park
Check Snow Goose 24 Mar Prescott--Willow Lake
Check Gila Woodpecker 24 Mar Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
Check Black Vulture 24 Mar El Rio Open Space Preserve
  American Goshawk 24 Mar Huachuca Canyon--1.7 mile picnic area
Check Mountain Bluebird 24 Mar Ajo-Bud Walker Park
Check Gilded Flicker 24 Mar San Pedro RNCA--San Pedro House and trails
Check White Ibis 24 Mar Estrella Mountain Regional Park
  Broad-winged Hawk 24 Mar Anza Trail--Tubac
Check Pied-billed Grebe 24 Mar Mt. Lemmon--Rose Canyon and Lake
Check Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid) 24 Mar Villago Community Park
Check Black-necked Stilt 24 Mar Prescott WTP (Restricted Access)
Check White-throated Sparrow 24 Mar Coronado National Memorial
  Hutton's Vireo 24 Mar Sycamore Creek--upper Beeline Hwy
  Harris's Hawk 24 Mar Ron Morriss Park
Check Thick-billed Longspur 24 Mar Las Cienegas NCA--Smith Canyon Corral & Tank area
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Featured Rarity

Plain-capped Starthroat, Patagonia: August 12, 2009. Courtesy Chris West.Thank you to Chris West for this fine photograph of the Plain-capped Starthroat at the Spirit Tree Inn in Patagonia.