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
Check Hermit Warbler 05 Oct El Rio Open Space Preserve
  Blackburnian Warbler 05 Oct Sun City Grand--Desert Springs Golf Course
  Red-breasted Sapsucker 05 Oct Sun City Grand--Desert Springs Golf Course
  Northern Parula 05 Oct Sun City Grand--Desert Springs Golf Course
  Gila Woodpecker 05 Oct Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
Check Snow Goose 05 Oct
Check Acorn Woodpecker 05 Oct
Check Bushtit 05 Oct Mt. Ord--FR 1688
Check Hairy Woodpecker 05 Oct Mt. Ord--FR 1688
  Grasshopper Sparrow 05 Oct Steele Indian School Park
  Anna's Hummingbird 05 Oct
Check Magnolia Warbler 05 Oct El Rio Open Space Preserve
Check Painted Bunting 05 Oct
  Double-crested Cormorant 05 Oct Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
Check Gray Catbird 05 Oct
Check Redhead 05 Oct Paloma Ranch
Check Black-bellied Plover 05 Oct Paloma Ranch
Check Sabine's Gull 05 Oct Paloma Ranch
  Short-billed Dowitcher 05 Oct Paloma Ranch
Check Hooded Oriole 05 Oct
Check Violet-crowned Hummingbird 05 Oct
  Dusky-capped Flycatcher 05 Oct stakeout American Woodcock, Cave Creek (2021)
Check Black-and-white Warbler 05 Oct Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
Check Pied-billed Grebe 05 Oct Mt. Lemmon--Rose Canyon and Lake
Check Thick-billed Kingbird 05 Oct Santa Gertrudis Lane (foot access only)
Check Sagebrush Sparrow 05 Oct
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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.