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
  Pied-billed Grebe 19 Jun Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
  Spotted Sandpiper 19 Jun Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
  Ring-necked Duck 19 Jun Amado WTP
  American Wigeon 19 Jun Reid Park
  Mexican Duck 19 Jun Reid Park
  American Wigeon 19 Jun
  Broad-billed Hummingbird 19 Jun
  Pacific-slope Flycatcher 19 Jun
  Roseate Spoonbill 19 Jun Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
  Long-billed Dowitcher 19 Jun Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
  Townsend's Warbler 19 Jun Arizona Birding Tours--feeders (view from road or creek)
  Wood Duck 19 Jun Salt River--Granite Reef Recreation Area
  Pacific-slope Flycatcher 19 Jun
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo 19 Jun
  Chestnut-sided Warbler 19 Jun Hassayampa River Preserve
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo 19 Jun Sweetwater Wetlands
  Belted Kingfisher 19 Jun Sweetwater Wetlands
Check American Wigeon 19 Jun Fort Lowell Park and Pantano Wash
  Pacific-slope Flycatcher 19 Jun
  Osprey 19 Jun Arivaca Lake
  Pacific-slope Flycatcher 19 Jun Arivaca Lake
  Rufous-backed Robin 19 Jun Arivaca Lake
  Pacific-slope Flycatcher 19 Jun Sweetwater Wetlands
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo 19 Jun Sweetwater Wetlands
  Townsend's Warbler 19 Jun Arizona Birding Tours--feeders (view from road or creek)
Check Rose-throated Becard 19 Jun Patagonia Roadside Rest Area
  Violet-green Swallow 19 Jun El Rio Open Space Preserve
  Pied-billed Grebe 19 Jun Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
  Pied-billed Grebe 19 Jun Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
  Red-eyed Vireo 19 Jun
  Belted Kingfisher 19 Jun Sweetwater Wetlands
Check Ring-necked Duck 19 Jun Amado WTP
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo 19 Jun Sweetwater Wetlands
Check Lark Sparrow 19 Jun Himmel Park
  Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) 19 Jun
  Cassin's Finch 19 Jun
Check Pied-billed Grebe 19 Jun Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
  Ring-necked Duck 19 Jun Salt River--Granite Reef Recreation Area
  Wood Duck 19 Jun Salt River--Granite Reef Recreation Area
  Northern Pintail 19 Jun GRIC-MAR-5 wetlands (access restricted, entry by permit only)
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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.