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
  Wood Duck 05 Jul Benson STP
  Rose-throated Becard 05 Jul stakeout Rose-throated Becard, Harshaw Creek Rd (2025)
  Redhead 05 Jul Scottsdale--Chaparral Park
  Varied Bunting 05 Jul Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
  Thick-billed Kingbird 05 Jul Portal--Cathedral Rock Rd at Creek Rd
  Zone-tailed Hawk 05 Jul Richard E. Genser Starr Pass Trailhead
  Curve-billed Thrasher (curvirostre Group) 05 Jul Portal--Big Thicket
  Tree Swallow 05 Jul
  Northern Harrier 05 Jul
  Northern Pintail 05 Jul Imperial NWR--Mesquite Point
  American Wigeon 05 Jul Imperial NWR--Mesquite Point
  Gadwall 05 Jul Imperial NWR--Mesquite Point
  Common Goldeneye 05 Jul Imperial NWR--Mesquite Point
  Green-tailed Towhee 05 Jul
  Western Tanager 05 Jul Santa Gertrudis Lane (foot access only)
  Violet-green Swallow 05 Jul Boyce Thompson Arboretum
  Sora 05 Jul El Rio Open Space Preserve
  Bendire's Thrasher 05 Jul Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Indigo Bunting 05 Jul Sweetwater Wetlands
  Mexican Duck 05 Jul Christopher Columbus Park (soon to be Danny Lopez Park)
  Black-throated Sparrow 05 Jul Christopher Columbus Park (soon to be Danny Lopez Park)
  Snow Goose 05 Jul Christopher Columbus Park (soon to be Danny Lopez Park)
  Northern Cardinal 05 Jul Christopher Columbus Park (soon to be Danny Lopez Park)
Check Buff-collared Nightjar 04 Jul Box Canyon
Check Willet 04 Jul Ajo Sewage Ponds
  Calliope Hummingbird 04 Jul Battiste's Bird Garden
Check Lucifer Hummingbird 04 Jul Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary (closed Thursday morning)
Check Rose-throated Becard 04 Jul stakeout Rose-throated Becard, Harshaw Creek Rd (2025)
Check Thick-billed Kingbird 04 Jul Portal--Cave Creek Ranch
Check Curve-billed Thrasher (curvirostre Group) 04 Jul
Check Common Black Hawk 04 Jul Patagonia Lake SP--Birding Trail
Check Flame-colored Tanager 04 Jul Miller Canyon--Beatty's Guest Ranch
  Redhead 04 Jul Scottsdale--Chaparral Park
Check Mexican Duck 04 Jul Christopher Columbus Park (soon to be Danny Lopez Park)
Check Purple Martin 04 Jul
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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.