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Boyce Thompson Arboretum
289 species and 167,525 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and September–October, with up to 175 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitens
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Abert's TowheeMelozone aberti
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch54 km339 species
- Salt River – Granite Reef Recreation Area55 km276 species
- Veterans Oasis Park57 km249 species
- Desert Botanical Garden76 km204 species
All 289 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Bendire's Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Grey Vireo Vireo vicinior
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Boyce Thompson Arboretum?
March–April and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 175 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Boyce Thompson Arboretum?
289 species, from 167,525 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Boyce Thompson Arboretum in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Cardinal, Gila Woodpecker, Verdin, White-crowned Sparrow and Anna's Hummingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.