United States · Arizona
Catalina SP
211 species and 193,472 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 144 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
Abert's TowheeMelozone aberti
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Rufous-winged SparrowPeucaea carpalis
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
PyrrhuloxiaCardinalis sinuatus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus
Black-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineata
PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Arthur Pack Regional Park14 km245 species
- Sabino Dam and downstream riparian16 km223 species
- Fort Lowell Park and Pantano Wash19 km220 species
- Sweetwater Wetlands19 km329 species
- Christopher Columbus Park19 km252 species
- Mt. Lemmon – Rose Canyon and Lake20 km170 species
All 211 species recorded here
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Grey Vireo Vireo vicinior
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Catalina SP?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 144 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Catalina SP?
211 species, from 193,472 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Catalina SP in November?
The most recorded in November: Gila Woodpecker, White-crowned Sparrow, Verdin, Abert's Towhee and House Finch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.