Bird AlbumUnited States · Arizona
Cave Creek Canyon – South Fork
233 species and 204,246 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August, with up to 169 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Mexican JayAphelocoma wollweberi
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Bridled TitmouseBaeolophus wollweberi
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Yellow-eyed JuncoJunco phaeonotus
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Arizona WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus arizonae
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus61 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 233 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Portal – Cave Creek Ranch5 km227 species
- Portal7 km259 species
- Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area61 km316 species
- Willcox – Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course72 km327 species
All 233 species recorded here
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Arizona Woodpecker Leuconotopicus arizonae
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Blue-throated Mountaingem Lampornis clemenciae
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Whiskered Screech Owl Megascops trichopsis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus
- Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Eared Quetzal Euptilotis neoxenus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Grey Vireo Vireo vicinior
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Grey-collared Becard Pachyramphus major
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cave Creek Canyon – South Fork?
April–May and August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 169 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cave Creek Canyon – South Fork?
233 species, from 204,246 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cave Creek Canyon – South Fork in November?
The most recorded in November: Acorn Woodpecker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Mexican Jay, White-breasted Nuthatch and Brown Creeper.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.