Bird AlbumUnited States · Arizona
Desert Botanical Garden
204 species and 132,741 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–May, with up to 122 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Gambel's QuailCallipepla gambelii
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus
VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Costa's HummingbirdCalypte costae
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Abert's TowheeMelozone aberti
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus84 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 204 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch22 km339 species
- Salt River – Granite Reef Recreation Area25 km276 species
- Veterans Oasis Park30 km249 species
- Tres Rios Overbank Wetlands30 km286 species
- Glendale Recharge Ponds33 km300 species
- Boyce Thompson Arboretum76 km289 species
All 204 species recorded here
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Bendire's Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Desert Botanical Garden?
March–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 122 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Desert Botanical Garden?
204 species, from 132,741 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Desert Botanical Garden in November?
The most recorded in November: Gambel's Quail, Curve-billed Thrasher, Cactus Wren, Verdin and Gila Woodpecker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.