Bird AlbumUnited States · Arizona
El Rio Open Space Preserve
254 species and 209,127 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 173 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
American CootFulica americana
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Abert's TowheeMelozone aberti
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
American WigeonMareca americana
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Arthur Pack Regional Park8 km245 species
- Christopher Columbus Park15 km252 species
- Sweetwater Wetlands17 km329 species
- Catalina SP22 km211 species
- Reid Park29 km250 species
- Fort Lowell Park and Pantano Wash29 km220 species
All 254 species recorded here
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- California Gull Larus californicus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Grey Vireo Vireo vicinior
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at El Rio Open Space Preserve?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 173 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at El Rio Open Space Preserve?
254 species, from 209,127 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at El Rio Open Space Preserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Vermilion Flycatcher, Verdin, American Coot, White-crowned Sparrow and Black Phoebe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.