United States · Arizona
Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve
280 species and 181,707 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–May and August, with up to 178 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
Bridled TitmouseBaeolophus wollweberi
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis121 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 280 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Paton Center for Hummingbirds2 km257 species
- Patagonia Lake SP – Birding Trail8 km313 species
- Patagonia Lake State Park9 km331 species
- Madera Canyon – Santa Rita Lodge24 km201 species
- Madera Canyon – Proctor Rd.26 km230 species
- Santa Gertrudis Lane26 km275 species
All 280 species recorded here
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Sinaloa Wren Thryophilus sinaloa
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Arizona Woodpecker Leuconotopicus arizonae
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve?
March–May and August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 178 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve?
280 species, from 181,707 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Gila Woodpecker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Northern Raven, Myrtle Warbler and White-crowned Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.