United States · Arizona
Portal
259 species and 180,563 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 189 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Canyon TowheeMelozone fusca
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue-throated MountaingemLampornis clemenciae
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Gambel's QuailCallipepla gambeliiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Portal – Cave Creek Ranch2 km227 species
- Cave Creek Canyon – South Fork7 km233 species
- Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area67 km316 species
- Willcox – Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course73 km327 species
All 259 species recorded here
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Blue-throated Mountaingem Lampornis clemenciae
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Arizona Woodpecker Leuconotopicus arizonae
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Lucifer Sheartail Calothorax lucifer
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Whiskered Screech Owl Megascops trichopsis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Portal?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 189 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Portal?
259 species, from 180,563 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Portal in November?
The most recorded in November: Acorn Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal, Myrtle Warbler, Canyon Towhee and Northern Flicker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.