Bird AlbumUnited States · Arizona
Sabino Dam and downstream riparian
223 species and 158,026 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–May and September, with up to 127 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitens
Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Black-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineata
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
Abert's TowheeMelozone aberti
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos95 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 223 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Fort Lowell Park and Pantano Wash8 km220 species
- Agua Caliente Park8 km250 species
- Mt. Lemmon – Rose Canyon and Lake14 km170 species
- Reid Park16 km250 species
- Catalina SP16 km211 species
- Sweetwater Wetlands20 km329 species
All 223 species recorded here
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Grey Vireo Vireo vicinior
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Blue-throated Mountaingem Lampornis clemenciae
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Arizona Woodpecker Leuconotopicus arizonae
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Redhead Aythya americana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sabino Dam and downstream riparian?
March–May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 127 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sabino Dam and downstream riparian?
223 species, from 158,026 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sabino Dam and downstream riparian in November?
The most recorded in November: Verdin, House Finch, Gila Woodpecker, Phainopepla and Cactus Wren.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.