Bird AlbumUnited States · Arizona
Sweetwater Wetlands
329 species and 1,221,232 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–May and September–December, with up to 205 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CootFulica americana
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
Abert's TowheeMelozone aberti
American WigeonMareca americana
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Christopher Columbus Park1 km252 species
- Arthur Pack Regional Park11 km245 species
- Reid Park12 km250 species
- Fort Lowell Park and Pantano Wash14 km220 species
- El Rio Open Space Preserve17 km254 species
- Catalina SP19 km211 species
All 329 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Arizona Woodpecker Leuconotopicus arizonae
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Grey Vireo Vireo vicinior
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sweetwater Wetlands?
March–May and September–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 205 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sweetwater Wetlands?
329 species, from 1,221,232 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sweetwater Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: American Coot, Myrtle Warbler, Verdin, Abert's Towhee and American Wigeon.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.