United States · Arizona
Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area
316 species and 262,385 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–January and March–May, with up to 190 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
Northern PintailAnas acuta
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris178 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 316 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sierra Vista EOP46 km276 species
- Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary53 km222 species
- Ramsey Canyon Preserve57 km231 species
- Cave Creek Canyon – South Fork61 km233 species
- Portal – Cave Creek Ranch66 km227 species
- Portal67 km259 species
All 316 species recorded here
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Bendire's Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Baird's Sparrow Centronyx bairdii
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area?
September–January and March–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 190 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area?
316 species, from 262,385 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Sandhill Crane, Black Phoebe, Northern Harrier, Northern Shoveler 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.