This checklist covers the entire state of Sonora and adjacent areas of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), western Chihuahua, and northern Sinaloa, including the Copper Canyon (Barranca de Cobre) region. The order of the list is based on the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds, 7th edition (with revisions). Older names (Strickland's Woodpecker, Gray-breasted Jay) and names of particular regional forms (Masked Bobwhite) are included in parentheses. Future enhancements of this list will include habitat, abundance, seasonality, and Spanish names. In addition to the resources listed in the bibliography, Christmas Bird Count results and trip reports from individuals and groups were essential to compiling and updating this list. To report your sightings, contact SABO.

W = endemic to western Mexico
T = tropical specialty of broader distribution
# = extinct/extirpated

Loons - Gaviidae
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon

Grebes - Podicipedidae
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe

Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Northern Fulmar
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater

Storm-Petrels - Hydrobatidae
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
Least Storm-Petrel

Tropicbirds - Phaethontidae
Red-billed Tropicbird

Boobies - Sulidae
Masked Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby

Pelicans - Pelecanidae
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican

Cormorants - Phalacrocoracidae
Brandt's Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant

Anhingas - Anhingidae
Anhinga

Frigatebirds - Fregatidae
Magnificent Frigatebird

Bitterns, Herons & Egrets - Ardeidae
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron T
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Ibises & Spoonbills - Threskiornithidae
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill

Storks - Ciconiidae
Wood Stork

New World Vultures - Cathartidae
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture

Ducks & Geese - Anatidae
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Tundra Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Canada Goose
Brant
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw)
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck

Osprey - Pandionidae
Osprey

Kites, Hawks, Eagles & Harriers - Accipitridae
White-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Crane Hawk T
Gray Hawk
Common Black-Hawk
Great Black-Hawk T
Harris's Hawk
Solitary Eagle T
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle

Caracaras and Falcons - Falconidae
Crested Caracara
Laughing Falcon T
American Kestrel
Merlin
Aplomado Falcon T
Bat Falcon T
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Chachalacas - Cracidae
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca W

Pheasants & Turkeys - Phasianidae
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey

Quail - Odontophoridae
Montezuma Quail
Northern (Masked) Bobwhite W
Scaled Quail
Elegant Quail W
Gambel's Quail

Rails, Gallinules & Coots - Rallidae
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot

Cranes - Gruidae
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane

Plovers - Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Mountain Plover

Oystercatchers - Haematopodidae
American Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher

Stilts & Avocets - Recurvirostridae
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet

Jaçanas - Jacanidae
Northern Jaçana T

Sandpipers & Allies - Scolopacidae
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Wandering Tattler
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope

Gulls, Terns & Skimmers - Laridae
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
South Polar Skua
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Black Skimmer

Alcids - Alcidae
Craveri's Murrelet W

Pigeons & Doves - Columbidae
Rock Pigeon (Dove)
Red-billed Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove T
White-tipped Dove

Parrots - Psittacidae
Green Parakeet T#
Military Macaw T
Thick-billed Parrot W
Mexican Parrotlet W
White-fronted Parrot T
Lilac-crowned Parrot W

Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis - Cuculidae
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo T
Lesser Roadrunner T
Greater Roadrunner
Groove-billed Ani

Barn Owls - Tytonidae
Barn Owl

Typical Owls - Strigidae
Flammulated Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Vermiculated Screech-Owl T
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Colima (Least) Pygmy-Owl W
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl T
Elf Owl
Burrowing Owl
Mottled Owl T
Spotted Owl
Long-eared Owl
Stygian Owl T
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl

Goatsuckers - Caprimulgidae
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Pauraque
Common Poorwill
Eared Poorwill W
Buff-collared Nightjar T
Whip-poor-will (Mexican)

Swifts - Apodidae
Black Swift
Chestnut-collared Swift T
White-naped Swift W
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift

Hummingbirds - Trochilidae
Broad-billed Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Berylline Hummingbird T
Cinnamon Hummingbird T
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Blue-throated Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Plain-capped Starthroat T
Lucifer Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Bumblebee Hummingbird T
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird

Trogons - Trogonidae
Mountain Trogon T
Elegant Trogon
Eared Quetzal W

Motmots - Momotidae
Russet-crowned Motmot T

Kingfishers - Alcedinidae
Belted Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher

Woodpeckers - Picidae
Lewis's Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Arizona (Strickland's) Woodpecker
Gray-crowned Woodpecker W
Northern Flicker
Gilded Flicker
Lineated Woodpecker T
Pale-billed Woodpecker T
Imperial Woodpecker W#

Woodcreepers - Dendrocolaptidae
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper T
White-striped Woodcreeper T

Tyrant Flycatchers - Tyrannidae
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Tufted Flycatcher T
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Pine Flycatcher T
Pacific-slope (Western) Flycatcher
Cordilleran (Western) Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher W
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Bright-rumped Attila T
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Nutting's Flycatcher T
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher T
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher T
Tropical Kingbird T
Cassin's Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Becards & Tityras - incertae sedis
Gray-collared Becard T
Rose-throated Becard T
Masked Tityra T

Shrikes - Laniidae
Loggerhead Shrike

Vireos - Vireonidae
White-eyed Vireo
Mangrove Vireo T
Bell's Vireo
Black-capped Vireo
Gray Vireo
Cassin's (Solitary) Vireo
Plumbeous (Solitary) Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Golden Vireo W
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo T

Jays, Crows, Ravens & Allies - Corvidae
Steller's Jay
Black-throated Magpie-Jay W
Purplish-backed Jay W
Western Scrub-Jay
Mexican (Gray-breasted) Jay
Pinyon Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Sinaloa (Mexican) Crow W
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven

Larks - Alaudidae
Horned Lark

Swallows & Martins - Hirundinidae
Purple Martin
Sinaloa Martin W
Tree Swallow
Mangrove Swallow T
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow

Chickadees & Titmice - Paridae
Mexican Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse

Verdin - Remizidae
Verdin

Bushtit - Aegithalidae
Bushtit

Nuthatches - Sittidae
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch

Creepers - Certhiidae
Brown Creeper

Wrens - Troglodytidae
Spotted Wren T
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Sinaloa Wren W
Happy Wren W
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren

Dippers - Cinclidae
American Dipper

Kinglets - Regulidae
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Gnatcatchers - Sylviidae
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Black-capped Gnatcatcher W

Bluebirds & Thrushes - Turdidae
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Brown-backed Solitaire T
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush T
Russet Nightingale-Thrush T
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
White-throated Robin T
Rufous-backed Robin W
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Aztec Thrush T

Mockingbirds & Thrashers - Mimidae
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Bendire's Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Le Conte's Thrasher
Blue Mockingbird T

Starlings - Sturnidae
European Starling

Wagtails & Pipits - Motacillidae
White Wagtail
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit

Waxwings - Bombycillidae
Cedar Waxwing

Silky-flycatchers - Ptilogonatidae
Gray Silky-flycatcher T
Phainopepla

Olive Warbler - Peucedramidae
Olive Warbler

Wood Warblers - Parulidae
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Crescent-chested Warbler T
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula T
Yellow Warbler (including Mangrove Warbler T)
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Slate-throated Redstart T
Fan-tailed Warbler T
Rufous-capped Warbler T
Yellow-breasted Chat

Tanagers - Thraupidae
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager T
Red-headed Tanager W

New World Sparrows - Emberizidae
Blue-black Grassquit T
Rufous-capped Brush-Finch T
Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow W
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Botteri's Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Sparrow T
Five-striped Sparrow W
Striped Sparrow W
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Baird's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-eyed Junco
McCown's Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur

Cardinals & Buntings - Cardinalidae
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Yellow Grosbeak T
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Varied Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel

Blackbirds, Orioles & Allies - Icteridae
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Black-vented Oriole T
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Streak-backed Oriole T
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Yellow-winged Cacique W

Finches & Euphonias - Fringillidae
Scrub Euphonia T
Elegant (Blue-hooded) Euphonia T
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Black-headed Siskin T
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Hooded Grosbeak T
Evening Grosbeak

Weaver Finches - Passeridae
House Sparrow

Resources:

Howell, S. N. G. and S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford University Press.

Russell, S. M. and G. Monson. 1999. The Birds of Sonora. University of Arizona Press.

Taylor, R. C. 1986. Checklist to the birds of Sonora and the Sea of Cortez, including Barranca del Cobre. Self-published.