TUCSON BIRDS PHOTO GALLERY
BIRDS OF THE SONORAN DESERT.
Welcome to the Tucson Birds Photo Gallery. The Tucson Mountains has some of the most rewarding birding hot spots in Southern Arizona and North America. Be sure to visit the Sweetwater Wetlands, Saguaro National Park, Tucson Mountain Park, and the Sweetwater Preserve. Scroll down to see over 60 species found in the Sonoran Desert.
FLY & GNAT CATCHERS
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
8.5″ — Summer
Sweetwater Preserve
BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER
4.5″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
Revised 03/2021
BLACK PHOEBE
6.75″ — Summer
Sweetwater Wetlands
Revised -03/2021
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
4.5″ — Year-Round
Painted Hills Trails Park
BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER
8.75″ — Summer
Sweetwater Preserve
BUSHTIT
4″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
EMPIDONIX FLYCATCHER
5.75″ — Migrant
Sweetwater Preserve
PHAINOPEPLA
7.75″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
SAY’S PHOEBE
7.5″ — Summer
Sweetwater Wetlands
Revised 03/2021
TROPICAL KINGBIRD
9.25″ — Summer
Sweetwater Wetlands
WESTERN KINGBIRD
8.75″ — Summer
Sweetwater Preserve
WESTERN WOOD- PEWEE
6.5″ — Summer
Sweetwater Preserve
VERMILION FLYCATCHER
6″ — Year-Round
Christopher Columbus Park
GROUND BIRDS
ABERT’S TOWHEE
9.5″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
BROWN TOWHEE
8.5″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
GAMBEL’S QUAIL
11″ — Year-Round
Rancho Agua Dulce
GREATER ROADRUNNER
23″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
KILLDEER
10.5″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
Revised 03/2021
LESSER NIGHTHAWK
8-9″ — Summer
Sweetwater Preserve
HUMMINGBIRDS
ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD
4″ — Year-Round
Rancho Agua Dulce
Revised 03/2021
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD
4″ — Summer
Rancho Agua Dulce
Revised 03/2021
BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD
4″ — Summer
Rancho Agua Dulce
Revised 03/2021
COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD
3.25″ — Year-Round
Rancho Agua Dulce
PERCHING BIRDS
BLACK-THROATED GREY WARBLER
4.75″ — Migrant
Sweetwater Wetlands
Revised 03/2021
BLACK-THROATED SPARROW
5.5″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
Revised 03/2021
BALTIMORE ORIOLE
8.5″ — Exhibit
AZ – Sonora Desert Museum
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE
8.75″ — Migrant
Sweetwater Preserve
CACTUS WREN
8.5″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
Revised 03/2021
COMMON RAVEN
24″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
CURVED-BILL THRASHER
11″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE
18″ — Year-Round
Christopher Columbus Park
HERMIT THRUSH
6.75″ — Winter
Sweetwater Wetlands
HOUSE FINCH
6″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
Revised 03/2021
INCA DOVE
8.25″ — Year-Round
AZ-Sonora Desert Museum
Revised 03/2021
HOUSE SPARROW
6.25″ — Year-Round
Rancho Agua Dulce
LESSER GOLDFINCH
4.5″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
Revised 03/2021
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE
9″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
MOURNING DOVE
12″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
Revised 03/2021
NASHVILLE WARBLER
5.5″ — Migrant
Sweetwater Preserve
Revised 03/2021
NORTHERN CARDINAL
8.75″ — Year-Round
Agua Dulce
Revised 03/2021
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
10″ — Year-Round
Saguaro National Park West
PURPLE MARTIN
8″ — Summer
Sweetwater Preserve
PYRRHULOXIA
8.75″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
8.75″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
RINGED TURTLE-DOVE
11″ — Year-Round
Christopher Columbus Park
ROCK WREN
6″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
Revised 03/2021
SONG SPARROW
6.25″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
Revised 03/2021
TREE SWALLOW
5.75″ — Migrant
Sweetwater Preserve
VERDIN
4.5″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
Revised 03/2021
WESTERN KINGBIRD
8.75″ — Summer
Sweetwater Preserve
WESTERN TANAGER
7.25″ — Summer
AZ-Sonora Desert Museum
Revised 03/2021
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
7″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
11.5″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
WILSON’S WARBLER
4.75″ — Migrant
Sweetwater Wetlands
Revised 03/2021
YELLOW WARBLER
5″ — Summer
Sweetwater Wetlands
Revised 03/2021
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
9.5″ — Winter
Sweetwater Wetlands
Revised 03/2021
RAPTURES & OWLS
AMERICAN KESTREL
10-12″ — Year-Round
Rancho Agua Dulce
BARN OWL
13-16″ — YEAR-ROUND
Mescal Movie Set
COOPER HAWK
14-20″ — Year-Round
Rancho Agua Dulce
Revised 03/2121
ELF OWL
5.5″ — Year-Round
Rancho Agua Dulce
GREAT HORNED OWL
18-25″ — Year-Round
Rancho Agua Dulce
Revised 09/2022
HARRIS’S HAWK
23-27″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
Revised 03/2021
RED-TAILED HAWK
22-24″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
SWAINSON’S HAWK
18-20″ — Summer
Mescal Movie Set
TURKEY VULTURE
26-28″ — Year-Round
Saguaro National Park West
WESTERN SCREECH OWL
8-9″ — Year-Round
RANCHO AGUA DULCE
Revised 08/30/21
TREE CLINGERS
BELTED KINGFISHER
13″ — Winter
Sweetwater Wetlands
Revised 03/2021
GILA WOODPECKER
9.25″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
GILDED FLICKER
12.5″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Preserve
LADDER-BACKED WOODPECKER
7.25″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
WATER FOWL
AMERICAN COOT
15.5″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
AMERICAN WIGEON
20″ — Winter
Sweetwater Wetlands
AMERICAN BITTERN
25″ — Winter
Sweetwater Wetlands
Revised 03/2021
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK
21″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
25″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
BLUE HERON
46″ — Year-Round
Silverbell Lake
COMMON MOORHEN
14″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
DOMESTIC SWAN GOOSE
34″ — Year-round
Sweetwater Lake
Revised 03/2021
GREAT EGRET
39″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
GREEN HERON
18″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
MALLARD
23″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT
25″ — Migratory
Sweetwater Wetlands
Revised 03/2021
SNOWY EGRET
24″ — Year-Round
Sweetwater Wetlands
TRI-COLORED HERON
26″ — Migratory
Sweetwater Wetlands
Revised 03/2021
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