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Birds of the Kaibab National Forest

Whether your visit to the Kaibab National Forest takes you north or south of the Grand Canyon, the variety of bird species as phenomenal. As part of the Colorado Plateau ecosystem adjacent to the Grand Canyon, the Kaibab National Forest is uniquely situated and provides a diversity of habitat ...more ↓

Snowy Egret 1
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 2
Ardea herodias
White-faced Ibis 3
Plegadis chihi
American Bittern 4
Botaurus lentiginosus
Black-crowned Night-Heron 5
Nycticorax nycticorax
Marbled Godwit 6
Limosa fedoa
Black-necked Stilt 7
Himantopus mexicanus
Lesser Yellowlegs 8
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Tringa melanoleuca
Sora 2
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 9
Rallus limicola
American Avocet 10
Recurvirostra americana
Willet 11
Tringa semipalmata
Long-billed Dowitcher 12
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Spotted Sandpiper 13
Actitis macularius
Common Snipe 14
Gallinago gallinago
Killdeer 15
Charadrius vociferus
Solitary Sandpiper 4
Tringa solitaria
Wilson's Phalarope 16
Phalaropus tricolor
Least Sandpiper 1
Calidris minutilla
Western Sandpiper 17
Calidris mauri
American Dipper 18
Cinclus mexicanus
Belted Kingfisher 19
Megaceryle alcyon
Short-eared Owl 20
Asio flammeus
Great Horned Owl 21
Bubo virginianus
Mexican Spotted Owl 6
Strix occidentalis lucida
Long-eared Owl 11
Asio otus
Western Screech-Owl 22
Megascops kennicottii
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Flammulated Owl 11
Psiloscops flammeolus
Burrowing Owl 23
Athene cunicularia
Northern Pygmy-Owl 24
Glaucidium gnoma
Northern Saw-whet Owl 20
Aegolius acadicus
Common Nighthawk 11
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 25
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Mexican Whip-poor-will 11
Antrostomus arizonae
Turkey Vulture 26
Cathartes aura
Golden Eagle 11
Aquila chrysaetos
Osprey 2
Pandion haliaetus
Red-tailed Hawk 27
Buteo jamaicensis
Ferruginous Hawk 11
Buteo regalis
Bald Eagle 28
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Swainson's Hawk 29
Buteo swainsoni
Zone-tailed Hawk 11
Buteo albonotatus
Rough-legged Hawk 30
Buteo lagopus
Common Black Hawk 31
Buteogallus anthracinus
Northern Goshawk 32
Accipiter gentilis
Cooper's Hawk 33
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 34
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 6
Circus cyaneus
Peregrine Falcon 35
Falco peregrinus
Prairie Falcon 36
Falco mexicanus
Merlin 37
Falco columbarius
American Kestrel 9
Falco sparverius
White-throated Swift 38
Aeronautes saxatalis
Barn Swallow 39
Hirundo rustica
Purple Martin 40
Progne subis
Vaux's Swift 6
Chaetura vauxi
Cliff Swallow 41
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Cave Swallow 42
Petrochelidon fulva
Tree Swallow 20
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 4
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Bank Swallow 43
Riparia riparia
Rufous Hummingbird 44
Selasphorus rufus
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 45
Selasphorus platycercus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 11
Archilochus alexandri
Anna's Hummingbird 18
Calypte anna
Calliope Hummingbird 46
Selasphorus calliope
Magnificent Hummingbird 11
Eugenes fulgens
Blue Grouse 11
Dendragapus
Wild Turkey 47
Meleagris gallopavo
Greater Roadrunner 48
Geococcyx californianus
Chukar 49
Alectoris chukar
Gambel's Quail 50
Callipepla gambelii
Hairy Woodpecker 51
Picoides villosus
Lewis's Woodpecker 7
Melanerpes lewis
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides dorsalis
Acorn Woodpecker 52
Melanerpes formicivorus
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 52
Picoides scalaris
Red-naped Sapsucker 53
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 11
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
White-breasted Nuthatch 54
Sitta carolinensis
Red-breasted Nuthatch 47
Sitta canadensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 55
Sitta pygmaea
Brown Creeper 56
Certhia americana
Cassin's Kingbird 57
Tyrannus vociferans
Western Kingbird 58
Tyrannus verticalis
Brown-crested Flycatcher 59
Myiarchus tyrannulus
Dusky Flycatcher 11
Empidonax oberholseri
Phainopepla 60
Phainopepla nitens
Western Wood-Pewee 19
Contopus sordidulus
Vermilion Flycatcher 7
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Say's Phoebe 52
Sayornis saya
Black Phoebe 4
Sayornis nigricans
Gray Flycatcher 11
Empidonax wrightii
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher 61
Empidonax traillii extimus
Hammond's Flycatcher 62
Empidonax hammondii
Northern Shrike 63
Lanius excubitor
Loggerhead Shrike 18
Lanius ludovicianus

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