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Sonoran Desert Plants and Wildlife

A growing database of animals and plants who live and adapt in the Arizona Sonoran Desert.

Red Saddlebags 1
Tramea onusta
Anna's Hummingbird 2
Calypte anna
Bark Scorpions 2
Centruroides
Cactus Wren 3
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Collared Lizards
Crotaphytidae
Coyote 4
Canis latrans
Bobcat 5
Lynx rufus
Desert Tortoise 6
Gopherus agassizii
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 7
Crotalus atrox
Elf Owl 7
Micrathene whitneyi
Gila Monster 8
Heloderma suspectum
Gambel's Quail 9
Callipepla gambelii
Gray Fox 10
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Great Horned Owl 11
Bubo virginianus
Harris' Antelope Squirrel 12
Ammospermophilus harrisii
Harris's Hawk 7
Parabuteo unicinctus
Hares and Jackrabbits 13
Lepus
Collared Peccary 14
Pecari tajacu
Kangaroo Rats
Dipodomys
Mule Deer 15
Odocoileus hemionus
Tarantulas 16
Theraphosidae
Ringtail 17
Bassariscus astutus
White-throated Woodrat 18
Neotoma albigula
White-winged Dove 19
Zenaida asiatica
Brittlebushes 20
Encelia
Buckhorn Cholla 21
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Desert Mallow 22
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Fishhook Barrel Cactus 23
Ferocactus wislizeni
Desert Marigold 7
Baileya multiradiata
Prickly Pears 24
Opuntia
Arizona Poppy 25
Kallstroemia grandiflora
Ocotillo 26
Fouquieria splendens
Curve-billed Thrasher 27
Toxostoma curvirostre
European Starling 28
Sturnus vulgaris
House Finch 29
Haemorhous mexicanus
House Sparrow 30
Passer domesticus
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove 7
Columbina inca
Rock Pigeon 31
Columba livia
Northern Mockingbird 32
Mimus polyglottos
Abert's Towhee 33
Melozone aberti
Belted Kingfisher 34
Megaceryle alcyon
Black-crowned Night-Heron 35
Nycticorax nycticorax
Rough-winged Swallows 7
Stelgidopteryx
Mariana Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus guami
Great Egret 6
Ardea alba
Double-crested Cormorant 36
Phalacrocorax auritus
Common Yellowthroat 37
Geothlypis trichas
Great Blue Heron 6
Ardea herodias
Green Heron 37
Butorides virescens
Marsh Wren 29
Cistothorus palustris
Northern Cardinal 7
Cardinalis cardinalis
Orange-crowned Warbler 34
Oreothlypis celata
Northern Harrier 32
Circus cyaneus
Violet-green Swallow 38
Tachycineta thalassina
Red-winged Blackbird 39
Agelaius phoeniceus
Snowy Egret 40
Egretta thula
Yellow-headed Blackbird 41
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Yellow Warbler 42
Setophaga petechia
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Setophaga coronata
Vermilion Flycatcher 3
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Song Sparrow 43
Melospiza melodia
American Coot 13
Fulica americana
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 44
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Black-necked Stilt 3
Himantopus mexicanus
Killdeer 45
Charadrius vociferus
Long-billed Dowitcher 6
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Mallard 46
Anas platyrhynchos
White-faced Ibis 47
Plegadis chihi
American Kestrel 36
Falco sparverius
Burrowing Owl 13
Athene cunicularia
Turkey Vulture 48
Cathartes aura
Red-tailed Hawk 49
Buteo jamaicensis
Western Kingbird 50
Tyrannus verticalis
Loggerhead Shrike 2
Lanius ludovicianus
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 19
Polioptila melanura
Black-throated Sparrow 51
Amphispiza bilineata
Gila Woodpecker 52
Melanerpes uropygialis
Greater Roadrunner 53
Geococcyx californianus
Phainopepla 54
Phainopepla nitens
Great Horned Owl 11
Bubo virginianus
Verdin 37
Auriparus flaviceps
Rock Wren 7
Salpinctes obsoletus
Orange 55
Citrus sinensis
Saguaro Cactus 56
Carnegiea gigantea
Great-tailed Grackle 6
Quiscalus mexicanus
American Cockroach
Periplaneta americana
Blue Palo Verde 57
Cercidium floridum
Common Oleander 58
Nerium oleander

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