List of Arizona-SW Birds (Yuma County, Arizona) - American Sparrows, Towhees, Juncos, and Longspurs

American Sparrows, Towhees, Juncos, and Longspurs

Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae
The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill. In Europe, most species are named as Buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as Sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns. There are 275 species world wide, and 60 North American species. Note: 29 species are listed for SW Arizona; about 1/3 to 1/2 range into the SW, about 1/3 are common to the SE Ariz Biome, and the other 1/3, are mountainous, or Mexican–ranging, or range north, or west to California, but all have SW Arizona in, or adjacent, in the Range Maps.

• Green-tailed Towhee, Pipilo chlorurus ---(–Winter Range–)
• Spotted Towhee, Pipilo maculatus ---(–Winter Range–)
• (SW) –Canyon Towhee, Pipilo fuscus, ---Central Ariz to SE Ariz Biome)
• ( * SW) –Abert's Towhee, Pipilo aberti ---(Arizona's SW&S-Lower Desert-"exclusive")
• Rufous-winged Sparrow, Aimophila carpalis, ---((SE Ariz Biome))
• Cassin's Sparrow, Aimophila cassinii, (C)
• Botteri's Sparrow, Aimophila botterii, ---SE Ariz Biome, and –Summer Range– (locales)
• (SW) –Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Aimophila ruficeps, ---Permanent: towards Central AZ
• Five-striped Sparrow, Aimophila quinquestriata, ---SE Ariz Biome, and –Summer Range– (locales)
  • See American sparrow, Towhee, Junco, and Longspur

• Abert's Towhee
  Pipilo aberti

• Chipping Sparrow
  Spizella passerina

• Vesper Sparrow
  Pooecetes gramineus

• Chipping Sparrow, Spizella passerina, ---(–Winter Range–) (see: Range Maps)
• Brewer's Sparrow, Spizella breweri, ---(–Winter Range–)
• (SW) Black-chinned Sparrow, Spizella atrogularis (C)
• Vesper Sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus, ---(–Winter Range–)
• ( * SW) Lark Sparrow, Chondestes grammacus, -- 1-(–Winter Range–), and 2-Permanent
• ( * SW) Black-throated Sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata ---(Summer: an intense ground searcher, in small highly energized groups–also seeking water.)
  • Only Abert's Towhee, Lark Sparrow, and Song Sparrow, and the Black-throated Sparrow are summer residents.
• Sage Sparrow, Amphispiza belli, ---(–Winter Range–)
• Lark Bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys, ---SE Ariz Biome, (–Winter Range–)
• Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis, ---(–Winter Range–)
• (SW) Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, ---(–Winter Range–): Ariz-Mex Border, N Mexico and Baja Calif. Norte

• Baird's Sparrow, Ammodramus bairdii, ---SE Ariz Biome, (–Winter Range–) ((Extreme: localized))
• Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca, ---(–Winter Range–)
• ( * SW) Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia, ---Permanent, and: (–Winter Range–)
• Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, ---(–Winter Range–)
• Swamp Sparrow, Melospiza georgiana, ---((Extreme SE Ariz-Biome))
• White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis, ---SE Ariz Biome, (–Winter Range–)
• sw–06 White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, ---(–Winter Range–)
• Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis, ---(–Winter Range–)
• (SW) Yellow-eyed Junco, Junco phaeonotus, ---Permanent: SE Ariz Biome
• McCown's Longspur, Calcarius mccownii, (C) SE Ariz Biome
• Lapland Longspur, Calcarius lapponicus, (Occasional-Winter)
• Chestnut-collared Longspur, Calcarius ornatus, ---(–Winter Range–)

• Song Sparrow
  Melospiza melodia

• Dark-eyed Junco
  Junco hyemalis

• Chestnut-collared
  Longspur
  Calcarius ornatus