Index of Bird Identification Galleries

Arizona has a great diversity of songbirds. Some are native and some are just winter visitors. Here is a brief guide to help identify songbirds commonly found in Arizona year-round. This is not a comprehensive list.

Identifying the type of bird you have found will increase it's survival.

After looking through the galleries, if you still cannot identify the bird, you can take a photo with your cell phone or other camera and send it to evwildlife@aol.com

Mockingbird & Cactus Wren Identification	Found a hard to identify bird?? Check the Mistaken Identity Sheet(.pdf)

Doves & Pigeons

Finches & Sparrows

Grackles & Starlings

Doves & Pigeons
dove hatchling	dove hatchling	pigeon hatchling	pigeon hatchlings
mourning & inca nestlings	pigeon	mourning dove nestling	dove nestling
white winged dove fledgling	inca dove	Click here for the Dove Sheet (.pdf)	Click here for the Pigeon Sheet (.pdf)
adult mourning dove	Dove Identification Table	adult white-winged dove	adult white-winged dove
Dove	Inca Doves	White-Winged Dove	pigeons
inca dove

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Doves & Pigeons

Finches & Sparrows

Grackles & Starlings

Finches, Sparrows and Towhees

sparrows	sparrows	sparrow hatchling	sparrows
sparrow fledgling	sparrows
female and male sparrows		Click here for the Finch & Sparrow Comparison Sheet (.pdf)	adult male sparrow
finch nestlings	finch nestlings	Finches
male house finch	towhee	towhees

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Doves & Pigeons

Finches & Sparrows

Grackles & Starlings

Grackles and Starlings

grackle hatchling	grackle hatchlings	grackle nestling	grackle nestling
grackle nestling	grackle face	older grackle fledgling	adult grackle
Adult Grackle			juvenile crows - sometimes are confused with grackles
starling hatchlings	starling hatchling	starling nestling
adult starlings