List of birds of Yuma, Arizona

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NW-SE trending Mtn ranges, (former: Basin and Range Geol. province), now: the Madrean sky islands Biome of SE Az(New Mex) and Northern Mexico, Sierra Madre Occidental(West) Mtn. Range. ( Tucson,AZ, is in NW, south of Catalina Mtns., (word 'Rincon' )).

The List of birds of Yuma, Arizona is set up in a check-list format, but its style is not meant for a checklist. Its purpose will be to make notations referencing the seasonal traits of specific species. (For example the Long-billed curlew visits only the city proper in winter, and grassy expanses, exclusively(i.e. the City Parks, golf courses, etc).)

The river reference is the Colorado River, (the N-South border with California). However, various water sources are in the environs, (the Gila River, etc; also, the Gulf of California is a (–winter-range–) destination of some birds). The mountains, or higher desert locations may rise to above 1500 m, or about 4000 Ft. Yuma County's mountains are contrasted against SE Arizona's Sky island Mtns, part of the Madrean Sky Island Biome.

The Cactus Wren, a bird symbolic to Arizona, common in the hot, lower Sonoran Desert environment. Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus.

[edit] A system for commonness of sightings

A scale of 1 to 10 is used where 1 is common and 9 is rare.

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