occurrence common name
D t White-faced Ibis
D F M s Turkey Vulture
D p Black Vulture
D w Sharp-shinned Hawk
D F M p Cooper’s Hawk
D F M p *Red-tailed Hawk
D F s Swainson’s Hawk
F M s Zone-tailed Hawk
M t Ferruginous Hawk
D F s Harris’ Hawk
D s Black Hawk
F M p Golden Eagle
D w Marsh Hawk
D t Osprey
F M p Prairie Falcon
M p Peregrine Falcon
D F p *Sparrow Hawk
F p Scaled Quail
D p *Gambel’s Quail
F M p Harlequin Quail
M p Turkey
D p Killdeer
D F M t Spotted Sandpiper
D t California Gull
F M s Band-tailed Pigeon
D p Rock Dove
D F s *White-winged Dove
D p *Mourning Dove
D p Ground Dove
D p Inca Dove
D F p Roadrunner
D F M p Screech Owl
M p Whiskered Owl
M p Flammulated Owl
D F M p Great Horned Owl
D s Elf Owl
M p Spotted Owl
M s Whip-poor-will
D F p Poor-will
D F s Lesser Nighthawk
D t Vaux’s Swift
D F M s White-throated Swift
D F M s Black-chinned Hummingbird
D F s Costa’s Hummingbird
D w Anna’s Hummingbird
M s Broad-tailed Hummingbird
M s Rufous Hummingbird
M s Rivoli’s Hummingbird
M s Blue-throated Hummingbird
D F t Broad-billed Hummingbird
M p Red-shafted Flicker
D F p *Gilded Flicker
D p *Gila Woodpecker
F M p Acorn Woodpecker
D F w Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
F M t Williamson’s Sapsucker
M p Hairy Woodpecker
D F p Ladder-backed Woodpecker
F M p Arizona Woodpecker
D s Western Kingbird
D F s Cassin’s Kingbird
D F s Wied’s Crested Flycatcher
D s *Ash-throated Flycatcher
M s Olivaceous Flycatcher
D p Black Phoebe
D p *Say’s Phoebe
M s Western Flycatcher
M s Buff-breasted Flycatcher
M s Coues’ Flycatcher
M s Western Wood Pewee
D F M t Olive-sided Flycatcher
D s Vermilion Flycatcher
M s Violet-green Swallow
D t Barn Swallow
D t Cliff Swallow
D s *Purple Martin
M p Steller’s Jay
F M p Scrub Jay
F M p Mexican Jay
M p Common Raven
D F M p White-necked Raven
M t Clark’s Nutcracker
M p Mountain Chickadee
F M p Bridled Titmouse
D p *Verdin
M p Common Bushtit
M p White-breasted Nuthatch
F t Red-breasted Nuthatch
M p Pigmy Nuthatch
M p Brown Creeper
M p House Wren
F M p Bewick’s Wren
D p *Cactus Wren
D F M p Canyon Wren
D F M p Rock Wren
D p Mockingbird
D t Bendire’s Thrasher
D p *Curve-billed Thrasher
D F p Crissal Thrasher
M p Robin
F M p Hermit Thrush
F M p Western Bluebird
D F M w Mountain Bluebird
F w Townsend’s Solitaire
F M p Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
D p Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
D w *Ruby-crowned Kinglet
D F p *Phainopepla
D F p *Loggerhead Shrike
D p Starling
M s Hutton’s Vireo
D s Bell’s Vireo
M s Solitary Vireo
M s Warbling Vireo
M t Orange-crowned Warbler
M t Nashville Warbler
M s Virginia’s Warbler
D s Lucy’s Warbler
M s Olive Warbler
D t Yellow Warbler
M s *Audubon’s Warbler
M s Black-throated Gray Warbler
F M t Townsend’s Warbler
M t Hermit Warbler
M s Grace’s Warbler
D t MacGillivray’s Warbler
D t Yellowthroat
D t Yellow-breasted Chat
M s Red-faced Warbler
D F M t *Wilson’s Warbler
M s Painted Redstart
D p House Sparrow
D t Meadowlark sp.
D s *Hooded Oriole
D F s Scott’s Oriole
D s Bullock’s Oriole
D w Brewer’s Blackbird
D F s Brown-headed Cowbird
D s Bronzed Cowbird
D F s Western Tanager
M s Hepatic Tanager
D p Cardinal
D p Pyrrhuloxia
M s Black-headed Grosbeak
D w Lazuli Bunting
M p Evening Grosbeak
M t Cassin’s Finch
D F p *House Finch
F M p Pine Siskin
D F M p Lesser Goldfinch
D w Lawrence’s Goldfinch
M p Red Crossbill
D F w Green-tailed Towhee
F M p Rufous-sided Towhee
D p *Brown Towhee
D t Lark Bunting
D F w Savannah Sparrow
D w Vesper Sparrow
D t Lark Sparrow
D F p Rufous-winged Sparrow
F p Rufous-crowned Sparrow
D F p *Black-throated Sparrow
F w Oregon Junco
F w Gray-headed Junco
M p Mexican Junco
F w Clay-colored Sparrow
F w Chipping Sparrow
D F w Brewer’s Sparrow
F p Black-chinned Sparrow
D w White-crowned Sparrow
D F w Fox Sparrow
D F w Lincoln’s Sparrow

Mammals of the monument

This checklist names mammals that have been observed, and those that, mainly according to collection records and distribution maps in The Recent Mammals of Arizona, by E. Lendell Cockrum, 1960, may occur in the monument. One species, the desert kangaroo rat, probably occurs only in the Tucson Mountain Section. (See checklist of reptiles and amphibians for description of habitats.)

key to symbols: D desert habitat F foothill habitat M mountain habitat * species most often seen by visitors

habitat common name
M Vagrant Shrew
D F Gray Shrew
D F Leafnose Bat
D F Hognose Bat
D F Longnose Bat
D F Yuma Myotis
D F Cave Myotis
M Long-eared Myotis
F M Fringed Myotis
F M Long-legged Myotis
D F M California Myotis
F M Small-footed Myotis
F M Silver-haired Bat
D F M Western Pipistrel
D F M Big Brown Bat
D F Red Bat
D F M Hoary Bat
D F Western Yellow Bat
D Spotted Bat
D F M Western Big-eared Bat
D F Pallid Bat
D F M Mexican Freetail Bat
D F Pocketed Freetail Bat
D F Big Freetail Bat
D F Western Mastiff Bat
D Antelope Jackrabbit
D F *Blacktail Jackrabbit
M Eastern Cottontail
D F *Desert Cottontail
D F M Rock Squirrel
D F *Yuma Antelope Ground Squirrel
D *Roundtail Ground Squirrel
F M Cliff Chipmunk
M Tassel-eared Squirrel
M Arizona Gray Squirrel
D F M Valley Pocket Gopher
D F Silky Pocket Mouse
D F Arizona Pocket Mouse
D F Hispid Pocket Mouse
D Desert Pocket Mouse
D F Rock Pocket Mouse
D Bannertail Kangaroo Rat
D Merriam Kangaroo Rat
D Ord Kangaroo Rat
D Desert Kangaroo Rat
D F Western Harvest Mouse
D F Fulvous Harvest Mouse
D Cactus Mouse
D Merriam Mouse
D F Deer Mouse
D F White-footed Mouse
F M Brush Mouse
D F Southern Grasshopper Mouse
D F Hispid Cotton Rat
D F Whitethroat Woodrat
M Mexican Woodrat
D F M Porcupine
D F M *Coyote
D F Gray Wolf
D Kit Fox
D F M Gray Fox
M Black Bear
D F Ringtail
D F M Raccoon
M Coati
D F Badger
D F M Spotted Skunk
F Striped Skunk
D F Hooded Skunk
D F Hognose Skunk
F M Jaguar
D Jaguarundi
F M Cougar
D F M Bobcat
D F *Peccary (Javelina)
D F *Mule Deer
M Whitetail Deer
D F Bighorn

Photograph Credits

Carrico, J.: [46] Coss, Harold T., Jr.: Frontispiece, [2], [6], [8], [26], [28] right, [29] left, [31], [34] left, [37] all except bottom left, [38], [40], [41], [54], [56], [62], [63], [64], [65], [66], [68], [70], [71], [73], [74], [75], [78]. Dodge, Natt N.: [32] Hoy, William: [44] Mang, Fred E., Jr.: [24], [28] left, [34] right, [37] bottom left, [39], [67], [77]. Manley, Ray: [12] Olin, George: [10], [69], [82] Steenbergh, Warren: [35], [57] Unknown: [29] right


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