Las Cienegas NCA
Arizona · Southwest
About This Location
Las Cienegas NCA is a productive birding destination in Arizona, with 231 species recorded on eBird. This desert and chaparral habitat attracts Mourning Dove, Red-tailed Hawk, and Gila Woodpecker among many others. The unique desert and riparian habitats support specialty species alongside wintering and migrating birds.
Location
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Crested Caracara (Northern)
Caracara plancus
Broad-billed x Berylline Hummingbird (hybrid)
Cynanthus latirostris x Saucerottia beryllina
Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina
Abert's Towhee
Melozone aberti
Western Flycatcher
Empidonax difficilis
Black-chinned Sparrow
Spizella atrogularis
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis virginiae
Black-chinned x Anna's Hummingbird (hybrid)
Archilochus alexandri x Calypte anna
Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin
Lark Bunting
Calamospiza melanocorys
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Turkey Vulture
Gray Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Gila Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Cassin's Kingbird
Bell's Vireo
Loggerhead Shrike
Common Raven
Verdin
Barn Swallow
Bewick's Wren
Curve-billed Thrasher
Birding Tips
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Start birding at dawn when desert birds are most active before the heat.
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Check around water sources, which concentrate desert species.
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Carry extra water and sun protection; mornings are the prime birding window.