Portal-Paradise Road
Arizona · Southwest
About This Location
Portal-Paradise Road is a productive birding destination in Arizona, with 204 species recorded on eBird. This desert and chaparral habitat attracts a wide variety of species 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
Lucifer Hummingbird
Calothorax lucifer
Curve-billed Thrasher (curvirostre Group)
Toxostoma curvirostre
White-eared Hummingbird
Basilinna leucotis
Berylline Hummingbird
Saucerottia beryllina
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Peucaea carpalis
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Thick-billed Kingbird
Tyrannus crassirostris
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Greater Roadrunner
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Verdin
Rock Wren
Bewick's Wren
Cactus Wren
House Finch
Black-throated Sparrow
Canyon Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Scott's Oriole
Blue Grosbeak
Varied Bunting
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.