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Exclusive in Sonoran Desert, Summer Range, (includes the Colorado River Valley, the Grand Canyon, and S Nevada). Abert's towhee, Melozone aberti, (–Sonoran Desert–) Black-throated sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata [1] Permanent breeding range, (but ranges E to Texas, and also Summer ranges to very S Oregon, very S Idaho).
The Sonoran desert wraps around the northern end of the Gulf of California, from Baja California Sur (El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve in central and Pacific west coast, Central Gulf Coast subregion on east to southern tip), north through much of Baja California, excluding the central northwest mountains and Pacific west coast, through southeastern California and southwestern and southern ...
The cactus wren is a bird of arid and semi-desert regions, and generally requires spiny cacti to nest in. Its range includes the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts. The cactus wren is not migratory, [3] and establishes a permanent territory which it defends vigorously. Territories are typically 1.3 ha (3.2 acres) to 1.9 ha (4.7 acres). [14]
A cougar at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. This image shows the natural surroundings created for the animal enclosures. Founded in 1952, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum interprets the complete natural history of a single region—the Sonoran Desert and adjacent ecosystems—with plants and animals from the region featured together in its exhibits.
This bird is common in brushy riparian habitats in the Lower Sonoran desert zone and prefers to stay well-hidden under bushes. Though threatened by cowbird nest parasitism and habitat loss, it has successfully colonized suburban environments in the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area and may be fairly easily seen on the campus of Arizona State University.
The Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the desert regions of the southwestern United States and western Mexico. In the U.S., they range through southeastern California , southern Nevada , Arizona , and New Mexico .
The greater roadrunner, a bird symbolic to much of Arizona, is common in all low desert environments. This is a list of birds of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The following markings are used: (A) Accidental - occurrence based on fewer than 10 records and unlikely to occur regularly (E) Extinct - a recent species that no longer exists
The Sonoran Desert — a major desert, and an ecoregion of the Deserts and xeric shrublands biome, in southwestern North America. Located in areas of Arizona and California in the Southwestern United States , and Sonora and Baja California in northwestern Mexico.