House Finch

House Finch

Male Female Female & Male Description Size:  6” Plumage / Description:   Typical male plumage is a bright red head, throat, breast, and rump.  Flanks are heavily streaked.  Back, wings and tail are gray.  Variations in male plumage range from bright red to a dull...
Great-tailed Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

Male Female Description Size: Males 18”, females 15” Plumage/Description:  Males have a very long, keel-shaped tail. Entire body has an iridescent quality, and depending upon lighting conditions Great-tailed Grackles will appear either black, glossy blue, or almost...
Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

Adult Description Size:  22” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar but females are larger than males. Characterized by size—this is our largest owl species in the Central Highlands area of Arizona—and by its large ‘feathered’ ear tufts. Also...
Eurasian Collared-Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Adult Description Size:  13” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar.A large, stocky dove.An overall creamy palegray color with a prominent black crescent on the back of the neck.Under-tail coverts are gray, and the underside of the tail is white.In...
Common Raven

Common Raven

Adults Description Size:  24” Plumage/Description:  Male and female plumage similar.  A large (bigger than a Red-tailed Hawk), stocky, all black bird with a large, powerful beak.  Larger than the American Crow which also occurs in northern Arizona. Habitat:  Suburban,...