ARIZONA BIRD COMMITTEE REPORT, 2015–2017 RECORDS

Abstract

 The Arizona Bird Committee reviewed 287 records and updated the Arizona bird list through 2017, adding eight species: the Common Crane (Grus grus), Lesser Sand-Plover (Charadrius mongolus), Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma tethys), Juan Fernandez Petrel (Pterodroma externa), Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifia), Pine Flycatcher (Empidonax affiis), California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica), and Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla). These bring the Arizona state list to 563 species in good standing.