List of birds of the Sonoran Desert
This list of birds of the Sonoran Desert includes all bird species endemic to the Sonoran Desert, and related areas; (a few species listed are only "native" and have a larger continental range). They are retrieved from the List of birds of Yuma County, Arizona, though not exclusively. Southwest region The listed birds are based on the southern section of the Lower Colorado River Valley, from Yuma County and La Paz County, to the Bill Williams River, (and by extension to Needles, California/Topock, Arizona). The Colorado River borders the higher elevation Mojave Desert to the northwest (Needles and Las Vegas), the Colorado Desert–(extension of Sonoran Desert) on the southwest and west, and the deserts of the Sonoran Desert to the east, the Yuma Desert, Lechuguilla Desert, and the Tule Desert. Bolded species are exclusive to the hottest deserts (southwestern Arizona; Baja California; northern Mexico; and the Carrizo Plain). Costa's hummingbird, Calypte costae Gambel's quail, Callipepla gambelii Black rail, Laterallus jamaicensis SW Ariz Sonoran desert, but also other locales. Greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus, (Extensive range beyond the Sonoran Desert) Gila woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis Gilded flicker, Colaptes chrysoides Vermilion flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus Brown-crested flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus Black-tailed gnatcatcher, Polioptila melanura Also ranges