Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Saguaro ... - USGS

Table 5.5. Mean relative abundance of birds from reconnaissance VCP surveys by strata and transect,
Saguaro National Park, Rincon Mountain District, 2002.
Elevation Stratum
Low a Middle b High c
Species BWF BT LVW FR FW CC MC DS JS JB NST MMT MM M IS DHS
Gambel’s quail 1.5 0.8 1.5 0.3 0.3
zone-tailed hawk 0.4
white-winged dove 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.9 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.2
mourning dove 0.3 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
black-chinned hummingbird 0.3
Anna’s hummingbird 0.1 0.2
broad-tailed hummingbird 0.1 0.1
rufous hummingbird 0.1
acorn woodpecker 0.2
Gila woodpecker 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.3
hairy woodpecker 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2
northern flicker 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2
gilded flicker 0.2
northern beardless-tyrannulet 0.1
greater pewee 0.1 0.1
western wood-pewee 0.2 0.4 1.0
cordilleran flycatcher 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.3
black phoebe 0.1
dusky-capped flycatcher 0.2 0.3
ash-throated flycatcher 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4
brown-crested flycatcher 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.1 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.2
Cassin’s kingbird 0.1
Bell’s vireo 0.8 1.2
plumbeous vireo 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4
Hutton’s vireo 0.2
warbling vireo 0.3 0.1
Steller’s jay 0.5 0.2 0.3
Mexican jay 0.6 0.2
purple martin 0.4 0.2 0.3
mountain chickadee 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3
bridled titmouse 0.2
verdin 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.8 1.0 1.3
bushtit 1.6
red-breasted nuthatch 0.3
white-breasted nuthatch 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.2
pygmy nuthatch 0.3 1.0 0.6
brown creeper 0.1 0.2
cactus wren 1.3 0.8 0.5 0.9 1.3 0.7 1.3
canyon wren 0.3 0.3
Bewick’s wren 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4
house wren 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.6
blue-gray gnatcatcher 0.6
black-tailed gnatcatcher 0.3 0.8 0.1
western bluebird 0.3 0.4
hermit thrush 0.4 0.4 0.1
American robin 0.3 0.4 0.2
northern mockingbird 0.1
curve-billed thrasher 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3
phainopepla 0.1
olive warbler 0.3 0.4
Virginia’s warbler 0.1
Lucy’s warbler 1.0 0.3 0.5
yellow-rumped warbler 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.2
black-throated gray warbler 0.5 0.6
Grace’s warbler 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.2
red-faced warbler 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4
painted redstart 0.1
yellow-breasted chat 0.1
hepatic tanager 0.5 0.2 0.1
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