Arizona Bird Committee

The Arizona Bird Committee (ABC) was organized in 1972 to improve quality of state bird records and increase knowledge of bird distribution in Arizona. The ABC evaluates documentation of rare birds , publishes reports on those evaluations, archives the documentation and maintains a checklist of Arizona birds.

The ABC encourages all birders to submit documentation of rare bird sightings, especially any species that is on the ABC Review List, but also any birds occurring well outside the known pattern for that species in the state. Anyone who has seen a rarity is encouraged to submit documentation, you do not have to be the person who discovered the rarity. Many rarities, even those seen by lots of people, are under documented.

The ABC secretary maintains a web site within the Arizona Field Ornithologists’ (AZFO) web site, though the two groups are not officially associated.

Important Links:

Arizona Bird Committee Web Site

Review Species List: Determine what species the committee considers rare enough to document.

View Current ABC Submitted Reports: See the status of recently submitted reports

View Past ABC Published Reports: See published reports from 1972-2004

Official Arizona State Bird List

Submitting Documentation of Rarities:

First determine if the bird you saw is a Review Species or Sketch Details Species by checking the Review Species list above and then follow one of these options:

1) If you submit photos to AZFO using the AZFO Online Submittal Form, your report will also automatically go to the Arizona Bird Committe for Review Species or the Arizona sub-regional editors for North American Birds for Sketch Details Species. Accomplish both things in one easy step!

2) If the bird you saw is a Sketch Details Species and you do not have photos or do not want to submit them to AZFO, send details directly to one of the Arizona sub-regional editors for North American birds:

Mark Stevenson, 4201 E. Monte Vista Dr., #J207, Tucson, AZ 85712
e-mail: drbrdr at worldnet.att.net.

Gary Rosenberg, P.O. Box 91856, Tucson, AZ 85752-1856,
e-mail: ghrosenberg at comcast.net

3) If the bird you saw is a Review Species and you do not have photos or do not want to submit them to AZFO, you can use the ABC Online form to submit details directily to the Arizona Bird Committee.

2009 ABC Members

Charlie Babbitt
4735 N. 53rd St.
Phoenix, AZ 85018

Gavin Bieber
3919 N. Vine St. #2
Tucson, AZ 85719

Chris Benesh
2050 N. Pantano Rd. #6202
Tucson, AZ 85715-6213

Pierre Deviche
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287

Michael C. Moore
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716

Molly Pollock
Tucson, AZ

Gary H. Rosenberg (Secretary)
P.O. Box 91856
Tucson, AZ 85752-1856

Dave Stejskal
6117 E. Seneca
Tucson, AZ 85712

Non-voting

Janet Witzeman (Assistant Secretary)
4619 E. Arcadia Lane
Phoenix, AZ 85018

Kurt Radamaker (Web Master)
16313 E Crystal Point Dr,
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268