Birding spots · Arizona

Best Birding Spots in Pima County, Arizona

Sweetwater Wetlands Park leads Pima County's birding spots with 253 species reported, best in spring. 366 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Sweetwater Wetlands Park	253	25,080	172	217	158	216
Canoa Ranch	251	14,322	149	205	155	220
Arivaca Lake and Land	249	1,459	140	190	159	201
Los Morteros	232	7,146	149	196	153	201
Christopher Columbus Park	220	5,054	150	158	118	191
Arthur Pack Regional Park	212	4,553	125	179	124	182
Ed Pastor Kino Environmental Restoration Project	211	3,690	126	174	124	166
Lakeside Lake	209	4,304	125	155	111	178
Roy Drachman Agua Caliente Regional Park	208	6,142	134	172	113	168
Gene C. Reid Park	199	6,871	144	151	99	166
Fort Lowell Park	189	5,103	127	143	93	162
Tanque Verde Creek	189	2,051	120	151	87	150
Coronado National Forest (Faber Spring)	188	5,353	117	161	124	133
North Dam Tailings Pond	188	2,115	95	138	93	151
Empire-Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern	182	1,656	98	140	120	134
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge	182	1,299	99	139	104	129
Coronado National Forest	176	7,812	105	157	123	139
Kennedy Park	174	2,938	112	135	78	126
Coronado National Forest (northeast)	173	3,681	73	141	129	111
Montrose Canyon	172	7,116	106	152	107	141
Empire-Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Greaterville Gulch)	171	1,058	76	112	100	116
Sabino Lake	169	4,540	99	144	95	126
Aguirre Lake	167	472	64	58	107	145
Himmel Park	164	2,776	64	115	85	138
Randolph Park	160	2,188	99	121	84	109
Madera Canyon (north)	158	6,982	85	140	107	97
Cienega Creek Natural Preserve	158	581	85	120	89	103
Bear Creek	155	788	82	112	70	115
Coronado National Forest (south)	154	3,345	95	134	91	97
Coronado National Forest (Saddleback)	153	2,801	87	130	80	97
Coronado National Forest (south 2)	151	1,122	92	131	87	71
Tanque Verde Creek (west)	151	999	103	120	58	112
Empire-Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern (southwest)	149	835	62	104	105	93
King Canyon	146	3,285	76	112	81	103
Crossroads at Silverbell Park	145	928	91	110	50	95
Posta Quemada Canyon	144	764	84	110	81	104
Santa Cruz River Park	143	979	92	107	69	113
Florida Canyon	143	826	65	118	84	86
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (Arroyo del Compartidero)	143	656	83	99	77	100
Ajo Municipal Airport	142	584	66	108	70	117
Arizona National Scenic Trail	139	2,114	75	120	94	88
Isabella Lee Natural Preserve	139	799	88	118	65	93
Turkey Creek	139	521	46	119	84	87
Catalina Regional Park	138	868	65	104	84	115
Bunny Trail	137	1,006	81	104	79	96
Tucson National Golf Course	137	628	98	103	36	102
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (Wilbur Wash)	137	529	73	110	81	85
Coronado National Forest (Mill Canyon)	135	721	6	121	106	56
Rose Canyon Lake	134	3,908	50	112	98	92
Quitobaquito Springs	134	478	55	102	39	73