BIRD LIST
This list is adapted from bird lists of Great Basin National Park and Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge.
Loons
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Bitterns and Herons
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills
White-faced Ibis
Storks
Wood Stork
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture
Swans, Geese and Ducks
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross’ Goose
Canada Goose
Brant
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Vultures
Turkey Vulture
Hawks, Eagles and Accipiters
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Black-shouldered Kite
Golden Eagle
Falcons
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Grouse, Quail and Partidges
Chukar*
Ring-necked Pheasant*
Ruffed Grouse
Blue Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Sage Grouse
Turkey*
New World Quail
California Quail
Gambel’s Quail
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Virginia Rail
Sora
Commen Moorhen
American Coot
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Mountain Plover
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Skuas, Jaegers, Gulls, and Terns
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Franklin’s Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Dove*
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Barn Owls
Common Barn Owl
Typical Owls
Flammulated Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Western Screech Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Pygmy Owl
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Swifts
White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers and allies
Lewis' Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Vireos
Gray Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo (Solitary)
Cassin’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Jays, Crows, Ravens and Magpies
Gray Jay
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Pinyon Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Larks
Horned Lark
Swallows
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Titmice and Chickadees
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Juniper Titmouse (Plain)
Bushtit
Bushtit
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Creepers
Brown Creeper
Wrens
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Dippers
American Dipper
Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Mimic Thrushes
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Starling
European Starling
Pipets
American (Water) Pipit
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Silky-flycatchers
Phainopepla
Wood Warblers
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Lucy’s Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Tanagers
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Sparrows and Towhees
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee (Rufous-sided)
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Lark bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Rufous-crown Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
McCown’s Longspur
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Buntings
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Blackbirds and Orioles
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Finches
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Black Rosy-Finch
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Grosbeak
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow*
* Introduced