Utah Checklist of Birds

Checklist of the
Birds of Utah
(Oct 2023)

Compiled by the
Utah Birds Records Committee

Review Species List
Auxiliary Lists
Taxonomic List
About the Utah Checklist

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This Checklist contains 461 species documented with physical evidence or at least to sight records accepted by the Utah Bird Records Committee through October 2023, arranged in taxonomic order and using nomenclature of the American Ornithological Society's Checklist of North American Birds, 7th Edition, 64th supplement.

(For lists of “Provisional Species,” “Unverified Species,” “Established Introduced Species,” and “Non-established Introduced Species,” go to the “Auxiliary Lists” on the Records Committee website).

Documentation is requested for sightings of birds notated with a # on this checklist or any bird not on the checklist. You can submit written documentation or print a sight record on the internet at www.utahbirds.org/RecCom. Documentation and photographs can be submitted to Utahbirds@gmail.com.

Key to Codes (updated in 2019)

Abundance Codes
C =	COMMON - Found consistently in large numbers in appropriate habitat and season
U =	UNCOMMON - Inconsistently found in small numbers in appropriate habitat and season
R =	RARE - Found infrequently but annually in very small numbers in appropriate habitat and season
O =	OCCASIONAL - Not observed annually, but a few individuals may occur some years in appropriate habitat and season
A =	ACCIDENTAL - Not expected and out of normal range (few records)

Status Codes
P =   Permanent Resident (Found year round in the state)
S =   Summer Resident (Present in the state during the nesting season)
W = Winter Visitant (Present in the state during January and/or February)
M =   Migrant (Migrates through the state in spring and/or fall)

# Species for which documentation is requested
* Species that are found primarily in Washington County

Bird List

SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS		Anseriformes
	Fulvous Whistling-Duck #	A
	Snow Goose	CM,OW
	Ross's Goose	CM,RW
	Greater White-fronted Goose	RM
	Brant #	A
	Cackling Goose	RM
	Canada Goose	CP
	Trumpeter Swan	RM,RW
	Tundra Swan	UM,UW
	Wood Duck	UP
	Blue-winged Teal	US
	Cinnamon Teal	CS,RW
	Northern Shoveler	CP
	Gadwall	CP
	Eurasian Wigeon	OM
	American Wigeon	RS,CW
	Mallard	CP
	Mexican Duck #	OP
	American Black Duck #	A
	Northern Pintail	CS,UW
	Green-winged Teal	CP
	Canvasback	CM,RS,RW
	Redhead	CS,UW
	Ring-necked Duck	RS,CW
	Greater Scaup	RM,RW
	Lesser Scaup	CM,RS,UW
	Harlequin Duck #	A
	Surf Scoter	RM
	White-winged Scoter	RM
	Black Scoter	OM
	Long-tailed Duck	RW
	Bufflehead	CW
	Common Goldeneye	CW
	Barrow's Goldeneye	UW
	Hooded Merganser	UW
	Common Merganser	CM,RS,UW
	Red-breasted Merganser	CM
	Ruddy Duck	CP
QUAIL, PHEASANTS & GROUSE		Galliformes
	Scaled Quail #	A
	California Quail	CP
	Gambel's Quail	CP
	Wild Turkey	CP
	Ruffed Grouse	UP
	White-tailed Ptarmigan	RP
	Greater Sage-Grouse	UP
	Gunnison Sage-Grouse #	RP
	Dusky Grouse	CP
	Sharp-tailed Grouse	UP
	Gray Partridge	UP
	Ring-necked Pheasant	CP
	Chukar	CP
GREBES		Podicipediiformes
	Pied-billed Grebe	CS,UW
	Horned Grebe	UM,RW
	Red-necked Grebe	A
	Eared Grebe	CS,UW
	Western Grebe	CS,RW
	Clark's Grebe	CS,RW
DOVES & PIGEONS		Columbiformes
	Rock Pigeon	CP
	Band-tailed Pigeon	US
	Eurasian Collared-Dove	CP
	Inca Dove	*RP
	Common Ground-Dove #	A
	Ruddy Ground-Dove #	A
	White-winged Dove	US
	Mourning Dove	CS,UW
CUCKOOS & ROADRUNNERS		Cuculiformes
	Yellow-billed Cuckoo #	OS
	Black-billed Cuckoo #	A
	Greater Roadrunner	UP
GOATSUCKERS		Caprimulgiformes
	Lesser Nighthawk	*CS
	Common Nighthawk	CS
	Common Poorwill	CS
	Mexican Whip-poor-will #	A
SWIFTS & HUMMINGBIRDS		Apodiformes
	Swifts	Apodidae
	Black Swift	OS
	Chimney Swift #	A
	Vaux's Swift #	RM
	White-throated Swift	CS
Hummingbirds		Trochilidae
	Rivoli’s Hummingbird #	A
	Ruby-throated Hummingbird #	A
	Black-chinned Hummingbird	CS
	Anna's Hummingbird	RW
	Costa's Hummingbird	*US
	Calliope Hummingbird	UT,RS
	Rufous Hummingbird	CM
	Allen’s Hummingbird #	A
	Broad-tailed Hummingbird	CS
	Broad-billed Hummingbird #	A
RAILS & CRANES		Gruiformes
	Virginia Rail	CS,UW
	Sora	CS,RW
	Common Gallinule #	*RP
	American Coot	CP
	Sandhill Crane	CS
	Common Crane #	A
	Purple Gallinule #	A
PLOVERS, SANDPIPERS & GULLS		Charadriiformes
	Black-necked Stilt	CS
	American Avocet	CS,RW
	Black-bellied Plover	UM
	American Golden-Plover	RM
	Pacific Golden-Plover #	A
	Snowy Plover	CS
	Semipalmated Plover	UM
	Killdeer	CP
	Mountain Plover #	OS
	Upland Sandpiper #	A
	Whimbrel	RM
	Long-billed Curlew	CS
	Hudsonian Godwit #	OM
	Marbled Godwit	CM
	Ruddy Turnstone #	RM
	Red Knot	RM
	Ruff #	A
	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper #	A
	Stilt Sandpiper	RM
	Curlew Sandpiper #	A
	Sanderling	CM,RW
	Dunlin	RM
	Purple Sandpiper #	A
	Baird's Sandpiper	CM
	Least Sandpiper	CM,RW
	White-rumped Sandpiper #	A
	Buff-breasted Sandpiper #	A
	Pectoral Sandpiper	UM
	Semipalmated Sandpiper	RM
	Western Sandpiper	CM
	Short-billed Dowitcher	RM
	Long-billed Dowitcher	CM,RW
	Wilson’s Snipe	CS,UW
	Spotted Sandpiper	CS
	Solitary Sandpiper	UM
	Wandering Tattler #	A
	Lesser Yellowlegs	CM
	Willet	CS
	Greater Yellowlegs	CM,RW
	Wilson's Phalarope	CM,CS
	Red-necked Phalarope	CM
	Red Phalarope #	OM
Jaegers, Alcids, Gulls,Terns		Laridae
	Pomarine Jaeger #	A
	Parasitic Jaeger #	A
	Long-tailed Jaeger #	A
	Ancient Murrelet #	A
	Black-legged Kittiwake #	A
	Sabine's Gull	RM
	Bonaparte's Gull	CM
	Little Gull #	A
	Laughing Gull #	A
	Franklin's Gull	CS
	Heermann's Gull #	A
	Short-billed Gull (Mew Gull)	OM,OW
	Ring-billed Gull	US,CW
	Western Gull #	A
	Yellow-footed Gull #	A
	California Gull	CS,UW
	Herring Gull	UW
	Iceland Gull	RW
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	A
	Glaucous-winged Gull	RW
	Glaucous Gull	RW
	Great Black-backed Gull #	OP
	Least Tern #	OM
	Caspian Tern	US
	Black Tern	UM,US
	Common Tern	RM
	Arctic Tern #	A
	Forster's Tern	CS
LOONS		Gaviiformes
	Red-throated Loon #	A
	Pacific Loon	RM
	Common Loon	CM,UW
	Yellow-billed Loon #	A
STORKS		Ciconiiformes
	Wood Stork #	A
FRIGATEBIRDS & CORMORANTS		Suliiformes
	Magnificent Frigatebird #	A
	Blue-footed Booby #	A
	Double-crested Cormorant	CS,RW
	Neotropic Cormorant	RP
PELICANS, EGRETS & IBISES		Pelecaniformes
	American White Pelican	CS,OW
	Brown Pelican #	A
	American Bittern	US,RW
	Least Bittern #	OP
	Great Blue Heron	CP
	Great Egret	US, RW
	Snowy Egret	CS
	Little Blue Heron #	A
	Tricolored Heron #	A
	Reddish Egret #	A
	Cattle Egret	CS
	Green Heron	RS,OW
	Black-crowned Night-Heron	CS,UW
	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron #	A
	White Ibis #	A
	Glossy Ibis	O
	White-faced Ibis	CS
	Roseate Spoonbill #	A
VULTURES		Cathartiformes
	California Condor	RP
	Turkey Vulture	CS
HAWKS & EAGLES		Accipitriformes
	Osprey	US
	White-tailed Kite #	A
	Mississippi Kite #	A
	Bald Eagle	RS,CW
	Northern Harrier	CP
	Sharp-shinned Hawk	CP
	Cooper's Hawk	CP
	American Goshawk	UP
	Common Black-Hawk	*RS
	Gray Hawk #	A
	Red-shouldered Hawk #	O
	Broad-winged Hawk	RM
	Swainson's Hawk	CS
	Zone-tailed Hawk #	*OS
	Red-tailed Hawk	CP
	Ferruginous Hawk	UP
	Rough-legged Hawk	CW
	Golden Eagle	CP
OWLS		Strigiformes
	Barn Owl	UP
	Flammulated Owl	US
	Western Screech-Owl	UP
	Great Horned Owl	CP
	Snowy Owl #	A
	Northern Pygmy-Owl	UP
	Burrowing Owl	US,RW
	Spotted Owl	RP
	Great Gray Owl #	A
	Long-eared Owl	UP
	Short-eared Owl	UP
	Boreal Owl #	O
	Northern Saw-whet Owl	RP
KINGFISHERS		Coraciiformes
	Belted Kingfisher	UP
WOODPECKERS		Piciformes
	Lewis's Woodpecker	UP
	Red-headed Woodpecker #	A
	Acorn Woodpecker #	RP
	Williamson's Sapsucker	US,RW
	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker #	O
	Red-naped Sapsucker	CS,RW
	Red-breasted Sapsucker	O
	Ladder-backed Woodpecker	*CP
	Downy Woodpecker	CP
	Hairy Woodpecker	CP
	American Three-toed Woodpecker	RP
	Northern Flicker	CP
	Gilded Flicker #	*A
FALCONS		Falconiformes
	American Kestrel	CP
	Merlin	UW
	Gyrfalcon #	A
	Peregrine Falcon	UP
	Prairie Falcon	UP
PERCHING BIRDS		Passeriformes
Flycatchers		Tyrannidae
	Olive-sided Flycatcher	CS
	Western Wood-Pewee	CS
	Alder Flycatcher	A
	Willow Flycatcher	CS
	Least Flycatcher	OM
	Hammond's Flycatcher	CS
	Gray Flycatcher	CS
	Dusky Flycatcher	CS
	Western Flycatcher	CS
	Black Phoebe	UP
	Eastern Phoebe #	A
	Say's Phoebe	CS,UW
	Vermilion Flycatcher	*R
	Dusky-capped Flycatcher #	A
	Ash-throated Flycatcher	CS
	Great Crested Flycatcher #	A
	Brown-crested Flycatcher	*RS
	Tropical Kingbird #	A
	Thick-billed Kingbird #	A
	Cassin's Kingbird	US
	Western Kingbird	CS
	Eastern Kingbird	US
	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher #	A
Vireos		Vireonidae
	White-eyed Vireo #	A
	Bell's Vireo	*US
	Gray Vireo	US
	Yellow-throated Vireo #	A
	Cassin's Vireo	UM
	Blue-headed Vireo #	A
	Plumbeous Vireo	CS
	Philadelphia Vireo #	A
	Warbling Vireo	CS
	Red-eyed Vireo	OM
Shrikes		Laniidae
	Loggerhead Shrike	CP
	Northern Shrike	RW
Jays & Crows		Corvidae
	Gray Jay	UP
	Pinyon Jay	CP
	Steller's Jay	CP
	Blue Jay	OW
	Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay	CP
	Clark's Nutcracker	CP
	Black-billed Magpie	CP
	American Crow	CS,CW
	Common Raven	CP
Penduline Tits		Remizidae
	Verdin	*CP
Chickadees		Paridae
	Black-capped Chickadee	CP
	Mountain Chickadee	CP
	Juniper Titmouse	CP
Larks		Alaudidae
	Horned Lark	CP
Swallows		Hirundinidae
	Purple Martin	RS
	Tree Swallow	CS
	Violet-green Swallow	CS
	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	CS
	Bank Swallow	CS
	Cliff Swallow	CS
	Barn Swallow	CS
Bushtits (Long-tailed Tits)		Aegithalidae
	Bushtit	CP
Kinglets		Regulidae
	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	CP
	Golden-crowned Kinglet	UP
Waxwings		Bombycillidae
	Bohemian Waxwing	UW
	Cedar Waxwing	US,CW
Silky Flycatchers		Ptilogonatidae
	Phainopepla	UP
Nuthatches		Sittidae
	Red-breasted Nuthatch	CP
	White-breasted Nuthatch	CP
	Pygmy Nuthatch	CP
Treecreepers		Certhiidae
	Brown Creeper	UP
Gnatcatchers		Polioptilidae
	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	CS
	Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	*UP
Wrens		Troglodytidae
	Rock Wren	CS,UW
	Canyon Wren	CP
	Cactus Wren	*UP
	Bewick's Wren	CP
	House Wren	CS,RW
	Pacific Wren	OS,UW
	Winter Wren #	A
	Marsh Wren	CS, UW
Thrashers		Mimidae
	Gray Catbird	US
	Curve-billed Thrasher #	A
	Brown Thrasher #	OM
	Bendire's Thrasher #	RS
	LeConte's Thrasher #	*A
	Crissal Thrasher	*UP
	Sage Thrasher	CS,RW
	Northern Mockingbird	UP
Starling		Sturnidae
	European Starling	CP
Dippers		Cinclidae
	American Dipper	CP
Thrushes		Turdidae
	Eastern Bluebird #	A
	Western Bluebird	US,RW
	Mountain Bluebird	CS,UW
	Townsend's Solitaire	CP
	Veery #	A
	Swainson's Thrush	CS
	Hermit Thrush	CS,RW
	Wood Thrush #	A
	Rufous-backed Robin #	A
	American Robin	CP
	Varied Thrush	OW
Old World Sparrows		Passeridae
	House Sparrow	CP
Pipit		Motocillidae
	American Pipit	CS,UW
Finches		Fringillidae
	Brambling #	A
	Evening Grosbeak	UP
	Pine Grosbeak	UP
	Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch	UW
	Black Rosy-Finch	UP
	Brown-capped Rosy-Finch #	A
	House Finch	CP
	Purple Finch #	A
	Cassin's Finch	CP
	Common Redpoll	RW
	Hoary Redpoll #	A
	Red Crossbill	UP
	White-winged Crossbill #	O
	Pine Siskin	CP
	Lesser Goldfinch	CP
	Lawrence's Goldfinch #	A
	American Goldfinch	CP
Longspurs & Snow Bunting		Calcariidae
	Lapland Longspur	RW
	Chestnut-collared Longspur #	A
	Thick-billed Longspur #	A
	Snow Bunting	RW
Sparrows		Emberizidae
	Green-tailed Towhee	CS,OW
	Spotted Towhee	CP
	Rufous-crowned Sparrow	*RP
	Canyon Towhee #	A
	Abert's Towhee	*UP
	Cassin’s Sparrow #	A
	American Tree Sparrow	UW
	Chipping Sparrow	CS
	Clay-colored Sparrow	OM
	Brewer's Sparrow	CS
	Black-chinned Sparrow	US
	Vesper Sparrow	CS,RW
	Lark Sparrow	CS
	Black-throated Sparrow	CS
	Bell's Sparrow #	*RW
	Sagebrush Sparrow	UP
	Lark Bunting #	RS
	Savannah Sparrow	CS,RW
	Grasshopper Sparrow	RS
	LeConte's Sparrow #	A
	Nelson's Sparrow #	A
	Fox Sparrow	US,OW
	Song Sparrow	CP
	Lincoln's Sparrow	CS,RW
	Swamp Sparrow	OW
	White-throated Sparrow	RW
	Harris's Sparrow	RW
	White-crowned Sparrow	CP
	Golden-crowned Sparrow	RW
	Dark-eyed Junco	CP
Chat		Icteriidae
	Yellow-breasted Chat	CS
Blackbirds & Orioles		Icteridae
	Yellow-headed Blackbird	CS,RW
	Bobolink	RS
	Western Meadowlark	CP
	Orchard Oriole #	A
	Hooded Oriole	*US
	Streak-backed Oriole #	A
	Bullock's Oriole	CS
	Baltimore Oriole #	A
	Scott's Oriole	US
	Red-winged Blackbird	CP
	Bronzed Cowbird #	*A
	Brown-headed Cowbird	CS,RW
	Rusty Blackbird #	A
	Brewer's Blackbird	CP
	Common Grackle	RS
	Great-tailed Grackle	UP
Warblers		Parulidae
	Ovenbird #	OM
	Worm-eating Warbler #	A
	Northern Waterthrush	RM
	Golden-winged Warbler #	A
	Blue-winged Warbler #	A
	Black-and-white Warbler	OM
	Prothonotary Warbler #	A
	Tennessee Warbler #	OM
	Orange-crowned Warbler	CS,RW
	Lucy's Warbler	CS
	Nashville Warbler	UM
	Virginia's Warbler	CS
	Connecticut Warbler #	A
	MacGillivray's Warbler	CS
	Kentucky Warbler #	A
	Common Yellowthroat	CS
	Hooded Warbler #	A
	American Redstart	RM
	Cape May Warbler #	A
	Northern Parula	OM
	Magnolia Warbler #	A
	Bay-breasted Warbler #	A
	Blackburnian Warbler #	A
	Yellow Warbler	CS
	Chestnut-sided Warbler #	A
	Blackpoll Warbler #	OM
	Black-throated Blue Warbler #	A
	Palm Warbler #	OM
	Pine Warbler #	A
	Yellow-rumped Warbler	CS,UW
	Yellow-throated Warbler #	A
	Prairie Warbler #	A
	Grace's Warbler	US
	Black-throated Gray Warbler	CS
	Townsend's Warbler	UM
	Hermit Warbler	*OM
	Black-throated Green Warbler #	A
	Canada Warbler #	A
	Wilson's Warbler	US,CM
	Painted Redstart	*O
Tanagers, Grosbeaks & Buntings		Cardinalidae
	Summer Tanager	US
	Scarlet Tanager #	A
	Western Tanager	CS
	Northern Cardinal #	A
	Pyrrhuloxia #	A
	Rose-breasted Grosbeak	OM
	Black-headed Grosbeak	CS
	Blue Grosbeak	US
	Lazuli Bunting	CS
	Indigo Bunting	RS
	Painted Bunting #	A
	Dickcissel #	A