Suggested
 Checklist of the

Birds of Utah
(August 2026)

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 465 species documented with physical evidence or at least two sight records accepted by the Utah Bird Records Committee through September 2026, arranged in taxonomic order and using nomenclature of the American Ornithological Society's Checklist of North American Birds, 7th Edition, 66th 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 26 July 2026)

   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, 2-9 accepted reports in the last 10 years **
A =

ACCIDENTAL - Not expected and out of normal range, no more than 1 accepted report in the last 10 years, or less than 5 all-time accepted 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)

#   Review Species - Species for which documentation is requested  (e) = with exemptions
*    Species that are found primarily in Washington County
( )  Number of documented sighting with a link to a list for this species


Bird List

SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS

Anseriformes
  Fulvous Whistling-Duck # A(4)
  Snow Goose CM,UW
  Ross's Goose CM,RW
  Greater White-fronted Goose RM,RW
  Brant # A(4)
  Cackling Goose UM,UW
  Canada Goose CP
  Trumpeter Swan UW
  Tundra Swan CM,CW
  Wood Duck UP
  Blue-winged Teal US
  Cinnamon Teal CS,UW
  Northern Shoveler CP
  Gadwall CP
  Eurasian Wigeon RW
  American Wigeon US,CW
  Mallard CP
  Mexican Duck # RP(17)
  American Black Duck # A(12)
  Northern Pintail US,CM,CW
  Green-winged Teal US,CM,CW
  Canvasback CM,US,CW
  Redhead CS,UW
  Ring-necked Duck RS,CW
  Greater Scaup UM,RW
  Lesser Scaup CM,RS,CW
  Harlequin Duck # A(9) 
  Surf Scoter UM,RW
  White-winged Scoter UM,RW
  Black Scoter RM,OW
  Long-tailed Duck UW
  Bufflehead OS,CW
  Common Goldeneye RS,CW
  Barrow's Goldeneye OS,UW
  Hooded Merganser CW
  Common Merganser CM,US,CW
  Red-breasted Merganser CM,UW,RS
  Ruddy Duck CP

QUAIL, PHEASANTS & GROUSE

Galliformes
Scaled Quail # A(3)
California Quail CP
Gambel's Quail CP
Wild Turkey CP
Ruffed Grouse UP
White-tailed Ptarmigan UP
Greater Sage-Grouse UP
Gunnison Sage-Grouse # OP(2)
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 RM
Eared Grebe CS,UW
Western Grebe CS,RW
Clark's Grebe CS,RW
DOVES & PIGEONS Columbiformes
  Inca Dove # *A(13)
  Common Ground-Dove # A(6)
  Ruddy Ground-Dove # A(2)
  White-winged Dove CP
  Mourning Dove CP
  Band-tailed Pigeon US
  Eurasian Collared-Dove CP
  Rock Pigeon CP

CUCKOOS & ROADRUNNERS

Cuculiformes
  Greater Roadrunner UP
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo # OS(7)
  Black-billed Cuckoo # A(4)
GOATSUCKERS Caprimulgiformes
  Lesser Nighthawk # (e10) *US
  Common Nighthawk CS
  Common Poorwill CS
  Mexican Whip-poor-will # A(2)
SWIFTS & HUMMINGBIRDS Apodiformes
 

Swifts

Apodidae
  Black Swift US
  Chimney Swift # A(2)
  Vaux's Swift RM
  White-throated Swift CS
Hummingbirds Trochilidae
  Rivoli’s Hummingbird # A(8)
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird # A(3)
  Black-chinned Hummingbird CS
  Anna's Hummingbird # (e16) *CP(10)
  Costa's Hummingbird # (e1) *CS,UW
  Calliope Hummingbird CM,US
  Rufous Hummingbird CM
  Allen’s Hummingbird # A(1)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird CS
  Broad-billed Hummingbird # O(11) 
RAILS & CRANES Gruiformes
Sandhill Crane CS
Common Crane # A(1)
Virginia Rail CS,UW
Sora CS,RW
Common Gallinule # *O(12)
American Coot CP
Purple Gallinule # A(2)

PLOVERS, SANDPIPERS & GULLS

Charadriiformes
  Black-necked Stilt CS,OW
  American Avocet CS,UW
  Black-bellied Plover CM
  American Golden-Plover UM
  Pacific Golden-Plover # A(3)
  Killdeer CP
  Semipalmated Plover UM
  Mountain Plover # AS(10)
  Snowy Plover CS,OW
  Upland Sandpiper # O(11)
  Whimbrel RM
  Long-billed Curlew CS,OW
  Hudsonian Godwit # OM(20)
  Marbled Godwit CM,RW
  Ruddy Turnstone # (e2) RM(23)
  Red Knot # (e9) UM
  Ruff # O(14)
  Sharp-tailed Sandpiper # A(2)
  Stilt Sandpiper UM
  Curlew Sandpiper # A(4)
  Sanderling CM,RW
  Dunlin UM,OW
  Purple Sandpiper # A(1)
  Baird's Sandpiper CM,OW
  Least Sandpiper CM,UW
  White-rumped Sandpiper # OM(18)
  Buff-breasted Sandpiper # OM(7)
  Pectoral Sandpiper UM
  Semipalmated Sandpiper UM
  Western Sandpiper CM
  Short-billed Dowitcher RM
  Long-billed Dowitcher CM,RW
  Wilson’s Snipe CS,UW
  Spotted Sandpiper CS,RW
  Solitary Sandpiper UM
  Wandering Tattler # A(6)
  Lesser Yellowlegs CM,RW
  Willet CS
  Greater Yellowlegs CM,UW
  Wilson's Phalarope CS,OW
  Red-necked Phalarope CM
  Red Phalarope # (e3) CS,OW(32)
Jaegers, Alcids, Gulls,Terns Laridae
  Pomarine Jaeger # OM(6)
  Parasitic Jaeger # RM(23)
  Long-tailed Jaeger # OM(21)
  Ancient Murrelet # A(6)
  Least Tern # OM(20)
  Caspian Tern CS
  Black Tern UM,US
  Common Tern RM
  Arctic Tern # A(2) 
  Forster's Tern CS
  Black-legged Kittiwake # A(4)
  Sabine's Gull RM
  Bonaparte's Gull CM,UW
  Black-headed Gull # A(2) 
  Little Gull # OM(10)
  Laughing Gull # A(3) 
  Franklin's Gull CS,OW
  Heermann's Gull # A(3)
  Short-billed Gull  (Mew Gull) RW
  Ring-billed Gull CP
  Western Gull # O(16)
  Yellow-footed Gull # A(2)
  California Gull CP
  Herring Gull CW
  Iceland Gull UW
  Lesser Black-backed Gull UW
  Glaucous-winged Gull RW
  Glaucous Gull RW
  Great Black-backed Gull # A(1)

LOONS

Gaviiformes
Red-throated Loon # RW(28)
Pacific Loon RM
Common Loon CM,UW
Yellow-billed Loon # OW(14)

STORKS

Ciconiiformes
Wood Stork # A(8)

FRIGATEBIRDS & CORMORANTS

Suliiformes
Magnificent Frigatebird # A(2)
  Blue-footed Booby # A(1)
Double-crested Cormorant CS,RW
Neotropic Cormorant UP

PELICANS, EGRETS & IBISES

Pelecaniformes
White Ibis # A(4)
Glossy Ibis O
White-faced Ibis CS,UW
Roseate Spoonbill # A(2)
American White Pelican CS,UW
Brown Pelican # O(10)
Least Bittern # A(11)
American Bittern US,RW
Little Blue Heron # OS(8)
Tricolored Heron # OS(7)
  Reddish Egret # OS(6)
Snowy Egret CS,RW
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron # A(1)
Black-crowned Night-Heron CS,UW
Green Heron US,RW
Great Egret UP
Western Cattle Egret US,RW
Great Blue Heron CP
VULTURES Cathartiformes
California Condor RP
  Turkey Vulture CS,OW
HAWKS & EAGLES Accipitriformes
  Osprey CS
White-tailed Kite # OM(10)
Golden Eagle CP
Sharp-shinned Hawk CP
Cooper's Hawk CP
American Goshawk UP
Northern Harrier CP
Bald Eagle US,CW
Mississippi Kite # A(4)
Common Black-Hawk # (e17) *US(13)
Gray Hawk # A(3)
Red-shouldered Hawk # RW(23)
Broad-winged Hawk RM
Swainson's Hawk CS
Zone-tailed Hawk #(e4) *RS(37)
Red-tailed Hawk CP
Rough-legged Hawk CW
Ferruginous Hawk UP
OWLS Strigiformes
  American Barn Owl CP
  Flammulated Owl CS
  Western Screech-Owl CP
  Great Horned Owl CP
  Snowy Owl # A(11)
  Northern Pygmy-Owl UP
  Burrowing Owl US,RW
  Spotted Owl RP
  Great Gray Owl # O(8)
  Long-eared Owl UP
  Short-eared Owl UP
  Boreal Owl # (e5) RP(22)
  Northern Saw-whet Owl RP

KINGFISHERS

Coraciiformes
  Belted Kingfisher CP
WOODPECKERS Piciformes
  Lewis's Woodpecker UP
  Red-headed Woodpecker # O(11)
  Acorn Woodpecker # (e6) RP(13)
  Williamson's Sapsucker US,RW
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker # RW(39)
  Red-naped Sapsucker CS,UW
  Red-breasted Sapsucker O
  American Three-toed Woodpecker UP
  Downy Woodpecker CP
  Ladder-backed Woodpecker # (e14) *CP
  Hairy Woodpecker CP
  Northern Flicker CP
  Gilded Flicker # *O(4) 
FALCONS Falconiformes
Crested Caracara # A(2)
American Kestrel CP
Merlin UW
Gyrfalcon # OW(11)
Peregrine Falcon UP
Prairie Falcon UP
PERCHING BIRDS Passeriformes
Flycatchers Tyrannidae
  Dusky-capped Flycatcher # A(2) 
  Ash-throated Flycatcher CS
  Great Crested Flycatcher # A(3)
  Brown-crested Flycatcher # (e13) *US
  Tropical Kingbird # OM(4)
  Cassin's Kingbird US
  Thick-billed Kingbird # A(2)
  Western Kingbird CS
  Eastern Kingbird US
  Scissor-tailed Flycatcher # OS(17)
  Olive-sided Flycatcher CS
  Western Wood-Pewee CS
  Alder Flycatcher # A(1)
  Willow Flycatcher CS
  Least Flycatcher RS,RM
  Hammond's Flycatcher CS
  Gray Flycatcher CS
  Dusky Flycatcher CS
  Western Flycatcher CS
  Black Phoebe CP
  Eastern Phoebe # OM(24)
  Say's Phoebe CS,UW
  Vermilion Flycatcher # (e19) *UP(3)
Vireos Vireonidae
  White-eyed Vireo # OM(5)
  Bell's Vireo *US
  Gray Vireo US
  Yellow-throated Vireo # OM(8)
  Cassin's Vireo CM
  Blue-headed Vireo # O(6)
  Plumbeous Vireo CS
  Philadelphia Vireo # A(7)
  Warbling Vireo CS
  Red-eyed Vireo OM
Shrikes Laniidae
  Loggerhead Shrike CP
  Northern Shrike UW
Jays & Crows Corvidae
  Canada 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 CP
  Common Raven CP
Penduline Tits Remizidae
  Verdin # (e11) *CP
Chickadees Paridae
  Black-capped Chickadee CP
  Mountain Chickadee CP
  Juniper Titmouse CP
Larks Alaudidae
  Horned Lark CP
Swallows Hirundinidae
  Bank Swallow CS
  Tree Swallow CS
  Violet-green Swallow CS
  Northern Rough-winged Swallow CS
  Purple Martin US
  Barn Swallow CS
  Cliff 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 CP
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 # (e12)

*UP
Wrens Troglodytidae
  Rock Wren CS,UW
  Canyon Wren CP
  Cactus Wren *UP
  Bewick's Wren CP
  Northern House Wren CS,RW
  Pacific Wren UP
  Winter Wren # OW(16)
  Marsh Wren CP
Thrashers Mimidae
  Gray Catbird US
  Curve-billed Thrasher # A(3)
  Brown Thrasher # OM(35)
  Bendire's Thrasher # OS(11)
  LeConte's Thrasher # *A(5)
  Crissal Thrasher  *UP
  Sage Thrasher  CS,RW
  Northern Mockingbird  CP
Starling Sturnidae
  European Starling CP

Dippers

Cinclidae
 

American Dipper 

CP

Thrushes Turdidae
  Eastern Bluebird # OW(10)
  Western Bluebird  CP
  Mountain Bluebird CP
  Townsend's Solitaire  CP
  Veery # O(14)
  Swainson's Thrush  CS
  Hermit Thrush CS,UW
  Wood Thrush # O(6)
  Rufous-backed Robin # A(1)
  American Robin CP
  Varied Thrush  RW
Olive Warbler Peucedramidae
  Olive Warbler # A(1)
Old World Sparrows Passeridae
  House Sparrow CP
Pipit Motocillidae
  American Pipit US,CW
  Sprague's Pipit A
Finches Fringillidae
  Brambling # A(3)
  Evening Grosbeak UP
  Pine Grosbeak UP
  Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch UW
  Black Rosy-Finch UP
  Brown-capped Rosy-Finch # OW(11)
  House Finch CP
  Purple Finch # O(7)
  Cassin's Finch CP
  Redpoll RW(2)
  Red Crossbill UP
  White-winged Crossbill # (e7) RP(8)
  Pine Siskin CP
  Lesser Goldfinch CP
  Lawrence's Goldfinch # O(7)
  American Goldfinch CP
Longspurs & Snow Bunting Calcariidae
  Lapland Longspur  UW
  Chestnut-collared Longspur # OW(10)
  Thick-billed Longspur # RW(31)
  Snow Bunting  RW

Sparrows

Emberizidae
  Cassin’s Sparrow # A(4)
  Grasshopper Sparrow  RS
  Black-throated Sparrow  CS
  Lark Sparrow CS
  Lark Bunting # RS(14)
  Chipping Sparrow CS
  Clay-colored Sparrow RM
  Black-chinned Sparrow  US
  Field Sparrow A(1)
  Brewer's Sparrow CS
  Fox Sparrow  CS,RW
  American Tree Sparrow UW
  Dark-eyed Junco CP
  White-crowned Sparrow CP
  Golden-crowned Sparrow RW
  Harris's Sparrow RW
  White-throated Sparrow  UW
  Bell's Sparrow # *A(1)
  Sagebrush Sparrow UP
  Vesper Sparrow CS,RW
  LeConte's Sparrow # A(5)
  Nelson's Sparrow # A(1)
  Savannah Sparrow CS,UW
  Song Sparrow CP
  Lincoln's Sparrow CS,RW
  Swamp Sparrow RW
  Canyon Towhee # A(2)
  Abert's Towhee *CP
  Rufous-crowned Sparrow # (e14) *UP(11)
  Green-tailed Towhee CS,OW
  Spotted Towhee CP

Chat

Icteriidae
  Yellow-breasted Chat 

CS

Blackbirds & Orioles

Icteridae
  Yellow-headed Blackbird CS,UW
  Bobolink US
  Western Meadowlark CP
  Orchard Oriole # OS(6)
  Hooded Oriole # (e8) *US(2)
  Streak-backed Oriole # A(1)
  Bullock's Oriole CS,OW
  Baltimore Oriole # O(9)
  Scott's Oriole US
  Red-winged Blackbird CP
  Bronzed Cowbird # *A(7)
  Brown-headed Cowbird CS,UW
  Rusty Blackbird # RW(24)
  Brewer's Blackbird CP
  Common Grackle RP
  Great-tailed Grackle CP
Warblers Parulidae
  Ovenbird # OM(31)
  Worm-eating Warbler # A(4)
  Northern Waterthrush UM
  Golden-winged Warbler # O(6)
  Blue-winged Warbler # A(4)
  Black-and-white Warbler OM
  Prothonotary Warbler # O(18)
  Tennessee Warbler # RM(27)
  Orange-crowned Warbler CS,UW
  Lucy's Warbler  CS
  Nashville Warbler CM
  Virginia's Warbler CS
  Connecticut Warbler # A(3)
  MacGillivray's Warbler  CS
  Kentucky Warbler # A(3)
  Common Yellowthroat CS
  Hooded Warbler # OM(12)
  American Redstart  RM
  Cape May Warbler # A(2)
  Northern Parula RM
  Magnolia Warbler # OM(19)
  Bay-breasted Warbler # OM(7)
  Blackburnian Warbler # A(2) 
  Yellow Warbler CS
  Chestnut-sided Warbler # RM(39)
  Blackpoll Warbler # OM(24)
  Black-throated Blue Warbler # OM(27)
  Palm Warbler # RM(29)
  Pine Warbler # A(1)
  Yellow-rumped Warbler CP
  Yellow-throated Warbler # A(7)
  Prairie Warbler # A(3)
  Grace's Warbler  CS
  Black-throated Gray Warbler  CS
  Townsend's Warbler CM
  Hermit Warbler *RM
  Black-throated Green Warbler # A(3)
  Canada Warbler # A(2)
  Wilson's Warbler US,CM
  Painted Redstart # (e18) *US(12)

Tanagers, Grosbeaks & Buntings

Cardinalidae
  Hepatic Tanager # A(1)
  Summer Tanager  CS
  Scarlet Tanager # OM(11)
  Western Tanager CS
  Northern Cardinal # A(2)
  Pyrrhuloxia # A(2)
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak  RM
  Black-headed Grosbeak CS
  Blue Grosbeak  CS
  Lazuli Bunting  CS
  Indigo Bunting  RS
  Painted Bunting # OM(9)
  Dickcissel # A(5)
   
Exemptions for Review Species #:
 (Abundance codes for these species will not be related to the number of documented records.)
 e1. Costa's Hummingbird - Washington Co. e11. Verdin  -  Washington Co
 e2. Ruddy Turnstone - Davis Co. e12. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher - Wash. Co.
 e3. Red Phalarope - Davis Co. e13. Brown-crested Flycatcher - Wash.Co. 
 e4. Zone-tailed Hawk - Washington Co. e14. Rufous-crowned Sparrow - Wash.Co. 
 e5. Boreal Owl - Uinta Mountains e15. Ladder-backed Woodp.- Wash.Co.
 e6. Acorn Woodpecker - Zion National Park & Kolob Terrace e16. Anna's Hummingbird - Wash.Co.
 e7. White-winged Crossbill - No. Utah (Wasatch Co. & north) e17. Common Black-Hawk - Wash.Co.
 e8. Hooded Oriole - Washington Co. e18. Painted Redstart - Zion NP
 e9. Red Knot   - Great Salt Lake e19. Vermilion Flycatcher - Washington Co.
e10..Lesser Nighthawk - Washington Co.  
  
   **  Review Species codes include the number (#) of accepted records linked to a list, unless they are part of the exemptions group.

  
  
                               Western Screech-Owl  photo  by Kris Purdy  ©Kristin Purdy
  

  

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