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Utah Bird Records Committee
Review List
Species for which documentation is requested
(Updated January 2010)


  • Report any species seen in Utah that is not on the official UBRC Checklist.

  • Report "species for which documentation is requested" as indicated by a "#"on the UBRC Checklist and listed below highlighted in green.

  • Report Species listed below in italics if the conditions in parenthesis are met.
     (see definitions and maps below ).


       Click on an underlined name to see a list of sightings in Utah. 
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SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS  -  Anseriformes

Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Cackling Goose
Brant 
American Black Duck 
Garganey 
Harlequin Duck 
Black Scoter 
Barrow's Goldeneye 
 (outside Northern Utah or in the Summer)

PHEASANTS, GROUSE & QUAIL  -  Galliformes

Gray Partridge  (outside Northern Utah)
Ruffed Grouse  (outside Northern Utah)
Gunnison's Sage-Grouse  (outside San Juan County)
White-tailed Ptarmigan  (outside the Uinta Mountains)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (outside Extreme Northern Utah)
Scaled Quail 

LOONS  -  Gaviiformes

    Red-throated Loon 
Yellow-billed Loon

GREBES   -  Podicipediiformes

Red-necked Grebe 

PELICANS & CORMORANTS  - Pelecaniformes

Brown Pelican 
Neotropic Cormorant
Magnificent Frigatebird 

BITTERNS & HERONS  -  Ciconiiformes

    Bitterns, Egrets & Herons  -  Ardeidae

Least Bittern 
Little Blue Heron 
Tricolored Heron 
Reddish Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 

    Ibises & Spoonbills  -  Threskiornithidae

White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill 

    Storks  -  Ciconiidae

Wood Stork 

HAWKS & FALCONS  -  Falconiformes

White-tailed Kite 
Common Black Hawk   (outside Washington County)
Gray Hawk
Swainson's Hawk  (during Winter Months)
Zone-tailed Hawk 
Gyrfalcon 

RAILS & CRANES  -  Gruiformes

Purple Gallinule 

PLOVERS & SANDPIPERS  -  Charadriiformes

Pacific Golden-Plover
Mountain Plover 
Wandering Tattler 
Upland Sandpiper 
Hudsonian Godwit 
White-rumped Sandpiper 
Curlew Sandpiper 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 
Ruff
Wilson's Phalarope  (during Winter Months)
Red Phalarope

    Gulls, Terns, & Alcids  -  Laridae

Pomarine Jaeger 
Parasitic Jaeger 
Long-tailed Jaeger 
Little Gull 
Heermann's Gull 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 
Yellow-footed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull  (during Summer Months)
Glaucous Gull   (during Summer Months)
Western Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake 
Least Tern 
Ancient Murrelet 

DOVES & PIGEONS  -  Columbiformes

White-winged Dove  (outside Southern Utah)
Inca Dove   (outside Washington County)
Common Ground-Dove 
Ruddy Ground-Dove 

CUCKOOS & ROADRUNNERS  -  Cuculiformes

Black-billed Cuckoo 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner   (outside Southern Utah)

OWLS  -  Strigiformes

Snowy Owl 
Elf Owl 
Spotted Owl   (outside Southern Utah)
Great Gray Owl 
Boreal Owl 

Goatsuckers  -  Caprimulgiformes

Lesser Nighthawk   (outside Washington County)
Common Nighthawk   (during Winter Months)
Whip-poor-will

SWIFTS & HUMMINGBIRDS  -  Apodiformes

Chimney Swift 
Vaux's Swift 

    Hummingbirds  -  Trochilidae

Broad-billed Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird   (outside Washington County)

WOODPECKERS  -  Piciformes

Red-headed Woodpecker 
Acorn Woodpecker   (outside Southern Utah)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Red-breasted Sapsucker 
Ladder-backed Woodpecker   (outside Southern Utah)

PERCHING BIRDS  -  Passeriformes

    Flycatchers  -  Tyrannidae

Least Flycatcher 
Black Phoebe   (outside Southern Utah)
Eastern Phoebe 
Vermilion Flycatcher   (outside Southern Utah)
Great Crested Flycatcher 
Brown-crested Flycatcher   (outside Washington County)
Cassin's Kingbird   (outside Southern Utah)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 

    Shrikes  -  Laniidae

Northern Shrike   (during Summer Months)

    Vireos  -  Vireonidae

White-eyed Vireo 
Bell's Vireo
   (outside Washington County)
Yellow-throated Vireo 
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo

    Verdin  -  Remizidae

Verdin   (outside Washington County)

    Wrens  -  Troglodytidae

Cactus Wren   (outside Washington County)

    Gnatcatchers  -  Sylviidae

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher   (outside Washington County)

    Thrushes  -  Turdidae

Eastern Bluebird 
Veery 
Wood Thrush 
Rufous-backed Robin

    Thrashers  -  Mimidae

Brown Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher 
  (outside Washington County)
Le Conte's Thrasher 

    Waxwings  -  Bombycillidae

Bohemian Waxwing  (during Summer Months)

    Silky Flycatchers  -  Ptilogonatidae

Phainopepla   (outside Washington County)

    Warblers  -  Parulidae

Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler 
Tennessee Warbler
Lucy's Warbler   (outside Washington County)
Northern Parula 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler 
Hermit Warbler   (outside Washington County)
? Hermit Warbler  (vote for the above conditions was a vote for removal as a state wide Review Species)
Yellow-throated Warbler 
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler 
Bay-breasted Warbler 
Blackpoll Warbler 
Prothonotary Warbler 
Worm-eating Warbler 
Ovenbird 
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler 
Connecticut Warbler 
Hooded Warbler 
Canada Warbler 
Painted Redstart  (outside of Zion NP)
? Painted Redstart  (vote for above was a vote for removal)

    Tanagers  -  Thraupidae

Scarlet Tanager 

    Sparrows  -  Emberizidae

Canyon Towhee 
Abert's Towhee   (outside Washington County)
Cassin’s Sparrow 
Rufous-crowned Sparrow   (outside Washington County)
Field Sparrow 
Black-chinned Sparrow   (outside Washington County)
Baird's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow  (outside Northern Utah)
Le Conte's Sparrow 
McCown's Longspur
Lapland Longspur  (during Summer Months)
Chestnut-collared Longspur 

    Grosbeaks & Buntings  -  Cardinalidae

Northern Cardinal 
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel 

    Blackbirds & Orioles  -  Icteridae

Rusty Blackbird 
Bronzed Cowbird 
Orchard Oriole 
Hooded Oriole   (outside Southern Utah)
Baltimore Oriole 

    Finches  -  Fringillidae

Brambling 
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll (outside Extreme Northern Utah)
? Common Redpoll (vote for above was a vote for removal
Hoary Redpoll 
Lawrence's Goldfinch

    

Area Definitions:
  

Extreme Northern Utah
 
   (EN)
Counties: Box Elder, Cache, Daggett, Morgan, Rich, Summit, and Weber
  
  
  
     
Northern Utah
 
    (NU)
Counties: Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Davis, Duchesne, Juab, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, and Weber.
    
  
Uintah Mountains
 
    (UM)
Counties: Daggett, Duchesne, Summit and Uintah
 
 
Southern Utah
     (SU)
Counties: Beaver, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Kane, Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Washington and Wayne.
  
  
San Juan County
 
    (SJ)
Counties: San Juan
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Washington County
 
   (WA)
Counties: Washington

 

 

   

Season Definitions:
  

   Spring - Mar, Apr. May
   Summer
- Jun, Jul
   Fall - Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
   Winter
- Dec, Jan, Feb
  

Please send reports to:

Utah Bird Records Committee
2795 Indian Hills Drive
Provo, Utah  84604

OR even better, fill out the on-line form
  

  
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