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Utah Bird Records Committee
Review List
(Updated Jul 2025)

The Record Committee requests documentation of these species
  -- plus any not on the official state checklist  

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(Click on the number to see a list of documented sightings in Utah).
     

      Species Name          (sight records)               Regions exempted from review
     

SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS  -  Anseriformes
  Fulvous Whistling-Duck (  4_)    
  Brant  (  4_)     
  Garganey * (  1_)  
  Mexican Duck  ( 10_)  
  American Black Duck  ( 12_)
  Harlequin Duck  (  9  )  

QUAIL, PHEASANTS & GROUSE  -  Galliformes
  Scaled Quail (  3_)    
  Gunnison Sage-Grouse {  1_)     

DOVES & PIGEONS  -  Galliformes
  Common Ground-Dove (  6_)    
  Ruddy Ground-Dove {  2_)     

CUCKOOS & ROADRUNNERS  -  Cuculiformes
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo  (_7_)  
  Black-billed Cuckoo   ( 4_)  

GOATSUCKERS  -  Caprimulgiformes
  Lesser Nighthawk Except: Washington County
  Mexican Whip-poor-will  ( 2_)  

SWIFTS & HUMMINGBIRDS  -  Apodiformes
  Chimney Swift  ( 2_)  

    Hummingbirds  -  Trochilidae
  Blue-throated Mountain-gem *  ( 1_)  
  Rivoli's Hummingbird  ( 7_)  
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird  ( 3_)  
  Anna's Hummingbird Except: Washington County
  Costa's Hummingbird Except: Washington County
  Allen's Hummingbird  ( 1_)  
  Broad-billed Hummingbird  (10_)  

RAILS & CRANES  -  Gruiformes
  Common Gallinule  (11_)  
  Common Crane  ( 1_)  
  Purple Gallinule  ( 2_)  

PLOVERS & SANDPIPERS  -  Charadriiformes
  Pacific Golden-Plover  ( 3_)  
  Mountain Plover  (10_)  
  Upland Sandpiper  (10_)  
  Bar-tailed Godwit *  ( 1_)  
  Hudsonian Godwit  (19_)  
  Ruddy Turnstone  (19_) Except: Davis County
  Red Knot   Except:  Great Salt Lake 
  Ruff  (12_)  
  Sharp-tailed Sandpiper  ( 2_)  
  Curlew Sandpiper  ( 4_)  
  Purple Sandpiper  ( 1_)  
  White-rumped Sandpiper  ( 11_)  
  Buff-breasted Sandpiper  ( 6_)  
  Wandering Tattler  ( 6_)  
  Red Phalarope  ( 26_) Except: Davis County

    Gulls, Terns, & Alcids  -  Laridae
  Pomarine Jaeger  ( 5_)  
  Parasitic Jaeger  (18_)  
  Long-tailed Jaeger  ( 7_)  
  Ancient Murrelet  ( 5_)  
  Black-legged Kittiwake  ( 4_)  
  Black-headed Gull  ( 1 )  
  Little Gull  ( 8_)  
  Laughing Gull  ( 2_)  
  Heermann's Gull  ( 3_)  
  Western Gull  (14_)  
  Yellow-footed Gull  ( 2_)  
  Great Black-backed Gull  ( 1_)  
  Least Tern  (17_)  
  Arctic Tern  ( 2_)  

LOONS  -  Gaviiformes
  Red-throated Loon  ( 24_)  
  Yellow-billed Loon  ( 13_)  

STORKS  -  Ciconiiformes
  Wood Stork  ( 8_)  

FRIGATEBIRDS & CORMORANTS  - Suliiformes
  Magnificent Frigatebird  ( 2_)  
  Blue-footed Booby  ( 1_)  

PELICANS, EGRETS & IBISES  -  Pelecaniformes

    Pelicans  -  Pelecanidae
  Brown Pelican   ( 10_)  

    Bitterns, Egrets & Herons  -  Ardeidae
  Least Bittern  ( 11_)  
  Little Blue Heron  ( 8_)  
  Tricolored Heron  ( 4_)  
  Reddish Egret  ( 6_)  
  Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  ( 1_)  

    Ibises & Spoonbills  -  Threskiornithidae
  White Ibis  ( 4_)  
  Roseate Spoonbill  ( 2_)  

HAWKS & EAGLES  -  Accipitriformes
  White-tailed Kite  ( 9_)  
  Mississippi Kite  ( 3_)  
  Common Blackhawk Except: Washington County
  Gray Hawk  ( 2_)  
  Red-shouldered Hawk  (18_)  
  Zone-tailed Hawk  (33_) Except: Washington County

OWLS  -  Strigiformes
  Snowy Owl  (11_)  
  Elf Owl *  ( 1_)  
  Great Gray Owl  ( 8_)  
  Boreal Owl  ( 16_) Except: Uinta Mountains

WOODPECKERS  -  Piciformes
  Red-headed Woodpecker  ( 11_)  
  Acorn Woodpecker  ( 9_) Except: Zion National Park and Kolob Terrace
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  ( 29_)  
  Ladder-backed Woodpecker Except: Washington County
  Gilded Flicker  ( 3_)  

FALCONS  -  Falconiformes
  Gyrfalcon  ( 9_)  

PERCHING BIRDS  -  Passeriformes

   Flycatchers  -  Tyrannidae
  Alder Flycatcher  ( 1_)  
  Eastern Phoebe  ( 24_)  
  Vermilion Flycatcher Except: Washington County
  Dusky-capped Flycatcher  ( 2_)  
  Great Crested Flycatcher  ( 2_)  
  Brown-crested Flycatcher Except: Washington County
  Tropical Kingbird  ( 4_)  
  Thick-billed Kingbird  ( 2_)  
  Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  ( 15_)  

   Vireos  -  Vireonidae
  White-eyed Vireo  ( 5_)  
  Yellow-throated Vireo   ( 7_)  
  Blue-headed Vireo  ( 5_)  
  Philadelphia Vireo  ( 7_)  

  Penduline Tits  -  Remizidae
  Verdin  Except: Washington County

  Gnatcatchers  -  Polioptilidae
  Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Except: Washington County

   Wrens  -  Troglodytidae
  Winter Wren  ( 14_)  

   Thrashers  -  Mimidae
  Curve-billed Thrasher  ( 3_)  
  Brown Thrasher  ( 32_)  
  Bendire's Thrasher  ( 10_)  
  LeConte's Thrasher  ( 5_)  

   Thrushes  -  Turdidae
  Eastern Bluebird  ( 9_)  
  Veery (14_)  
  Wood Thrush  ( 5_)  
  Rufous-backed Robin  ( 1_)  

   Olive Warbler  -  Peucedramidae
  Olive Warbler   ( 1_)  

   Finches  -  Fringillidae
  Brambling ( 2_)  
  Brown-capped Rosy-Finch  ( 8_)  
  Purple Finch  ( 5_)  
  Hoary Redpoll  ( 2_)  
  White-winged Crossbill  ( 2_) Except: Northern Utah (Wasatch County and north)
  Lawrence's Goldfinch  ( 6_)  

   Longspurs & Snow Bunting  -  Calariidae
  Chestnut-collared Longspur   ( 8_)  
  Thick-billed Longspur ( 28_)  

   Sparrows  -  Emberizidae
  Canyon Towhee  ( 2_)  
  Rufous-crowned Sparrow Except: Washington County
  Sprague's Pipit*  ( 1_)  
  Cassin’s Sparrow  ( 4_)  
  Field Sparrow  ( 1_)  
  Bell's Sparrow ( 1_)  
  Lark Bunting  ( 6_)  
  Baird's Sparrow *  ( 1_)  
  LeConte's Sparrow  ( 5_)  
  Nelson's Sparrow  ( 1_)  

   Blackbirds & Orioles  -  Icteridae
  Orchard Oriole  ( 3_)  
  Hooded Oriole Except: Washington County
  Streak-backed Oriole  ( 1_)  
  Baltimore Oriole  ( 9_)  
  Bronzed Cowbird  ( 7_)  
  Rusty Blackbird  ( 23_)  

   Warblers  -  Parulidae
  Ovenbird   ( 29_)  
  Worm-eating Warbler  ( 4_)  
  Louisiana Waterthrush *  ( 1_)  
  Golden-winged Warbler  ( 6_)  
  Blue-winged Warbler  ( 4_)  
  Prothonotary Warbler  ( 18_)  
  Tennessee Warbler  ( 21_)  
  Connecticut Warbler  ( 2_)  
  Kentucky Warbler  ( 3_)  
  Hooded Warbler  ( 10_)  
  Cape May Warbler  ( 1_)  
  Magnolia Warbler  ( 16_)  
  Bay-breasted Warbler  ( 6_)  
  Blackburnian Warbler  ( 2_)  
  Chestnut-sided Warbler  ( 31_)  
  Blackpoll Warbler  ( 21_)  
  Black-throated Blue Warbler  ( 25_)  
  Palm Warbler  ( 28_)  
  Pine Warbler  ( 1_)  
  Yellow-throated Warbler  ( 6_)  
  Prairie Warbler  ( 3_)  
  Black-throated Green Warbler  ( 2_)  
  Canada Warbler  ( 2_)  
  Painted Redstart Except: Zion NP

   Tanagers, Grosbeaks & Buntings  -  Cardinalidae
  Hepatic Tanager  ( 1_)  
  Scarlet Tanager  ( 10_)  
  Northern Cardinal  ( 2_)  
  Pyrrhuloxia  ( 2 )  
  Painted Bunting  ( 8_)  
  Dickcissel  ( 5 )  
        
         * On the provisional species list 
        # Sight records for these species will be considered without determination of provenance.
            (For species with an on-going captive releases program or the like)
  
 

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