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Utah Bird Records Committee
Review List
(Updated Oct 2024)

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).
     

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 #   2  
  Gunnison Sage-Grouse   0  

DOVES & PIGEONS  -  Columbiformes
  Common Ground-Dove    5  
  Ruddy Ground-Dove    2  

CUCKOOS & ROADRUNNERS  -  Cuculiformes
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo   7  
  Black-billed Cuckoo    4  

GOATSUCKERS  -  Caprimulgiformes
  Mexican Whip-poor-will   2  

SWIFTS & HUMMINGBIRDS  -  Apodiformes
  Chimney Swift    2  
  Vaux's Swift   28  

    Hummingbirds  -  Trochilidae
  Blue-throated Mountain-gem *   1  
  Rivoli's Hummingbird    7  
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird   3  
  Allen's Hummingbird   1  
  Broad-billed Hummingbird  10  

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

PLOVERS & SANDPIPERS  -  Charadriiformes
  Pacific Golden-Plover   3  
  Mountain Plover   10  
  Upland Sandpiper  10  
  Bar-tailed Godwit *   1  
  Hudsonian Godwit   19  
  Ruddy Turnstone  19  
  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  

    Gulls, Terns, & Alcids  -  Laridae
  Pomarine Jaeger    5  
  Parasitic Jaeger   18  
  Long-tailed Jaeger   17  
  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  
  Gray Hawk   2  
  Red-shouldered Hawk  18  
  Zone-tailed Hawk   33  

OWLS  -  Strigiformes
  Snowy Owl   11  
  Elf Owl *   1  
  Great Gray Owl    8  
  Boreal Owl   16  

WOODPECKERS  -  Piciformes
  Red-headed Woodpecker   11  
  Acorn Woodpecker   9  
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   29  
  Gilded Flicker   3  

FALCONS  -  Falconiformes
  Crested Caracara    1  
  Gyrfalcon    9  

PERCHING BIRDS  -  Passeriformes

    Flycatchers  -  Tyrannidae
  Alder Flycatcher   1  
  Eastern Phoebe   24  
  Dusky-capped Flycatcher    2  
  Great Crested Flycatcher    2  
  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  

    Wrens  -  Troglodytidae
  Winter Wren  14  

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

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

    Finches  -  Fringillidae
  Brambling    2  
  Brown-capped Rosy-Finch   8  
  Purple Finch   5  
  Hoary Redpoll    2  
  White-winged Crossbill   2  
  Lawrence's Goldfinch   6  

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

    Sparrows  -  Emberizidae
  Canyon Towhee    2  
  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  
  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  

    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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