Utah Check list For the Year 2000

The Birds of
Bryce Canyon National Park
June 2002

(Besides the park, this checklist covers the narrow corridor of
Utah State Route 63 to the junction of Utah State Route 12.)

The information for this list comes from a Bryce Canyon National Park
and Bryce Canyon Natural History Association checklist compiled by
William Schreier (2000) and was prepared by "Utah Birds" web site.
June 2002. (Osprey was added to the list and a few bird names where
updated) Please send information about additional species observed in
the park to records@utahbirds.org.

Relative Abundance Codes
C = Common (Found consistently in fair numbers in appropriate habitat and season)
U = Uncommon (Found occasionally in small numbers in appropriate habitat and season)
R = Rare (Found infrequently but regularly in very small numbers in proper habitat and season)
O = Occasional - (Seldom found in the park and not reported annually)

Status Codes
P = Permanent Resident
S = Summer Resident
W = Winter Resident
M = Seasonal Migrant

# Species for which documentation is requested.

GREBES		Podicipediiformes
	Pied-billed Grebe Eared Grebe	OS RM
PELICANS		Pelecaniformes
	American White Pelican	OM
HERONS & EGRETS		Ciconiiformes
	Great Blue Heron Snowy Egret	RS OM
Ibises, etc.		Threskiornithidae
	White-faced Ibis	RM
Vultures		Cathartidae
	Turkey Vulture California Condor #	US OM
GEESE & DUCKS, etc.		Anseriformes
	Canada Goose Tundra Swan Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Common Merganser Ruddy Duck	CP OM RM RM CS RM RM UM UM UM OM OM RM OM US
HAWKS & EAGLES		Falconiformes
	Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Swainson's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Ferruginous Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Prairie Falcon Osprey	OW UM US US UP RM CP OW RW UP US RM US OS OS
GROUSE & QUAIL		Galliformes
	Greater Sage Grouse Blue Grouse Wild Turkey	OP UP RP
CRANES, RAILS, etc.		Gruiformes
	Sora American Coot	OM CS
SHOREBIRDS etc.		Charadriiformes
	Black-bellied Plover Killdeer Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Common Snipe Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope	OM US OM RM RM RM UM RM OM RM UM RM OM
Gulls, Terns, etc.		Laridae
	Franklin's Gull Ring-billed Gull California Gull Forester's Tern	OM OM RM OM
DOVES & PIGEONS		Columbiformes
	Mourning Dove	US
OWLS		Strigiformes
	Flammulated Owl Great Horned Owl Northern Pygmy-Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl	US UP RP OP
GOATSUCKERS		Caprimulgiformes
	Common Highthawk Common Poorwill	US RS
HUMMINGBIRDS, etc.		Apodiformes
	White-throated Swift	US
Hummingbirds		Trochilidae
	Black-chinned Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Broad-tailed Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird	CS OM CS CS
Woodpeckers,etc.		Coraciiformes
	Belted Kingfisher Williamson's Sapsucker Red-naped Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker	OS RS RS RP UP US
PERCHING BIRDS		Passeriformes
Flycatchers		Tyrannidae
	Olive-sided Flycatcher Western Wood-Pewee Willow Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Cordilleran Flycatcher Say's Phoebe Ash-throated Flycatcher Western Kingbird	RS RS OS OM US US US US US US
Shrikes		Laniidae
	Loggerhead Shrike	RP
Vireos		Vireonidae
	Gray Vireo Plumbeous Vireo Warbling Vireo	RS RS US
Jays & Crows		Corvidae
	Gray Jay Steller's Jay Western Scrub-Jay Pinyon Jay Clark's Nutcracker American Magpie Common Raven	UP CP UP RP UP UP CP
Larks		Alaudidae
	Horned Lark	UP
Swallows		Hirundinidae
	Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow N. Rough-winged Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow	US CS US CS US
Chickadees		Paridae
	Black-capped Chickadee Mountain Chickadee Juniper Titmouse Bushtit	UP CP UP RP
Nuthatches		Sittidae
	Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Pygmy Nuthatch	RP UP UP
Creepers		Certhiidae
	Brown Creeper	RP
Wrens		Troglodytidae
	Rock Wren Canyon Wren Bewick's Wren House Wren	US RS OS US
Thrushes, etc.		Muscicapidae
	Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	RP US RS
Thrushes		Turdidae
	Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin	CS CS CP OM RS CP
Thrashers		Mimidae
	Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Sage Thrasher	OM R RS
Starling		Sturnidae
	European Starling	UP
Warblers, Sparrows		Emberizidae
	Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Virginia's Warbler Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler Townsend's Warbler Grace's Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat	OM RM OM RS US CS US OM US RS RS RS RS
(Tanagers)
	Western Tanager	US
(Sparrows)
	Green-tailed Towhee Spotted Towhee American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Black-throated Sparrow Sage Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco	US US OW CP RS US US RS R UP RS UP CP
(Grosbeaks & Buntings)
	Black-headed Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting	US RS
(Blackbirds & Orioles)
	Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock's Oriole	CS US US CS RS RS
Finches		Fringillidae
	Cassin's Finch House Finch Red Crossbill Pine Siskin Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak	CP RS RP CP RS RS RS
Weaver Finches		Passeridae
	House Sparrow	RP