Farmington Bay 
Waterfowl management Area

Compiled by Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
(Web format by "Utah Birds")

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Bird List

Abundance Codes
C = Common (Found consistently in fair numbers in appropriate habitat and season)
U = Uncommon (Found consistently 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 state and not reported annually)

Status Codes
P = Permanent Resident (Found year round at FBWMA)
S = Summer Resident (Present at FBWMA during the nesting season)
W = Winter Visitant (Present at FBWMA during January and/or February)
T = Transient (Migrates through FBWMA in spring and/or fall)
( ) = Nests at FBWMA

GREBES

Podicipediiformes

Pied-billed Grebe

(CS), UW

Horned Grebe

RT, RW

Eared Grebe

(CS), RW

Western Grebe

(CS)

Clark's Grebe

(CS)

PELICANS

Pelecaniformes

American White Pelican

CS

Double-crested Cormorant

US

BITTERNS & HERONS

Ciconiiformes

American Bittern

RS

Great Blue Heron

(CP)

Great Egret

RT

Snowy Egret

(CS)

Tricolored Heron

O

Cattle Egret

US

Black-crowned Night-Heron

(CS), UW

Ibises, etc.

Threskiornithidae

White-faced Ibis

(CS)

Vultures

Cathartidae

Turkey Vulture

US

SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS

Anseriformes

Tundra Swan

CT, RW

Trumpeter Swan 

O

Greater White-fronted Goose

RT

Snow Goose

UT

Ross' Goose

RT

Brant

O

Canada Goose

(CP)

Wood Duck

RP

Green-winged Teal

US, CT, RW

Mallard

(CP)

Northern Pintail

(CS), UW

Blue-winged Teal

UT, US

Cinnamon Teal

(CS), RW

Northern Shoveler

(CS), UW

Gadwall

(CS), UW

Eurasian Wigeon

O

American Wigeon

CT, UW

Canvasback

CT, RW

Redhead

(CS), UW

Ring-necked Duck

RW

Greater Scaup

RT

Lesser Scaup

CT, UW

Harlequin Duck

O

Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw)

RT

Surf Scoter

RT

White-winged Scoter

RT

Common Goldeneye

CT, UW

Barrow's Goldeneye

RW

Bufflehead

CT, UW

Hooded Merganser

RT, RW

Common Merganser

CT, UW

Red-breasted Merganser

CT, RW

Ruddy Duck

(CS), UW

HAWKS & EAGLES

Falconiformes

Osprey

RT

Bald Eagle

CW

Northern Harrier

(CP)

Sharp-shinned Hawk

RT

Cooper's Hawk

RT

Swainson's Hawk

UT

Red-tailed Hawk

CP

Ferruginous Hawk

RT

Rough-legged Hawk

CW

Golden Eagle

RP

American Kestrel

(CP)

Merlin

RW

Peregrine Falcon

UP

Prairie Falcon

UP

GROUSE & QUAIL

Galliformes

Ring-necked Pheasant

(CP)

California Quail

UP

CRANES, RAILS, etc.

Gruiformes

Virginia Rail

(CS), UW

Sora

(CS)

American Coot

(CP)

Sandhill Crane

(RS)

PLOVERS & SANDPIPERS

Charadriiformes

Black-bellied Plover

UT

American Golden-Plover

RT

Snowy Plover

(US)

Semipalmated Plover

UT

Killdeer

(CP)

Black-necked Stilt

(CS)

American Avocet

(CS)

Greater Yellowlegs

CT

Lesser Yellowlegs

CT

Solitary Sandpiper

RT

Willet

(CS)

Wandering Tattler

O

Spotted Sandpiper

(CS)

Long-billed Curlew

(US)

Marbled Godwit

CT

Ruddy Turnstone

RT

Red Knot

RT

Sanderling

UT

Semipalmated Sandpiper

RT

Western Sandpiper

CT

Least Sandpiper

CT, RW

Baird's Sandpiper

UT

Pectoral Sandpiper

UT

Dunlin

RT

Stilt Sandpiper

RT

Short-billed Dowitcher

RT

Long-billed Dowitcher

CT

Common Snipe

(CS), UW

Wilson's Phalarope

(CS)

Red-necked Phalarope

CT

Red Phalarope

O

Gulls, Terns, etc.

Laridae

Parasitic Jaeger

O

Franklin's Gull

(CS)

Bonaparte's Gull

UT

Mew Gull

O

Ring-Billed Gull

CW

California Gull

(CP)

Herring Gull

UW

Thayer's Gull

RW

Glaucous Gull

RW

Sabine's Gull

O

Caspian Tern

US

Common Tern

RT

Forster's Tern

(CS)

Black Tern

US

DOVES & PIGEONS

Columbiformes

Mourning Dove

CS

OWLS

Strigiformes

Barn Owl

RP

Great Horned Owl

CP

Short-eared Owl

(UP)

GOATSUCKERS

Caprimulgiformes

Common Nighthawk

CT

HUMMINGBIRDS, etc.

Apodiformes

White-throated Swift

RT

Hummingbirds

Trochilidae

Black-chinned Hummingbird

UT

Calliope Hummingbird

RT

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

RT

Rufous Hummingbird

RT

Woodpeckers,etc.

Coraciiformes

Belted Kingfisher

UP

Red-naped Sapsucker

RT

Downy Woodpecker

RP

Northern Flicker

UP

PERCHING BIRDS

Passeriformes

Flycatchers

Tyrannidae

Say's Phoebe

O

Western Kingbird

(RS)

Eastern Kingbird

O

Shrikes

Laniidae

Northern Shrike

RW

Loggerhead Shrike

RP

Vireos

Vireonidae

Plumbeous Vireo

RT

Warbling Vireo

RT

Jays & Crows

Corvidae

Black-billed Magpie

(UP)

Common Raven

(CP)

Larks

Alaudidae

Horned Lark

(CP)

Swallows

Hirundinidae

Purple Martin

O

Tree Swallow

CT

Violet-green Swallow

CT

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

CT

Bank Swallow

CT

Cliff Swallow

(CT)

Barn Swallow

(CT)

Chickadees

Paridae

Black-capped Chickadee

RW

Mountain Chickadee

RW

Nuthatches

Sittidae

Red-breasted Nuthatch

O

Wrens

Troglodytidae

House Wren

UT

Marsh Wren

(CS), UW

Thrushes, etc.

Muscicapidae

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

RW

Thrushes

Turdidae

Mountain Bluebird

UT

Hermit Thrush

RT

American Robin

(UP)

Thrashers

Mimidae

Sage Thrasher

RT

Starling

Sturnidae

European Starling

(CP)

Pipit

Motocillidae

American Pipit

CT, UW

Waxwings

Bombycillidae

Bohemian Waxwing

RW

Cedar Waxwing

RW

Warblers, Sparrows

Emberizidae

Orange-crowned Warbler

RT

Nashville Warbler RT

Virginia's Warbler

RT

Yellow Warbler

UT

Yellow-rumped Warbler

CT

Townsend's Warbler

RT

Northern Waterthrush

RT

Common Yellowthroat

(CS)

Wilson's Warbler

RT

(Tanagers)

Western Tanager

UT

(Sparrows)

Green-tailed Towhee

RT

Spotted Towhee

RT

American Tree Sparrow

UW

Chipping Sparrow

RT

Brewer's Sparrow

RT

Vesper Sparrow

RT

Lark Sparrow

RT

Sage Sparrow

O

Savannah Sparrow

(CS)

Song Sparrow

(CP)

Lincoln's Sparrow

RT

Swamp Sparrow

O

Harris' Sparrow

O

White-crowned Sparrow

UW

Dark-eyed Junco

UW

(Brosbeaks & Buntings)

Black-headed Grosbeak

RT

Lazuli Bunting

RT

(Blackbirds & Orioles)

Red-winged Blackbird

(CP)

Western Meadowlark

(CP)

Yellow-headed Blackbird

(CS)

Brewer's Blackbird

(CP)

Brown-headed Cowbird

RS

Bullock’s Oriolo

RS

Finches

Fringillidae

Cassin's Finch

O

House Finch

CP

Pine Siskin

UW

American Goldfinch

UW

Evening Grosbeak

O

Weaver Finches

Passeridae

House Sparrow

(CP)