Checklist of the
Birds of Utah
(February, 2010) 

Compiled by the
Utah Birds Records Committee

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This Checklist contains 446 species approved by the Utah Ornithological Society Bird Records Committee through January 2009, arranged in taxonomic order and using nomenclature of the 7th American Ornithologist's Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 49th supplement of that Check-list.

Documentation is requested for sightings of birds notated with a # on this checklist or any bird not on the checklist. You can submit written documentation or print a sight record form over the internet at www.utahbirds.org. Photographs and other documentation can be submitted by e-mail to utahbirds@gmail.com or by mail to the Utah Ornithological Society, Bird Records Committee, 2795 Indian Hills Dr,, Provo Utah 84604.

Key to Codes

   Abundance Codes
C = COMMON - Found consistently in large numbers in appropriate habitat and season
F = FAIRLY COMMON-- Found consistently in moderate numbers in appropriate habitat and season
U = UNCOMMON - Inconsistently found  in small numbers in appropriate habitat and season
R = RARE - Found infrequently but annually in very small numbers in appropriate habitat and season
O = OCCASIONAL - Not observed annually, but a few individuals may occur some years in appropriate habitat and season
A = ACCIDENTAL - Not expected and out of normal range (few records)
I = IRREGULAR  - Abundance may vary greatly from year to year.  (A range is given. Example: IW(R-C) = rare to common winter visitant)

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

#   Species for which documentation is requested
+   Provisional species accepted on sight record(s) only
*    Species that are found primarily in Washington County
^   Species that are found primarily in northern Utah

Bird List

SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS

 Anseriformes
  Fulvous Whistling-Duck # A
  Greater White-fronted Goose RT
  Snow Goose CT,OW
  Ross's Goose FT,RW
  Brant # A
  Cackling Goose # RT
  Canada Goose CP
  Trumpeter Swan RT,RW
  Tundra Swan UT,UW
  Wood Duck UP
  Gadwall CS,FW
  Eurasian Wigeon OT
  American Wigeon RS,CW
  American Black Duck # A
  Mallard CP
  Blue-winged Teal US
  Cinnamon Teal CS,RW
  Northern Shoveler CS,FW
  Northern Pintail CS,UW
  Garganey # + A
  Green-winged Teal FS,CW
  Canvasback FT,RS,RW
  Redhead CS,UW
  Ring-necked Duck RS,CW
  Greater Scaup RT,RW
  Lesser Scaup CT,RS,UW
  Harlequin Duck # A
  Surf Scoter RT
  White-winged Scoter RT
  Black Scoter # OT
  Long-tailed Duck RW
  Bufflehead FW
  Common Goldeneye CW
  Barrow's Goldeneye ^UW
  Hooded Merganser UW
  Common Merganser CT,RS,UW
  Red-breasted Merganser CT
  Ruddy Duck CP

PHEASANTS, GROUSE & QUAIL

 Galliformes
Chukar  FP
Gray Partridge  ^UP
Ring-necked Pheasant CP
Ruffed Grouse UP
Greater Sage-Grouse  UP
Gunnison Sage-Grouse RP
White-tailed Ptarmigan  RP
Dusky Grouse (Blue Grouse) FP
Sharp-tailed Grouse  ^UP
Wild Turkey  FP
Scaled Quail # A
California Quail CP
Gambel's Quail  *CP

LOONS

 Gaviiformes
Red-throated Loon # A
Pacific Loon RT
Common Loon  FT,UW
Yellow-billed Loon # A

GREBES

 Podicipediiformes
Pied-billed Grebe FS,UW
Horned Grebe UT,RW
Red-necked Grebe # A
Eared Grebe CS,UW
Western Grebe CS,RW
Clark's Grebe CS,RW

PELICANS & CORMORANTS

 Pelecaniformes
American White Pelican CS,OW
Brown Pelican # A
Neotropic Cormorant # A
Double-crested Cormorant CS,RW
Magnificent Frigatebird # A

BITTERNS & HERONS

 Ciconiiformes

Bitterns, Egrets & Herons

 Ardeidae
American Bittern US,RW
Least Bittern #  A
Great Blue Heron CP
Great Egret US,RW
Snowy Egret CS
Little Blue Heron # A
Tricolored Heron # A
  Reddish Egret # A
Cattle Egret CS
Green Heron  *RS,OW
Black-crowned Night-Heron CS,UW
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron # A
Ibises & Spoonbills

 Threskiornithidae
White Ibis # A
Glossy Ibis # O
White-faced Ibis CS
Roseate Spoonbill # A
Storks Ciconiidae
Wood Stork # A
Vultures Cathartidae
Turkey Vulture FS
HAWKS & FALCONS Falconiformes
Osprey US
White-tailed Kite # A
Bald Eagle RS,CW
Northern Harrier FP
Sharp-shinned Hawk FP
Cooper's Hawk FP
Northern Goshawk  UP
Common Black-Hawk *RS
Red-shouldered Hawk O
Broad-winged Hawk RT
Gray Hawk # + A
Swainson's Hawk FS
Zone-tailed Hawk # *OS
Red-tailed Hawk CP
Ferruginous Hawk UP
Rough-legged Hawk FW
Golden Eagle FP
American Kestrel CP
Merlin UW
Gyrfalcon # A
Peregrine Falcon UP
Prairie Falcon UP
RAILS & CRANES Gruiformes
Virginia Rail FS,UW
Sora FS,RW
Purple Gallinule # A
Common Moorhen *RP
American Coot CP
Sandhill Crane FS

PLOVERS & SANDPIPERS

 Charadriiformes
  Black-bellied Plover UT
  American Golden-Plover RT
  Pacific Golden-Plover # A
  Snowy Plover FS
  Semipalmated Plover UT
  Killdeer CP
  Mountain Plover # OS
  Black-necked Stilt CS
  American Avocet CS,RW
  Spotted Sandpiper FS
  Solitary Sandpiper UT
  Wandering Tattler # A
  Greater Yellowlegs FT,RW
  Willet CS
  Lesser Yellowlegs FT,RW
  Upland Sandpiper # A
  Whimbrel  RT
  Long-billed Curlew FS
  Hudsonian Godwit # OT
  Marbled Godwit CT
  Ruddy Turnstone # RT
  Red Knot RT
  Sanderling CT,RW
  Semipalmated Sandpiper RT
  Western Sandpiper CT
  Least Sandpiper CT,RW
  White-rumped Sandpiper # A
  Baird's Sandpiper FT
  Pectoral Sandpiper UT
  Sharp-tailed Sandpiper # A
  Dunlin RT
  Curlew Sandpiper # A
  Stilt Sandpiper RT
  Buff-breasted Sandpiper # A
  Ruff # A
  Short-billed Dowitcher RT
  Long-billed Dowitcher CT,RW
  Wilson's  Snipe CS,UW
  Wilson's Phalarope CT,CS
  Red-necked Phalarope CT
  Red Phalarope # OT
Gulls, Terns, & Alcids Laridae
  Black-legged Kittiwake # A
  Sabine's Gull RT
  Bonaparte's Gull FT
  Franklin's Gull CS
  Little Gull # A
  Heermann's Gull # A
  Mew Gull OT,OW
  Ring-billed Gull US,CW
  Western Gull # A
  Yellow-footed Gull # A
  California Gull CS,UW
  Herring Gull UW
  Thayer's Gull RW
  Iceland Gull # A
  Lesser Black-backed Gull # A
  Glaucous-winged Gull # RW
  Glaucous Gull RW
  Least Tern # OT
  CaspianTern US
  Black Tern UT,US
  Common Tern RT
  Forster's Tern CS
  Pomarine Jaeger # A
  Parasitic Jaeger # A
  Long-tailed Jaeger # A
  Ancient Murrelet # A
DOVES & PIGEONS Columbiformes
  Rock Pigeon CP
  Band-tailed Pigeon  US
  Eurasian Collared-Dove CP
  White-winged Dove  *US
  Mourning Dove CS,UW
  Inca Dove *RP
  Common Ground-Dove # A
 

Ruddy Ground-Dove #

 A

CUCKOOS & ROADRUNNERS

 Cuculiformes
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo # OS
  Black-billed Cuckoo # A
  Greater Roadrunner  *UP
OWLS Strigiformes
  Barn Owl UP
  Flammulated Owl  US
  Western Screech-Owl  UP
  Great Horned Owl CP
  Snowy Owl # A
  Northern Pygmy-Owl  UP
  Elf Owl # + A
  Burrowing Owl  US,RW
  Spotted Owl  RP
  Great Gray Owl # A
  Long-eared Owl  UP
  Short-eared Owl UP
  Boreal Owl # O
 

Northern Saw-whet Owl 

 RP
GOATSUCKERS Caprimulgiformes
  Lesser Nighthawk  *FS
  Common Nighthawk CS
 

Common Poorwill 

 CS
  Whip-poor-will # A
SWIFTS & HUMMINGBIRDS Apodiformes
  Black Swift  OS
  Chimney Swift # A
  Vaux's Swift # RT
  White-throated Swift CS
Hummingbirds Trochilidae
  Broad-billed Hummingbird # A
  Magnificent Hummingbird # A
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird # A
  Black-chinned Hummingbird CS
  Anna's Hummingbird *RW
  Costa's Hummingbird *US
  Calliope Hummingbird UT,RS
Broad-tailed Hummingbird CS
  Rufous Hummingbird CT

KINGFISHERS

 Coraciiformes
  Belted Kingfisher UP
WOODPECKERS Piciformes
  Lewis's Woodpecker  UP
  Red-headed Woodpecker # A
  Acorn Woodpecker RP
  Williamson's Sapsucker  US,RW
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker # A
  Red-naped Sapsucker CS,RW
  Red-breasted Sapsucker # A
  Ladder-backed Woodpecker  *FP
  Downy Woodpecker CP
  Hairy Woodpecker FP
  American Three-toed Woodpecker  RP
  Northern Flicker CP
PERCHING BIRDS Passeriformes
Flycatchers Tyrannidae
  Olive-sided Flycatcher  FS
  Western Wood-Pewee  CS
  Willow Flycatcher  FS
  Least Flycatcher # + OT
  Hammond's Flycatcher  FS
  Gray Flycatcher  FS
  Dusky Flycatcher  CS
  Cordilleran Flycatcher FS
  Black Phoebe  *UP
  Eastern Phoebe # A
  Say's Phoebe CS,UW
  Vermilion Flycatcher  *R
  Ash-throated Flycatcher  FS
  Great Crested Flycatcher # + A
  Brown-crested Flycatcher  *RS
  Cassin's Kingbird  US
  Thick-billed Kingbird # A
  Western Kingbird CS
  Eastern Kingbird US
  Scissor-tailed Flycatcher # A
Shrikes Laniidae
  Loggerhead Shrike CP
  Northern Shrike RW
Vireos Vireonidae
  White-eyed Vireo # + A
  Bell's Vireo  *US
  Gray Vireo  US
  Yellow-throated Vireo # + A
  Plumbeous Vireo CS
  Cassin's Vireo  UT
  Blue-headed Vireo # A
  Warbling Vireo CS
  Philidelphia Vireo # A
 

Red-eyed Vireo 

 OT
Jays & Crows Corvidae
  Gray Jay  UP
  Steller's Jay  CP
  Blue Jay OW
  Western Scrub-Jay CP
  Pinyon Jay  CP
Clark's Nutcracker  FP
  Black-billed Magpie CP
  American Crow  FS,CW
  Common Raven CP
Larks Alaudidae
  Horned Lark CP
Swallows Hirundinidae
  Purple Martin

RS
  Tree Swallow CS
  Violet-green Swallow CS
  Northern Rough-winged Swallow CS
  Bank Swallow CS
  Cliff Swallow CS
  Barn Swallow CS
Chickadees Paridae
  Black-capped Chickadee CP
  Mountain Chickadee CP
  Juniper Titmouse  CP
  Verdin  *CP
 

Bushtit 

 CP
Nuthatches Sittidae
  Red-breasted Nuthatch CP
  White-breasted Nuthatch  FP
  Pygmy Nuthatch  FP
 

Brown Creeper 

 UP
Wrens Troglodytidae
  Cactus Wren  *UP
  Rock Wren  CS, UW
  Canyon Wren  CP
  Bewick's Wren  CP
  House Wren CS,*RW
  Winter Wren RP
  Marsh Wren CS, UW

Dippers

 Cinclidae
 

American Dipper 

FP

Kinglets

 Regulidae
  Golden-crowned Kinglet  UP
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet

CP

Gnatcatchers

 Sylviidae
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  CS
 

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 

 *UP
Thrushes Turdidae
  Eastern Bluebird # A
  Western Bluebird  US,RW
  Mountain Bluebird CS,UW
  Townsend's Solitaire  CP
  Veery # A
  Swainson's Thrush  FS
  Hermit Thrush CS,RW
  Wood Thrush # A
  Rufous-backed Robin # A
  American Robin CP
  Varied Thrush  OW
Thrashers Mimidae
  Gray Catbird US
  Northern Mockingbird  UP
  Sage Thrasher  CS,*RW
  Brown Thrasher # OT
  Bendire's Thrasher  RS
  Curve-billed Thrasher # A
  Crissal Thrasher  *UP
  Le Conte's Thrasher # *A
Starling Sturnidae
  European Starling CP
Pipit Motocillidae
  American Pipit CS,UW
Waxwings Bombycillidae
  Bohemian Waxwing IW(R-C)
  Cedar Waxwing US,CW
Silky-flycatchers Ptilogonatidae
  Phainopepla 

*UP
Warblers Parulidae
  Blue-winged Warbler # A
  Golden-winged Warbler # + A
  Tennessee Warbler # OT
  Orange-crowned Warbler CS,RW
  Nashville Warbler UT
  Virginia's Warbler CS
  Lucy's Warbler  *CS
  Northern Parula # OT
  Yellow Warbler CS
  Chestnut-sided Warbler # A
  Magnolia Warbler # A
  Cape May Warbler # A
  Black-throated Blue Warbler # A
  Yellow-rumped Warbler CS,UW
  Black-throated Gray Warbler  CS
  Townsend's Warbler UT
  Hermit Warbler # OT
  Yellow-throated Warbler # A
  Grace's Warbler  US
  Pine Warbler # A
  Prairie Warbler # + A
  Palm Warbler # OT
  Bay-breasted Warbler # A
  Blackpoll Warbler # OT
  Black-and-white Warbler OT
  American Redstart  RT
  Prothonotary Warbler # A
  Worm-eating Warbler # A
  Ovenbird # OT
  Northern Waterthrush RT
  Louisiana Waterthrush # + A
  Kentucky Warbler # A
  Connecticut Warbler # + A
  MacGillivray's Warbler  FS
  Common Yellowthroat FS
  Hooded Warbler # A
  Wilson's Warbler US,CT
  Canada Warbler # A
  Painted Redstart # O
  Yellow-breasted Chat 

FS

Tanagers

 Thraupidae
  Summer Tanager  *US
  Scarlet Tanager # A
  Western Tanager FS

Sparrows

 Emberizidae
  Green-tailed Towhee FS,OW
  Spotted Towhee CP
  Canyon Towhee # A
  Abert's Towhee *UP
  Cassin’s Sparrow # A
  Rufous-crowned Sparrow *RP
  American Tree Sparrow UW
  Chipping Sparrow CS
  Clay-colored Sparrow # OT
  Brewer's Sparrow CS
  Field Sparrow # + A
  Black-chinned Sparrow  *US
  Vesper Sparrow CS,*RW
  Lark Sparrow CS
  Black-throated Sparrow  CS
  Sage Sparrow UP
  Lark Bunting  ^RS
  Savannah Sparrow CS,RW
  Grasshopper Sparrow  ^RS
  Baird's Sparrow # + A
  Le Conte's Sparrow # A
  Fox Sparrow  US,OW
  Song Sparrow CP
  Lincoln's Sparrow CS,RW
  Swamp Sparrow OW
  White-throated Sparrow  RW
  Harris's Sparrow RW
  White-crowned Sparrow CP
  Golden-crowned Sparrow RW
  Dark-eyed Junco CP
  McCown's Longspur # A
  Lapland Longspur  RW
  Chestnut-collared Longspur # A
  Snow Bunting  ^RW

Grosbeaks & Buntings

 Cardinalidae
  Northern Cardinal # + A
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak  OT
  Black-headed Grosbeak CS
  Blue Grosbeak  US
  Lazuli Bunting  CS
  Indigo Bunting  RS
  Painted Bunting # A
  Dickcissel # A

Blackbirds & Orioles

 Icteridae
  Bobolink  RS
  Red-winged Blackbird CP
  Western Meadowlark CP
  Yellow-headed Blackbird CS,RW
  Rusty Blackbird # A
  Brewer's Blackbird CP
  Common Grackle  RS
  Great-tailed Grackle  UP
  Bronzed Cowbird # A
  Brown-headed Cowbird CS,RW
  Orchard Oriole # + A
  Hooded Oriole  *US
  Bullock's Oriole  CS
  Baltimore Oriole # A
  Scott's Oriole  US
Finches Fringillidae
  Brambling # A
  Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch  IW(U-C)
  Black Rosy-Finch  UP
  Brown-capped Rosy-Finch # A
  Pine Grosbeak  UP
  Purple Finch # + A
  Cassin's Finch FP
  House Finch CP
  Red Crossbill  UP
  White-winged Crossbill  IP(O-U)
  Common Redpoll # RW
  Hoary Redpoll # + A
  Pine Siskin CP
  Lesser Goldfinch FP
  Lawrence's Goldfinch # A
  American Goldfinch CP
  Evening Grosbeak RS,IW(R-C)
Weaver Finches Passeridae
  House Sparrow CP

  
    Wilson's Snipe photo  by Jack Binch  ©Jack Binch
  

  

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