Field Checklist

of the

Birds of Utah

June 2016

This Checklist contains 458 species approved by the Utah Bird Records Committee1.

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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 between December and 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

Swans, Geese & Ducks

__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

Quail, Pheasants & Grouse

__Scaled Quail #	A

__California Quail	CP

__Gambel's Quail	*CP

__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	FP

__Sharp-tailed Grouse	^UP

__Wild Turkey	FP

Loons

__Red-throated Loon #	A

__Pacific Loon	RT

__Common Loon	FT,UW

__Yellow-billed Loon #	A

Grebes

__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

Storks

__Wood Stork #	A

Frigatebirds, & Cormorants

__Magnificent Frigatebird #	A

__Neotropic Cormorant #	A

__Double-crested Cormorant	CS,RW

Pelicans, Bitterns, Egrets & Ibises

__American White Pelican	CS,OW

__Brown Pelican #	A

__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

__White Ibis #	A

__Glossy Ibis	O

__White-faced Ibis	CS

__Roseate Spoonbill #	A

Vultures, Hawks & Eagles

__Turkey Vulture	FS

__California Condor	RP

__Osprey	US

__White-tailed Kite #	A

__Mississippi 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

Rails & Cranes

__Virginia Rail	FS,UW

__Sora	FS,RW

__Purple Gallinule #	A

__Common Gallinule	*RP

__American Coot	CP

__Sandhill Crane	FS

Plovers & Sandpipers

__Black-necked Stilt	CS

__American Avocet	CS,RW

__Black-bellied Plover	UT

__American Golden-Plover	RT

__Pacific Golden-Plover #	A

__Snowy Plover	FS

__Semipalmated Plover	UT

__Killdeer	CP

__Mountain Plover #	OS

__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

__Bar-tailed Godwit #	A

__Marbled Godwit	CT

__Ruddy Turnstone	RT

__Red Knot	RT

__Ruff #	A

__Sharp-tailed Sandpiper #	A

__Stilt Sandpiper	RT

__Curlew Sandpiper #	A

__Sanderling	CT,RW

__Dunlin	RT

__Purple Sandpiper #	A

__Baird's Sandpiper	FT

__Least Sandpiper	CT,RW

__White-rumped Sandpiper #	A

__Buff-breasted Sandpiper #	A

__Pectoral Sandpiper	UT

__Semipalmated Sandpiper	RT

__Western Sandpiper	CT

__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

__Pomarine Jaeger #	A

__Parasitic Jaeger #	A

__Long-tailed Jaeger #	A

__Ancient Murrelet #	A

__Black-legged Kittiwake #	A

__Sabine's Gull	RT

__Bonaparte's Gull	FT

__Little Gull #	A

__Laughing Gull #	A

__Franklin's Gull	CS

__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

__Caspian Tern	US

__Black Tern	UT,US

__Common Tern	RT

__Forster's Tern	CS

Doves & Pigeons

__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

__Yellow-billed Cuckoo #	OS

__Black-billed Cuckoo #	A

__Greater Roadrunner	*UP

Owls

__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

__Lesser Nighthawk	*FS

__Common Nighthawk	CS

__Common Poorwill	CS

__Mexican Whip-poor-will #	A

Swifts

__Black Swift	OS

__Chimney Swift #	A

__Vaux's Swift #	RT

__White-throated Swift	CS

Hummingbirds

__Magnificent Hummingbird #	A

__Ruby-throated Hummingbird #	A

__Black-chinned Hummingbird	CS

__Anna's Hummingbird	*RW

__Costa's Hummingbird	*US

__Broad-tailed Hummingbird	CS

__Rufous Hummingbird	CT

__Allen's Hummingbird #	A

__Calliope Hummingbird	UT,RS

__Broad-billed Hummingbird #	A

Kingfishers

__Belted Kingfisher	UP

Woodpeckers

__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

__Gilded Flicker	A

Falcons

__American Kestrel	CP

__Merlin	UW

__Gyrfalcon #	A

__Peregrine Falcon	UP

__Prairie Falcon	UP

Flycatchers

__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

__Tropical Kingbird #	A

__Cassin's Kingbird	US

__Thick-billed Kingbird #	A

__Western Kingbird	CS

__Eastern Kingbird	US

__Scissor-tailed Flycatcher #	A

Shrikes

__Loggerhead Shrike	CP

__Northern Shrike	RW

Vireos

__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

__Philadelphia Vireo #	A

__Red-eyed Vireo	OT

Jays & Crows

__Gray Jay	UP

__Pinyon Jay	CP

__Steller's Jay	CP

__Blue Jay	OW

__Western Scrub-Jay	CP

__Clark's Nutcracker	FP

__Black-billed Magpie	CP

__American Crow	FS,CW

__Common Raven	CP

Larks

__Horned Lark	CP

Swallows

__Purple Martin	RS

__Tree Swallow	CS

__Violet-green Swallow	CS

__Northern Rough-winged Swallow	CS

__Bank Swallow	CS

__Cliff Swallow	CS

__Barn Swallow	CS

Titmice

__Black-capped Chickadee	CP

__Mountain Chickadee	CP

__Juniper Titmouse	CP

Penduline Tits

__Verdin	*CP

Bushtits (Long-tailed Tits)

__Bushtit	CP

Nuthatches

__Red-breasted Nuthatch	CP

__White-breasted Nuthatch	FP

__Pygmy Nuthatch	FP

Treecreepers

__Brown Creeper	UP

Wrens

__Rock Wren	CS, UW

__Canyon Wren	CP

__House Wren	CS,*RW

__Pacific Wren	RP

__Winter Wren #	A

__Marsh Wren	CS, UW

__Bewick's Wren	CP

__Cactus Wren	*UP

Gnatcatchers

__Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	CS

__Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	*UP

Dippers

__American Dipper	FP

Kinglets

__Golden-crowned Kinglet	UP

__Ruby-crowned Kinglet	CP

Thrushes

__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

__Gray Catbird	US

__Curve-billed Thrasher #	A

__Brown Thrasher #	OT

__Bendire's Thrasher	RS

__Le Conte's Thrasher #	*A

__Crissal Thrasher	*UP

__Sage Thrasher	CS,*RW

__Northern Mockingbird	UP

Starlings

__European Starling	CP

Pipits

__American Pipit	CS,UW

Waxwings

__Bohemian Waxwing	IW(R-C)

__Cedar Waxwing	US,CW

Silky Flycatchers

__Phainopepla	*UP

Longspurs & Snow Bunting

__Lapland Longspur	RW

__Chestnut-collared Longspur #	A

__McCown's Longspur #	A

__Snow Bunting	^RW

Warblers

__Ovenbird #	OT

__Worm-eating Warbler #	A

__Louisiana Waterthrush # +	A

__Northern Waterthrush	RT

__Golden-winged Warbler # +	A

__Blue-winged Warbler #	A

__Black-and-white Warbler	OT

__Prothonotary Warbler #	A

__Tennessee Warbler #	OT

__Orange-crowned Warbler	CS,RW

__Lucy's Warbler	*CS

__Nashville Warbler	UT

__Virginia's Warbler	CS

__Connecticut Warbler # +	A

__MacGillivray's Warbler	FS

__Kentucky Warbler #	A

__Common Yellowthroat	FS

__Hooded Warbler # +	A

__American Redstart	RT

__Cape May Warbler #	A

__Northern Parula #	OT

__Magnolia Warbler #	A

__Bay-breasted Warbler #	A

__Yellow Warbler	CS

__Chestnut-sided Warbler #	A

__Blackpoll Warbler #	OT

__Black-throated Blue Warbler #	A

__Palm Warbler #	OT

__Pine Warbler #	A

__Yellow-rumped Warbler	CS,UW

__Yellow-throated Warbler #	A

__Prairie Warbler # +	A

__Grace's Warbler	US

__Black-throated Gray Warbler	CS

__Townsend's Warbler	UT

__Hermit Warbler #	OT

__Canada Warbler #	A

__Wilson's Warbler	US,CT

__Painted Redstart #	O

__Yellow-breasted Chat	FS

Sparrows

__Green-tailed Towhee	FS,OW

__Spotted Towhee	CP

__Rufous-crowned Sparrow	*RP

__Canyon Towhee #	A

__Abert's Towhee	*UP

__Cassin's Sparrow #	A

__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

__Sagebrush Sparrow	UP

__Lark Bunting	^RS

__Savannah Sparrow	CS,RW

__Grasshopper Sparrow	^RS

__Baird's Sparrow # +	A

__Le Conte's Sparrow #	A

__Nelson'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

Tanagers, Grosbeaks & Buntings

__Summer Tanager	*US

__Scarlet Tanager #	A

__Western Tanager	FS

__Northern Cardinal #	A

__Pyrrhuloxia #	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

__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

__Streak-backed Oriole #	A

__Bullock's Oriole	CS

__Baltimore Oriole #	A

__Scott's Oriole	US

Finches

__Brambling #	A

__Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch	IW(U-C)

__Black Rosy-Finch	UP

__Brown-capped Rosy-Finch #	A

__Pine Grosbeak	UP

__House Finch	CP

__Purple Finch #	A

__Cassin's Finch	FP

__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

__House Sparrow	CP

1 This Checklist contains 458 species approved by the Utah Bird Records Committee through June 2014 arranged in taxonomic order and using nomenclature of the American Ornithologist's Union Check-
list of North American Birds, 7th Edition, 54th supplement.

(For lists of "Provisional Species," "Unverified Species," "Established Introduced Species," and "Non-established Introduced Species," go to the "Auxiliary Lists" on the Records Committee website at:

utahbirds.org/RecCom/AuxiliaryList.htm).

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 at www.utahbirds.org/RecCom/. Documentation and photographs can be submitted to records@utahbirds.org

Photo: Wilson's Snipe by Jack Binch