This list contains around 500 species that have been reported or could be reported in Utah. This list DOES NOT match the "official checklist" of birds form the Utah Ornithological Society or the eBird checklist for the state. This list combines those and includes several other sightings not confirmed by either group. At the same time, several reported species have not been included due to lack of documentation, coupled with the improbability that those species would occur in Utah. This list has about 470 species on it.
At the bottom of that list, I have included a list of hypothetical species--birds that likely have or will occur in Utah at some point, but lack any sightings or documentation to date. There are 30 species on this list.
And finally, I included a list of all recorded hybrid species in Utah. This is merely for information purposes--and these do not count towards the 500 species total.
The Birds
| Species | Status |
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| Waterfowl | 42 species |
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Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor ACCIDENTAL |
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Snow Goose |
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Ross's Goose |
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Greater White-fronted Goose |
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Brant |
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Cackling Goose |
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Barnacle Goose |
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Canada Goose |
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Mute Swan Cygnus olor Uncommon |
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Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator Rare |
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Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Common |
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Wood Duck |
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Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Occasional |
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Garganey Anas querquedula ACCIDENTAL |
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Blue-winged Teal |
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Cinnamon Teal |
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Northern Shoveler |
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Gadwall |
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Eurasian Wigeon |
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American Wigeon |
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Mallard |
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American Black Duck |
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Northern Pintail |
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Green-winged Teal |
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Canvasback |
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Redhead |
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Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Common |
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Greater Scaup |
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Lesser Scaup |
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Tufted Duck |
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Harlequin Duck |
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Surf Scoter |
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White-winged Scoter |
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Black Scoter |
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Long-tailed Duck |
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Bufflehead |
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Common Goldeneye |
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Barrow's Goldeneye |
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Hooded Merganser |
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Common Merganser |
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Red-breasted Merganser |
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Ruddy Duck |
| Game Birds | 13 species |
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Scaled Quail |
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California Quail |
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Gambel's Quail |
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Chukar |
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Ring-necked Pheasant |
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Gray Partridge |
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Ruffed Grouse |
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Greater Sage-Grouse |
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Gunnison Sage-Grouse |
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White-tailed Ptarmigan |
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Dusky Grouse |
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Sharp-tailed Grouse |
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Wild Turkey |
| Diving Birds | 16 species |
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Red-throated Loon |
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Pacific Loon |
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Arctic Loon |
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Common Loon |
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Yellow-billed Loon |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
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Horned Grebe |
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Red-necked Grebe |
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Eared Grebe |
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Western Grebe |
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Clark's Grebe |
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Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Accidental |
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Neotropic Cormorant |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
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American White Pelican |
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Brown Pelican |
| Wading Birds | 17 species |
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Wood Stork |
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American Bittern |
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Least Bittern |
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Great Blue Heron |
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Great Egret |
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Snowy Egret |
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Little Blue Heron |
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Tricolored Heron |
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Reddish Egret |
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Cattle Egret |
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Green Heron |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron |
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
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White Ibis |
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Glossy Ibis |
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White-faced Ibis |
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Roseate Spoonbill |
| Diurnal Raptors | 19 species |
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Turkey Vulture |
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California Condor |
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Osprey |
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White-tailed Kite |
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Golden Eagle |
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Mississippi Kite |
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Northern Harrier |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
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Cooper's Hawk |
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Northern Goshawk |
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Bald Eagle |
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Common Black Hawk |
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Red-shouldered Hawk |
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Broad-winged Hawk |
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Swainson's Hawk |
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Zone-tailed Hawk |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
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Rough-legged Hawk |
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Ferruginous Hawk |
| Rails & Cranes | 8 species |
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Virginia Rail |
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Sora |
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Purple Gallinule |
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Common Gallinule |
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American Coot |
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Sandhill Crane |
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Common Crane |
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Whooping Crane |
| Shorebirds | 43 species |
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Black-necked Stilt |
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American Avocet |
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Black-bellied Plover |
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American Golden-Plover |
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Pacific Golden-Plover |
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Snowy Plover |
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Semipalmated Plover |
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Killdeer |
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Mountain Plover |
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Upland Sandpiper |
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Whimbrel |
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Long-billed Curlew |
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Bar-tailed Godwit |
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Hudsonian Godwit |
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Marbled Godwit |
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Ruddy Turnstone |
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Red Knot |
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Ruff |
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
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Stilt Sandpiper |
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Curlew Sandpiper |
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Sanderling |
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Dunlin |
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Purple Sandpiper |
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Baird's Sandpiper |
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Least Sandpiper |
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White-rumped Sandpiper |
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
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Pectoral Sandpiper |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper |
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Western Sandpiper |
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Short-billed Dowitcher |
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Long-billed Dowitcher |
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Wilson's Snipe |
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Wilson's Phalarope |
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Red-necked Phalarope |
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Red Phalarope |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
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Solitary Sandpiper |
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Wandering Tattler |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
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Willet |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
| Jaegers | 3 species |
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Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Accidental |
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Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Rare |
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Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Occasional |
| Alcids | 1 species |
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Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus ACCIDENTAL |
| Gulls | 18 species |
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Black-legged Kittiwake |
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Sabine's Gull |
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Bonaparte's Gull |
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Little Gull |
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Laughing Gull |
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Franklin's Gull |
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Heermann's Gull |
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Mew Gull |
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Ring-billed Gull |
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Western Gull |
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Yellow-footed Gull |
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California Gull |
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Herring Gull |
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Iceland Gull |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull |
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Slaty-backed Gull |
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Glaucous-winged Gull |
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Glaucous Gull |
| Terns | 6 species |
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Least Tern |
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Caspian Tern |
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Black Tern |
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Common Tern |
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Arctic Tern |
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Forster's Tern |
| Doves & Pigeons | 9 species |
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Rock Pigeon |
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Band-tailed Pigeon |
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Eurasian Collared-Dove |
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African Collared-Dove |
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Inca Dove |
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Common Ground-Dove |
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Ruddy Ground-Dove |
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White-winged Dove |
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Mourning Dove |
| Cuckoos | 3 species |
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Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Uncommon |
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Occasional |
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Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Accidental |
| Owls | 14 species |
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Barn Owl |
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Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus Common |
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Western Screech-Owl |
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Great Horned Owl |
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Snowy Owl |
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Northern Pygmy-Owl |
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Elf Owl |
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Burrowing Owl |
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Spotted Owl |
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Great Gray Owl |
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Long-eared Owl |
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Short-eared Owl |
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Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus Occasional |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl |
| Nightjars | 4 species |
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Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis Uncommon |
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Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Uncommon |
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Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii Common |
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Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae Accidental |
| Swifts | 3 species |
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Black Swift |
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Vaux's Swift |
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White-throated Swift |
| Hummingbirds | 9 species |
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Rivoli's Hummingbird |
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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Black-chinned Hummingbird |
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Anna's Hummingbird |
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Costa's Hummingbird |
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird |
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Rufous Hummingbird |
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Calliope Hummingbird |
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Broad-billed Hummingbird |
| Kingfishers | 1 species |
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Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Uncommon |
| Woodpeckers | 13 species |
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Lewis's Woodpecker |
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Red-headed Woodpecker |
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Acorn Woodpecker |
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Williamson's Sapsucker |
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
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Red-naped Sapsucker |
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Red-breasted Sapsucker |
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Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
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Downy Woodpecker |
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Hairy Woodpecker |
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American Three-toed Woodpecker |
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Northern Flicker |
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Gilded Flicker |
| Falcons | 5 species |
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American Kestrel |
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Merlin |
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Gyrfalcon |
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Peregrine Falcon |
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Prairie Falcon |
| Flycatchers | 25 species |
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Olive-sided Flycatcher |
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Western Wood-Pewee |
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
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Willow Flycatcher |
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Alder Flycatcher |
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Least Flycatcher |
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Hammond's Flycatcher |
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Gray Flycatcher |
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Dusky Flycatcher |
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Pacific-slope Flycatcher |
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Cordilleran Flycatcher |
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Black Phoebe |
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Eastern Phoebe |
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Say's Phoebe |
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Vermilion Flycatcher |
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Dusky-capped Flycatcher |
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Ash-throated Flycatcher |
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Great Crested Flycatcher |
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Brown-crested Flycatcher |
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Tropical Kingbird |
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Cassin's Kingbird |
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Thick-billed Kingbird |
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Western Kingbird |
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Eastern Kingbird |
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
| Shrikes | 2 species |
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Loggerhead Shrike |
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Northern Shrike |
| Vireos | 10 species |
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White-eyed Vireo |
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Bell's Vireo |
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Gray Vireo |
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Yellow-throated Vireo |
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Cassin's Vireo |
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Blue-headed Vireo |
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Plumbeous Vireo |
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Philadelphia Vireo |
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Warbling Vireo |
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Red-eyed Vireo |
| Corvids | 10 species |
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Gray Jay |
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Pinyon Jay |
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Steller's Jay |
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Blue Jay |
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Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay |
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Black-billed Magpie |
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Clark's Nutcracker |
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American Crow |
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Common Raven |
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Chihuahuan Raven |
| Larks | 1 species |
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Horned Lark |
| Swallows | 7 species |
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
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Purple Martin |
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Tree Swallow |
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Violet-green Swallow |
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Bank Swallow |
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Barn Swallow |
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Cliff Swallow |
| Titimice | 9 species |
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Black-capped Chickadee |
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Mountain Chickadee |
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Juniper Titmouse |
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Verdin Auriparus flaviceps Common |
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Bushtit |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
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Pygmy Nuthatch |
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Brown Creeper |
| Wrens | 8 species |
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Rock Wren |
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Canyon Wren |
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House Wren |
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Pacific Wren |
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Winter Wren |
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Marsh Wren |
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Bewick's Wren |
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Cactus Wren |
| Gnatcatchers | 2 species |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
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Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura Rare |
| Dippers | 1 species |
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American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus Uncommon |
| Kinglets | 2 species |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| Thrushes & Thrashers | 19 species |
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Eastern Bluebird |
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Western Bluebird |
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Mountain Bluebird |
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Townsend's Solitaire |
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Veery |
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Swainson's Thrush |
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Hermit Thrush |
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Wood Thrush |
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Rufous-backed Robin |
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American Robin |
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Varied Thrush |
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Gray Catbird |
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Curve-billed Thrasher |
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Brown Thrasher |
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Bendire's Thrasher |
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LeConte's Thrasher |
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Crissal Thrasher |
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Sage Thrasher |
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Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Common |
| Waxwings | 5 species |
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European Starling |
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American Pipit |
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Bohemian Waxwing |
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Cedar Waxwing |
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Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens Uncommon |
| Warblers | 39 species |
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Ovenbird |
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Worm-eating Warbler |
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Louisiana Waterthrush |
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Northern Waterthrush |
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Golden-winged Warbler |
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Black-and-white Warbler |
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Prothonotary Warbler |
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Tennessee Warbler |
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Orange-crowned Warbler |
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Lucy's Warbler |
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Nashville Warbler |
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Virginia's Warbler |
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Connecticut Warbler |
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MacGillivray's Warbler |
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Kentucky Warbler |
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Common Yellowthroat |
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Hooded Warbler |
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American Redstart |
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Cape May Warbler |
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Northern Parula |
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Magnolia Warbler |
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Bay-breasted Warbler |
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Blackburnian Warbler |
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Yellow Warbler |
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Chestnut-sided Warbler |
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Blackpoll Warbler |
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Black-throated Blue Warbler |
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Palm Warbler |
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Pine Warbler |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Yellow-throated Warbler |
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Prairie Warbler |
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Grace's Warbler |
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Black-throated Gray Warbler |
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Townsend's Warbler |
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Hermit Warbler |
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Canada Warbler |
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Wilson's Warbler |
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Painted Redstart |
| Longspurs & Snow Buntings | 3 species |
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Lapland Longspur |
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Chestnut-collared Longspur |
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McCown's Longspur |
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Snow Bunting |
| Sparrows | 32 species |
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Cassin's Sparrow |
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Grasshopper Sparrow |
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Baird's Sparrow |
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LeConte's Sparrow |
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Nelson's Sparrow |
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American Tree Sparrow |
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Chipping Sparrow |
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Clay-colored Sparrow |
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Black-chinned Sparrow |
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Field Sparrow |
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Brewer's Sparrow |
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Black-throated Sparrow |
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Lark Sparrow |
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Lark Bunting |
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Fox Sparrow |
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Dark-eyed Junco |
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White-crowned Sparrow |
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Golden-crowned Sparrow |
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Harris's Sparrow |
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White-throated Sparrow |
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Sagebrush Sparrow |
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Bell's Sparrow |
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Vesper Sparrow |
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Savannah Sparrow |
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Song Sparrow |
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Lincoln's Sparrow |
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Swamp Sparrow |
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Canyon Towhee |
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Abert's Towhee Pipilo aberti Uncommon |
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Rufous-crowned Sparrow |
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Green-tailed Towhee |
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Spotted Towhee |
| Chats | 1 species |
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Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Uncommon |
| Tanagers & Cardinals | 12 species |
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Summer Tanager |
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Scarlet Tanager |
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Western Tanager |
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Northern Cardinal |
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Pyrrhuloxia |
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
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Black-headed Grosbeak |
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Blue Grosbeak |
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Lazuli Bunting |
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Indigo Bunting |
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Painted Bunting |
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Dickcissel |
| Icteridae | 17 species |
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Yellow-headed Blackbird |
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Bobolink |
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Western Meadowlark |
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Eastern Meadowlark |
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Orchard Oriole |
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Hooded Oriole |
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Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus Accidental |
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Bullock's Oriole |
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Baltimore Oriole |
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Scott's Oriole |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
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Bronzed Cowbird |
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
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Rusty Blackbird |
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Brewer's Blackbird |
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Common Grackle |
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Great-tailed Grackle |
| Finches | 17 species |
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Brambling |
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Evening Grosbeak |
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Pine Grosbeak |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch |
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Black Rosy-Finch |
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Brown-capped Rosy-Finch |
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House Finch |
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Purple Finch |
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Cassin's Finch |
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Common Redpoll |
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Hoary Redpoll |
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Red Crossbill |
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White-winged Crossbill |
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Pine Siskin |
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Lesser Goldfinch |
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Lawrence's Goldfinch |
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American Goldfinch |
| Old World Sparrows | 1 species |
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House Sparrow Passer domesticus Abundant |
Hypotheticals
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Emperor Goose
Brown Booby
Black Vulture
Harris's Hawk
Yellow Rail
Red-necked Stint
Little Stint
Black-headed Gull
Ross's Gull
Ivory Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Kelp Gull
Barred Owl
Chimney Swift
Blue-throated Hummingbird
Pileated Woodpecker
Crested Caracara
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Greater Pewee
California Scrub-Jay
Cave Swallow
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Sprague's Pipit
Olive Warbler
Smith's Longspur
Hepatic Tanager
Varied bunting
Hybrids Found in Utah
Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted x Cackling Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Snow x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)
Cinnamon Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
Northern Shoveler x Gadwall (hybrid)
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Wood Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Northern Shoveler x Mallard (hybrid)
Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Gadwall x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Redhead x Ring-necked Duck (hybrid)
Redhead x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)
Ring-necked Duck x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)
Tufted Duck x scaup sp. (hybrid)
Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (hybrid)
Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid)
Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)
Dusky x Sharp-tailed Grouse (hybrid)
Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)
Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Broad-tailed x Calliope Hummingbird (hybrid)
Yellow-bellied x Red-naped Sapsucker (hybrid)
Yellow-bellied x Red-breasted Sapsucker (hybrid)
Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker (hybrid)
Black-capped x Mountain Chickadee (hybrid)
Townsend's x Hermit Warbler (hybrid)
Rose-breasted x Black-headed Grosbeak (hybrid)
Lazuli x Indigo Bunting (hybrid)