Field Checklist

of the

Birds of Utah

2005

"Utah Birds"

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This Checklist contains 430 species approved by the Utah Ornithological Society Bird Records Committee through February 2005, arranged in taxonomic order and using nomenclature of the 7th American Ornithologist's Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 45th 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@excite.com or by mail to the Utah Ornithological Society, Bird Records Committee Secretary, 2795 Indian Hills Dr., Provo, Utah 84604.

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
* Species that are found primarily in Washington County
^ Species that are found primarily in northern Utah

Bird List

Swans, Geese & Ducks

__Fulvous Whistling-Duck #	A

__Greater White-fronted Goose	RT,RW

__Snow Goose	CT,OW

__Ross's Goose	FT,RW

__Brant #	A

__Cackling Goose #	RT

__Canada Goose	CP

__Trumpeter Swan	RT,RW

__Tundra Swan	CT,CW

__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	RW

__White-winged Scoter	RW

__Black Scoter #	OW

__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

__Chukar	FP

__Gray Partridge	^UP

__Ring-necked Pheasant	CP

__Ruffed Grouse	UP

__Greater Sage-Grouse	UP

__Gunnison Sage-Grouse	RP

__White-tailed Ptarmigan	RP

__Blue Grouse	FP

__Sharp-tailed Grouse	^UP

__Wild Turkey	FP

__Scaled Quail #	A

__California Quail	CP

__Gambel's Quail	*CP

Loons

__Red-throated Loon #	A

__Pacific Loon	RT

__Common Loon	FT,UW

__Yellow-billed Loon #	A

Grebes

__Pied-billed Grebe	FS,UW

__Horned Grebe	RT

__Red-necked Grebe #	A

__Eared Grebe	CS,UW

__Western Grebe	CS,RW

__Clark's Grebe	CS,RW

Pelicans & Cormorants

__American White Pelican	CS,OW

__Brown Pelican #	A

__Double-crested Cormorant	CS,RW

__Magnificent Frigatebird #	A

Bitterns, Egrets & Herons

__American Bittern	US,RW

__Least Bittern #	OS

__Great Blue Heron	CP

__Great Egret	RT,RS

__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

__White Ibis #	A

__White-faced Ibis	CS

__Roseate Spoonbill #	A

Storks

__Wood Stork #	A

Vultures

__Turkey Vulture	FS

Hawks & Falcons

__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 #	OT

__Swainson's Hawk	FS

__Zone-tailed Hawk #	OS

__Red-tailed Hawk	CP

__Ferruginous Hawk	US,RW

__Rough-legged Hawk	FW

__Golden Eagle	FP

__American Kestrel	CP

__Merlin	UW

__Gyrfalcon #	OT,OW

__Peregrine Falcon	UP

__Prairie Falcon	UP

Rails & Cranes

__Virginia Rail	FS,UW

__Sora	FS,RW

__Purple Gallinule #	A

__Common Moorhen	RP

__American Coot	CP

__Sandhill Crane	FS

Plovers & Sandpipers

__Black-bellied Plover	UT

__American Golden-Plover	RT

__Snowy Plover	FS

__Semipalmated Plover	UT

__Killdeer	CP

__Mountain Plover #	RS

__Black-necked Stilt	CS

__American Avocet	CS,RW

__Greater Yellowlegs	FT,RW

__Lesser Yellowlegs	FT,RW

__Solitary Sandpiper	UT

__Willet	CS

__Wandering Tattler #	A

__Spotted Sandpiper	FS

__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,RW

__Least Sandpiper	CT,RW

__White-rumped Sandpiper #	A

__Baird's Sandpiper	UT

__Pectoral Sandpiper	UT

__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

__Pomarine Jaeger #	A

__Parasitic Jaeger #	A

__Long-tailed Jaeger #	O

__Franklin's Gull	CS

__Little Gull #	A

__Bonaparte's Gull	UT

__Heermann's Gull #	A

__Mew Gull	OT,OW

__Ring-billed Gull	US,CW

__California Gull	CS,UW

__Herring Gull	UW

__Thayer's Gull	RW

__Lesser Black-backed Gull #	A

__Yellow-footed Gull #	A

__Glaucous-winged Gull #	RW

__Glaucous Gull	R

__Sabine's Gull	RT

__Black-legged Kittiwake #	A

__Caspian Tern	US

__Common Tern	RT

__Forster's Tern	CS

__Least Tern #	OT

__Black Tern	UT,US

__Ancient Murrelet #	A

Doves & Pigeons

__Rock Pigeon	CP

__Band-tailed Pigeon	US

__Eurasian Collared-Dove #	RP

__White-winged Dove	*US

__Mourning Dove	CS,UW

__Inca Dove	*RP

__Common Ground-Dove #	A

__Ruddy Ground-Dove #	A

Cuckoos & Roadrunners

__Black-billed Cuckoo #	A

__Yellow-billed Cuckoo	RS

__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	UP

Goatsuckers

__Lesser Nighthawk	*FS

__Common Nighthawk	CS

__Common Poorwill	FS

Swifts

__Black Swift	RS

__Chimney Swift #	A

__Vaux's Swift #	RT

__White-throated Swift	CS

Hummingbirds

__Broad-billed Hummingbird #	A

__Magnificent Hummingbird #	A

__Black-chinned Hummingbird	CS

__Anna's Hummingbird #	RW

__Costa's Hummingbird	*US

__Calliope Hummingbird	RS

__Broad-tailed Hummingbird	CS

__Rufous Hummingbird	CT

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

Flycatchers

__Olive-sided Flycatcher	FS

__Western Wood-Pewee	CS

__Willow Flycatcher	FS

__Least Flycatcher #	OS

__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	*RS

__Ash-throated Flycatcher	FS

__Great Crested Flycatcher #	A

__Brown-crested Flycatcher	*RS

__Cassin's Kingbird	US

__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

__Blue-headed Vireo #	OT

__Plumbeous Vireo	CS

__Cassin's Vireo	RT

__Warbling Vireo	CS

__Philidelphia Vireo #	A

__Red-eyed Vireo	OT

Jays & Crows

__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

__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, Verdin & Bushtit

__Black-capped Chickadee	CP

__Mountain Chickadee	CP

__Juniper Titmouse	FP

__Verdin	*FP

__Bushtit	CP

Nuthatches & Creepers

__Red-breasted Nuthatch	CP

__White-breasted Nuthatch	FP

__Pygmy Nuthatch	FP

__Brown Creeper	UP

Wrens

__Cactus Wren	*UP

__Rock Wren	CS, UW

__Canyon Wren	CP

__Bewick's Wren	CP

__House Wren	CS,*RW

__Winter Wren	RW

__Marsh Wren	CS, UW

Dippers

__American Dipper	FP

Kinglets

__Golden-crowned Kinglet	UP

__Ruby-crowned Kinglet	CP

Gnatcatchers

__Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	CS

__Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	*UP

Thrushes

__Eastern Bluebird #	A

__Western Bluebird	US,RW

__Mountain Bluebird	CS,UW

__Townsend's Solitaire	CP

__Veery #	OS

__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

__Northern Mockingbird	CS,UW

__Sage Thrasher	CS,*RW

__Brown Thrasher	OW

__Bendire's Thrasher	RS

__Curve-billed Thrasher #	A

__Crissal Thrasher	*UP

__Le Conte's Thrasher #	*O

Starlings

__European Starling	CP

Pipits

__American Pipit	CS,UW

Waxwings & Phainopepla

__Bohemian Waxwing	IW(R-C)

__Cedar Waxwing	US,CW

__Phainopepla	*UP

Warblers

__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

__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

__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

__Summer Tanager	*US

__Scarlet Tanager #	A

__Western Tanager	FS

Sparrows

__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

__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

__Northern Cardinal #	A

__Rose-breasted Grosbeak	OT

__Black-headed Grosbeak	CS

__Blue Grosbeak	FS

__Lazuli Bunting	CS

__Indigo Bunting	RS

__Dickcissel #	A

Blackbirds & Orioles

__Bobolink	US

__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

__Brambling #	A

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

__Black Rosy-Finch	UP

__Pine Grosbeak	UP

__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

__House Sparrow	CP

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Changes to the official

UOS 1998 and 2004 checklists

Species deleted from the 1998 checklist (2):

Bar-tailed Godwit

Laughing Gull

New Species on the 2004 checklist (22):

Blue-winged Warbler

Canyon Towhee

Cassin's Sparrow

Curve-billed Thrasher

Elf Owl

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Field Sparrow

Garganey

Golden-winged Warbler

Gunnison Sage-Grouse (split from Sage Grouse)

Hoary Redpoll

Lawrence's Goldfinch

Louisiana Waterthrush

Magnificent Frigatebird

Philadelphia Vireo

Prairie Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Reddish Egret

Ruff

Scaled Quail

Yellow-footed Gull

Yellow-throated Vireo

Name changes with the 2004 checklist:

American Three-toed Woodpecker

Greater Sage-Grouse from Sage Grouse (split)

Long-tailed Duck from Oldsquaw

Rock Pigeon from Rock Dove

Wilson's Snipe from Common Snipe

Species added to the 2004 checklist (4):

Cackling Goose (split from Canada Goose)

White Ibis

Blue-headed Vireo

Rufous-backed Robin