Field Checklist 
of the
Birds of Utah

Apr 2025

This Checklist contains 464  species approved by the Utah Bird Records Committee

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Abundance Codes
C = COMMON - Found consistently 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)

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)
M = Migrant  (Migrates through the 
    state in spring and/or fall)

# Species for which documentation is requested
* Species that are found primarily in Washington
   County

Swans, Geese & Ducks
__Fulvous Whistling-Duck #	A
__Snow Goose	CM,OW
__Ross's Goose	UM,RW
__Greater White-fronted Goose	RM
__Brant #	A
__Cackling Goose	RW
__Canada Goose	CP
__Trumpeter Swan	RM,RW
__Tundra Swan	UM,UW
__Wood Duck	UP
__Blue-winged Teal	US
__Cinnamon Teal	CS,RW
__Northern Shoveler	CP
__Gadwall	CP
__Eurasian Wigeon	OM
__American Wigeon	RS,CW
__Mallard	CP
__Mexican Duck #	OP
__American Black Duck #	A
__Northern Pintail	CS,UW
__Green-winged Teal	CP
__Canvasback	CM,RS,UW
__Redhead	CS,UW
__Ring-necked Duck	RS,CW
__Greater Scaup	RM,RW
__Lesser Scaup	CM,RS,UW
__Harlequin Duck #	A
__Surf Scoter	RM
__White-winged Scoter	RM
__Black Scoter	OM
__Long-tailed Duck	RW
__Bufflehead	CW
__Common Goldeneye	CW
__Barrow's Goldeneye	UW
__Hooded Merganser	UW
__Common Merganser	CM,RS,UW
__Red-breasted Merganser	CM
__Ruddy Duck	CP

Quail, Pheasants & Grouse
__Scaled Quail #	A 
__California Quail	CP
__Gambel's Quail 	UP
__Wild Turkey 	UP
__Ruffed Grouse	UP
__White-tailed Ptarmigan 	RP
__Greater Sage-Grouse 	UP
__Gunnison Sage-Grouse #	RP
__Dusky Grouse 	UP
__Sharp-tailed Grouse 	RP
__Gray Partridge 	RP
__Ring-necked Pheasant	UP
__Chukar 	UP

Grebes
__Pied-billed Grebe	CS,UW
__Horned Grebe	UM,RW
__Red-necked Grebe #	A
__Eared Grebe	CS,UW
__Western Grebe	CS,RW
__Clark's Grebe	CS,RW

Doves & Pigeons
__Rock Pigeon 	CP
__Band-tailed Pigeon 	US
__Eurasian Collared-Dove 	CP
__Inca Dove	*RP
__Common Ground-Dove #	A
__Ruddy Ground-Dove #	A
__White-winged Dove 	UP
__Mourning Dove	CS,UW

Cuckoos & Roadrunners
__Greater Roadrunner 	UP
__Yellow-billed Cuckoo #	OS
__Black-billed Cuckoo #	A

Goatsuckers
__Lesser Nighthawk	*US
__Common Nighthawk	CS
__Common Poorwill 	CS
__Mexican Whip-poor-will #	A

Swifts
__Black Swift 	RS
__Chimney Swift #	A
__Vaux's Swift #	RM
__White-throated Swift	CS

Hummingbirds
__Rivoli’s Hummingbird #	A
__Ruby-throated Hummingbird #	A
__Black-chinned Hummingbird	CS
__Anna's Hummingbird 	RW
__Costa's Hummingbird	*US
__Calliope Hummingbird	UM,RS
__Rufous Hummingbird	CM
__Allen’s Hummingbird #	A
__Broad-tailed Hummingbird	CS
__Broad-billed Hummingbird #	A

Rails & Cranes
__Virginia Rail	CS,UW
__Sora	CS,RW
__Common Gallinule #	*RP
__American Coot	CP
__Sandhill Crane	CS,RW
__Common Crane #	A
__Purple Gallinule #	A

Plovers & Sandpipers
__Black-necked Stilt	CS
__American Avocet	CS,RW
__Black-bellied Plover	UM
__American Golden-Plover	RM
__Pacific Golden-Plover #	A
__Killdeer	CP
__Semipalmated Plover	UM
__Mountain Plover #	O
__Snowy Plover	US
__Upland Sandpiper #	A
__Whimbrel 	RM
__Long-billed Curlew	US
__Hudsonian Godwit #	OM
__Marbled Godwit	CM
__Ruddy Turnstone #	RM
__Red Knot	RM
__Ruff #	A
__Sharp-tailed Sandpiper #	A
__Stilt Sandpiper	RM
__Curlew Sandpiper #	A
__Sanderling	CM
__Dunlin	RM
__Purple Sandpiper #	A
__Baird's Sandpiper	UM
__Least Sandpiper	CT,RW
__White-rumped Sandpiper #	A
__Buff-breasted Sandpiper #	A
__Pectoral Sandpiper	UM
__Semipalmated Sandpiper	RM
__Western Sandpiper	CM
__Short-billed Dowitcher	RM
__Long-billed Dowitcher	CM,RW
__Wilson’s Snipe	CS,UW
__Spotted Sandpiper	CS
__Solitary Sandpiper	UM
__Wandering Tattler #	A
__Lesser Yellowlegs	CM
__Willet	CS
__Greater Yellowlegs	CM,RW
__Wilson's Phalarope	CM,CS
__Red-necked Phalarope	CM
__Red Phalarope #	OM

Gulls, Terns, & Alcids
__Pomarine Jaeger #	A
__Parasitic Jaeger #	A
__Long-tailed Jaeger #	A
__Ancient Murrelet #	A
__Black-legged Kittiwake #	A
__Sabine's Gull	RM
__Bonaparte's Gull	UM
__Black-headed Gull #	A
__Little Gull #	A
__Laughing Gull #	A
__Franklin's Gull	CS
__Heermann's Gull #	A
__Short-billed Gull (Mew G.)	OM,OW
__Ring-billed Gull	US,CW
__Western Gull #	A
__Yellow-footed Gull #	A
__California Gull	CS,UW
__Herring Gull	UW
__Iceland Gull	RW
__Lesser Black-backed Gull	A
__Glaucous-winged Gull	RW
__Glaucous Gull	RW
__Great Black-backed Gull #	OP
__Least Tern #	OM
__Caspian Tern	CS
__Black Tern	UM,US
__Common Tern	RM
__Arctic Tern #	A
__Forster's Tern	CS

Loons
__Red-throated Loon #	A
__Pacific Loon	RM
__Common Loon 	CM,UW
__Yellow-billed Loon #	A

Storks
__Wood Stork #	A

Frigatebirds, & Cormorants
__Magnificent Frigatebird #	A
__Blue-footed Booby #	A
__Double-crested Cormorant	CS,RW
__Neotropic Cormorant	RP

Pelicans, Bitterns, Egrets & Ibises
__American White Pelican	CS,OW
__Brown Pelican #	A
__Least Bittern #	 OS
__American Bittern	US,RW
__Little Blue Heron #	A
__Tricolored Heron #	A
__Reddish Egret #	A
__Snowy Egret	CS
__Yellow-crowned Night-Heron #	A
__Black-crowned Night-Heron	CS,UW
__Green Heron 	RP
__Great Egret	US
__Western Cattle Egret	CS
__Great Blue Heron	CP
__White Ibis #	A
__Glossy Ibis	RM
__White-faced Ibis	CS
__Roseate Spoonbill #	A

Vultures
__California Condor	RP
__Turkey Vulture	CS
Hawks & Eagles
__Osprey	US
__White-tailed Kite #	A
__Golden Eagle	UP
__Northern Harrier	CP
__Sharp-shinned Hawk	CP
__Cooper's Hawk	CP
__American Goshawk 	UP
__Bald Eagle	RS,CW
__Mississippi Kite #	A
__Common Black-Hawk	*RS
__Gray Hawk # +	A
__Red-shouldered Hawk #	OW
__Broad-winged Hawk	RM
__Swainson's Hawk	CS
__Zone-tailed Hawk #	*RS
__Red-tailed Hawk	CP
__Rough-legged Hawk	UW
__Ferruginous Hawk	UP

Owls
__American Barn Owl	UP
__Flammulated Owl 	US
__Western Screech-Owl 	UP
__Great Horned Owl	CP
__Snowy Owl #	A
__Northern Pygmy-Owl 	UP
__Burrowing Owl 	US,RW
__Spotted Owl 	RP
__Great Gray Owl #	A
__Long-eared Owl 	UP
__Short-eared Owl	UP
__Boreal Owl #	OP
__Northern Saw-whet Owl 	RP

Kingfishers
__Belted Kingfisher	UP

Woodpeckers
__Lewis's Woodpecker 	UP
__Red-headed Woodpecker #	A
__Acorn Woodpecker #	RP
__Williamson's Sapsucker 	US,RW
__Yellow-bellied Sapsucker #	O
__Red-naped Sapsucker	CS,RW
__Red-breasted Sapsucker 	RW
__American Three-toed Woodpecker 	RP
__Downy Woodpecker	CP
__Ladder-backed Woodpecker 	*UP
__Hairy Woodpecker	UP
__Northern Flicker	CP
__Gilded Flicker #	*A

Falcons
__Crested Caracara #	A
__American Kestrel	CP
__Merlin	UW
__Gyrfalcon #	A
__Peregrine Falcon	UP
__Prairie Falcon	UP

Flycatchers
__Olive-sided Flycatcher 	US
__Western Wood-Pewee 	CS
__Alder Flycatcher # 	A
__Willow Flycatcher 	US
__Least Flycatcher	RM
__Hammond's Flycatcher 	US
__Gray Flycatcher 	US
__Dusky Flycatcher 	CS
__Western Flycatcher	CS
__Black Phoebe 	UP
__Eastern Phoebe #	A
__Say's Phoebe	CS,UW
__Vermilion Flycatcher 	*RP
__Dusky-capped Flycatcher #	A
__Ash-throated Flycatcher 	CS
__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

Vireos
__White-eyed Vireo # 	A
__Bell's Vireo 	*US
__Gray Vireo 	US
__Yellow-throated Vireo # +	A
__Cassin's Vireo 	UM
__Blue-headed Vireo #	A
__Plumbeous Vireo	CS
__Philadelphia Vireo #	A
__Warbling Vireo	CS
__Red-eyed Vireo 	OM

Shrikes
__Loggerhead Shrike	CP
__Northern Shrike	RW

Jays & Crows
__Canada Jay 	UP
__Pinyon Jay 	UP
__Steller's Jay 	CP
__Blue Jay	OW
__Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay	CP
__Clark's Nutcracker 	UP
__Black-billed Magpie	CP
__American Crow 	UP
__Common Raven	CP

Penduline Tits
__Verdin 	*CP

Chickadees
__Black-capped Chickadee	CP
__Mountain Chickadee	CP
__Juniper Titmouse 	CP

Larks
__Horned Lark	CP

Swallows
__Bank Swallow	CS
__Tree Swallow	CS
__Violet-green Swallow	CS
__Northern Rough-winged Swallow	CS
__Barn Swallow	CS
__Cliff Swallow	CS
__Purple Martin	RS

Bushtits (Long-tailed Tits)
__Bushtit 	UP

Kinglets
__Ruby-crowned Kinglet	CP
__Golden-crowned Kinglet 	UP

Waxwings
__Bohemian Waxwing	UW
__Cedar Waxwing	CP

Silky Flycatchers
__Phainopepla 	UP

Nuthatches
__Red-breasted Nuthatch	CP
__White-breasted Nuthatch 	UP
__Pygmy Nuthatch 	CP

Treecreepers
__Brown Creeper 	UP

Gnatcatchers
__Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 	CS
__Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 	*RP

Wrens 
__Rock Wren 	CS, UW
__Canyon Wren 	UP
__Cactus Wren 	*UP
__Bewick's Wren 	CP
__Northern House Wren	CS,RW
__Pacific Wren	RS,UW
__Winter Wren #	A
__Marsh Wren	CS, UW

Thrashers
__Gray Catbird	US
__Curve-billed Thrasher #	A
__Brown Thrasher  #	OW
__Bendire's Thrasher  #	OS
__LeConte's Thrasher #	*A
__Crissal Thrasher 	*UP
__Sage Thrasher 	CS,*RW
__Northern Mockingbird 	UP

Starlings
__European Starling	CP

Dippers
__American Dipper 	UP

Thrushes
__Eastern Bluebird #	A
__Western Bluebird 	UP
__Mountain Bluebird	CS,UW
__Townsend's Solitaire 	CP
__Veery #	A
__Swainson's Thrush 	CS
__Hermit Thrush	CS,RW
__Wood Thrush #	A
__Rufous-backed Robin #	A
__American Robin	CP
__Varied Thrush 	OW

Old World Sparrows
__House Sparrow	CP

Pipits
__American Pipit	UP
__Sprague’s Pipit #	UP

Finches
__Brambling #	A
__Evening Grosbeak	UP
__Pine Grosbeak 	UP
__Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 	UW
__Black Rosy-Finch 	UP
__Brown-capped  Rosy-Finch #	A
__House Finch	CP
__Purple Finch #	A
__Cassin's Finch	CP
__Redpoll 	RW
__Red Crossbill 	UP
__White-winged Crossbill #	OP
__Pine Siskin	CP
__Lesser Goldfinch	CP
__Lawrence's Goldfinch #	A
__American Goldfinch	CP

Longspurs & Snow Bunting
__Lapland Longspur 	RW
__Chestnut-collared Longspur #	A
__Thick-billed (McCown's) Longspur	OW
__Snow Bunting 	RW

Sparrows
__Cassin's Sparrow #	A
__Grasshopper Sparrow 	RS
__Black-throated Sparrow 	CS
__Lark Sparrow	CS
__Lark Bunting #	RS
__Chipping Sparrow	CS
__Clay-colored Sparrow	RM
__Black-chinned Sparrow 	US
__Field Sparrow 	A
__Brewer's Sparrow	CS
__Fox Sparrow 	US,OW
__American Tree Sparrow	UW
__Dark-eyed Junco	CP
__White-crowned Sparrow	CP
__Golden-crowned Sparrow	RW
__Harris's Sparrow	RW
__White-throated Sparrow 	RW
__Bell’s Sparrow #	*RW
__Sagebrush Sparrow	UP
__Vesper Sparrow	CS,RW
__LeConte's Sparrow  #	A
__Nelson’s Sparrow  #	A
__Savannah Sparrow	CS,RW
__Song Sparrow	CP
__Lincoln's Sparrow	CS,RW
__Swamp Sparrow	RW
__Canyon Towhee #	A
__Abert's Towhee	*UP
__Rufous-crowned Sparrow	*RP
__Green-tailed Towhee	CS
__Spotted Towhee	CP

Chat
__Yellow-breasted Chat 	CS

Blackbirds & Orioles
__Yellow-headed Blackbird	CS,RW
__Bobolink 	RS
__Western Meadowlark	CP 
__Orchard Oriole # +	A
__Hooded Oriole 	*US
__Streak-backed Oriole #	A
__Bullock's Oriole 	CS
__Baltimore Oriole #	A
__Scott’s Oriole	US
__Red-winged Blackbird	CP
__Bronzed Cowbird #	*A
__Brown-headed Cowbird	CS,RW
__Rusty Blackbird #	A
__Brewer's Blackbird	CP
__Common Grackle 	RP
__Great-tailed Grackle 	CP

Warblers
__Ovenbird #	OM
__Worm-eating Warbler #	A
__Northern Waterthrush	RM
__Golden-winged Warbler # 	A
__Blue-winged Warbler #	A
__Black-and-white Warbler	OM
__Prothonotary Warbler #	A
__Tennessee Warbler #	OM
__Orange-crowned Warbler	CS,RW
__Lucy's Warbler 	CS
__Nashville Warbler	UM
__Virginia's Warbler	CS
__Connecticut Warbler # +	A
__MacGillivray's Warbler 	CS
__Kentucky Warbler #	A
__Common Yellowthroat	CS
__Hooded Warbler # +	A
__American Redstart 	RM
__Cape May Warbler #	A
__Northern Parula	OM
__Magnolia Warbler #	A
__Bay-breasted Warbler #	A
__Blackburnian Warbler #	A
__Yellow Warbler	CS
__Chestnut-sided Warbler #	OM
__Blackpoll Warbler #	OM
__Black-throated Blue Warbler #	A
__Palm Warbler #	OM
__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	UM
__Hermit Warbler	*RM
__Black-throated Green Warbler #	A
__Canada Warbler #	A
__Wilson's Warbler	US,CM
__Painted Redstart	*O

Tanagers,  Grosbeaks & Buntings
__Hepatic Tanager  #	A
__Summer Tanager 	US
__Scarlet Tanager #	A
__Western Tanager	CS
__Northern Cardinal #	A
__Pyrrhuloxia #	A
__Rose-breasted Grosbeak 	RM
__Black-headed Grosbeak	CS
__Blue Grosbeak 	US
__Lazuli Bunting 	CS
__Indigo Bunting 	RS
__Painted Bunting #	A
__Dickcissel #	A

This Checklist contains 464 species approved by the Utah Bird Records Committee through Sep.  2024, arranged in taxonomic order and using nomenclature of the American Ornithological Society Check-list of North American Birds, 7th Edition, 65th 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 an internet sight record at www.utahbirds.org/RecCom/. Other materials and  photographs can be submitted to utahbirds@gmail.com

Photo: American Avocet 
      by Kendall Brown