Taxonomic List of the Birds of Utah (Sepember 2021 - 461 Species)

Taxonomic List of the Birds of Utah (Sepember 2021 - 461 species)

Names and order according to the 61st supplement to the American Outline Structure: Ornithological Society Check-list of North American Birds ORDER (-FORMES) FAMILY (-DAE) (I) = introduced species “Utah Bird Records Committee” Subfamily (-nae) www.utahbirds.org/RecCom Genus species Common Name

ANSERIFORMES Mergus serrator Red-breasted Merganser ANATIDAE Oxyura jamaicensis Ruddy Duck Dendrocygninae Dendrocygna bicolor Fulvous Whistling-Duck GALLIFORMES Anserinae ODONTOPHORIDAE Anser caerulescens Snow Goose Callipepla squamata Scaled Quail Anser rossii Ross's Goose Callipepla californica California Quail Anser albifrons Greater White-fronted Goose Callipepla gambelii Gambel's Quail Branta bernicla Brant PHASIANIDAE Branta hutchinsii Cackling Goose Phasianinae Branta canadensis Canada Goose Alectoris chukar Chukar (I) Cygnus buccinator Trumpeter Swan Perdix perdix Gray Partridge (I) Cygnus columbianus Tundra Swan Phasianus colchicus Ring-necked Pheasant (I) Anatinae Tetraoninae Aix sponsa Wood Duck Bonasa umbellus Ruffed Grouse Spatula querquedula Garganey* Centrocercus urophasianus Greater Sage-Grouse Spatula discors Blue-winged Teal Centrocercus minimus Gunnison Sage- Grouse Spatula cyanoptera Cinnamon Teal Lagopus leucura White-tailed Ptarmigan Spatula clypeata Northern Shoveler Dendragapus obscurus Dusky Grouse Mareca strepera Gadwall Tympanuchus phasianellus Sharp-tailed Grouse Mareca penelope Eurasian Wigeon Meleagridinae Mareca americana American Wigeon Meleagris gallopavo Wild Turkey Anas platyrhynchos Mallard Anas diazi Mexican Duck PODICIPEDIFORMES Anas rubripes American Black Duck PODICIPEDIDAE Anas acuta Northern Pintail Podilymbus podiceps Pied-billed Grebe Anas crecca Green-winged Teal Podiceps auritus Horned Grebe Aythya valisineria Canvasback Podiceps grisegena Red-necked Grebe Aythya americana Redhead Podiceps nigricollis Eared Grebe Aythya collaris Ring-necked Duck Aechmophorus occidentalis Western Grebe Aythya marila Greater Scaup Aechmophorus clarkii Clark's Grebe Aythya affinis Lesser Scaup Histrionicus histrionicus Harlequin Duck COLUMBIFORMES Melanitta perspicillata Surf Scoter COLUMBIDAE Melanitta fusca White-winged Scoter Columba livia Rock Pigeon (I) Melanitta americana Black Scoter Patagioenas fasciata Band-tailed Pigeon Clangula hyemalis Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw) Streptopelia decaocto Eurasian Collared-Dove (I) Bucephala albeola Bufflehead Columbina inca Inca Dove Bucephala clangula Common Goldeneye Columbina passerina Common Ground-Dove Bucephala islandica Barrow's Goldeneye Columbina talpacoti Ruddy Ground-Dove Lophodytes cucullatus Hooded Merganser Zenaida asiatica White-winged Dove Mergus merganser Common Merganser Zenaida macroura Mourning Dove

CUCULIFORMES CHARADRIIFORMES CUCULIDAE RECURVIROSTRIDAE Neomorphinae Himantopus mexicanus Black-necked Stilt Geococcyx californianus Greater Roadrunner Recurvirostra americana American Avocet Cuculinae CHARADRIIDAE Coccyzus americanus Yellow-billed Cuckoo Charadriinae Coccyzus erythropthalmus Black-billed Cuckoo Pluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis dominica American Golden-Plover CAPRIMULGIFORMES Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden-Plover CAPRIMULGIDAE Charadrius vociferus Killdeer Chordeilinae Charadrius semipalmatus Semipalmated Plover Chordeiles acutipennis Lesser Nighthawk Charadrius montanus Mountain Plover Chordeiles minor Common Nighthawk Charadrius nivosus Snowy Plover Caprimulginae SCOLOPACIDAE Phalaenoptilus nuttallii Common Poorwill Numeniinae Antrostomus arizonae Mexican Whip-poor-will Bartramia longicauda Upland Sandpiper Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel APODIFORMES Numenius americanus Long-billed Curlew APODIDAE Limosinae Cypseloidinae Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit* Cypseloides niger Black Swift Limosa haemastica Hudsonian Godwit Chaeturinae Limosa fedoa Marbled Godwit Chaetura pelagica Chimney Swift Arenariinae Chaetura vauxi Vaux's Swift Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone Apodinae Calidris canutus Red Knot Aeronautes saxatalis White-throated Swift Calidris pugnax Ruff TROCHILIDAE Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Trochilinae Calidris himantopus Stilt Sandpiper Eugenes fulgens Rivoli’s Hummingbird Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper Archilochus colubris Ruby-throated Hummingbird Calidris alba Sanderling Archilochus alexandri Black-chinned Hummingbird Calidris alpina Dunlin Calypte anna Anna's Hummingbird Calidris maritima Purple Sandpiper Calypte costae Costa's Hummingbird Calidris bairdii Baird's Sandpiper Selasphorus platycercus Broad-tailed Hummingbird Calidris minutilla Least Sandpiper Selasphorus rufus Rufous Hummingbird Calidris fuscicollis White-rumped Sandpiper Selasphorus sasin Allen’s Hummingbird Calidris subruficollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper Selasphorus calliope Calliope Hummingbird Calidris melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper Cynanthus latirostris Broad-billed Hummingbird Calidris pusilla Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris mauri Western Sandpiper GRUIFORMES Scolopacinae RALLIDAE Limnodromus griseus Short-billed Dowitcher Rallus limicola Virginia Rail Limnodromus scolopaceus Long-billed Dowitcher Porzana carolina Sora Gallinago delicata Wilson’s Snipe Porphyrio martinica Purple Gallinule Tringinae Gallinula galeata Common Gallinule Actitis macularius Spotted Sandpiper Fulica americana American Coot Tringa solitaria Solitary Sandpiper GRUIDAE Tringa incana Wandering Tattler Gruinae Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs Antigone canadensis Sandhill Crane Tringa semipalmata Willet Grus grus Common Crane Tringa melanoleuca Greater Yellowlegs Phalaropus tricolor Wilson's Phalarope 2 Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked Phalarope SULIDAE Phalaropus fulicarius Red Phalarope Sula nebouxii Blue-footed Booby STERCORARIIDAE PHALACROCORACIDAE Stercorarius pomarinus Pomarine Jaeger Phalacrocorax brasilianus Neotropic Cormorant Stercorarius parasiticus Parasitic Jaeger Phalacrocorax auritus Double-crested Cormorant Stercorarius longicaudus Long-tailed Jaeger PELECANIFORMES ALCIDAE PELECANIDAE Synthliboramphus antiquus Ancient Murrelet Pelecanus erythrorhynchos American White Pelican LARIDAE Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelican Larinae ARDEIDAE Rissa tridactyla Black-legged Kittiwake Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern Xema sabini Sabine's Gull Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern Chroicocephalus philadelphia Bonaparte's Gull Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron Hydrocoloeus minutus Little Gull Ardea alba Great Egret Leucophaeus atricilla Laughing Gull Egretta thula Snowy Egret Leucophaeus pipixcan Franklin's Gull Egretta caerulea Little Blue Heron Larus heermanni Heermann's Gull Egretta tricolor Tricolored Heron Larus canus Mew Gull Egretta rufescens Reddish Egret. Larus delawarensis Ring-billed Gull Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret Larus occidentalis Western Gull Butorides virescens Green Heron Larus livens Yellow-footed Gull Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-Heron Larus californicus California Gull Nyctanassa violacea Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Larus argentatus Herring Gull THRESKIORNITHIDAE Larus glaucoides Iceland Gull Threskiornithinae Larus fuscus Lesser Black-backed Gull Eudocimus albus White Ibis Larus glaucescens Glaucous-winged Gull Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis Larus hyperboreus Glaucous Gull Plegadis chihi White-faced Ibis Larus marinus Great Black-backed Gull Plataleinae Sterninae Platalea ajaja Roseate Spoonbill Sternula antillarum Least Tern Hydroprogne caspia Caspian Tern ACCIPITRIFORMES Chlidonias niger Black Tern CATHARTIDAE Sterna hirundo Common Tern Cathartes aura Turkey Vulture Sterna hirundo Arctic Tern Gymnogyps californianus California Condor Sterna forsteri Forster's Tern ACCIPITRIFORMES GAVIIFORMES PANDIONIDAE GAVIIDAE Pandion haliaetus Osprey Gavia stellata Red-throated Loon ACCIPITRIDAE Gavia pacifica Pacific Loon Elanus leucurus White-tailed Kite Gavia immer Common Loon Aquila chrysaetos Golden Eagle Gavia adamsii Yellow-billed Loon Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier Accipiter striatus Sharp-shinned Hawk CICONIIFORMES Accipiter cooperii Cooper's Hawk CICONIIDAE Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk Mycteria americana Wood Stork Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle Ictinia mississippiensis Mississippi Kite Buteogallus anthracinus Common Black-Hawk SULIIFORMES Buteo plagiatus Gray Hawk FREGATIDAE Buteo lineatus Red-shouldered Hawk Fregata magnificens Magnificent Frigatebird Buteo platypterus Broad-winged Hawk 3 Buteo swainsoni Swainson's Hawk Falco rusticolus Gyrfalcon Buteo albonotatus Zone-tailed Hawk Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon Buteo jamaicensis Red-tailed Hawk Falco mexicanus Prairie Falcon Buteo lagopus Rough-legged Hawk Buteo regalis Ferruginous Hawk PASSERIFORMES TYRANNIDAE STRIGIFORMES Tyranninae TYTONIDAE Myiarchus tuberculifer Dusky-capped Flycatcher Tyto alba Barn Owl Myiarchus cinerascens Ash-throated Flycatcher STRIGIDAE Myiarchus crinitus Great Crested Flycatcher Psiloscops flammeolus Flammulated Owl Myiarchus tyrannulus Brown-crested Flycatcher Megascops kennicottii Western Screech-Owl Tyrannus melancholicus Tropical Kingbird Bubo virginianus Great Horned Owl Tyrannus vociferans Cassin's Kingbird Bubo scandiacus Snowy Owl Tyrannus crassirostris Thick-billed Kingbird Glaucidium gnoma Northern Pygmy-Owl Tyrannus verticalis Western Kingbird Micrathene whitneyi Elf Owl* Tyrannus tyrannus Eastern Kingbird Athene cunicularia Burrowing Owl Tyrannus forficatus Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Strix occidentalis Spotted Owl Fluvicolinae Strix nebulosa Great Gray Owl Contopus cooperi Olive-sided Flycatcher Asio otus Long-eared Owl Contopus sordidulus Western Wood-Pewee Asio flammeus Short-eared Owl Empidonax traillii Willow Flycatcher Aegolius funereus Boreal Owl Empidonax minimus Least Flycatcher Aegolius acadicus Northern Saw-whet Owl Empidonax hammondii Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii Gray Flycatcher CORACIIFORMES Empidonax oberholseri Dusky Flycatcher ALCEDINIDAE Empidonax difficilis Pacific-slope Flycatcher Cerylinae Empidonax occidentalis Cordilleran Flycatcher Megaceryle alcyon Belted Kingfisher Sayornis nigricans Black Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Eastern Phoebe PICIFORMES Sayornis saya Say's Phoebe PICIDAE Pyrocephalus rubinus Vermilion Flycatcher Picinae Melanerpes lewis Lewis's Woodpecker LANIIDAE Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-headed Woodpecker Lanius ludovicianus Loggerhead Shrike Melanerpes formicivorus Acorn Woodpecker Lanius excubitor Northern Shrike Sphyrapicus thyroideus Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yellow-bellied Sapsucker VIREONIDAE Sphyrapicus nuchalis Red-naped Sapsucker Vireo griseus White-eyed Vireo Sphyrapicus ruber Red-breasted Sapsucker Vireo bellii Bell's Vireo Picoides dorsalis American Three-toed Woodpecker Vireo vicinior Gray Vireo. Picoides pubescens Downy Woodpecker Vireo flavifrons Yellow-throated Vireo Picoides scalaris Ladder-backed Woodpecker Vireo cassinii Cassin's Vireo Picoides villosus Hairy Woodpecker Vireo solitarius Blue-headed Vireo Colaptes auratus Northern Flicker Vireo plumbeus Plumbeous Vireo Colaptes chrysoides Gilded Flicker Vireo philadelphicus Philadelphia Vireo. Vireo gilvus Warbling Vireo FALCONIFORMES Vireo olivaceus Red-eyed Vireo FALCONIDAE Falconinae CORVIDAE Falco sparverius American Kestrel Perisoreus canadensis Canada Jay Falco columbarius Merlin Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus Pinyon Jay 4 Cyanocitta stelleri Steller's Jay POLIOPTILIDAE Cyanocitta cristata Blue Jay Polioptila caerulea Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Aphelocoma woodhouseii Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay Polioptila melanura Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Nucifraga columbiana Clark's Nutcracker CINCLIDAE Pica hudsonia Black-billed Magpie Cinclus mexicanus American Dipper Corvus brachyrhynchos American Crow Corvus corax Common Raven REGULIDAE Regulus satrapa Golden-crowned Kinglet ALAUDIDAE Regulus calendula Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eremophila alpestris Horned Lark TURDIDAE Sialia sialis Eastern Bluebird HIRUNDINIDAE Sialia mexicana Western Bluebird Hirundininae Sialia currucoides Mountain Bluebird Riparia riparia Bank Swallow Myadestes townsendi Townsend's Solitaire Tachycineta bicolor Tree Swallow Catharus fuscescens Veery Tachycineta thalassina Violet-green Swallow Catharus ustulatus Swainson's Thrush Stelgidopteryx serripennis Northern Rough-winged Swallow Catharus guttatus Hermit Thrush Progne subis Purple Martin Hylocichla mustelina Wood Thrush Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow Turdus rufopalliatus Rufous-backed Robin Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Cliff Swallow Turdus migratorius American Robin Ixoreus naevius Varied Thrush PARIDAE Poecile atricapillus Black-capped Chickadee MIMIDAE Poecile gambeli Mountain Chickadee Dumetella carolinensis Gray Catbird Baeolophus ridgwayi Juniper Titmouse Toxostoma curvirostre Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Brown Thrasher REMIZIDAE Toxostoma bendirei Bendire's Thrasher Auriparus flaviceps Verdin Toxostoma lecontei Le Conte's Thrasher Toxostoma crissale Crissal Thrasher AEGITHALIDAE Oreoscoptes montanus Sage Thrasher Psaltriparus minimus Bushtit Mimus polyglottos Northern Mockingbird

SITTIDAE STURNIDAE Sittinae Sturnus vulgaris European Starling (I) Sitta canadensis Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis White-breasted Nuthatch BOMBYCILLIDAE Sitta pygmaea Pygmy Nuthatch Bombycilla garrulus Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Cedar Waxwing CERTHIIDAE Certhiinae PTILOGONATIDAE Certhia americana Brown Creeper Phainopepla nitens Phainopepla

TROGLODYTIDAE PASSERIDAE Salpinctes obsoletus Rock Wren Passer domesticus House Sparrow (I) Catherpes mexicanus Canyon Wren Troglodytes aedon House Wren MOTACILLIDAE Troglodytes pacificus Pacific Wren Anthus rubescens American Pipit Troglodytes hiemalis Winter Wren Cistothorus palustris Marsh Wren Thryomanes bewickii Bewick's Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus Cactus Wren 5 FRINGILLIDAE Passerculus sandwichensis Savannah Sparrow Fringillinae Melospiza melodia Song Sparrow Fringilla montifringilla Brambling Melospiza lincolnii Lincoln's Sparrow Carduelinae Melospiza georgiana Swamp Sparrow Coccothraustes vespertinus Evening Grosbeak Melozone fusca Canyon Towhee Pinicola enucleator Pine Grosbeak Melozone aberti Abert's Towhee Leucosticte tephrocotis Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Aimophila ruficeps Rufous-crowned Sparrow Leucosticte atrata Black Rosy-Finch Pipilo chlorurus Green-tailed Towhee Leucosticte australis Brown-capped Rosy-Finch Pipilo maculatus Spotted Towhee Haemorhous mexicanus House Finch Haemorhous purpureus Purple Finch ICTERIIDAE Haemorhous cassinii Cassin's Finch Icteria virens Yellow-breasted Chat Acanathis flammea Common Redpoll Acanathis hornemanni Hoary Redpoll ICTERIDAE Loxia curvirostra Red Crossbill Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yellow-headed Blackbird Loxia leucoptera White-winged Crossbill Dolichonyx oryzivorus Bobolink Spinus pinus Pine Siskin Sturnella neglecta Western Meadowlark Spinus psaltria Lesser Goldfinch Icterus spurius Orchard Oriole Spinus lawrencei Lawrence’s Goldfinch Icterus cucullatus Hooded Oriole Spinus tristis American Goldfinch Icterus pustulatus Streak-backed Oriole Icterus bullockii Bullock's Oriole CALCARIIDAE Icterus galbula Baltimore Oriole Calcarius lapponicus Lapland Longspur Icterus parisorum Scott's Oriole Calcarius ornatus Chestnut-collared Longspur Agelaius phoeniceus Red-winged Blackbird Rhynchophanes mccownii McCown's Longspur Molothrus aeneus Bronzed Cowbird Plectrophenax nivalis Snow Bunting Molothrus ater Brown-headed Cowbird Euphagus carolinus Rusty Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Brewer's Blackbird EMBERIZIDAE Quiscalus quiscula Common Grackle Peucaea cassinii Cassin's Sparrow Quiscalus mexicanus Great-tailed Grackle Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow

Amphispiza bilineata Black-throated Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Lark Sparrow PARULIDAE Calamospiza melanocorys Lark Bunting Seiurus aurocapilla Ovenbird Spizella passerina Chipping Sparrow Helmitheros vermivorum Worm-eating Warbler pizella pallida Clay-colored Sparrow Parkesia motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush* Spizella atrogularis Black-chinned Sparrow Parkesia noveboracensis Northern Waterthrush Spizella pusilla Field Sparrow* Vermivora chrysoptera Golden-winged Warbler Spizella breweri Brewer's Sparrow Vermivora cyanoptera Blue-winged Warbler Passerella iliaca Fox Sparrow Mniotilta varia Black-and-white Warbler Spizelloides arborea American Tree Sparrow Protonotaria citrea Prothonotary Warbler Junco hyemalis Dark-eyed Junco Oreothlypis peregrina Tennessee Warbler Zonotrichia leucophrys White-crowned Sparrow Oreothlypis celata Orange-crowned Warbler Zonotrichia atricapilla Golden-crowned Sparrow Oreothlypis luciae Lucy's Warbler Zonotrichia querula Harris's Sparrow Oreothlypis ruficapilla Nashville Warbler Zonotrichia albicollis White-throated Sparrow Oreothlypis virginiae Virginia's Warbler Artemisiospiza nevadensis Sagebrush Sparrow Oporornis agilis Connecticut Warbler Artemisiospiza belli Bell’s Sparrow Geothlypis tolmiei MacGillivray's Warbler Pooecetes gramineus Vesper Sparrow Geothlypis formosa Kentucky Warbler Ammodramus leconteii Le Conte's Sparrow Geothlypis trichas Common Yellowthroat Ammodramus nelsoni Nelson's Sparrow Setophaga citrina Hooded Warbler Ammodramus bairdii Baird’s Sparrow* Setophaga ruticilla American Redstart 6 Setophaga tigrina Cape May Warbler Setophaga americana Northern Parula Setophaga magnolia Magnolia Warbler Setophaga castanea Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga fusca Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga petechia Yellow Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga striata Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga caerulescens Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga palmarum Palm Warbler Setophaga pinus Pine Warbler Setophaga coronata Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga dominica Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga discolor Prairie Warbler Setophaga graciae Grace's Warbler Setophaga nigrescens Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga townsendi Townsend's Warbler Setophaga occidentalis Hermit Warbler Setophaga virens Black-throated Green Warbler Cardellina canadensis Canada Warbler Cardellina pusilla Wilson's Warbler Myioborus pictus Painted Redstart

CARDINALIDAE Piranga rubra Summer Tanager Piranga olivacea Scarlet Tanager Piranga ludoviciana Western Tanager Cardinalis cardinalis Northern Cardinal Cardinalis sinuatus Pyrrhuloxia Pheucticus ludovicianus Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus Black-headed Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Blue Grosbeak Passerina amoena Lazuli Bunting Passerina cyanea Indigo Bunting Passerina ciris Painted Bunting Spiza americana Dickcissel

* Species on the Provisional Species List (Species that have only one accepted sight record without physical evidence).

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