go to Nevada Natural Heritage Program home page go to State of Nevada home page go to Department of Conservation and Natural Resources home page go to Nevada Natural Heritage Program plain text site map go to State of Nevada home page Go to home page of Nevada Natural Heritage Program Find us in Carson City Find Carson City
banner of the Nevada Natural Heritage Program
NATIVE BIRDS OF NEVADA
(18 June 2002)
As of the date above, the following 283 native bird taxa are known by the Nevada Natural Heritage Program to be resident presently or historically within the State of Nevada. The taxa included in this list reflect the taxonomic opinions and interpretations of the Nevada Natural Heritage Program, and may therefore differ from lists originating elsewhere. We welcome documentation for taxa that should be added to or removed from this list.

Some of the following taxa are tracked on the at-risk animal tracking list or the watch-list of the Nevada Natural Heritage Program. Further information is available on-line for most of these taxa in our Detailed Rare Animal List, and for some taxa in other lists or reports, or as maps or images. General information is available for nearly all taxa on the NatureServe Explorer web site. This list may be printed from your browser on letter-size paper in portrait format with 0.5-inch side margins. Click on the heading at the top of a column for an explanation of that column.
 Scientific Name                        Common Name                            Srank

Accipiter cooperii                      Cooper's Hawk                          S3
Accipiter gentilis                      Northern Goshawk                       S3
Accipiter striatus                      Sharp-Shinned Hawk                     S3
Actitis macularia                       Spotted Sandpiper                      S4B
Aechmophorus clarkii                    Clark's Grebe                          S4B
Aechmophorus occidentalis               Western Grebe                          S4B
Aegolius acadicus                       Northern Saw-Whet Owl                  S4
Aeronautes saxatalis                    White-Throated Swift                   S4B
Agelaius phoeniceus                     Red-Winged Blackbird                   S5
Agelaius tricolor                       Tricolored Blackbird                   S2
Aimophila ruficeps                      Rufous-Crowned Sparrow                 S3?
Aix sponsa                              Wood Duck                              S4B
Ammodramus savannarum                   Grasshopper Sparrow                    S3B
Amphispiza belli                        Sage Sparrow                         S4B,S4N
Amphispiza bilineata                    Black-Throated Sparrow                 S5B
Anas acuta                              Northern Pintail                       S5
Anas americana                          American Wigeon                    S4?B,S3S4N
Anas clypeata                           Northern Shoveler                   S4?B,S4?N
Anas crecca                             Green-Winged Teal                   S4B?,S5N
Anas cyanoptera                         Cinnamon Teal                          S5B
Anas discors                            Blue-Winged Teal                       S4B
Anas platyrhynchos                      Mallard                                S5
Anas strepera                           Gadwall                              S4B,S5N
Anser albifrons                         Greater White-Fronted Goose           S4?N
Anthus spinoletta                       American Pipit                         S5?
Aphelocoma californica                  Scrub Jay                              S5
Aquila chrysaetos                       Golden Eagle                           S4
Archilochus alexandri                   Black-Chinned Hummingbird              S4B
Ardea alba                              Great Egret                            S4B
Ardea herodias                          Great Blue Heron                       S5
Arenaria interpres                      Ruddy Turnstone                        S2N
Asio flammeus                           Short-Eared Owl                        S4
Asio otus                               Long-Eared Owl                         S4
Athene cunicularia hypugaea             Western Burrowing Owl                  S3B
Auriparus flaviceps                     Verdin                                 S4?
Aythya affinis                          Lesser Scaup                        S4?N,S3?B
Aythya americana                        Redhead                                S4B
Aythya collaris                         Ring-Necked Duck                       S?
Aythya marila                           Greater Scaup                         S3?N
Aythya valisineria                      Canvasback                            S3S4
Baeolophus griseus                      Juniper Titmouse                       S5B
Bombycilla cedrorum                     Cedar Waxwing                       S3?B,S4?N
Bombycilla garrulus                     Bohemian Waxwing                      S4?N
Botaurus lentiginosus                   American Bittern                      S3S4B
Branta canadensis                       Canada Goose                           S5
Bubo virginianus                        Great Horned Owl                       S5
Bubulcus ibis                           Cattle Egret                           S5
Bucephala albeola                       Bufflehead                             S4N
Bucephala clangula                      Common Goldeneye                       S4N
Buteo jamaicensis                       Red-Tailed Hawk                        S5
Buteo lagopus                           Rough-Legged Hawk                      S4N
Buteo regalis                           Ferruginous Hawk                       S3
Buteo swainsoni                         Swainson's Hawk                        S2B
Butorides virescens                     Green-Backed Heron                     S4B
Calcarius lapponicus                    Lapland Longspur                      S3?N
Calidris alpina                         Dunlin                                 S4N
Calidris minutilla                      Least Sandpiper                       S3?N
Calidris pusilla                        Semipalmated Sandpiper                 S2N
Callipepla californica                  California Quail                       S5
Callipepla gambelii                     Gambel's Quail                        S3S4
Calypte anna                            Anna's Hummingbird                     S4N
Calypte costae                          Costa's Hummingbird                   S3?B
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus         Cactus Wren                            S4
Caprimulgus vociferus                   Whip-Poor-Will                        S3?B
Carduelis pinus                         Pine Siskin                            S5
Carduelis psaltria                      Lesser Goldfinch                       S4B
Carduelis tristis                       American Goldfinch                     S5
Carpodacus cassinii                     Cassin's Finch                         S5
Carpodacus mexicanus                    House Finch                            S5
Cathartes aura                          Turkey Vulture                         S5B
Catharus guttatus                       Hermit Thrush                          S4B
Catharus ustulatus                      Swainson's Thrush                      S4B
Catherpes mexicanus                     Canyon Wren                           S4S5
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus             Willet                                 S3B
Centrocercus urophasianus               Sage Grouse                            S4
Certhia americana                       Brown Creeper                          S5
Ceryle alcyon                           Belted Kingfisher                      S4
Chaetura vauxi                          Vaux's Swift                           S?N
Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus         Western Snowy Plover                   S1B
Charadrius semipalmatus                 Semipalmated Plover                    S4N
Charadrius vociferus                    Killdeer                               S5B
Chen caerulescens                       Snow Goose                             S4N
Chen rossii                             Ross' Goose                           S4?N
Chlidonias niger                        Black Tern                            S2S3B
Chondestes grammacus                    Lark Sparrow                           S4B
Chordeiles acutipennis                  Lesser Nighthawk                      S3S4B
Chordeiles minor                        Common Nighthawk                       S5B
Cinclus mexicanus                       American Dipper                       S4S5B
Circus cyaneus                          Northern Harrier                       S4
Cistothorus palustris                   Marsh Wren                             S4N
Coccothraustes vespertinus              Evening Grosbeak                      S3S4
Coccyzus americanus occidentalis        Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo           S1B
Colaptes auratus                        Northern Flicker                       S5
Columba fasciata                        Band-Tailed Pigeon                     S3N
Columbina inca                          Inca Dove                              S4
Contopus cooperi                        Olive-Sided Flycatcher                 S4B
Contopus sordidulus                     Western Wood-Pewee                     S4B
Corvus brachyrhynchos                   American Crow                          S5
Corvus corax                            Common Raven                           S5
Cyanocitta stelleri                     Steller's Jay                         S4S5
Cygnus buccinator                       Trumpeter Swan                         S2B
Cygnus columbianus                      Tundra Swan                            S4N
Dendragapus obscurus                    Blue Grouse                            S3?
Dendroica coronata                      Yellow-Rumped Warbler                  S5B
Dendroica graciae                       Grace's Warbler                       S3?B
Dendroica nigrescens                    Black-Throated Gray Warbler            S5B
Dendroica occidentalis                  Hermit Warbler                        S3?B
Dendroica petechia                      Yellow Warbler                         S3B
Dendroica townsendi                     Townsend's Warbler                     S4N
Dolichonyx oryzivorus                   Bobolink                              S3?B
Egretta thula                           Snowy Egret                            S4B
Empidonax difficilis                    Pacific-Slope Flycatcher              S3?N
Empidonax hammondii                     Hammond's Flycatcher                  S3?B
Empidonax oberholseri                   Dusky Flycatcher                       S4B
Empidonax occidentalis                  Cordilleran Flycatcher                 S5B
Empidonax traillii adastus              Mountain Willow Flycatcher             S2?
Empidonax traillii extimus              Southwestern Willow Flycatcher         S1B
Empidonax wrightii                      Gray Flycatcher                        S4B
Eremophila alpestris                    Horned Lark                            S5
Euphagus cyanocephalus                  Brewer's Blackbird                     S5
Falco columbarius                       Merlin                                S3?N
Falco mexicanus                         Prairie Falcon                         S4
Falco peregrinus                        Peregrine Falcon                       S2
Falco sparverius                        American Kestrel                       S4
Fulica americana                        American Coot                          S5
Gallinago gallinago                     Common Snipe                           S4
Gallinula chloropus                     Common Moorhen                         S3?
Gavia immer                             Common Loon                           S2S3N
Gavia pacifica                          Pacific Loon                           S4
Geococcyx californianus                 Greater Roadrunner                     S4
Geothlypis trichas                      Common Yellowthroat                    S3B
Glaucidium gnoma                        Northern Pygmy-Owl                     S4
Grus canadensis tabida                  Sandhill Crane                         S3B
Guiraca caerulea                        Blue Grosbeak                          S3
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus               Pinyon Jay                             S4
Haliaeetus leucocephalus                Bald Eagle (contiguous US pop)         S1B
Himantopus mexicanus                    Black-Necked Stilt                    S3S4B
Hirundo rustica                         Barn Swallow                           S5B
Icteria virens                          Yellow-Breasted Chat                   S3B
Icterus bullockii                       Bullock's Oriole                       S5B
Icterus cucullatus                      Hooded Oriole                          S4B
Icterus parisorum                       Scott's Oriole                         S4B
Ixobrychus exilis                       Least Bittern                          S2N
Ixobrychus exilis hesperis              Western Least Bittern                  S2N
Junco hyemalis                          Dark-Eyed Junco                        S5
Lanius excubitor                        Northern Shrike                       S4?N
Lanius ludovicianus                     Loggerhead Shrike                      S3
Larus argentatus                        Herring Gull                           S5N
Larus californicus                      California Gull                        S5B
Larus delawarensis                      Ring-Billed Gull                       S5B
Larus glaucescens                       Glaucous-Winged Gull                   S2N
Larus pipixcan                          Franklin's Gull                       S3?B
Leucosticte atrata                      Black Rosy-Finch                       S4
Leucosticte tephrocotis                 Rosy Finch                             S4
Limnodromus scolopaceus                 Long-Billed Dowitcher                  S4N
Lophodytes cucullatus                   Hooded Merganser                      S3?N
Loxia curvirostra                       Red Crossbill                          S5
Melanerpes lewis                        Lewis' Woodpecker                      S4
Melospiza lincolnii                     Lincoln's Sparrow                      S4B
Melospiza melodia                       Song Sparrow                           S4
Mergus merganser                        Common Merganser                   S4S5N,S4?B
Mergus serrator                         Red-Breasted Merganser                S3?N
Mimus polyglottos                       Mockingbird                            S5B
Molothrus ater                          Brown-Headed Cowbird                   S5B
Myadestes townsendi                     Townsend's Solitaire                   S5
Myiarchus cinerascens                   Ash-Throated Flycatcher               S3S4N
Myiarchus tyrannulus                    Brown-Crested Flycatcher              S3?B
Nucifraga columbiana                    Clark's Nutcracker                     S5
Numenius americanus                     Long-Billed Curlew                    S3?B
Nycticorax nycticorax                   Black-Crowned Night-Heron              S5B
Oporornis tolmiei                       Macgillivray's Warbler                 S4B
Oreortyx pictus                         Mountain Quail                         S3
Oreoscoptes montanus                    Sage Thrasher                          S5B
Otus flammeolus                         Flammulated Owl                       S4?B
Otus kennicottii                        Western Screech-Owl                    S4
Oxyura jamaicensis                      Ruddy Duck                            S4S5B
Pandion haliaetus                       Osprey                                 S2B
Passerculus sandwichensis               Savannah Sparrow                       S5B
Passerella iliaca                       Fox Sparrow                            S5B
Passerina amoena                        Lazuli Bunting                         S5B
Passerina cyanea                        Indigo Bunting                         S4
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos               American White Pelican                 S2B
Pelecanus occidentalis                  Brown Pelican                          S2N
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota                Cliff Swallow                          S5B
Phainopepla nitens                      Phainopepla                            S2B
Phalacrocorax auritus                   Double-Crested Cormorant               S4B
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii                Common Poorwill                        S5B
Phalaropus lobatus                      Red-Necked Phalarope                   S4
Phalaropus tricolor                     Wilson's Phalarope                     S3B
Pheucticus melanocephalus               Black-Headed Grosbeak                  S4B
Pica hudsonia                           Black-Billed Magpie                    S5
Picoides albolarvatus                   White-Headed Woodpecker                S3?
Picoides arcticus                       Black-Backed Woodpecker                S3?
Picoides pubescens                      Downy Woodpecker                       S4?
Picoides scalaris                       Ladder-Backed Woodpecker               S4
Picoides tridactylus                    Three-Toed Woodpecker                  S4
Picoides villosus                       Hairy Woodpecker                       S4
Pinicola enucleator                     Pine Grosbeak                          S4?
Pipilo aberti                           Abert's Towhee                         S3
Pipilo chlorurus                        Green-Tailed Towhee                    S5B
Pipilo fuscus                           Brown Towhee                           S?
Pipilo maculatus                        Spotted Towhee                         S5
Piranga flava                           Hepatic Tanager                       S4?B
Piranga ludoviciana                     Western Tanager                        S4B
Piranga rubra                           Summer Tanager                        S4?B
Plectrophenax nivalis                   Snow Bunting                           S2N
Plegadis chihi                          White-Faced Ibis                       S3B
Pluvialis squatarola                    Black-Bellied Plover                   S4N
Podiceps auritus                        Horned Grebe                           S4N
Podiceps nigricollis                    Eared Grebe                            S4B
Podilymbus podiceps                     Pied-Billed Grebe                      S4
Poecile atricapilla                     Black-Capped Chickadee                S4S5
Poecile gambeli                         Mountain Chickadee                     S5
Polioptila caerulea                     Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher                  S4B
Polioptila melanura                     Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher               S4
Pooecetes gramineus                     Vesper Sparrow                         S4B
Porzana carolina                        Sora                                  S3S4B
Progne subis                            Purple Martin                         S3?N
Psaltriparus minimus                    Bushtit                                S4
Pyrocephalus rubinus                    Vermilion Flycatcher                  S3?B
Quiscalus mexicanus                     Great-Tailed Grackle                   S3?
Rallus limicola                         Virginia Rail                         S3S4B
Rallus longirostris yumanensis          Yuma Clapper Rail                      S1
Recurvirostra americana                 American Avocet                       S4?B
Regulus calendula                       Ruby-Crowned Kinglet                 S4B,S4N
Regulus satrapa                         Golden-Crowned Kinglet                S4S5N
Riparia riparia                         Bank Swallow                           S3B
Salpinctes obsoletus                    Rock Wren                              S5
Sayornis nigricans                      Black Phoebe                           S4
Sayornis saya                           Say's Phoebe                           S5B
Selasphorus platycercus                 Broad-Tailed Hummingbird               S4B
Selasphorus rufus                       Rufous Hummingbird                    S3?B
Sialia currucoides                      Mountain Bluebird                      S4
Sialia mexicana                         Western Bluebird                       S4
Sitta canadensis                        Red-Breasted Nuthatch                  S5
Sitta carolinensis                      White-Breasted Nuthatch                S5
Sitta pygmaea                           Pygmy Nuthatch                         S4?
Sphyrapicus nuchalis                    Red-Naped Sapsucker                   S4S5B
Sphyrapicus ruber                       Red-Breasted Sapsucker                 S3?
Sphyrapicus thyroideus                  Williamson's Sapsucker                 S5
Spizella arborea                        American Tree Sparrow                  S5N
Spizella atrogularis                    Black-Chinned Sparrow                 S3S4B
Spizella breweri                        Brewer's Sparrow                      S4?B
Spizella passerina                      Chipping Sparrow                       S5B
Stelgidopteryx serripennis              Northern Rough-Winged Swallow          S5B
Stellula calliope                       Calliope Hummingbird                   S4B
Stercorarius longicaudus                Long-Tailed Jaeger                     S4N
Sterna caspia                           Caspian Tern                          S3S4B
Sterna forsteri                         Forster's Tern                         S3B
Strix occidentalis occidentalis         California Spotted Owl                 S1N
Sturnella neglecta                      Western Meadowlark                     S5
Tachycineta bicolor                     Tree Swallow                           S5B
Tachycineta thalassina                  Violet-Green Swallow                   S5B
Thryomanes bewickii                     Bewick's Wren                          S5
Toxostoma bendirei                      Bendire's Thrasher                     S3
Toxostoma crissale                      Crissal Thrasher                      S3S4
Toxostoma lecontei                      Le Conte's Thrasher                    S3
Tringa flavipes                         Lesser Yellowlegs                      S4N
Tringa melanoleuca                      Greater Yellowlegs                     S4N
Tringa solitaria                        Solitary Sandpiper                     S4N
Troglodytes aedon                       House Wren                             S5B
Troglodytes troglodytes                 Winter Wren                            S4B
Turdus migratorius                      American Robin                         S5
Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus    Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse          S1?
Tyrannus tyrannus                       Eastern Kingbird                      S4?B
Tyrannus verticalis                     Western Kingbird                       S5B
Tyrannus vociferans                     Cassin's Kingbird                      S4B
Tyto alba                               Common Barn-Owl                        S4
Vermivora celata                        Orange-Crowned Warbler                 S4B
Vermivora luciae                        Lucy's Warbler                         S3B
Vermivora ruficapilla                   Nashville Warbler                     S3?B
Vermivora virginiae                     Virginia's Warbler                    S4?B
Vireo bellii arizonae                   Arizona Bell's Vireo                  S2?B
Vireo cassinii                          Cassin's Vireo                         S?
Vireo gilvus                            Warbling Vireo                         S4B
Vireo plumbeus                          Plumbeous Vireo                       S4?B
Vireo vicinior                          Gray Vireo                            S3S4B
Wilsonia pusilla                        Wilson's Warbler                      S4?B
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus           Yellow-Headed Blackbird                S4B
Zenaida asiatica                        White-Winged Dove                     S4?B
Zenaida macroura                        Mourning Dove                          S5
Zonotrichia atricapilla                 Golden-Crowned Sparrow                 S4N
Zonotrichia leucophrys                  White-Crowned Sparrow                  S5
Last updated on 6/18/2002


Return to Nevada Natural Heritage Program home page