Birds of Nevada: The Official State Checklist

All 293 birds on the list

• American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
• American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
• American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
• American Coot Fulica americana
• American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
• American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
• American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
• American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
• American Kestrel Falco sparverius
• American Pipit Anthus rubescens
• American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
• American Robin Turdus migratorius
• American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
• American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
• American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
• American Wigeon Mareca americana
• American Wigeon Anas americana
• Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
• Audubon's Warbler Dendroica coronata
• Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
• Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
• Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Bell’s Vireo Vireo bellii
• Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
• Bendire’s Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei
• Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
• Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
• Black Rosy-Finch Leucosticte atrata
• Black Tern Chlidonias niger
• Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
• Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
• Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
• Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
• Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
• Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
• Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
• Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
• Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
• Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens
• Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
• Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
• Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
• Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
• Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
• Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
• Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
• Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
• Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
• Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
• Broad-winged Hawk Buteo playpterus
• Brown Creeper Certhia americana
• Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
• Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
• Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
• Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullocki
• Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
• Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
• California Gull Larus californicus
• California Quail Callipepla californica
• California Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis occidentalis
• Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope
• Canada Goose Branta canadensis
• Canvasback Aythya valisineria
• Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
• Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
• Cassin’s Finch Carpodacus cassinii
• Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
• Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
• Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
• Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
• Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
• Chukar Alectoris chukarNonnative
• Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
• Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
• Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
• Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
• Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
• Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus
• Common Barn-Owl Tyto alba
• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
• Common Loon Gavia immer
• Common Merganser Mergus merganser
• Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
• Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Common Yellowthroat Geothylpis trichas
• Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
• Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis
• Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
• Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
• Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
• Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
• Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
• Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
• Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus
• Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
• Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
• Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaoctoNonnative
• European Starling Sturnus vulgarisInvasive
• Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
• Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
• Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus
• Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus
• Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
• Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
• Gadwall Marcea strepera
• Gadwall Anas strepera
• Gambel’s Quail Callipepla gambelii
• Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
• Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
• Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
• Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
• Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
• Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
• Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
• Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
• Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior
• Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
• Great Basin Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii adastus
• Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
• Great Egret Casmerodius albus
• Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
• Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
• Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
• Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus
• Greater Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
• Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
• Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
• Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis
• Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
• Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
• Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
• Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
• Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
• Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
• Hermit Warbler Dendroica occidentalis
• Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensisNonnative
• Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
• Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
• Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
• House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus
• House Wren Troglodytes aedon
• Hungarian Partridge Perdix perdix
• Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
• Juniper Titmouse (Plain) Baeolophus ridgwayi
• Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
• Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
• Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
• Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
• Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
• Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
• Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
• LeConte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei
• Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria
• Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
• Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
• Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
• Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
• Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
• Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
• Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
• Long-eared Owl Asio otus
• Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
• MacGillivray's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
• Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
• Merlin Falco columbarius
• Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
• Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
• Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
• Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
• Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
• Northern Bobwhite Quail Colinus virginianus
• Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
• Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
• Northern Rough-winged Sw. Stelgidopteryx serripennis
• Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
• Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
• Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
• Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
• Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
• Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
• Osprey Pandion haliaetus
• Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
• Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
• Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
• Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
• Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
• Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
• Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
• Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeous
• Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
• Purple Finch Haemorhous pupureus
• Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
• Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
• Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
• Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
• Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
• Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
• Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
• Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
• Redhead Aythya americana
• Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
• Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
• Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicusNonnative
• Rock Pigeon Columba liviaInvasive
• Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
• Ross’s Goose Anser rossii
• Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
• Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
• Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
• Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
• Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
• Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
• Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
• Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
• Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
• Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
• Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
• Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
• Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
• Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
• Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
• Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
• Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
• Snowy Egret Egretta thula
• Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
• Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
• Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus
• Sora Porzana carolina
• Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus
• Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
• Spotted Towhee (Rufous-sided) Pipilo maculatus
• Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
• Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
• Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
• Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
• Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
• Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
• Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
• Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
• Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
• Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
• Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
• Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
• Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
• Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
• Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
• Virginia's Warbler Vermivora virginiae
• Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
• Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
• Western Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea
• Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
• Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
• Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
• Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
• Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii
• Western Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus
• Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
• Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
• White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
• White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
• White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
• White-headed Woodpecker Dryobates albolarvatus
• White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
• White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatilis
• White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
• White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
• White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
• Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
• Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
• Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
• Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata
• Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
• Wood Duck Aix sponsa
• Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
• Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis
• Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
• Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
• Yuma Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus yumanensis

Birds people confuse

Bald eagle or Golden eagle?

Bald eagle Not stated

No confirmed photo of Golden eagle

Golden eagle Not stated

Young bald eagles lack the white head and tail and are often mistaken for golden eagles. Bald eagles have unfeathered lower legs and hold their wings flat when soaring; TWRA says golden eagles have feathered legs, limited white under the wing, and lift the outer wing in a slight V.

Bald eagle or Turkey vulture?

Bald eagle Not stated

Turkey vulture Not stated

Turkey vultures hold their wings in a shallow V; bald eagles soar on flat wings.

Photos show typical adults; individuals vary. Never get close to compare.

When birds are active in Nevada

Records of birds in Nevada peak in January, March to June and September to October. They show when people record birds, not how many there are (about month bars).

About this list

The species list comes from No official state checklist from an agency. Species recorded from NDOW pages, 2022 SGCN List, NAC 503.045-.050 and the NPS Great Basin bird list (Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), 2022; NAC Rev. 10/22/2025; NPS list 2017). 249 more entries come from other official sources named on each card.

Venom does not apply to birds.

"Nonnative" and "Invasive" follow the wording of the source list. See invasive species in Nevada.