Birds of Utah: The Official State Checklist
Last checked November 3, 2026 against official sources.
This page lists 23 birds.
All 23 birds on the list
- American avocet Recurvirostra americana
- American goshawk Accipiter atricapillus
- American white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Bendire’s thrasher Toxostoma bendirei
- Black rosy-finch Leucosticte atrata
- Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia
- California condor Gymnogyps californianus
- Columbian sharp-tailed grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus
- Ferruginous hawk Buteo regalis
- Flammulated owl Psiloscops flammeolus
- Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Greater sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus
- Gunnison sage-grouse Centrocercus minimus
- Lewis’s woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Long-billed curlew Numenius americanus
- Mexican spotted owl Strix occidentalis lucida
- Pinyon jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Sagebrush sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Snowy plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Southwestern willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus
- Western yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis
- White-faced ibis Plegadis chihi
- Wilson’s phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
When birds are active in Utah
Records of birds in Utah peak in March to July and September. They show when people record birds, not how many there are (about month bars).
About this list
Venom does not apply to birds.
Sources
- Who we are: About the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR). page "Last updated: April 2, 2026"; checked November 3, 2026.
- 2025 Utah Species of Greatest Conservation Need. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR). 2025 list; checked November 3, 2026.
- GBIF.org occurrence records, human observations licensed CC0 1.0 or CC BY 4.0 only, accessed November 3, 2026. The datasets behind these counts are listed on our Sources page.