BIRD LIST

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

Red Rock Canyon Interpretive Association

Las Vegas, Nevada

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Birds of Las Vegas Wash

 

The following is the BLM Bird List for the Las Vegas District - not just the Conservation Area. 

Located in southern Nevada, the Las Vegas District of the Bureau of Land Management includes Clark, southern Nye and Lincoln counties. Plant communities in this 7 million acre public area range from desert shrub to pine forest. Both Mohave and Great Basin desert habitats are represented.

Bird life is varied. Waterfowl and shorebirds are found in association with the Colorado River system, the Pahranagat and Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuges (managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), and the Overton Wildlife Management Area (managed by the Nevada Department of Wildlife).

Bird watchers are often surprised to see birds common to northern climates in isolated desert mountain ranges. Southern Nevada hosts many wintering bird species from northern areas.

The following bird list contains 353 species which have been recorded in the district.  General habitat types where a species is most likely to occur are indicated by:

  

A - aquatic
Ac - accidental
C - cliffs, canyons
Ch - chaparral, brush

G - groves, thicket
0 - open, fields, deserts, grasslands
R - riparian Sa-sagebrush
Sh - shores, beaches, flats 		T - town
W - woodlands
Wi - widespread
* - introduced

Birds italicized are federally listed as threatened or endangered, or are candidate species for threatened or endangered status.

This list was compiled with cooperative assistance from the Nevada Department of Wildlife, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Red Rock Audubon Society.

  
Loons
bullet Common Loon A
bullet Red-throated Loon Ac
Grebes
bulletHomed Grebe A
bulletEared Grebe A
bulletWestern Grebe A
bulletPied-billed Grebe A
Pelicans
bullet American White Pelican A
bullet Brown Pelican Ac, A
Cormorants
bullet Double-crested Cormorant A
Heron, Egrets and Bitterns
bullet Least Bittern A
bullet American Bittem A
bullet Black-crowned Night-heron A
bullet Green-backed Heron A
bullet Tricolored Heron Ac, A
bullet Little Blue Heron Ac, A
bullet Cattle Egret A
bullet Snowy Egret A
bullet Great Egret O, A
bullet Great Blue Heron A
Wood Ibises
bullet Wood Ibis A
Ibises
bullet White-faced Ibis A
Swans, Geese and Ducks
bullet Tundra Swan A
bullet Canada Goose A, O
bullet Greater White-fronted Goose A
bullet Snow Goose A
bullet Ross'Goose Ac, A
bullet Black Brant Ac, A
bullet Fulvous Whistling-duck Ac
bullet Mallard A
bullet Gadwall A
bullet Northern Pintail A
bullet Green-winged Teal A
bullet Blue-winged Teal A
bullet Cinnamon Teal A
bullet American Wigeon A
bullet Northern Shoveler A
bullet Wood Duck A
bullet Redhead A
bullet Ring-necked Duck A
bullet Canvasback A
bullet Greater Scaup A
bullet Lesser Scaup A
bullet Common Goldeneye A
bullet Barrow's Goldeneye Ac, A
bullet White-winged Scoter Ac, A
bullet Surf Scoter Ac, A
bullet Bufflehead A
bullet Oldsquaw Ac, A
bullet Ruddy Duck A
bullet Hooded Merganser A
bullet Common Merganser A
bulletRed-breasted Merganser A
Vultures
bullet Turkey Vulture W
Hawks and Eagles
bullet Mississippi Kite Ac
bullet Northern Goshawk G, W, R
bullet Sharp-shinned Hawk G, W, R
bullet Cooper's Hawk G, W, R
bullet Red-tailed Hawk Wi
bullet Red-shouldered Hawk Ac, W, R
bullet Swainson's Hawk O
bullet Rough-legged Hawk Ac
bullet Ferruginous Hawk O
bullet Broad-winged Hawk Ac, O
bullet Zone-tailed Hawk Ac, O
bullet Harris' Hawk Ac, O
bullet Common Black Hawk Ac, O
bullet Golden Eagle O, Wi
bullet Bald Eagle A
bullet Northern Harrier O, A
Osprey
bullet Osprey A
Falcons
bullet Prairie Falcon O
bullet Peregrine Falcon O
bullet Merlin ON
bullet American Kestrel O, R
Grouse
bullet Sage Grouse Sa
Quail and Pheasants
bullet Scaled Quail O
bullet California Quail O
bullet Gambel's Quail O, R
bullet Mountain Quail Ch, W
bullet Ring-necked Pheasant *, O
bullet Chukar O, R, C
bullet Wild Turkey *, W, R
Cranes
bullet Greater Sandhill Crane A, O
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
bullet Virginia Rail A
bullet Sora A
bullet Common Moorhen A
bullet Purple Gallinule Ac, A
bullet American Coot A, O
Plovers
bullet Sernipalmated Plover Ac, Sh
bullet Snowy Plover (Western) Ac, Sh
bullet Killdeer Sh, O, R, Wi
bullet Mountain Plover Sh, O
bullet Lesser Golden Plover Ac, Sh
bullet Black-bellied Plover Ac, Sh, O
Sandpipers
bulletCommon Snipe O, R, A
bullet Long-billed Curlew Sh, O
bullet Upland Sandpiper Ac, Sh, O
bullet Spotted Sandpiper Sh, O
bullet Whimbrel Ac, Sh
bullet Solitary Sandpiper Sh, O
bullet Willet A, Sh
bullet Greater Yellowlegs A, Sh
bullet Lesser Yellowlegs A, Sh
bullet Pectoral Sandpiper Ac, O, Sh
bullet Baird's Sandpiper Sh, R
bullet Least Sandpiper A, Sh
bullet Dunlin Sh
bullet Short-billed Dowitcher Sh
bullet Long-billed Dowitcher Sh, A
bullet Stilt Sandpiper Ac, Sh
bullet Sernipalmated Sandpiper Ac, Sh
bullet Western Sandpiper A, Sh
bullet Marbled Godwit Sh, O
bullet Sanderling Ac, Sh
Avocets
bullet American Avocet A, Sh
bullet Black-necked Stilt A, Sh
Phalaropes
bullet Red Phalarope Ac, A, Sh
bullet Wilson's Phalarope A, Sh
bullet Northern Phalarope A
Gulls and Terns
bullet Herring Gull Sh, O, T, A
bullet Thayer's Gull Ac, Sh, O, A
bullet California Gull Sh, O, T, A
bullet Ring-billed Gull Sh, O, T, A
bullet Bonaparte's Gull A, Sh
bullet Forster's Tern Ac, Sh
bullet Least Tern Sh
bullet Caspian Tern Ac, Sh, A
bullet Black Tern Sh, A
Pigeons and Doves
bulletBand-tailed Pigeon Ch, W
bullet Rock Dove T
bullet White-winged Dove O, G, R
bullet Mourning Dove O, Wi
bullet Common Ground-dove Ac
bullet Inca Dove Ac
Cuckoos and Roadrunners
bullet Yellow-billed Cuckoo G, R
bullet Greater Roadrunner O
Barn Owl
bullet Common Barn-owl O, G, W, C
Owls
bullet Western Screech-owl W, R, G
bullet Flammulated Owl Ac, W
bullet Great Horned Owl W, Wi
bullet Snowy Owl Ac, O
bullet Northern Pygmy-owl Ac, W
bullet Elf Owl Ac, O
bullet Burrowing Owl O
bullet Long-eared Owl G, W, R
bullet Short-eared Owl O
bullet Northern Saw-whet Owl G, W
Goatsuckers
bullet Whip-poor-will Ac, W
bullet Common Poorwill O, Ch, W
bullet Common Nighthawk O, W, T
bullet Lesser Nighthawk O
Swifts
bullet White-throated Swift O, W, C
bullet Vaux's Swift O, W
Hummingbirds
bullet Black-chinned Hummingbird R, G, W
bullet Costa's Hummingbird O, Sa, Ch
bullet Anna's Hummingbird Ch, W
bullet Broad-tailed Hummingbird R, Ch, W
bullet Rufous Hummingbird R, W
bullet Allen's Hummingbird Ac, R
bullet Calliope Hummingbird Ac, Ch, W
Kingfishers
bullet Belted Kingfisher A, R
Woodpeckers
bullet Northern Flicker G, W
bullet Gila Woodpecker O, G, R
bullet Acorn Woodpecker Ac, W, G
bullet Lewis' Woodpecker W
bulletRed-naped Sapsucker W, R
bullet Williamson's Sapsucker W
bullet Hairy Woodpecker W, R
bullet Downy Woodpecker Ac, W, R, G
bullet Ladder-backed Woodpecker O, G
 
 
  
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Flycatchers
bullet Eastern Kingbird Ac, W, G
bullet Western Kingbird O, R
bullet Cassin's Kingbird O, W
bullet Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Ac, O
bullet Brown-crested Flycatcher G, W, R
bullet Ash-throated Flycatcher W, Ch, O
bullet Eastern Phoebe Ac
bullet Black Phoebe R, C, T
bullet Say's Phoebe O, C
bulletWillow Flycatcher R, W
bullet Hammond's Flycatcher R, W
bullet Dusky Flycatcher W, R
bullet Gray Flycatcher Sa, W, R
bullet Western Flycatcher W, R
bullet Western Wood-pewee G, W
bullet Olive-sided Flycatcher W, R
bullet Vermillion Flycatcher R
Larks
bullet Homed Lark O, Sa, Wi
Swallows
bulletViolet-green Swallow W, C
bulletTree Swallow A, R
bulletBank Swallow A
bulletNorthern Rough-winged Swallow A, R
bulletBam Swallow A, O, T
bulletCliff Swallow R, C
bulletPurple Martin Ac, W, R, T
Jays, Magpies and Crows
bullet Steller's Jay W
bullet Scrub Jay Ch, W
bullet Black-billed Magpie Ac, Sa, G, R, T
bullet Common Raven Wi
bullet American Crow O, R, G
bullet Pinyon Jay Ch, W
bullet Clark's Nutcracker W
Chickadees, Titmice and Bushtits
bullet Mountain Chickadee W
bullet Plain Titmouse G, W, R
bullet Verdin Ch, R
bullet Common Bushtit Ch, W
Nuthatches
bullet White-breasted Nuthatch W, R
bullet Red-breasted Nuthatch W
bullet Pygmy Nuthatch W
Creepers
bullet Brown Creeper W
Dippers
bullet American Dipper A
Wrens
bullet House Wren Ch, W, R, T
bullet Winter Wren W, Ch
bullet Bewick's Wren Ch, W, R
bullet Cactus Wren O, Ch
bullet Marsh Wren A
bullet Canyon Wren C 
bullet Rock Wren O, C
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
bullet Northern Mockingbird Ch, R, T
bullet Gray Catbird Ac
bullet Brown Thrasher Ac
bulletBendire's Thrasher O, G, W
bullet Curve-billed Thrasher Ac, O
bullet LeConte's Thrasher O, R
bullet Crissal Thrasher G, R
bullet Sage Thrasher O, Sa, W, Ch
Thrushes, Solitaires and Bluebirds
bullet American Robin R, T
bullet Varied Thrush Ac, W
bullet Hermit Thrush W
bullet Swainson's Thrush W, R
bullet Gray-cheeked Thrush Ac, W
bullet Wood Thrush Ac, W
bullet Veery Ac, W
bullet Western Bluebird O, W 
bullet Mountain Bluebird O, W
bullet Townsend's Solitaire Ch, W
Gnatcatchers and Kinglets
bullet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ch, G, W, R
bullet Black-tailed Gnatcatcher O, G, Sa, R
bullet Golden-crowned Kinglet Ac, W
bullet Ruby-crowned Kinglet G, R, W
Pipits
bullet American Pipit Sh, O
Waxwings
bullet Cedar Waxwing G, R, W
bullet Bohemian Waxwing G, R, W
Silky Flycatchers
bullet Phainopepla O, G
Shrikes
bullet Loggerhead Shrike O
bullet Northern Shrike Ac, O
Starlings
bullet European Starling *, O, G, T
Vireos
bullet Hutton's Vireo Ac, W, Ch
bullet Bell's Vireo (Least) G, R
bullet Gray Vireo Ch, W
bullet Solitary Vireo W
bullet Yellow-throated Vireo Ac
bullet Red-eyed Vireo Ac, W, R
bullet Warbling Vireo W
Warblers
bullet Black-and-white Warbler Ac, W
bullet Worm-eating Warbler Ac, W, R
bullet Tennessee Warbler Ac, G, W
bullet Orange-crowned Warbler O, Ch, W
bullet Nashville Warbler G, W, R
bullet Virginia's Warbler Ch, G, W, R
bullet Lucy's Warbler R, G
bullet Northern Parula Warbler Ac, G, R, W
bullet Yellow Warbler R, G, T
bulletMagnolia Warbler Ac, G, R, W 
bullet Cape May Warbler Ac, W
bulletYellow-rumped Warbler G, W, R
bullet Black-throated Gray Warbler G, W, R
bullet Townsend's Warbler W
bullet Black-throated Blue Warbler Ac, W
bullet Black-throated Green Warbler Ac, W
bullet Hermit Warbler W
bullet Blackburnian Warbler Ac, W
bullet Grace's Warbler W
bullet Chestnut-sided Warbler Ac, W
bullet Bay-breasted Warbler Ac, W
bullet Blackpoll Warbler Ac, W
bullet Pine Warbler Ac, W
bullet Palm Warbler Ac, W
bullet Ovenbird Ac, W, G
bullet Northern Waterthrush R, Sh
bullet MacGillivray's Warbler G, R
bullet Common Yellowthroat A, G, R
bullet Yellow-breasted Chat G, R, C
bullet Connecticut Warbler Ac, W, G, R
bullet Wilson's Warbler G, W, R
bullet Hooded Warbler Ac
bullet American Redstart Ac, G, W, R
bullet Painted Redstart W
bullet Cerulean Warbler Ac
Tanagers
bullet Western Tanager W
bullet Hepatic Tanager Ac, W
bullet Summer Tanager G, W, R
Grosbeaks and Buntings
bullet Northern Cardinal Ac, G, R, W
bullet Rose-breasted Grosbeak Ac, W
bullet Black-headed Grosbeak Ch, G, W, R
bullet Blue Grosbeak Ch, G, R
bullet Pine Grosbeak Ac, W
bullet Evening Grosbeak Ac
bullet Indigo Bunting Ac
bullet Lazuli Bunting Sa, Ch, R
bullet Painted Bunting Ac
Towhees and Sparrows
bullet Green-tailed Towhee Sa, G, W, R, Ch
bulletRufous-sided Towhee Ch, W
bullet Abert's Towhee R, Ch
bullet Dickcissel Ac, O
bullet Lark Bunting O, Ch, R
bullet Savannah Sparrow A, Sh, O
bullet Grasshopper Sparrow O
bullet Vesper Sparrow O, Sa
bullet Lark Sparrow O, G
bulletRufous-crowned Sparrow Ac, O
bulletCassin's Sparrow Ac, O 
bullet Black-throated Sparrow O
bulletSage Sparrow O, Sa, Ch
bulletDark-eyed Junco W 
bullet American Tree Sparrow Ch, R 
bullet Chipping Sparrow Ch, W, G 
bullet Clay-colored Sparrow Ac 
bullet Brewer's Sparrow Sa, Ch 
bullet Black-chinned Sparrow Sa, Ch, W
bullet Harris' Sparrow Ac, W
bullet White-crowned Sparrow Ch, G, T
bullet Golden-crowned Sparrow Ac, Ch, G
bullet White-throated Sparrow Ac, W, Ch
bullet Fox Sparrow Ch, G, W, R
bullet Lincoln's Sparrow G, R
bullet Swamp Sparrow Ac
bullet Song Sparrow A, G, R
bullet Lapland Longspur Ac, O
bullet Chestnut-collared Longspur Ac
bullet McCown's Longspur 
Meadowlarks, Blackbirds and Orioles
bullet Western Meadowlark O, Sa
bullet Yellow-headed Blackbird A, O
bullet Red-winged Blackbird A, O
bullet Orchard Oriole Ac, T, G
bullet Hooded Oriole Ac, G, W
bullet Scott's Oriole O, Ch, W
bullet Northern Oriole O, R, T, G
bullet Rusty Blackbird Ac, O, T
bullet Brewer's Blackbird Sh, O, T
bullet Great-tailed Grackle O, T, A
bullet Common Grackle Ac, T, A
bullet Brown-headed Cowbird O, G, R
Finches
bullet Purple Finch W, O
bullet Cassin's Finch W
bullet House Finch Wi
bullet Rosy Finch (Gray-crowned) Ac, W
bullet Pine Siskin W
bullet American Goldfinch G, R
bullet Lesser Goldfinch O, Ch, W, R
bullet Lawrence's Goldfinch Ac, W, Ch
bullet Red Crossbill G, W
Weaver Finches
bullet House Sparrow *, T, O