Nevada Checklist
Species data
Abundance Presence
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
Mojave Desert 0.2
Basin and Range 0.03
Columbia Plateau 0.07
Eared Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
Mojave Desert 0.4
Basin and Range 1.9
Columbia Plateau 2.5
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Great Basin Deserts 0.08
Mojave Desert 0.06
Basin and Range 0.8
Columbia Plateau 1.1
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Basin and Range 0.1
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Basin Deserts 0.3
Mojave Desert 0.8
Basin and Range 0.7
Columbia Plateau 0.7
Double-crest. Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Basin Deserts 0.3
Basin and Range 0.2
Columbia Plateau 0.07
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
Columbia Plateau 0.3
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Great Basin Deserts 0.3
Basin and Range 0.3
Great Egret
Casmerodius albus
Great Basin Deserts 0.08
Basin and Range 0.2
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Great Basin Deserts 0.08
Basin and Range 0.08
Black-crn. Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Great Basin Deserts 0.1
Mojave Desert 0.2
Basin and Range 0.3
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
Great Basin Deserts 47.0
Basin and Range 0.03
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Great Basin Deserts 6.6
Basin and Range 5.0
Columbia Plateau 17.1
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Great Basin Deserts 0.6
Basin and Range 0.03
Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca
Basin and Range 0.2
Columbia Plateau 0.3
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Great Basin Deserts 3.7
Basin and Range 1.6
Columbia Plateau 3.4
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Great Basin Deserts 0.3
Basin and Range 0.6
Columbia Plateau 1.2
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
Basin and Range 0.03
Cinnamon Teal
Anas cyanoptera
Great Basin Deserts 1.7
Basin and Range 0.9
Columbia Plateau 1.4
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Columbia Plateau 0.9
Gadwall
Anas strepera
Great Basin Deserts 0.1
Basin and Range 0.4
Columbia Plateau 5.6
American Wigeon
Anas americana
Basin and Range 0.1
Columbia Plateau 0.3
Canvasback
Aythya valisineria
Great Basin Deserts 0.2
Mojave Desert 0.06
Basin and Range 0.06
Columbia Plateau 0.07
Redhead
Aythya americana
Great Basin Deserts 0.2
Mojave Desert 0.06
Basin and Range 0.2
Columbia Plateau 1.9
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
Basin and Range 0.1
Columbia Plateau 0.6
Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola
Columbia Plateau 0.2
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Basin and Range 0.02
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
Mojave Desert 0.6
Basin and Range 0.1
Columbia Plateau 3.9
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Great Basin Deserts 1.1
Mojave Desert 0.8
Basin and Range 0.4
Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Great Basin Deserts 0.6
Mojave Desert 0.6
Basin and Range 0.4
Columbia Plateau 0.9
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Basin and Range 0.00
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Basin and Range 0.01
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
Great Basin Deserts 0.2
Basin and Range 0.3
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Great Basin Deserts 3.2
Mojave Desert 0.4
Basin and Range 2.1
Columbia Plateau 1.6
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo regalis
Basin and Range 0.1
Columbia Plateau 0.1
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Great Basin Deserts 0.3
Mojave Desert 0.05
Basin and Range 0.8
Columbia Plateau 0.4
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Great Basin Deserts 1.6
Mojave Desert 0.03
Basin and Range 1.8
Columbia Plateau 0.7
Prairie Falcon
Falco mexicanus
Great Basin Deserts 0.2
Mojave Desert 0.1
Basin and Range 0.3
Columbia Plateau 0.6
Chukar
Alectoris chukar
Great Basin Deserts 0.05
Mojave Desert 0.8
Basin and Range 0.2
Columbia Plateau 2.1
Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
Great Basin Deserts 0.4
Basin and Range 0.05
Sage Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
Basin and Range 0.3
Columbia Plateau 0.8
Gambel's Quail
Callipepla gambelii
Great Basin Deserts 0.7
Mojave Desert 5.4
Basin and Range 0.3
California Quail
Callipepla californica
Great Basin Deserts 5.0
Basin and Range 2.1
Columbia Plateau 0.7
Virginia Rail
Rallus limicola
Great Basin Deserts 0.03
Mojave Desert 0.4
Basin and Range 0.04
Columbia Plateau 0.3
Sora
Porzana carolina
Great Basin Deserts 0.03
Basin and Range 0.07
American Coot
Fulica americana
Great Basin Deserts 0.3
Mojave Desert 2.5
Basin and Range 2.2
Columbia Plateau 6.1
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Basin and Range 0.5
Columbia Plateau 1.0
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Great Basin Deserts 4.3
Mojave Desert 0.7
Basin and Range 3.8
Columbia Plateau 3.3
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Great Basin Deserts 1.5
Basin and Range 0.2
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
Great Basin Deserts 4.1
Basin and Range 0.4
Columbia Plateau 3.7
Willet
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Great Basin Deserts 0.2
Basin and Range 0.4
Columbia Plateau 0.07
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularia
Great Basin Deserts 0.1
Basin and Range 0.1
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
Basin and Range 2.8
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa
Great Basin Deserts 0.08
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Great Basin Deserts 0.2
Basin and Range 2.9
Columbia Plateau 1.0
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
Great Basin Deserts 0.4
Basin and Range 0.9
Columbia Plateau 2.1
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Great Basin Deserts 0.4
Basin and Range 0.2
California Gull
Larus californicus
Great Basin Deserts 60.5
Basin and Range 2.1
Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia
Basin and Range 0.01
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Great Basin Deserts 0.05
Basin and Range 0.05
Columbia Plateau 0.07
Rock Dove
Columba livia
Great Basin Deserts 0.2
Mojave Desert 0.3
Basin and Range 0.5
Band-tailed Pigeon
Columba fasciata
Basin and Range 0.2
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Great Basin Deserts 14.4
Mojave Desert 6.4
Basin and Range 10.5
Columbia Plateau 7.0
Greater Roadrunner
Geococcyx californianus
Great Basin Deserts 0.02
Mojave Desert 0.6
Common Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Great Basin Deserts 0.03
Basin and Range 0.05
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Great Basin Deserts 0.3
Basin and Range 0.1
Columbia Plateau 0.07
Burrowing Owl
Speotyto cunicularia
Great Basin Deserts 0.01
Basin and Range 0.2
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
Great Basin Deserts 0.05
Columbia Plateau 0.1
Lesser Nighthawk
Chordeiles acutipennis
Mojave Desert 1.1
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Great Basin Deserts 2.2
Basin and Range 6.1
Columbia Plateau 0.2
Common Poorwill
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Great Basin Deserts 0.4
Mojave Desert 0.03
Basin and Range 0.6
Columbia Plateau 0.2
White-throated Swift
Aeronautes saxatalis
Great Basin Deserts 0.1
Mojave Desert 1.8
Basin and Range 0.4
Columbia Plateau 6.7
Black-chin. Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri
Mojave Desert 0.03
Basin and Range 0.06
Costa's Hummingbird
Calypte costae
Mojave Desert 0.2
Broad-tail. Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Basin and Range 0.4
Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon
Basin and Range 0.08
Lewis' Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Basin and Range 0.04
Red-naped Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Basin and Range 0.1
Ladder-back. Woodpecker
Picoides scalaris
Great Basin Deserts 0.06
Mojave Desert 0.2
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Basin and Range 0.07
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Basin and Range 0.09
Red-shafted Flicker
Colaptes cafer
Great Basin Deserts 0.3
Basin and Range 3.1
Columbia Plateau 0.9
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus borealis
Basin and Range 0.01
Western Wood-pewee
Contopus sordidulus
Great Basin Deserts 0.03
Mojave Desert 0.2
Basin and Range 0.2
Columbia Plateau 0.3
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii
Great Basin Deserts 0.03
Basin and Range 0.03
Dusky Flycatcher
Empidonax oberholseri
Basin and Range 0.3
Gray Flycatcher
Empidonax wrightii
Great Basin Deserts 0.1
Basin and Range 6.7
Columbia Plateau 30.7
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Empidonax difficilis
Great Basin Deserts 0.08
Basin and Range 0.01
Say's Phoebe
Sayornis saya
Great Basin Deserts 0.4
Mojave Desert 1.8
Basin and Range 0.4
Columbia Plateau 0.2
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Myiarchus cinerascens
Great Basin Deserts 2.6
Mojave Desert 5.2
Basin and Range 0.7
Brown-crest. Flycatcher
Myiarchus tyrannulus
Mojave Desert 0.07
Cassin's Kingbird
Tyrannus vociferans
Basin and Range 0.6
Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalis
Great Basin Deserts 8.2
Mojave Desert 2.6
Basin and Range 2.8
Columbia Plateau 2.3
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Great Basin Deserts 18.2
Mojave Desert 17.1
Basin and Range 25.7
Columbia Plateau 63.9
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Great Basin Deserts 0.05
Basin and Range 0.01
Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina
Great Basin Deserts 0.2
Mojave Desert 0.3
Basin and Range 0.8
Columbia Plateau 0.5
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Great Basin Deserts 1.4
Mojave Desert 0.4
Basin and Range 2.7
Columbia Plateau 0.2
Cliff Swallow
Hirundo pyrrhonota
Great Basin Deserts 9.1
Mojave Desert 1.5
Basin and Range 9.3
Columbia Plateau 2.7
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Great Basin Deserts 5.3
Mojave Desert 0.3
Basin and Range 3.6
Columbia Plateau 1.7
Steller's Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri
Basin and Range 0.03
Western Scrub-jay
Aphelocoma coerulescens
Basin and Range 0.9
Columbia Plateau 0.4
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Great Basin Deserts 0.9
Mojave Desert 0.06
Basin and Range 19.8
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Basin and Range 0.06
Black-billed Magpie
Pica pica
Great Basin Deserts 12.2
Basin and Range 11.7
Columbia Plateau 1.1
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Great Basin Deserts 0.9
Basin and Range 4.6
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Great Basin Deserts 9.9
Mojave Desert 6.1
Basin and Range 15.3
Columbia Plateau 2.5
Mountain Chickadee
Parus gambeli
Basin and Range 0.6
Plain Titmouse
Parus inornatus
Basin and Range 0.5
Columbia Plateau 0.5
Verdin
Auriparus flaviceps
Mojave Desert 1.3
Basin and Range 0.2
Common Bushtit
Psaltriparus minimus
Basin and Range 0.1
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Basin and Range 0.02
Cactus Wren
Campylorhynchus brunneicapill
Great Basin Deserts 0.9
Mojave Desert 0.4
Basin and Range 0.1
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Great Basin Deserts 2.6
Mojave Desert 2.4
Basin and Range 2.7
Columbia Plateau 30.8
Canyon Wren
Catherpes mexicanus
Great Basin Deserts 0.01
Basin and Range 0.4
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Great Basin Deserts 0.7
Mojave Desert 2.2
Basin and Range 0.7
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Great Basin Deserts 0.1
Basin and Range 1.3
Columbia Plateau 2.2
Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
Great Basin Deserts 0.03
Mojave Desert 0.2
Basin and Range 0.2
Columbia Plateau 4.3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Great Basin Deserts 0.09
Mojave Desert 1.3
Basin and Range 1.1
Black-tail Gnatcatcher
Polioptila melanura
Mojave Desert 0.3
Mountain Bluebird
Sialia currucoides
Basin and Range 2.3
Columbia Plateau 5.3
Townsend's Solitaire
Myadestes townsendi
Basin and Range 0.02
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Great Basin Deserts 2.8
Basin and Range 7.8
Columbia Plateau 2.6
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Great Basin Deserts 8.3
Mojave Desert 2.7
Basin and Range 1.2
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Great Basin Deserts 2.0
Basin and Range 48.8
Columbia Plateau 81.5
Bendire's Thrasher
Toxostoma bendirei
Mojave Desert 0.02
Crissal Thrasher
Toxostoma crissale
Great Basin Deserts 0.02
Mojave Desert 0.3
Le Conte's Thrasher
Toxostoma lecontei
Great Basin Deserts 0.2
Mojave Desert 0.3
Phainopepla
Phainopepla nitens
Mojave Desert 0.1
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Great Basin Deserts 1.5
Mojave Desert 0.7
Basin and Range 1.4
Columbia Plateau 1.3
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Great Basin Deserts 26.9
Mojave Desert 1.6
Basin and Range 12.4
Columbia Plateau 1.5
Bell's Vireo
Vireo bellii
Mojave Desert 0.2
Basin and Range 0.6
Gray Vireo
Vireo vicinior
Basin and Range 0.1
Solitary Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Great Basin Deserts 0.03
Basin and Range 0.2
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
Great Basin Deserts 0.01
Mojave Desert 0.06
Basin and Range 0.5
Columbia Plateau 0.3
Orange-crowned Warbler
Vermivora celata
Basin and Range 0.06
Lucy's Warbler
Vermivora luciae
Mojave Desert 1.0
Basin and Range 0.2
Yellow Warbler
Dendroica petechia
Great Basin Deserts 0.4
Mojave Desert 0.3
Basin and Range 5.5
Columbia Plateau 1.4
Audubon's Warbler
Dendroica auduboni
Great Basin Deserts 0.1
Basin and Range 0.2
Black-thr. Gray Warbler
Dendroica nigrescens
Basin and Range 0.3
Columbia Plateau 0.07
Macgillivray's Warbler
Oporornis tolmiei
Basin and Range 0.6
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Mojave Desert 2.4
Basin and Range 0.9
Columbia Plateau 4.4
Wilson's Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
Great Basin Deserts 0.08
Basin and Range 0.2
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Mojave Desert 2.8
Basin and Range 1.4
Columbia Plateau 0.3
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Basin and Range 0.06
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Basin and Range 0.2
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Basin and Range 0.5
Blue Grosbeak
Guiraca caerulea
Great Basin Deserts 0.09
Mojave Desert 2.2
Basin and Range 0.07
Lazuli Bunting
Passerina amoena
Great Basin Deserts 0.05
Mojave Desert 0.06
Basin and Range 1.1
Columbia Plateau 0.3
Green-tailed Towhee
Pipilo chlorurus
Basin and Range 5.9
Columbia Plateau 5.4
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Great Basin Deserts 1.2
Mojave Desert 0.05
Basin and Range 3.0
Columbia Plateau 0.9
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Basin and Range 1.4
Columbia Plateau 0.5
Brewer's Sparrow
Spizella breweri
Great Basin Deserts 4.4
Mojave Desert 0.09
Basin and Range 60.8
Columbia Plateau 76.4
Black-chinned Sparrow
Spizella atrogularis
Basin and Range 0.5
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
Great Basin Deserts 0.02
Basin and Range 13.2
Columbia Plateau 21.4
Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus
Great Basin Deserts 0.3
Mojave Desert 0.2
Basin and Range 3.9
Columbia Plateau 4.8
Black-throated Sparrow
Amphispiza bilineata
Great Basin Deserts 31.8
Mojave Desert 42.5
Basin and Range 10.1
Columbia Plateau 2.3
Sage Sparrow
Amphispiza belli
Great Basin Deserts 9.0
Mojave Desert 0.02
Basin and Range 17.3
Columbia Plateau 31.6
Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
Great Basin Deserts 0.06
Mojave Desert 0.4
Basin and Range 1.1
Columbia Plateau 1.2
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
Great Basin Deserts 0.1
Basin and Range 0.1
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca
Basin and Range 0.3
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Great Basin Deserts 0.8
Mojave Desert 0.2
Basin and Range 1.5
Columbia Plateau 9.4
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Basin and Range 0.4
Columbia Plateau 0.07
Oregon Junco
Junco oregonus
Columbia Plateau 0.1
Gray-headed Junco
Junco caniceps
Basin and Range 0.01
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Basin and Range 0.3
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Great Basin Deserts 8.7
Mojave Desert 1.4
Basin and Range 26.2
Columbia Plateau 30.7
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Great Basin Deserts 21.6
Mojave Desert 4.2
Basin and Range 44.8
Columbia Plateau 47.8
Yellow-head. Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Great Basin Deserts 24.2
Mojave Desert 6.6
Basin and Range 15.6
Columbia Plateau 6.5
Brewer's Blackbird
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Great Basin Deserts 15.4
Basin and Range 30.6
Columbia Plateau 23.7
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Mojave Desert 1.0
Basin and Range 0.01
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Great Basin Deserts 2.8
Mojave Desert 2.2
Basin and Range 3.2
Columbia Plateau 4.9
Bullock's Oriole
Icterus bullockii
Great Basin Deserts 2.0
Mojave Desert 1.4
Basin and Range 1.6
Columbia Plateau 0.3
Scott's Oriole
Icterus parisorum
Great Basin Deserts 1.2
Mojave Desert 0.7
Basin and Range 0.05
Cassin's Finch
Carpodacus cassinii
Basin and Range 0.2
Columbia Plateau 0.1
House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus
Great Basin Deserts 5.5
Mojave Desert 6.5
Basin and Range 4.0
Columbia Plateau 2.1
Pine Siskin
Carduelis pinus
Basin and Range 0.03
Lesser Goldfinch
Carduelis psaltria
Mojave Desert 0.06
Basin and Range 0.06
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Great Basin Deserts 0.03
Basin and Range 0.06
Columbia Plateau 0.08
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Great Basin Deserts 0.03
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Great Basin Deserts 26.4
Mojave Desert 6.3
Basin and Range 3.5