Seasonal Presence and Relative Frequency of Selected Species

Wyoming Birding Highlights

This list summarizes the seasonal presence of selected bird species in Wyoming, indicating whether each species occurs year-round, during the breeding season, or during the non-breeding season (winter and migration). Within each seasonal category, species are numbered and ordered from least to most frequently observed in the United States based on eBird frequency data. This ordering reflects how commonly a species has been observed by U.S. birders over time and is used here as a relative priority indicator, not as a measure of local abundance or the likelihood of encountering a species at a specific site or season within Wyoming.

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Wyoming Birding Highlights

Year-round Residents

  1. Boreal Owl

  2. Greater Sage-Grouse

  3. Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

  4. Black Rosy-Finch

  5. Great Gray Owl

  6. Dusky Grouse

  7. Sharp-tailed Grouse

  8. Black-backed Woodpecker

  9. American Three-toed Woodpecker

  10. American Goshawk

  11. Northern Pygmy-Owl

  12. Pinyon Jay

  13. Pine Grosbeak

  14. Lewis’s Woodpecker

  15. Juniper Titmouse

  16. American Dipper

  17. Canada Jay

  18. Barrow’s Goldeneye

  19. Clark’s Nutcracker

  20. Canyon Wren

  21. Cassin’s Finch

  22. Mountain Bluebird

  23. Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay

  24. Trumpeter Swan

  25. Pygmy Nuthatch

  26. Black-billed Magpie

  27. Steller’s Jay

Breeding Residents

  1. Baird’s Sparrow

  2. Flammulated Owl

  3. Mountain Plover

  4. Thick-billed Longspur

  5. Chestnut-collared Longspur

  6. Sagebrush Sparrow

  7. Cassin’s Sparrow

  8. Williamson’s Sapsucker

  9. White-winged Crossbill

  10. Virginia’s Warbler

  11. Lark Bunting

  12. Upland Sandpiper

  13. Gray Flycatcher

  14. Sage Thrasher

  15. Calliope Hummingbird

  16. Hammond’s Flycatcher

  17. Plumbeous Vireo

  18. Dusky Flycatcher

  19. Harlequin Duck

  20. Clark’s Grebe

  21. MacGillivray’s Warbler

  22. Brewer’s Sparrow

  23. Franklin’s Gull

  24. Green-tailed Towhee

  25. White-throated Swift

  26. Black-throated Gray Warbler

  27. Long-billed Curlew

  28. Swainson’s Hawk

  29. Lazuli Bunting

  30. Broad-tailed Hummingbird

  31. Bobolink

  32. Dickcissel

  33. Ash-throated Flycatcher

  34. Cassin’s Kingbird

  35. Rufous Hummingbird

  36. Eared Grebe

  37. Bullock’s Oriole

  38. Willow Flycatcher

  39. Western Flycatcher

  40. Least Flycatcher

  41. Western Grebe

  42. Veery

  43. Western Tanager

  44. Orchard Oriole

  45. Black-headed Grosbeak

Non-breeding Residents

  1. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

  2. Bohemian Waxwing

  3. Northern Shrike

  4. Snow Bunting

  5. Redpoll

  6. Cackling Goose

  7. American Tree Sparrow

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