Seasonal Presence and Relative Frequency of Selected Species

Nevada Birding Highlights

This list summarizes the seasonal presence of selected bird species in Nevada, 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 Nevada.

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Nevada Birding Highlights

Year-round Residents

  1. LeConte’s Thrasher

  2. Greater Sage-Grouse

  3. Black Rosy-Finch

  4. Dusky Grouse

  5. American Three-toed Woodpecker

  6. Sooty Grouse

  7. Bell’s Sparrow

  8. Sagebrush Sparrow

  9. American Goshawk

  10. Northern Pygmy-Owl

  11. Mountain Quail

  12. Williamson’s Sapsucker

  13. Gilded Flicker

  14. White-headed Woodpecker

  15. Crissal Thrasher

  16. Pinyon Jay

  17. Lewis’s Woodpecker

  18. Sage Thrasher

  19. Juniper Titmouse

  20. American Dipper

  21. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

  22. Clark’s Nutcracker

  23. Clark’s Grebe

  24. Canyon Wren

  25. Costa’s Hummingbird

  26. Brewer’s Sparrow

  27. Cassin’s Finch

  28. Evening Grosbeak

  29. White-throated Swift

  30. Mountain Bluebird

  31. Black-throated Sparrow

  32. Inca Dove

  33. Greater Roadrunner

  34. Cactus Wren

  35. Phainopepla

  36. Abert’s Towhee

  37. Neotropic Cormorant

  38. Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay

  39. Pacific Wren

  40. Band-tailed Pigeon

  41. Pygmy Nuthatch

  42. Gambel’s Quail

  43. Eared Grebe

  44. Western Grebe

  45. Cinnamon Teal

  46. Ladder-backed Woodpecker

  47. Verdin

  48. California Quail

  49. Black-billed Magpie

  50. Steller’s Jay

  51. California Scrub-Jay

Breeding Residents

  1. Flammulated Owl

  2. Bendire’s Thrasher

  3. Gray Vireo

  4. Black-chinned Sparrow

  5. Zone-tailed Hawk

  6. Grace’s Warbler

  7. Lesser Nighthawk

  8. Virginia’s Warbler

  9. Scott’s Oriole

  10. Gray Flycatcher

  11. Calliope Hummingbird

  12. Snowy Plover

  13. Brown-crested Flycatcher

  14. Hammond’s Flycatcher

  15. Plumbeous Vireo

  16. Dusky Flycatcher

  17. Cassin’s Vireo

  18. Lucy’s Warbler

  19. MacGillivray’s Warbler

  20. Franklin’s Gull

  21. Green-tailed Towhee

  22. Bell’s Vireo

  23. Black-throated Gray Warbler

  24. Long-billed Curlew

  25. Swainson’s Hawk

  26. Hooded Oriole

  27. Lazuli Bunting

  28. Vermilion Flycatcher

  29. Broad-tailed Hummingbird

  30. Bobolink

  31. Cassin’s Kingbird

  32. Bullock’s Oriole

  33. Willow Flycatcher

  34. Western Flycatcher

  35. Black-headed Grosbeak

  36. Summer Tanager

  37. Indigo Bunting

Non-breeding Residents

  1. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

  2. Hermit Warbler

  3. Northern Shrike

  4. Rough-legged Hawk

  5. Tundra Swan

  6. Snow Goose

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