Birds of Nevada
524 bird species have been recorded in Nevada on the eBird network — explore the 523 in the Birbs encyclopedia, and see which are being reported near you right now.
524 bird species have been recorded in Nevada on eBird, the global citizen-science database run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 523 of them have a full profile in the Birbs encyclopedia — start with the well-known birds below, browse the complete list, then check which are being reported near you right now.
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Birds to know first
Abert’s TowheeMelozone aberti
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
American Barn OwlTyto furcata
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
American Black SwiftCypseloides niger
American BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
American CootFulica americana
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American DipperCinclus mexicanus
American Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
American Grey FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
American PipitAnthus rubescens
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalis
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
American White IbisEudocimus albus
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
American WigeonMareca americana
American WoodcockScolopax minor
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus
Anna’s HummingbirdCalypte anna
The full checklist — 523 birds of Nevada in our library
- Abert’s Towhee
- Acorn Woodpecker
- African Collared Dove
- American Avocet
- American Barn Owl
- American Bittern
- American Black Swift
- American Bushtit
- American Cliff Swallow
- American Coot
- American Crow
- American Dipper
- American Dusky Flycatcher
- American Golden Plover
- American Goldfinch
- American Goshawk
- American Grey Flycatcher
- American Herring Gull
- American Kestrel
- American Pipit
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
- American Tree Sparrow
- American White Ibis
- American White Pelican
- American Wigeon
- American Woodcock
- American Yellow Warbler
- Ancient Murrelet
- Anna’s Hummingbird
- Arctic Tern
- Ash-throated Flycatcher
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Baird’s Sparrow
- Bald Eagle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Band-tailed Pigeon
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Owl
- Barrow’s Goldeneye
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Bell’s Sparrow
- Bell’s Vireo
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bendire’s Thrasher
- Bewick’s Wren
- Black Phoebe
- Black Rail
- Black Rosy Finch
- Black Scoter
- Black Skimmer
- Black Swan
- Black Tern
- Black Turnstone
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Black-backed Woodpecker
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Black-billed Magpie
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Black-chinned Sparrow
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-necked Stilt
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Black-throated Grey Warbler
- Black-throated Magpie-Jay
- Black-throated Sparrow
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-footed Booby
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Blue-winged Teal
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Bobolink
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Brambling
- Brant Goose
- Brewer’s Blackbird
- Brewer’s Sparrow
- Broad-billed Hummingbird
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Bronzed Cowbird
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Pelican
- Brown Thrasher
- Brown-crested Flycatcher
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Budgerigar
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Bufflehead
- Burrowing Owl
- Cackling Goose
- Cactus Wren
- California Gull
- California Quail
- California Scrub Jay
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Canada Goose
- Canada Warbler
- Canvasback
- Canyon Wren
- Cape May Warbler
- Caspian Tern
- Cassin’s Finch
- Cassin’s Kingbird
- Cassin’s Sparrow
- Cassin’s Vireo
- Cedar Waxwing
- Cerulean Warbler
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chipping Sparrow
- Chuck-will’s-widow
- Chukar Partridge
- Cinnamon Teal
- Clark’s Grebe
- Clark’s Nutcracker
- Clay-colored Sparrow
- Cockatiel
- Cocos Booby
- Common Black Hawk
- Common Crane
- Common Gallinule
- Common Goldeneye
- Common Grackle
- Common Ground Dove
- Common Loon
- Common Merganser
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Ostrich
- Common Pheasant
- Common Poorwill
- Common Shelduck
- Common Starling
- Common Tern
- Common Yellowthroat
- Connecticut Warbler
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Costa’s Hummingbird
- Couch’s Kingbird
- Crested Caracara
- Crissal Thrasher
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Curve-billed Thrasher
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Dickcissel
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Dunlin
- Dusky Grouse
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Wood Pewee
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Elf Owl
- Emu
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Evening Grosbeak
- Ferruginous Hawk
- Field Sparrow
- Flammulated Owl
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher
- Forster’s Tern
- Franklin’s Gull
- Fulvous Whistling Duck
- Gadwall
- Gambel’s Quail
- Gila Woodpecker
- Gilded Flicker
- Glaucous Gull
- Glaucous-winged Gull
- Glossy Ibis
- Golden Eagle
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Golden-winged Warbler
- Grace’s Warbler
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Greater Pewee
- Greater Roadrunner
- Greater Scaup
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Green Heron
- Green-tailed Towhee
- Grey Catbird
- Grey Partridge
- Grey Plover
- Grey Vireo
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch
- Greylag Goose
- Groove-billed Ani
- Gyrfalcon
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hammond’s Flycatcher
- Harlequin Duck
- Harris’s Hawk
- Harris’s Sparrow
- Heermann’s Gull
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Hermit Thrush
- Hermit Warbler
- Himalayan Snowcock
- Hooded Merganser
- Hooded Oriole
- Hooded Warbler
- Horned Grebe
- Horned Lark
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Hudsonian Whimbrel
- Hutton’s Vireo
- Iceland Gull
- Inca Dove
- Indian Peafowl
- Indigo Bunting
- Java Sparrow
- Juniper Titmouse
- Kentucky Warbler
- Killdeer
- King Eider
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Lapland Longspur
- Lark Bunting
- Lark Sparrow
- Laughing Gull
- Lawrence’s Goldfinch
- Lazuli Bunting
- Least Bittern
- Least Flycatcher
- Least Sandpiper
- Least Storm Petrel
- Least Tern
- LeConte’s Sparrow
- LeConte’s Thrasher
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Flamingo
- Lesser Goldfinch
- Lesser Nighthawk
- Lesser Scaup
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Lewis’s Woodpecker
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Little Blue Heron
- Little Gull
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Long-billed Curlew
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Long-eared Owl
- Long-tailed Duck
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Lucy’s Warbler
- MacGillivray’s Warbler
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Magnolia Warbler
- Mallard
- Mandarin Duck
- Marbled Godwit
- Marsh Wren
- Merlin
- Mexican Duck
- Mexican Whip-poor-will
- Military Macaw
- Mississippi Kite
- Monk Parakeet
- Mountain Bluebird
- Mountain Chickadee
- Mountain Plover
- Mountain Pygmy Owl
- Mountain Quail
- Mourning Dove
- Mourning Warbler
- Muscovy Duck
- Mute Swan
- Myrtle Warbler
- Nashville Warbler
- Nelson’s Sparrow
- Neotropic Cormorant
- Northern Bobwhite
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Harrier
- Northern House Wren
- Northern Mockingbird
- Northern Parula
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Raven
- Northern Red Bishop
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Northern Saw-whet Owl
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Shrike
- Northern Waterthrush
- Nuttall’s Woodpecker
- Olive-backed Pipit
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Orchard Oriole
- Osprey
- Ovenbird
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Pacific Loon
- Pacific Wren
- Painted Bunting
- Painted Whitestart
- Palm Warbler
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Passenger Pigeon
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Peregrine Falcon
- Phainopepla
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Grosbeak
- Pine Siskin
- Pine Warbler
- Pinyon Jay
- Plumbeous Vireo
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Prairie Falcon
- Prairie Warbler
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Purple Finch
- Purple Gallinule
- Purple Martin
- Pygmy Nuthatch
- Pyrrhuloxia
- Red Crossbill
- Red Fox Sparrow
- Red Junglefowl
- Red Knot
- Red Phalarope
- Red Tanager
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-faced Warbler
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-legged Kittiwake
- Red-naped Sapsucker
- Red-necked Grebe
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-necked Stint
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-throated Loon
- Red-throated Pipit
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Reddish Egret
- Redhead
- Redpoll
- Ridgway’s Rail
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring-necked Duck
- Ringed Teal
- Rivoli’s Hummingbird
- Rock Dove
- Rock Wren
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Ross’s Goose
- Rosy-faced Lovebird
- Rough-legged Buzzard
- Royal Tern
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Ruddy Duck
- Ruddy Ground Dove
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Ruffed Grouse
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Rufous-backed Thrush
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sabine’s Gull
- Sage Grouse
- Sage Thrasher
- Sagebrush Sparrow
- Sand Martin
- Sanderling
- Sandhill Crane
- Savannah Sparrow
- Say’s Phoebe
- Scaly-breasted Munia
- Scarlet Tanager
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Scott’s Oriole
- Sedge Wren
- Semipalmated Plover
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Sharp-tailed Grouse
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Short-billed Gull
- Short-eared Owl
- Slaty-backed Gull
- Smith’s Longspur
- Snow Bunting
- Snow Goose
- Snowy Egret
- Snowy Owl
- Snowy Plover
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Song Sparrow
- Sooty Grouse
- Sora
- Spotted Owl
- Spotted Redshank
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Spotted Towhee
- Sprague’s Pipit
- Steller’s Jay
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
- Summer Tanager
- Surf Scoter
- Swainson’s Hawk
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Swamp Sparrow
- Swan Goose
- Tennessee Warbler
- Thick-billed Kingbird
- Thick-billed Longspur
- Townsend’s Solitaire
- Townsend’s Warbler
- Tree Swallow
- Tricolored Blackbird
- Tricolored Heron
- Tropical Kingbird
- Trumpeter Swan
- Tundra Swan
- Turkey Vulture
- Two-barred Crossbill
- Upland Sandpiper
- Varied Bunting
- Varied Thrush
- Vaux’s Swift
- Veery
- Verdin
- Vermilion Flycatcher
- Vesper Sparrow
- Violet-green Swallow
- Virginia Rail
- Virginia’s Warbler
- Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel
- Western Bluebird
- Western Cattle Egret
- Western Flycatcher
- Western Grebe
- Western Gull
- Western Kingbird
- Western Meadowlark
- Western Sandpiper
- Western Screech Owl
- Western Tanager
- Western Warbling Vireo
- Western Wood Pewee
- White Wagtail
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-faced Ibis
- White-headed Woodpecker
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- White-tailed Kite
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-throated Swift
- White-winged Dove
- White-winged Scoter
- Wild Turkey
- Willet
- Williamson’s Sapsucker
- Willow Flycatcher
- Wilson’s Phalarope
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Winter Wren
- Wood Duck
- Wood Stork
- Wood Thrush
- Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-billed Loon
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron
- Yellow-footed Gull
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-green Vireo
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Yellow-throated Warbler
- Zone-tailed Hawk
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Birds of Nevada by bird group
- Ducks, Geese & Swans of Nevada (47 species)
- New World Warblers of Nevada (44 species)
- Sandpipers & Allies of Nevada (35 species)
- New World Sparrows of Nevada (31 species)
- Tyrant Flycatchers of Nevada (28 species)
- Gulls, Terns & Skimmers of Nevada (27 species)
- Woodpeckers of Nevada (19 species)
Species lists and counts come from the eBird network; "recorded" means reported by birders to eBird. Tap any bird for its full profile, photos, sounds and ID notes.
Frequently asked questions
How many bird species are in Nevada?
524 species have been recorded in Nevada on eBird; 523 of them have a full profile on Birbs.
Where can I see birds in Nevada right now?
Use the Birds Near You tool to see species reported near you in the last few days, or browse the full checklist on this page.