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Salt Lake County Biodiversity

This guide contains common plants and animals of Salt Lake County

Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Sora 1
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 2
Rallus limicola
American Coot 3
Fulica americana
Common Quail 4
Coturnix coturnix
Chukar 5
Alectoris chukar
Ruffed Grouse 6
Bonasa umbellus
Wild Turkey 7
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 8
Phasianus colchicus
Sharp-tailed Grouse 9
Tympanuchus phasianellus
Dusky Grouse 10
Dendragapus obscurus
Greater Sage Grouse 11
Centrocercus urophasianus
California Quail 12
Callipepla californica
Helmeted Guineafowl 13
Numida meleagris
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 14
Coccyzus americanus
Belted Kingfisher 15
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 16
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 17
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 18
Zenaida macroura
White-faced Ibis 19
Plegadis chihi
Western Sandpiper 20
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 21
Calidris alpina
Least Sandpiper 22
Calidris minutilla
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Greater Yellowlegs 23
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 24
Tringa flavipes
Long-billed Curlew 1
Numenius americanus
Common Snipe 25
Gallinago gallinago
Eared Grebe 26
Podiceps nigricollis
Horned Grebe 23
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 27
Podiceps grisegena
Clark's Grebe 23
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 1
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 28
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Phalacrocorax auritus
Neotropic Cormorant 29
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
American White Pelican 30
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Ring-billed Gull 31
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 32
Larus argentatus
California Gull 33
Larus californicus
Forster's Tern 34
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 35
Chlidonias niger
Pacific Loon 23
Gavia pacifica
Prairie Falcon 10
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 36
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 2
Falco sparverius
Merlin 37
Falco columbarius
Turkey Vulture 38
Cathartes aura
Kentish Plover 39
Charadrius alexandrinus
Killdeer 40
Charadrius vociferus
Black-necked Stilt 41
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 42
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 23
Pluvialis squatarola
Snowy Egret 22
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 1
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 43
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 44
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 45
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 23
Botaurus lentiginosus
Golden Eagle 10
Aquila chrysaetos
Sharp-shinned Hawk 46
Accipiter striatus
Northern Goshawk 47
Accipiter gentilis
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Harrier 48
Circus cyaneus
Ferruginous Hawk 10
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 49
Buteo swainsoni
Rough-legged Hawk 50
Buteo lagopus
Red-tailed Hawk 51
Buteo jamaicensis
Bald Eagle 52
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird 53
Selasphorus rufus
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 54
Selasphorus platycercus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 10
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 55
Aeronautes saxatalis
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
Mallard 56
Anas platyrhynchos
Green-winged Teal 25
Anas crecca
Cinnamon Teal 11
Anas cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 57
Anas discors
Gadwall 58
Anas strepera
American Wigeon 59
Anas americana
Common Goldeneye 41
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 57
Bucephala albeola
Barrow's Goldeneye 41
Bucephala islandica
Red-breasted Merganser 60
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 58
Mergus merganser
Greylag Goose 61
Anser anser
Ring-necked Duck 57
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 62
Aythya affinis
Redhead
Aythya americana
Canvasback 10
Aythya valisineria
Snow Goose 57
Chen caerulescens
Ruddy Duck 26
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 63
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 20
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 45
Lophodytes cucullatus
Bushtit 64
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 65
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 66
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 57
Bombycilla garrulus

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