Birds of Great Basin National Park

Birds commonly found within Great Basin National Park. Species contained within this guide are adapted from the NPSpecies data system created by the National Park Service. NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. ...more ↓

Golden Eagle 1
Aquila chrysaetos
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Buteo jamaicensis
Northern Harrier 3
Circus cyaneus
Green-winged Teal 4
Anas crecca
Mallard 5
Anas platyrhynchos
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
Archilochus alexandri
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 6
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 7
Selasphorus rufus
Common Nighthawk 1
Chordeiles minor
Mourning Dove 8
Zenaida macroura
Bushtit 9
Psaltriparus minimus
Lazuli Bunting 10
Passerina amoena
Brown Creeper 11
Certhia americana
Western Scrub-Jay 12
Aphelocoma californica
American Crow 13
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 14
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 15
Cyanocitta stelleri
Pinyon Jay 16
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Clark's Nutcracker 17
Nucifraga columbiana
Eurasian Magpie 18
Pica pica
Dark-eyed Junco 19
Junco hyemalis
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Pipilo chlorurus
Spotted Towhee 2
Pipilo maculatus
Vesper Sparrow 1
Pooecetes gramineus
Brewer's Sparrow 20
Spizella breweri
Chipping Sparrow 21
Spizella passerina
White-crowned Sparrow 22
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Pine Siskin 23
Spinus pinus
Cassin's Finch 24
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 25
Haemorhous mexicanus
Evening Grosbeak 26
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Black Rosy-Finch 1
Leucosticte atrata
Red Crossbill 27
Loxia curvirostra
Barn Swallow 28
Hirundo rustica
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Violet-green Swallow 29
Tachycineta thalassina
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Agelaius phoeniceus
Brewer's Blackbird 31
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Molothrus ater
Western Meadowlark 32
Sturnella neglecta
Sage Thrasher 33
Oreoscoptes montanus
Juniper Titmouse 34
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Mountain Chickadee 1
Poecile gambeli
Yellow-rumped Warbler 24
Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler 24
Setophaga nigrescens
Yellow Warbler 35
Setophaga petechia
Yellow-breasted Chat 10
Icteria virens
MacGillivray's Warbler 36
Geothlypis tolmiei
Wilson's Warbler 37
Cardellina pusilla
House Sparrow 38
Passer domesticus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Polioptila caerulea
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 39
Regulus calendula
White-breasted Nuthatch 40
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 41
Sturnus vulgaris
Western Tanager 1
Piranga ludoviciana
Rock Wren 1
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 1
Troglodytes aedon
Hermit Thrush 31
Catharus guttatus
Townsend's Solitaire 1
Myadestes townsendi
Mountain Bluebird 32
Sialia currucoides
American Robin 42
Turdus migratorius
Dusky Flycatcher 1
Empidonax oberholseri
Say's Phoebe 43
Sayornis saya
Western Kingbird 10
Tyrannus verticalis
Warbling Vireo 44
Vireo gilvus
Northern Flicker 45
Colaptes auratus
Hairy Woodpecker 46
Picoides villosus
Red-naped Sapsucker 47
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Great Horned Owl 48
Bubo virginianus

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