Below is a list of resident and migrant bird species found at or adjacent to Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.Bird species listed in this appendix are based on the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Bird List, as well as additional information from refuge files. |
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Scientific Name |
Snow goose Ross’s goose Greater white-fronted goose Canada goose Trumpeter swan Tundra swan Mute swan Black swan Wood duck Gadwall American Pigeon Mallard Blue-winged teal Cinnamon teal Northern shoveler Northern pintail Green-winged teal |
Chen caerulescens Chen rossii Anser albifrons Branta canadensis Cygnus buccinator Cygnus columbianus Cygnus olor Cygnus atratus Aix sponsa Anas strepara Anas americana Anas platyrhynchos Anas discors Anas cyanoptera Anas clypeata Anas acuta Anas crecca |
Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked duck Lesser scaup Greater scaup Bufflehead Common goldeneye Barrow’s goldeneye Hooded merganser Common merganser Red-breasted merganser Ruddy duck Surf scoter White-winged scoter Long-tailed duck Harlequin duck Ruffed grouse Blue grouse Greater sage grouse Columbia sharp-tailed grouse Ring-necked pheasant Common loon Arctic loon Pied-billed grebe Horned grebe Red-necked grebe Eared grebe Western grebe Clark’s grebe American white pelican Double-crested cormorant American bittern Great blue heron Great egret Snowy egret Black-crowned night-heron White-faced ibis Turkey vulture Osprey Bald eagle Northern harrier Sharp-shinned hawk Cooper’s hawk Northern goshawk Swainson’s hawk Red-tailed hawk |
Aythya valisineria Aythya Americana Aythya collaris Aythya affinis Aythya marila Bucephala albeola Bucephala clangula Bucephala islandica Lophodytes cucullatus Mergus merganser Mergus serrator Oxyura jamaicensis Melanitta perspicillata Melanitta fusca Clangula hyemalis Histrionicus histrionicus Bonasa umbellus Dendragapus obscurus Centrocercus urophasianus Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus Phasianus colchicus Gavia immer Gavia arctica Podylimbus podiceps Podiceps auritus Podiceps grisegena Podiceps nigricollis Aechmophorus occidentalis Aechmophorus clarkii Pelecanus erythrocephalus Phalacrocorax auritus Botaurus lentiginosus Ardea Herodias Ardea alba Egretta caerulea Nycticorax nycticorax Plegadis chihi Cathartes aura Pandion haliaetus Haliaeetus leucocephalus Circus cyaneus Accipiter striatus Accipiter cooperii Accipiter gentilis Buteo swainsoni Buteo jamaicensis |
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Ferruginous hawk Rough-legged hawk Golden eagle American kestrel Merlin Peregrine falcon Prairie falcon Gyrfalcon Virginia rail Yellow rail Sora American coot Sandhill crane Whooping crane Killdeer Semipalmated plover Mountain plover Snowy plover Black-bellied plover Black-necked stilt American avocet Greater yellowlegs Lesser yellowlegs Solitary sandpiper Willet Spotted sandpiper Upland sandpiper Long-billed curlew Marbled godwit Long-billed dowitcher Wilson’s snipe American woodcock Wilson’s phalarope Red-necked phalarope Parasitic jaeger Sanderling Semipalmated sandpiper Western sandpiper Least sandpiper White-rumped sandpiper Pectoral sandpiper Dunlin Baird’s sandpiper Franklin’s gull Ring-billed gull California gull Herring gull |
Buteo regalis Buteo lagopus Aquila chrysaetos Falco sparverius Falco columbarius Falco peregrinus Falco mexicanus Falco rusticolus Rallus limicola Coturnicops noveboracensis Porzana carolina Fulica Americana Grus canadensis Grus americana Charadrius vociferous Charadrius semipalmatus Charadrius montanus Charadrius alexandrius Pluvialis squatarola Himantopus mexicanus Recurvirostra americana Tringa melanoleuca Tringa fl avipes Tringa solitaria Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Actitis macularia Bartamia longicauda Numenius americanus Limosa fedoa Limnodromus scolopaceus Gallinago delicata Scolopax minor Phalaropus tricolor Phalaropus lobatus Stercorarius parasiticus Calidris alba Calidris pusilla Calidris mauri Calidris minutilla Calidris fuscicollis Calidris melanotos Calidris alpina Calidris bairdii Larus pipixcan Larus delawarensis Larus californicus Larus argentatus |
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Bonaparte’s gull Forster’s tern Black tern Caspian tern Common tern Mourning dove Band-tailed pigeon Rock pigeon Black-billed cuckoo Yellow-billed cuckoo Great horned owl Burrowing owl Long-eared owl Short-eared owl Northern saw-whet owl Northern pygmy-owl Western screech-owl Great gray owl Common nighthawk White-throated swift Broad-tailed hummingbird Rufous hummingbird Calliope hummingbird Black-chinned hummingbird Belted kingfisher Lewis’ woodpecker Red-headed woodpecker Downy woodpecker Hairy woodpecker Black-backed woodpecker American three-toed woodpecker Pileated woodpecker Northern flicker Red-naped sapsucker Williamson’s sapsucker Western kingbird Eastern kingbird Say’s phoebe Willow flycatcher Dusky flycatcher Hammond’s flycatcher Cordilleran flycatcher Least flycatcher Western wood-peewee Olive-sided flycatcher Horned lark Tree swallow |
Larus philadelphia Sterna forsteri Sterna niger Sterna caspia Sterna hirundo Zenaida macroura Patagioenas fasciata Columba livia Coccyzus erythropthalmus Coccyzus americanus Bubo virginianus Athene cunicularia Asio otus Asio flammeus Aegolius acadicus Glaucidium gnoma Megascops kennicottii Strix nebulosa Chordeiles minor Aeronautes saxatalis Selasphorus platycercus Selasphorus rufus Stellula calliope Archilochus alexandri Ceryle alcyon Melanerpes lewis Melanerpes erythrocephalus Picoides pubescens Picoides villosus Picoides arcticus Picoides dorsalis Dryocopus pileatus Colaptes auratus Sphyrapicus nuchalis Sphyrapicus thyroideus Tyrannus verticalis Tyrannus forfi catus Saynoris saya Empidonax traillii Empidonax oberholseri Empidonax hammondii Empidonax occidentalis Empidonax minimus Contopus sordidulus Contopus cooperi Eremophila alpestris Tachycineta bicolor |
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Violet-green swallow Northern rough-winged swallow Bank swallow Cliff swallow Barn swallow Steller’s jay Pinyon jay Gray jay Blue jay Black-billed magpie American crow Common raven Clark’s nutcracker Black-capped chickadee Mountain chickadee American dipper Red-breasted nuthatch White-breasted nuthatch Pygmy nuthatch Brown creeper House wren Winter wren Rock wren Canyon wren Marsh wren Gray catbird Northern mockingbird Sage thrasher American robin Townsend’s solitaire Swainson’s thrush Hermit thrush Veery Mountain bluebird Western bluebird Golden-crowned kinglet Ruby-crowned kinglet American pipit Sprague’s pipit Bohemian waxwing Cedar waxwing Loggerhead shrike Northern shrike European starling Warbling vireo Cassin’s vireo Red-eyed vireo |
Tachycineta thalassina Stelgidopteryx serripennis Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Hirundo rustica Cyanocitta stelleri Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus Perisoreus Canadensis Cyanocitta cristata Pica hudsonia Corvus brachyrhynchos Corvus corax Nucifraga columbiana Poecile atricappila Poecile gambeli Cinclus mexicanus Sitta canadensis Sitta carolinensis Sitta pygmaea Certhia americana Troglodytes aedon Troglodytes troglodytes Salpinctes obsoletus Catherpes mexicanus Cistothorus palustris Dumetella carolinensis Mimus polyglottos Oreoscoptes montanus Turdus migratorius Myadestes townsendi Catharus ustulatus Catharus guttatus Catharus fuscescens Sialia currucoides Sialia mexicana Regulus satrapa Regulus calendula Anthus rubescens Anthus spragueii Bombycilla garrulous Bombycilla cedrorum Lanius ludovicianus Lanius excubitor Sturnus vulgaris Vireo gilvus Vireo cassinii Vireo olivaceus |
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Tennessee warbler Orange-crowned warbler Yellow warbler Yellow-rumped warbler Townsend’s warbler Northern waterthrush Common yellowthroat MacGillivray’s warbler Wilson’s warbler Yellow-breasted chat American redstart House sparrow Bobolink Western meadowlark Yellow-headed blackbird Red-winged blackbird Brewer’s blackbird Common grackle Brown-headed cowbird Bullock’s oriole Western tanager Black-headed grosbeak Rose-breasted grosbeak Evening grosbeak Lazuli bunting Cassin’s finch House finch Pine grosbeak Gray-crowned rosy finch Black rosy finch White-winged crossbill Common redpoll Pine siskin American goldfinch Red crossbill Green-tailed towhee Spotted towhee Savannah sparrow Lark bunting Vesper sparrow Lark sparrow Dark-eyed junco American tree sparrow Chipping sparrow Brewer’s sparrow Clay-colored sparrow White-crowned sparrow |
Vermivora peregrina Vermivora celata Dendroica petechia Dendroica coronata Dendroica townsendi Seiurus noveboracensis Geothlipis trichas Oporornis tolmiei Wilsonia pusilla Icteria virens Setophaga ruticilla Passer domesticus Dolichonyx oryzivorus Sturnella neglecta Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Agelaius phoeniceus Euphagus cyanocephalus Quiscalus quiscula Molothrus ater Icterus bullockii Piranga ludoviciana Pheucticus melanocephalus Pheucticus ludovicianus Coccothraustes vespertinus Passerina amoena Carpodacus cassinii Carpodacus mexicanus Pinicola enucleator Leucosticte tephrocotis Leucosticte atrata Loxia leucoptera Carduelis flammea Carduelis pinus Carduelis tristis Loxia curvirostra Pipilo chlorurus Pipilo maculatus Passerculus sandwichensis Calamospiza melanocorys Pooecetes gramineus Chondestes grammacus Junco hyemalis Spizella arborea Spizella passerina Spizella breweri Spizella pallida Zonotrichia laucophrys |
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White-throated sparrow Harris’ sparrow Fox sparrow Song sparrow Lincoln sparrow Grasshopper sparrow Sage sparrow McCown’s longspur Lapland longspur Chestnut-collared longspur Snow bunting |
Zonotrichia albicollis Zonotrichia querula Passerelia iliaca Melospiza melodia Melospiza lincolnii Ammodramus savannarum Amphispiza belli Calcarius mccownii Calcarius lapponicus Calcarius ornatus Plectrophenax nivalis |