Bird List
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BIRDS OF LAS VEGAS WASH
Las Vegas Wash is host to a large number of resident and migrant bird species.
Quail, killdeer, roadrunners, and sparrows nest in the desert scrub. 
Many species of waterfowl nest, pass through or winter on ponds.
Migrating shorebirds, swallows and warblers are found in the spring and fall.
 Bird species which have been seen in the Wash in the area west of 
Lake Las Vegas are listed. 

Compiled by Carolyn Titus and the Red Rock Audubon Society, June, 1999. 
(Order varies slightly from the AOU Checklist, Seventh Edition, 1998, because of space.) 

PODICIPEDIFORMES
__ Pied-billed Grebe* R c
__ Horned Grebe W r
__ Eared Grebe* W c
__ Western Grebe W r
__ Clark's Grebe W r

PELICANIFORMES
__ American White Pelican M r
__ Brown Pelican Ac
__ Double-crested Cormorant R u

FALCONIFORMES
__ Osprey M r
__ Northern Harrier R c
__ Sharp-shinned Hawk R u
__ Cooper's Hawk R r
__ Red-tailed Hawk R c
__ Golden Eagle R r
__ American Kestrel R c
__ Merlin M r
__ Peregrine Falcon # R r
__ Prairie Falcon R c

GALLIFORMES
__ Gambel's Quail R c

GRUIFORMES
__ Clapper Rail (Yuma) # Ac
__ Virginia Rail R c
__ Sora M u
__ Common Moorhen R c
__ American Coot* R a
__ Sandhill Crane M r

COLUMBIFORMES
__ Rock Dove I c
__ White-winged Dove S r
__ Mourning Dove R c

CICONIFORMES
__ American Bittern M r
__ Least Bittern M r
__ Great Blue Heron R c
__ Great Egret R u
__ Snowy Egret R u
__ Little Blue Heron Ac
__ Cattle Egret W u
__ Green Heron R u
__ Black-crowned Night-Heron M u
__ White-faced Ibis M c
__ Turkey Vulture S c

ANSERIFORMES
__ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Ac
__ Greater White-fronted Goose W r
__ Snow Goose W r
__ Ross's Goose W r
__ Canada Goose W r
__ Tundra Swan W r
__ Wood Duck W r
__ Gadwall W c
__ American Wigeon W c
__ Mallard* R c
__ Blue-winged Teal* S r
__ Cinnamon Teal* R c
__ Northern Shoveler W c
__ Northern Pintail W c
__ Green-winged Teal W c
__ Canvasback W c
__ Redhead* W c
__ Ring-necked Duck W c
__ Greater Scaup M r
__ Lesser Scaup W c
__ Surf Scoter M r
__ White-winged Scoter M r
__ Black Scoter Ac
__ Oldsquaw W r
__ Bufflehead W c
__ Common Goldeneye W c
__ Hooded Merganser W r
__ Common Merganser W c
__ Red-breasted Merganser W c
__ Ruddy Duck* R c

CHARADRIIFORMES
__ Black-bellied Plover M u
__ American Golden-Plover M r
__ Snowy Plover M u
__ Semipalmated Plover M u
__ Killdeer* R c
__ Black-necked Stilt* S c
__ American Avocet* M c
__ Greater Yellowlegs M c
__ Lesser Yellowlegs M u
__ Solitary Sandpiper M u
__ Willet M u
__ Spotted Sandpiper S c
__ Whimbrel M r
__ Long-billed Curlew M u
__ Marbled Godwit M u
__ Ruddy Turnstone M r
__ Red Knot M r
__ Sanderling M u
__ Semipalmated Sandpiper M r
__ Western Sandpiper M c
__ Red-necked Stint Ac
__ Least Sandpiper M c
__ Baird's Sandpiper M u
__ Pectoral Sandpiper M u
__ Dunlin M r
__ Stilt Sandpiper M r
__ Short-billed Dowitcher M r
__ Long-billed Dowitcher M c
__ Common Snipe M c
__ Wilson's Phalarope M c
__ Red-necked Phalarope M c
__ Franklin's Gull M u
__ Bonaparte's Gull M u
__ Ring-billed Gull W c
__ California Gull W u
__ Sabine's Gull M r
__ Caspian Tern M u
__ Common Tern M r
__ Forster's Tern M c
__ Least Tern Ac
__ Black Tern M u
__ Black Skimmer Ac

CUCULIIFORMES
__ Greater Roadrunner* R c

STRIGIFORMES
__ Barn Owl M r
__ Burrowing Owl S u

CAPRIMULGIFORMES
__ Lesser Nighthawk S c

CORACIIFORMES
__ Belted Kingfisher R u

PICIFORMES
__ Northern Flicker W c

APODIFORMES
__ Vaux's Swift M u
__ White-throated Swift S c
__ Black-chinned Hummingbird S u
__ Anna's Hummingbird S r

PASSERIFORMES
__ Western Wood-Pewee M r
__ Willow Flycatcher
__ Southwestern # M r
__ Black Phoebe* R u
__ Say's Phoebe* R c
__ Vermilion Flycatcher R r
__ Ash-throated Flycatcher S u
__ Cassin's Kingbird M r
__ Thick-billed Kingbird Ac
__ Western Kingbird S c
__ Loggerhead Shrike W c
__ Common Raven R c
__ Horned Lark* R c
__ Purple Martin M r
__ Tree Swallow M c
__ Violet-green Swallow M c
__ N. Rough-winged Swallow S c
__ Bank Swallow M u
__ Cliff Swallow S c
__ Barn Swallow S c
__ Verdin* R c
__ Bushtit R u
__ Rock Wren* R c
__ Bewick's Wren* R u
__ Marsh Wren* R c
__ Ruby-crowned Kinglet M c
__ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* R c
__ Black-tailed Gnatcatcher* R u
__ American Robin W r
__ Gray Catbird Ac
__ Northern Mockingbird* R c (cont. next col.)

(PASSERIFORMES continued)
__ Crissal Thrasher* R c
__ European Starling I c
__ American Pipit W c
__ Phainopepla R c
__ Orange-crowned Warbler R c
__ Yellow Warbler S c
__ Yellow-rumped Warbler M c
__ Audubon's Warbler
__ Myrtle Warbler
__ Palm Warbler M r
__ Common Yellowthroat* S c
__ Wilson's Warbler M c
__ Yellow-breasted Chat S r
__ Abert's Towhee* R c
__ American Tree Sparrow W r
__ Chipping Sparrow W r
__ Brewer's Sparrow R c
__ Savannah Sparrow R c
__ Song Sparrow* R c
__ Lincoln's Sparrow M u
__ White-crowned Sparrow W c
__ Black-headed Grosbeak M r
__ Blue grosbeak* S u
__ Red-winged Blackbird* R a
__ Western Meadowlark R u
__ Yellow-headed Blackbird* S c
__ Brewer's Blackbird* R c
__ Great-tailed Grackle* R c
__ Brown-headed Cowbird R u
__ House Finch* R a
__ House Sparrow* I a