Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

Red Rock Canyon Interpretive Association

Las Vegas, Nevada

The following is the BLM Bird List for the Las Vegas District - not just the Conservation Area.
Located in southern Nevada, the Las Vegas District of the Bureau of Land Management includes Clark, southern Nye and Lincoln counties. Plant communities in this 7 million acre public area range from desert scrub to pine forest. Both Mohave and Great Basin desert habitats are represented. Bird life is varied. Waterfowl and shorebirds are found in association with the Colorado River system, the Pahranagat and Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuges (managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), and the Overton Wildlife Management Area (managed by the Nevada Department of Wildlife). Bird watchers are often surprised to see birds common to northern climates in isolated desert mountain ranges. Southern Nevada hosts many wintering bird species from northern areas. The following bird list contains 353 species which have been recorded in the district.  General habitat types where a species is most likely to occur are indicated by:
A - aquatic Ac - accidental C - cliffs, canyons Ch - chaparral, brush	G - groves, thicket 0 - open, fields, deserts, grasslands R - riparian Sa-sagebrush	Sh - shores, beaches, flats T - town W - woodlands Wi - widespread * - introduced
Birds italicized are federally listed as threatened or endangered, or are candidate species for threatened or endangered status. This list was compiled with cooperative assistance from the Nevada Department of Wildlife, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Red Rock Audubon Society.

Loons

1. Common Loon A
2. Red-throated Loon Ac

Grebes

1. Horned Grebe A
2. Eared Grebe A
3. Western Grebe A
4. Pied-billed Grebe A

Pelicans

1. American White Pelican A
2. Brown Pelican Ac, A

Cormorants

1. Double-crested Cormorant A

Heron, Egrets and Bitterns

1. Least Bittern A
2. American Bittern A
3. Black-crowned Night-heron A
4. Green-backed Heron A
5. Tricolored Heron Ac, A
6. Little Blue Heron Ac, A
7. Cattle Egret A
8. Snowy Egret A
9. Great Egret O, A
10. Great Blue Heron A

Wood Ibises

1. Wood Ibis A

Ibises

1. White-faced Ibis A

Swans, Geese and Ducks

1. Tundra Swan A
2. Canada Goose A, O
3. Greater White-fronted Goose A
4. Snow Goose A
5. Ross's Goose Ac, A
6. Black Brant Ac, A
7. Fulvous Whistling-duck Ac
8. Mallard A
9. Gadwall A
10. Northern Pintail A
11. Green-winged Teal A
12. Blue-winged Teal A
13. Cinnamon Teal A
14. American Wigeon A
15. Northern Shoveler A
16. Wood Duck A
17. Redhead A
18. Ring-necked Duck A
19. Canvasback A
20. Greater Scaup A
21. Lesser Scaup A
22. Common Goldeneye A
23. Barrow's Goldeneye Ac, A
24. White-winged Scoter Ac, A
25. Surf Scoter Ac, A
26. Bufflehead A
27. Oldsquaw Ac, A
28. Ruddy Duck A
29. Hooded Merganser A
30. Common Merganser A
31. Red-breasted Merganser A

Vultures

1. Turkey Vulture W

Hawks and Eagles

1. Mississippi Kite Ac
2. Northern Goshawk G, W, R
3. Sharp-shinned Hawk G, W, R
4. Cooper's Hawk G, W, R
5. Red-tailed Hawk Wi
6. Red-shouldered Hawk Ac, W, R
7. Swainson's Hawk O
8. Rough-legged Hawk Ac
9. Ferruginous Hawk O
10. Broad-winged Hawk Ac, O
11. Zone-tailed Hawk Ac, O
12. Harris's Hawk Ac, O
13. Common Black Hawk Ac, O
14. Golden Eagle O, Wi
15. Bald Eagle A
16. Northern Harrier O, A

Osprey

1. Osprey A

Falcons

1. Prairie Falcon O
2. Peregrine Falcon O
3. Merlin O
4. American Kestrel O, R

Grouse

1. Sage Grouse Sa

Quail and Pheasants

1. Scaled Quail O
2. California Quail O
3. Gambel's Quail O, R
4. Mountain Quail Ch, W
5. Ring-necked Pheasant *, O
6. Chukar O, R, C
7. Wild Turkey *, W, R

Cranes

1. Greater Sandhill Crane A, O

Rails, Gallinules and Coots

1. Virginia Rail A
2. Sora A
3. Common Moorhen A
4. Purple Gallinule Ac, A
5. American Coot A, O

Plovers

1. Sernipalmated Plover Ac, Sh
2. Snowy Plover (Western) Ac, Sh
3. Killdeer Sh, O, R, Wi
4. Mountain Plover Sh, O
5. Lesser Golden Plover Ac, Sh
6.  Black-bellied Plover Ac, Sh, O

Sandpipers

1. Common Snipe O, R, A
2. Long-billed Curlew Sh, O
3. Upland Sandpiper Ac, Sh, O
4. Spotted Sandpiper Sh, O
5. Whimbrel Ac, Sh
6. Solitary Sandpiper Sh, O
7. Willet A, Sh
8. Greater Yellowlegs A, Sh
9. Lesser Yellowlegs A, Sh
10. Pectoral Sandpiper Ac, O, Sh
11. Baird's Sandpiper Sh, R
12. Least Sandpiper A, Sh
13. Dunlin Sh
14. Short-billed Dowitcher Sh
15. Long-billed Dowitcher Sh, A
16. Stilt Sandpiper Ac, Sh
17. Sernipalmated Sandpiper Ac, Sh
18. Western Sandpiper A, Sh
19. Marbled Godwit Sh, O
20. Sanderling Ac, Sh

Avocets

1. American Avocet A, Sh
2. Black-necked Stilt A, Sh

Phalaropes

1. Red Phalarope Ac, A, Sh
2. Wilson's Phalarope A, Sh
3. Northern Phalarope A

Gulls and Terns

1. Herring Gull Sh, O, T, A
2. Thayer's Gull Ac, Sh, O, A
3. California Gull Sh, O, T, A
4. Ring-billed Gull Sh, O, T, A
5. Bonaparte's Gull A, Sh
6. Forster's Tern Ac, Sh
7. Least Tern Sh
8. Caspian Tern Ac, Sh, A
9. Black Tern Sh, A

Pigeons and Doves

1. Band-tailed Pigeon Ch, W
2. Rock Dove T
3. White-winged Dove O, G, R
4. Mourning Dove O, Wi
5. Common Ground-dove Ac
6. Inca Dove Ac

Cuckoos and Roadrunners

1. Yellow-billed Cuckoo G, R
2. Greater Roadrunner O

Barn Owl

1. Common Barn-owl O, G, W, C

Owls

1. Western Screech-owl W, R, G
2. Flammulated Owl Ac, W
3. Great Horned Owl W, Wi
4. Snowy Owl Ac, O
5. Northern Pygmy-owl Ac, W
6. Elf Owl Ac, O
7. Burrowing Owl O
8. Long-eared Owl G, W, R
9. Short-eared Owl O
10. Northern Saw-whet Owl G, W

Goatsuckers

1. Whip-poor-will Ac, W
2. Common Poorwill O, Ch, W
3. Common Nighthawk O, W, T
4. Lesser Nighthawk O

Swifts

1. White-throated Swift O, W, C
2. Vaux's Swift O, W

Hummingbirds

1. Black-chinned Hummingbird R, G, W
2. Costa's Hummingbird O, Sa, Ch
3. Anna's Hummingbird Ch, W
4. Broad-tailed Hummingbird R, Ch, W
5. Rufous Hummingbird R, W
6. Allen's Hummingbird Ac, R
7. Calliope Hummingbird Ac, Ch, W

Kingfishers

1. Belted Kingfisher A, R

Woodpeckers