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 Common Loon A Red-throated Loon Ac Grebes Horned Grebe A Eared Grebe A Western Grebe A Pied-billed Grebe A Pelicans American White Pelican A Brown Pelican Ac, A Cormorants Double-crested Cormorant A Heron, Egrets and Bitterns Least Bittern A American Bittern A Black-crowned Night-heron A Green-backed Heron A Tricolored Heron Ac, A Little Blue Heron Ac, A Cattle Egret A Snowy Egret A Great Egret O, A Great Blue Heron A Wood Ibises Wood Ibis A Ibises White-faced Ibis A Swans, Geese and Ducks Tundra Swan A Canada Goose A, O Greater White-fronted Goose A Snow Goose A Ross's Goose Ac, A Black Brant Ac, A Fulvous Whistling-duck Ac Mallard A Gadwall A Northern Pintail A Green-winged Teal A Blue-winged Teal A Cinnamon Teal A American Wigeon A Northern Shoveler A Wood Duck A Redhead A Ring-necked Duck A Canvasback A Greater Scaup A Lesser Scaup A Common Goldeneye A Barrow's Goldeneye Ac, A White-winged Scoter Ac, A Surf Scoter Ac, A Bufflehead A Oldsquaw Ac, A Ruddy Duck A Hooded Merganser A Common Merganser A Red-breasted Merganser A Vultures Turkey Vulture W Hawks and Eagles Mississippi Kite Ac Northern Goshawk G, W, R Sharp-shinned Hawk G, W, R Cooper's Hawk G, W, R Red-tailed Hawk Wi Red-shouldered Hawk Ac, W, R Swainson's Hawk O Rough-legged Hawk Ac Ferruginous Hawk O Broad-winged Hawk Ac, O Zone-tailed Hawk Ac, O Harris's Hawk Ac, O Common Black Hawk Ac, O Golden Eagle O, Wi Bald Eagle A Northern Harrier O, A Osprey Osprey A Falcons Prairie Falcon O Peregrine Falcon O Merlin O American Kestrel O, R Grouse Sage Grouse Sa Quail and Pheasants Scaled Quail O California Quail O Gambel's Quail O, R Mountain Quail Ch, W Ring-necked Pheasant *, O Chukar O, R, C Wild Turkey *, W, R Cranes Greater Sandhill Crane A, O Rails, Gallinules and Coots Virginia Rail A Sora A Common Moorhen A Purple Gallinule Ac, A American Coot A, O Plovers Sernipalmated Plover Ac, Sh Snowy Plover (Western) Ac, Sh Killdeer Sh, O, R, Wi Mountain Plover Sh, O Lesser Golden Plover Ac, Sh  Black-bellied Plover Ac, Sh, O Sandpipers Common Snipe O, R, A Long-billed Curlew Sh, O Upland Sandpiper Ac, Sh, O Spotted Sandpiper Sh, O Whimbrel Ac, Sh Solitary Sandpiper Sh, O Willet A, Sh Greater Yellowlegs A, Sh Lesser Yellowlegs A, Sh Pectoral Sandpiper Ac, O, Sh Baird's Sandpiper Sh, R Least Sandpiper A, Sh Dunlin Sh Short-billed Dowitcher Sh Long-billed Dowitcher Sh, A Stilt Sandpiper Ac, Sh Sernipalmated Sandpiper Ac, Sh Western Sandpiper A, Sh Marbled Godwit Sh, O Sanderling Ac, Sh Avocets American Avocet A, Sh Black-necked Stilt A, Sh Phalaropes Red Phalarope Ac, A, Sh Wilson's Phalarope A, Sh Northern Phalarope A Gulls and Terns Herring Gull Sh, O, T, A Thayer's Gull Ac, Sh, O, A California Gull Sh, O, T, A Ring-billed Gull Sh, O, T, A Bonaparte's Gull A, Sh Forster's Tern Ac, Sh Least Tern Sh Caspian Tern Ac, Sh, A Black Tern Sh, A Pigeons and Doves Band-tailed Pigeon Ch, W Rock Dove T White-winged Dove O, G, R Mourning Dove O, Wi Common Ground-dove Ac Inca Dove Ac Cuckoos and Roadrunners Yellow-billed Cuckoo G, R Greater Roadrunner O Barn Owl Common Barn-owl O, G, W, C Owls Western Screech-owl W, R, G Flammulated Owl Ac, W Great Horned Owl W, Wi Snowy Owl Ac, O Northern Pygmy-owl Ac, W Elf Owl Ac, O Burrowing Owl O Long-eared Owl G, W, R Short-eared Owl O Northern Saw-whet Owl G, W Goatsuckers Whip-poor-will Ac, W Common Poorwill O, Ch, W Common Nighthawk O, W, T Lesser Nighthawk O Swifts White-throated Swift O, W, C Vaux's Swift O, W Hummingbirds Black-chinned Hummingbird R, G, W Costa's Hummingbird O, Sa, Ch Anna's Hummingbird Ch, W Broad-tailed Hummingbird R, Ch, W Rufous Hummingbird R, W Allen's Hummingbird Ac, R Calliope Hummingbird Ac, Ch, W Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher A, R Woodpeckers Northern Flicker G, W Gila Woodpecker O, G, R Acorn Woodpecker Ac, W, G Lewis's Woodpecker W Red-naped Sapsucker W, R Williamson's Sapsucker W Hairy Woodpecker W, R Downy Woodpecker Ac, W, R, G Ladder-backed Woodpecker O, G [BLM/LV/GI-99/030+8500 9-1999-785-487]

Flycatchers Eastern Kingbird Ac, W, G Western Kingbird O, R Cassin's Kingbird O, W Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Ac, O Brown-crested Flycatcher G, W, R Ash-throated Flycatcher W, Ch, O Eastern Phoebe Ac Black Phoebe R, C, T Say's Phoebe O, C Willow Flycatcher R, W Hammond's Flycatcher R, W Dusky Flycatcher W, R Gray Flycatcher Sa, W, R Western Flycatcher W, R Western Wood-pewee G, W Olive-sided Flycatcher W, R Vermillion Flycatcher R Larks Horned Lark O, Sa, Wi Swallows Violet-green Swallow W, C Tree Swallow A, R Bank Swallow A Northern Rough-winged Swallow A, R Barn Swallow A, O, T Cliff Swallow R, C Purple Martin Ac, W, R, T Jays, Magpies and Crows Steller's Jay W Scrub Jay Ch, W Black-billed Magpie Ac, Sa, G, R, T Common Raven Wi American Crow O, R, G Pinyon Jay Ch, W Clark's Nutcracker W Chickadees, Titmice and Bushtits Mountain Chickadee W Plain Titmouse G, W, R Verdin Ch, R Common Bushtit Ch, W Nuthatches White-breasted Nuthatch W, R Red-breasted Nuthatch W Pygmy Nuthatch W Creepers Brown Creeper W Dippers American Dipper A Wrens House Wren Ch, W, R, T Winter Wren W, Ch Bewick's Wren Ch, W, R Cactus Wren O, Ch Marsh Wren A Canyon Wren C Rock Wren O, C Mockingbirds and Thrashers Northern Mockingbird Ch, R, T Gray Catbird Ac Brown Thrasher Ac Bendire's Thrasher O, G, W Curve-billed Thrasher Ac, O LeConte's Thrasher O, R Crissal Thrasher G, R Sage Thrasher O, Sa, W, Ch Thrushes, Solitaires and Bluebirds American Robin R, T Varied Thrush Ac, W Hermit Thrush W Swainson's Thrush W, R Gray-cheeked Thrush Ac, W Wood Thrush Ac, W Veery Ac, W Western Bluebird O, W Mountain Bluebird O, W Townsend's Solitaire Ch, W Gnatcatchers and Kinglets Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ch, G, W, R Black-tailed Gnatcatcher O, G, Sa, R Golden-crowned Kinglet Ac, W Ruby-crowned Kinglet G, R, W Pipits American Pipit Sh, O Waxwings Cedar Waxwing G, R, W Bohemian Waxwing G, R, W Silky Flycatchers Phainopepla O, G Shrikes Loggerhead Shrike O Northern Shrike Ac, O Starlings European Starling *, O, G, T Vireos Hutton's Vireo Ac, W, Ch Bell's Vireo (Least) G, R Gray Vireo Ch, W Solitary Vireo W Yellow-throated Vireo Ac Red-eyed Vireo Ac, W, R Warbling Vireo W Warblers Black-and-white Warbler Ac, W Worm-eating Warbler Ac, W, R Tennessee Warbler Ac, G, W Orange-crowned Warbler O, Ch, W Nashville Warbler G, W, R Virginia's Warbler Ch, G, W, R Lucy's Warbler R, G Northern Parula Warbler Ac, G, R, W Yellow Warbler R, G, T Magnolia Warbler Ac, G, R, W Cape May Warbler Ac, W Yellow-rumped Warbler G, W, R Black-throated Gray Warbler G, W, R Townsend's Warbler W Black-throated Blue Warbler Ac, W Black-throated Green Warbler Ac, W Hermit Warbler W Blackburnian Warbler Ac, W Grace's Warbler W Chestnut-sided Warbler Ac, W Bay-breasted Warbler Ac, W Blackpoll Warbler Ac, W Pine Warbler Ac, W Palm Warbler Ac, W Ovenbird Ac, W, G Northern Waterthrush R, Sh MacGillivray's Warbler G, R Common Yellowthroat A, G, R Yellow-breasted Chat G, R, C Connecticut Warbler Ac, W, G, R Wilson's Warbler G, W, R Hooded Warbler Ac American Redstart Ac, G, W, R Painted Redstart W Cerulean Warbler Ac Tanagers Western Tanager W Hepatic Tanager Ac, W Summer Tanager G, W, R Grosbeaks and Buntings Northern Cardinal Ac, G, R, W Rose-breasted Grosbeak Ac, W Black-headed Grosbeak Ch, G, W, R Blue Grosbeak Ch, G, R Pine Grosbeak Ac, W Evening Grosbeak Ac Indigo Bunting Ac Lazuli Bunting Sa, Ch, R Painted Bunting Ac Towhees and Sparrows Green-tailed Towhee Sa, G, W, R, Ch Rufous-sided Towhee Ch, W Abert's Towhee R, Ch Dickcissel Ac, O Lark Bunting O, Ch, R Savannah Sparrow A, Sh, O Grasshopper Sparrow O Vesper Sparrow O, Sa Lark Sparrow O, G Rufous-crowned Sparrow Ac, O Cassin's Sparrow Ac, O Black-throated Sparrow O Sage Sparrow O, Sa, Ch Dark-eyed Junco W American Tree Sparrow Ch, R Chipping Sparrow Ch, W, G Clay-colored Sparrow Ac Brewer's Sparrow Sa, Ch Black-chinned Sparrow Sa, Ch, W Harris's Sparrow Ac, W White-crowned Sparrow Ch, G, T Golden-crowned Sparrow Ac, Ch, G White-throated Sparrow Ac, W, Ch Fox Sparrow Ch, G, W, R Lincoln's Sparrow G, R Swamp Sparrow Ac Song Sparrow A, G, R Lapland Longspur Ac, O Chestnut-collared Longspur Ac McCown's Longspur  Meadowlarks, Blackbirds and Orioles Western Meadowlark O, Sa Yellow-headed Blackbird A, O Red-winged Blackbird A, O Orchard Oriole Ac, T, G Hooded Oriole Ac, G, W Scott's Oriole O, Ch, W Northern Oriole O, R, T, G Rusty Blackbird Ac, O, T Brewer's Blackbird Sh, O, T Great-tailed Grackle O, T, A Common Grackle Ac, T, A Brown-headed Cowbird O, G, R Finches Purple Finch W, O Cassin's Finch W House Finch Wi Rosy Finch (Gray-crowned) Ac, W Pine Siskin W American Goldfinch G, R Lesser Goldfinch O, Ch, W, R Lawrence's Goldfinch Ac, W, Ch Red Crossbill G, W Weaver Finches House Sparrow *, T, O