The Rarest of Utah Birds
The following list contains about 170 (one-hundred and seventy) species of birds that need documentation in Utah. These birds range from accidental
and occasional vagrants, to annual or semi-annual rare migrants or visitors, to poorly known resident breeders and migrants, as well as a variety of other statuses that make them noteworthy.
You won't find a status of ACCEPTED or REJECTED here. This database is just a list of reports and the documentation supporting them. We leave it up to the individual to make their own decisions
based on the data provided, and have included the ability to comment on each report for discussion, clarification, to answer questions, etc.
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Submit ReportSpecies | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Fulvous Whistling-Duck | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Brant | 9 | Accidental | view reports |
American Black Duck | 14 | Accidental | view reports |
Garganey | 2 | Accidental | view reports |
Tufted Duck | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Harlequin Duck | 13 | Accidental | view reports |
Black Scoter | 20+ | Rare Winter Visitor | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Scaled Quail | 3 | Poorly Known | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Yellow-billed Loon | 12 | Accidental | view reports |
Red-throated Loon | 16 | Occasional | view reports |
Red-necked Grebe | 20+ | Rare Passage Migrant | view reports |
Brown Pelican | 11 | Accidental | view reports |
Neotropic Cormorant | 20+ | Rare | view reports |
Magnificent Frigatebird | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Least Bittern | 15 | Occasional | view reports |
Little Blue Heron | 17 | Occasional | view reports |
Tricolored Heron | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Reddish Egret | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
White Ibis | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Glossy Ibis | 20+ | Rare Passage Migrant & Breeder? | view reports |
Roseate Spoonbill | 3 | Accidental | view reports |
Wood Stork | 8 | Accidental | view reports |
Greater Flamingo | 3 | All Considered Escapees | view reports |
Chilean Flamingo | 8 | Same Escaped Individual | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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California Condor | 20+ | Reintroduced Resident | view reports |
White-tailed Kite | 14 | Occasional | view reports |
Mississippi Kite | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Gray Hawk | 2 | Accidental | view reports |
Harris's Hawk | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
White-tailed Hawk | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Zone-tailed Hawk | 20+ | Rare/Poorly Known | view reports |
Crested Caracara | 2 | Accidental | view reports |
Gyrfalcon | 12 | Accidental | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Purple Gallinule | 3 | Accidental | view reports |
Whooping Crane | 3 | Individuals from Reintroduction Effort | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Pacific Golden-Plover | 6 | Accidental. | view reports |
Mountain Plover | 17 | Historical/Currently Accidental | view reports |
Wandering Tattler | 5 | Accidental | view reports |
Upland Sandpiper | 12 | Accidental | view reports |
Hudsonian Godwit | 20+ | Rare Passage Migrant | view reports |
Bar-tailed Godwit | 3 | Accidental | view reports |
White-rumped Sandpiper | 14 | Occasional | view reports |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Purple Sandpiper | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Curlew Sandpiper | 5 | Accidental | view reports |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 5 | Accidental | view reports |
Ruff | 6 | Accidental. | view reports |
American Woodcock | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Red Phalarope | 20+ | Rare Fall Migrant | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Black-legged Kittiwake | 5 | Accidental | view reports |
Little Gull | 3 | Accidental | view reports |
Laughing Gull | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Heermann's Gull | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Black-tailed Gull | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Iceland Gull | 16 | Occasional | view reports |
Lesser-Black-backed Gull | 20+ | Rare Winter Visitor | view reports |
Slaty-backed Gull | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Yellow-footed Gull | 3 | Accidental | view reports |
Western Gull | 14 | Occasional | view reports |
Great Black-backed Gull | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Least Tern | 20+ | Rare Spring Migrant | view reports |
Pomarine Jaeger | 9 | Occasional | view reports |
Parasitic Jaeger | 20+ | Rare Fall Migrant | view reports |
Long-tailed Jaeger | 13 | Occasional. | view reports |
Ancient Murrelet | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Common Ground-Dove | 7 | Accidental | view reports |
Ruddy Ground-Dove | 3 | Accidental | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 10 | Poorly Known | view reports |
Black-billed Cuckoo | 5 | Accidental | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Snowy Owl | 13 | Occasional Winter Visitor | view reports |
Elf Owl | 8 | Poorly Known | view reports |
Great Gray Owl | 9 | Poorly Known | view reports |
Boreal Owl | 14 | Poorly Known | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Whip-poor-will | 6 | Accidental | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Chimney Swift | 3 | Accidental | view reports |
Vaux's Swift | 20+ | Rare Passage Migrant | view reports |
Black Swift | 20+ | Rare Breeder | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Broad-billed Hummingbird | 8 | Accidental | view reports |
Blue-throated Hummingbird | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Magnificent Hummingbird | 9 | Accidental | view reports |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Red-headed Woodpecker | 9 | Accidental | view reports |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 20+ | Rare Winter Visitor | view reports |
Red-breasted Sapsucker | 20+ | Rare Winter Visitor | view reports |
Gilded Flicker | 6 | Poorly Known | view reports |
Pileated Woodpecker | 9 | Accidental | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Eastern Wood-Pewee | 2 | Accidental | view reports |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Least Flycatcher | 20+ | Rare Passage Migrant | view reports |
Eastern Phoebe | 20+ | Rare Passage Migrant | view reports |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 | Accidental | view reports |
Thick-billed Kingbird | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Tropical Kingbird | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | 16 | Occasional | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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White-eyed Vireo | 5 | Accidental | view reports |
Yellow-throated Vireo | 7 | Accidental | view reports |
Blue-headed Vireo | 11 | Occasional | view reports |
Philadelphia Vireo | 15 | Occasional | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Chihuahuan Raven | 3 | Accidental/Poorly Known | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Eastern Bluebird | 7 | Accidental | view reports |
Veery | 20+ | Historical/Currently Accidental | view reports |
Gray-cheeked Thrush | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Wood Thrush | 5 | Accidental | view reports |
Rufous-backed Robin | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Brown Thrasher | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Curve-billed Thrasher | 2 | Accidental | view reports |
LeConte's Thrasher | 12 | Poorly Known | view reports |
Spague's Pipit | 4 | Accidental/Poorly Known | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Olive Warbler | 2 | Accidental | view reports |
Tennessee Warbler | 20+ | Rare Passage Migrant | view reports |
Blue-winged Warbler | 2 | Accidental | view reports |
Golden-winged Warbler | 3 | Accidental | view reports |
Northern Parula | 20+ | Rare Passage Migrant | view reports |
Chestnut-sided Warbler | 20+ | Rare Passage Migrant | view reports |
Magnolia Warbler | 16 | Occasional | view reports |
Cape May Warbler | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | 20+ | Rare Passage Migrant | view reports |
Hermit Warbler | 20+ | Rare Passage Migrant/Poorly Known | view reports |
Blackburnian Warbler | 5 | Accidental | view reports |
Yellow-throated Warbler | 8 | Accidental | view reports |
Pine Warbler | 3 | Accidental | view reports |
Prairie Warbler | 5 | Accidental | view reports |
Palm Warbler | 19 | Rare Passage Migrant | view reports |
Bay-breasted Warbler | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Blackpoll Warbler | 20+ | Rare Passage Migrant | view reports |
Prothonotary Warbler | 16 | Occasional | view reports |
Worm-eating Warbler | 6 | Accidental | view reports |
Ovenbird | 20+ | Rare Passage Migrant | view reports |
Louisiana Waterthrush | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Kentucky Warbler | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Connecticut Warbler | 3 | Accidental | view reports |
Mourning Warbler | 2 | Accidental | view reports |
Hooded Warbler | 14 | Occasional | view reports |
Canada Warbler | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Painted Redstart | 20+ | Rare Breeder | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Scarlet Tanager | 14 | Occasional | view reports |
Flame-colored Tanager | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Northern Cardinal | 3 | Accidental | view reports |
Pyrrhuloxia | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Varied Bunting | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Painted Bunting | 9 | Accidental | view reports |
Dickcissel | 11 | Accidental | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Canyon Towhee | 2 | Accidental/Poorly Known | view reports |
Cassin's Sparrow | 4 | Accidental | view reports |
Field Sparrow | 2 | Accidental | view reports |
Baird's Sparrow | 6 | Accidental | view reports |
LeConte's Sparrow | 5 | Accidental | view reports |
Clay-colored Sparrow | 20+ | Accidental | view reports |
McCown's Longspur | 20+ | Irregular | view reports |
Chestnut-collared Longspur | 8 | Accidental | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Eastern Meadowlark | 1 | Accidental/Poorly Known | view reports |
Rusty Blackbird | 14 | Occasional | view reports |
Bronzed Cowbird | 7 | Accidental | view reports |
Orchard Oriole | 3 | Accidental | view reports |
Streaked-backed Oriole | 1 | Accidental | view reports |
Baltimore Oriole | 6 | Accidental | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Brambling | 2 | Accidental | view reports |
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch | 1 | Accidental/Poorly Known | view reports |
Purple Finch | 5 | Accidental | view reports |
Common Redpoll | 20+ | Irregular | view reports |
Hoary Redpoll | 2 | Accidental | view reports |
Lawrence's Goldfinch | 9 | Accidental | view reports |
Species | # of reports | Status in Utah | |
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Mute Swan | 20+ | Escapees and Released | view reports |
Mandarin Duck | 20+ | Escapees and Released | view reports |
Northern Bobwhite | 5 | Escapees and Released | view reports |
Eurasian Goldfinch | 5 | Escapees and Released | view reports |