Common Birds in Nevada
Our list for Nevada has 54 common birds recorded regularly there: 32 residents, 8 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Nevada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 54, most common first
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made