Birds to See in Nevada in December
111 bird species on our list for Nevada are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are White-crowned Sparrow, House Finch, Mallard, Yellow-rumped Warbler and Common Raven. New this month: Mandarin Duck, Northern Pygmy-owl and Lapland Longspur.
On the move in December
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At their peak
From Nevada’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 111 birds in December
111 birds
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Dec
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Dec
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Dec
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Dec
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Dec
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Dec
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Dec
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Dec
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Dec
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Dec
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Dec
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Dec
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.68% in Dec
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.49% in Dec
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Dec
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Dec
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Dec
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.11% in Dec
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusSummer visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Dec
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Dec
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Dec
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentRare8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Dec
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorPassage migrantRare139–157 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusResidentRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Dec
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Dec
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec · 0.00% in Dec
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Dec
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusSummer visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Dec
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