Birds to See in Nevada in February
111 bird species on our list for Nevada are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are White-crowned Sparrow, House Finch, Mallard, Canada Goose and Yellow-rumped Warbler. New this month: Turkey Vulture, American Avocet, Vesper Sparrow and Trumpeter Swan and 2 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 February
111 birds
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Feb
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Feb
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.81% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.37% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Feb
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.13% in Feb
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusSummer visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Feb
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Feb
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Feb
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentRare8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusResidentRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusSummer visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorPassage migrantRare139–157 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
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