Birds to See in Nevada in January
109 bird species on our list for Nevada are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are White-crowned Sparrow, Mallard, Canada Goose, House Finch and Yellow-rumped Warbler. New this month: Lewis's Woodpecker, Sandhill Crane, Eurasian Wigeon and Red-throated Loon.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 109 birds in January
109 birds
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jan
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.83% in Jan
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Jan
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.48% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusSummer visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Jan
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Jan
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentRare8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataScarceRare53–69 cmRegularly Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jan
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusSummer visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Jan
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