Rare Birds in Nevada
Our list for Nevada has 56 rare birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 6 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors, 20 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nevada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 56, most common first
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorPassage migrantRare139–157 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly May–Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentRare8–12 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataScarceRare53–69 cmRegularly 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