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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Nevada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 56, most common first
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly May–Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusScarceRare62–68 cm
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–May
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusSummer visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceRare23–26 cm
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly May–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