Uncommon Birds in Nevada
Our list for Nevada has 73 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 17 residents, 22 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors and 15 passage migrants
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 73, most common first
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Jul–May
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
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