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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Nevada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 73, most common first
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–May
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–May
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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