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
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
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