Birds to See in Utah in December
118 bird species on our list for Utah are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, Common Starling, Northern Flicker, Common Raven and Mallard. New this month: Williamson's Sapsucker, American Bittern, Acorn Woodpecker and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and 1 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Utah’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 118 birds in December
118 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Dec
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Dec
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Dec
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Dec
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Dec
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Dec
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Dec
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Dec
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.34% in Dec
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Dec
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Dec
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.70% in Dec
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.51% in Dec
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.38% in Dec
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Dec
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Dec
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.21% in Dec
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Dec
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Dec
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Dec
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentUncommon109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentRare20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.01% in Dec
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.00% in Dec
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
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