Birds to See in Utah in February
110 bird species on our list for Utah are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, Common Starling, Canada Goose, Mallard and American Robin. New this month: Lesser Yellowlegs and Egyptian Goose.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt 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 110 birds in February
110 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.33% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.95% in Feb
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.82% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.57% in Feb
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.55% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Feb
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Feb
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentUncommon109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.01% in Feb
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Feb (protected)
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