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Number of species: 482
Number of globally threatened species: 4
Number of introduced species: 8
Date last reviewed: 2007-11-17
See also: http://www.gbbo.org/nbrc/nevada_checklist.htm
GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae
Red-throated Loon	*Gavia stellata*	Rare/Accidental
Arctic Loon	*Gavia arctica*
Pacific Loon	*Gavia pacifica*
Common Loon	*Gavia immer*
Yellow-billed Loon	*Gavia adamsii*	Rare/Accidental
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Pied-billed Grebe	*Podilymbus podiceps*
Red-necked Grebe	*Podiceps grisegena*
Horned Grebe	*Podiceps auritus*
Eared Grebe	*Podiceps nigricollis*
Western Grebe	*Aechmophorus occidentalis*
Clark's Grebe	*Aechmophorus clarkii*
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
Least Storm-Petrel	*Oceanodroma microsoma*	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
American White Pelican	*Pelecanus erythrorhynchos*
Brown Pelican	*Pelecanus occidentalis*	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Sulidae
Blue-footed Booby	*Sula nebouxii*	Rare/Accidental
Brown Booby	*Sula leucogaster*	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Double-crested Cormorant	*Phalacrocorax auritus*
Neotropic Cormorant	*Phalacrocorax brasilianus*	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Fregatidae
Magnificent Frigatebird	*Fregata magnificens*	Rare/Accidental
CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
Great Blue Heron	*Ardea herodias*
Great Egret	*Ardea alba*
Reddish Egret	*Egretta rufescens*	Rare/Accidental
Tricolored Heron	*Egretta tricolor*	Rare/Accidental
Little Blue Heron	*Egretta caerulea*	Rare/Accidental
Snowy Egret	*Egretta thula*
Cattle Egret	*Bubulcus ibis*
Green Heron	*Butorides virescens*
Black-crowned Night-Heron	*Nycticorax nycticorax*
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	*Nyctanassa violacea*	Rare/Accidental
Least Bittern	*Ixobrychus exilis*
American Bittern	*Botaurus lentiginosus*
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
Wood Stork	*Mycteria americana*	Rare/Accidental
CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
White-faced Ibis	*Plegadis chihi*
Roseate Spoonbill	*Platalea ajaja*	Rare/Accidental
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	*Dendrocygna bicolor*	Rare/Accidental
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	*Dendrocygna autumnalis*	Rare/Accidental
Trumpeter Swan	*Cygnus buccinator*
Tundra Swan	*Cygnus columbianus*
Greater White-fronted Goose	*Anser albifrons*
Snow Goose	*Chen caerulescens*
Ross's Goose	*Chen rossii*
Brant	*Branta bernicla*	Rare/Accidental
Canada Goose	*Branta canadensis*
Wood Duck	*Aix sponsa*
Eurasian Wigeon	*Anas penelope*	Rare/Accidental
American Wigeon	*Anas americana*
Gadwall	*Anas strepera*
Green-winged Teal	*Anas carolinensis*
Mallard	*Anas platyrhynchos*
American Black Duck	*Anas rubripes*	Rare/Accidental
Northern Pintail	*Anas acuta*
Blue-winged Teal	*Anas discors*
Cinnamon Teal	*Anas cyanoptera*
Northern Shoveler	*Anas clypeata*
Canvasback	*Aythya valisineria*
Redhead	*Aythya americana*
Ring-necked Duck	*Aythya collaris*
Greater Scaup	*Aythya marila*
Lesser Scaup	*Aythya affinis*
King Eider	*Somateria spectabilis*	Rare/Accidental
Harlequin Duck	*Histrionicus histrionicus*	Rare/Accidental
Long-tailed Duck	*Clangula hyemalis*	Rare/Accidental
Black Scoter	*Melanitta nigra*	Rare/Accidental
Surf Scoter	*Melanitta perspicillata*
White-winged Scoter	*Melanitta fusca*
Common Goldeneye	*Bucephala clangula*
Barrow's Goldeneye	*Bucephala islandica*
Bufflehead	*Bucephala albeola*
Hooded Merganser	*Lophodytes cucullatus*
Red-breasted Merganser	*Mergus serrator*
Common Merganser	*Mergus merganser*
Ruddy Duck	*Oxyura jamaicensis*
FALCONIFORMES: Cathartidae
Turkey Vulture	*Cathartes aura*
California Condor	*Gymnogyps californianus*	Extirpated Critically endangered
FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey	*Pandion haliaetus*
FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
White-tailed Kite	*Elanus leucurus*	Rare/Accidental
Mississippi Kite	*Ictinia mississippiensis*	Rare/Accidental
Bald Eagle	*Haliaeetus leucocephalus*
Northern Harrier	*Circus cyaneus*
Sharp-shinned Hawk	*Accipiter striatus*
Cooper's Hawk	*Accipiter cooperii*
Northern Goshawk	*Accipiter gentilis*
Common Black-Hawk	*Buteogallus anthracinus*	Rare/Accidental
Harris's Hawk	*Parabuteo unicinctus*	Rare/Accidental
Red-shouldered Hawk	*Buteo lineatus*
Broad-winged Hawk	*Buteo platypterus*
Swainson's Hawk	*Buteo swainsoni*
Zone-tailed Hawk	*Buteo albonotatus*	Rare/Accidental
Red-tailed Hawk	*Buteo jamaicensis*
Ferruginous Hawk	*Buteo regalis*	Near-threatened
Rough-legged Hawk	*Buteo lagopus*
Golden Eagle	*Aquila chrysaetos*
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
American Kestrel	*Falco sparverius*
Merlin	*Falco columbarius*
Gyrfalcon	*Falco rusticolus*	Rare/Accidental
Prairie Falcon	*Falco mexicanus*
Peregrine Falcon	*Falco peregrinus*
GALLIFORMES: Meleagrididae
Wild Turkey	*Meleagris gallopavo*
GALLIFORMES: Tetraonidae
Dusky Grouse	*Dendragapus obscurus*
Sooty Grouse	*Dendragapus fuliginosus*
Ruffed Grouse	*Bonasa umbellus*
Greater Sage Grouse	*Centrocercus urophasianus*	Near-threatened
Sharp-tailed Grouse	*Tympanuchus phasianellus*	Extirpated
GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae
Mountain Quail	*Oreortyx pictus*
Scaled Quail	*Callipepla squamata*	Introduced species
California Quail	*Callipepla californica*
Gambel's Quail	*Callipepla gambelii*
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Himalayan Snowcock	*Tetraogallus himalayensis*	Introduced species
Chukar	*Alectoris chukar*	Introduced species
Grey Francolin	*Perdix perdix*	Introduced species
Ring-necked Pheasant	*Phasianus colchicus*	Introduced species
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Sandhill Crane	*Grus canadensis*
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Yellow Rail	*Coturnicops noveboracensis*	Rare/Accidental
Clapper Rail	*Rallus longirostris*
Virginia Rail	*Rallus limicola*
Sora	*Porzana carolina*
Purple Gallinule	*Porphyrio martinica*	Rare/Accidental
Common Coot	*Gallinula chloropus*
American Coot	*Fulica americana*
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black Necked Stilt	*Himantopus mexicanus*
American Avocet	*Recurvirostra americana*
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Pacific Golden-Plover	*Pluvialis fulva*	Rare/Accidental
American Golden-Plover	*Pluvialis dominica*	Rare/Accidental
Black-bellied plover	*Pluvialis squatarola*
Semipalmated Plover	*Charadrius semipalmatus*
Killdeer	*Charadrius vociferus*
Snowy Plover	*Charadrius alexandrinus*
Mountain Plover	*Charadrius montanus*	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Wilson's Snipe	*Gallinago delicata*
Short-billed Dowitcher	*Limnodromus griseus*
Long-billed Dowitcher	*Limnodromus scolopaceus*
Hudsonian Godwit	*Limosa haemastica*	Rare/Accidental
Marbled Godwit	*Limosa fedoa*
Whimbrel	*Numenius phaeopus*
Long-billed Curlew	*Numenius americanus*	Near-threatened
Upland Sandpiper	*Bartramia longicauda*	Rare/Accidental
Spotted Sandpiper	*Actitis macularius*
Solitary Sandpiper	*Tringa solitaria*
Wandering Tattler	*Tringa incana*	Rare/Accidental
Spotted Redshank	*Tringa erythropus*	Rare/Accidental
Greater Yellowlegs	*Tringa melanoleuca*
Willet	*Tringa semipalmatus*
Lesser Yellowlegs	*Tringa flavipes*
Ruddy Turnstone	*Arenaria interpres*	Rare/Accidental
Black Turnstone	*Arenaria melanocephala*	Rare/Accidental
Red Knot	*Calidris canutus*
Sanderling	*Calidris alba*
Semipalmated Sandpiper	*Calidris pusilla*
Western Sandpiper	*Calidris mauri*
Red-necked Stint	*Calidris ruficollis*	Rare/Accidental
Least Sandpiper	*Calidris minutilla*
Baird's Sandpiper	*Calidris bairdii*
Pectoral Sandpiper	*Calidris melanotos*
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	*Calidris acuminata*	Rare/Accidental
Curlew Sandpiper	*Calidris ferruginea*	Rare/Accidental
Dunlin	*Calidris alpina*
Stilt Sandpiper	*Calidris himantopus*
Buff-breasted Sandpipe	*Tryngites subruficollis*	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Ruff	*Philomachus pugnax*	Rare/Accidental
Wilson's Phalarope	*Phalaropus tricolor*
Red-necked Phalarope	*Phalaropus lobatus*
Red Phalarope	*Phalaropus fulicarius*	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Heermann's Gull	*Larus heermanni*	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Mew Gull	*Larus canus*
Ring-billed Gull	*Larus delawarensis*
California Gull	*Larus californicus*
Glaucous-winged Gull	*Larus glaucescens*
Western Gull	*Larus occidentalis*	Rare/Accidental
Yellow-footed Gull	*Larus livens*	Rare/Accidental
Glaucous Gull	*Larus hyperboreus*	Rare/Accidental
Thayer's Gull	*Larus thayeri*	Rare/Accidental
American Herring Gull	*Larus smithsonianus*
Bonaparte's Gull	*Larus philadelphia*
Laughing Gull	*Larus atricilla*	Rare/Accidental
Franklin's Gull	*Larus pipixcan*
Sabine's Gull	*Xema sabini*
Red-legged Kittiwake	*Rissa brevirostris*	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Black-legged Kittiwake	*Rissa tridactyla*	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae
Least Tern	*Sternula antillarum*	Rare/Accidental
Caspian Tern	*Hydroprogne caspia*
Black Tern	*Chlidonias niger*
Arctic Tern	*Sterna paradisaea*	Rare/Accidental
Common Tern	*Sterna hirundo*
Forster's Tern	*Sterna forsteri*
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rynchopidae
Black Skimmer	*Rynchops niger*	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae
Pomarine Jaeger	*Stercorarius pomarinus*
Parasitic Jaeger	*Stercorarius parasiticus*	Rare/Accidental
Long-tailed Jaeger	*Stercorarius longicaudus*	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae
Ancient Murrelet	*Synthliboramphus antiquus*	Rare/Accidental
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon	*Columba livia*	Introduced species
Band-tailed Pigeon	*Patagioenas fasciata*
Eurasian Collared-Dove	*Streptopelia decaocto*	Rare/Accidental
Mourning Dove	*Zenaida macroura*
White-winged Dove	*Zenaida asiatica*
Common Ground-Dove	*Columbina passerina*	Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Ground-Dove	*Columbina talpacoti*	Rare/Accidental
Inca Dove	*Columbina inca*
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	*Coccyzus americanus*
Groove-billed Ani	*Crotophaga sulcirostris*	Rare/Accidental
Greater Roadrunner	*Geococcyx californianus*
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
Barn Owl	*Tyto alba*
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
Flammulated Owl	*Otus flammeolus*
Western Screech-Owl	*Megascops kennicottii*
Great Horned Ow	*Bubo virginianus*
Snowy Owl	*Bubo scandiacus*	Rare/Accidental
Spotted Owl	*Strix occidentalis*	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Great Grey Owl	*Strix nebulosa*