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Nevada Bird Records Committee Review List

Most recent revision date: 8/13/10

The contents of this web page are based on the major revision of the Nevada Bird Records Committee (NBRC) Review List undertaken by Chris Elphick, with assistance from numerous Nevada birders, in 2001, and include an additional major revision carried out by the full committee in 2009. The original publication of this list in Great Basin Birds 4(1), 2001, included a very informative discussion of the 2001 revision effort and history, elaborately documented by Chris Elphick. Nevada birders who assisted in the effort are credited there by name. Please consult the original publication in Great Basin Birds for that discussion.



Comments on the current review list should be sent to the NBRC Secretary.

Note: For taxa that have ever been considered full species by the American Ornithological Union, or are currently considered full species by other national or international ornithological societies, the committee may choose to review records for those taxa even though other conspecifics are not rare in Nevada. (Example: "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal.)
Table 1. The Nevada Bird Records Committee Review List. Sightings of all species on this list require documentation, except where exemptions are noted. Species that are not on this list and that do not appear on the official Nevada Checklist also require documentation. Documentation should be emailed to NBRC Secretary , or sent through conventional mail to NBRC c/o GBBO, 1755 E. Plumb Lane, Suite 256A, Reno, NV 89502.



Common Name Scientific Name Regional Exemptions
Common Name Scientific Name Regional Exemptions
Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Brant Branta bernicla
Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator Exempt in  Ruby Valley   
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
American Black Duck Abas rubripes
King Eider Somateria spectabilis
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
Black Scoter Melanitta americana
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
Least Storm-petrel Oceanodroma microsoma
Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
Yellow-crowned Night-heron Nyctanassa violacea
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
Wood Stork Mycteria americana
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Exempt in  Pahranagat Valley   
Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
Common Black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Exempt in  Goshute Mountains   
Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
American Golden-plover Pluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden-plover Pluvialis fulva
Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus
Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
Little Gull Larus minutus
Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens
Western Gull Larus occidentalis
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
Least Tern Sterna antillarum
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Black Skimmer Rhynchops niger
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
Common Ground-dove Columbina passerina
Ruddy Ground-dove Columbina talpacoti
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis Exempt in  Carson Range   
Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis
Mexican Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus arizonae Exempt in  Sheep and Spring Ranges   
Black Swift Cypseloides niger
Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Exempt in  Carson Range   
Northern Beardless-tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
Eastern Wood-pewee Contopus virens
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
Purple Martin Progne subis
Veery Catharus fuscescens
Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Sprague's Pipit Anthrus spragueii
McCown's Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica
Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor
Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea
Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia
Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis
Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus
Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii
Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii
Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
Dickcissel Spiza americana
Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor Exempt in  Carson Valley   
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni
Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei

 

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