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Nevada Bird Records Committee Review List
2001 Major List Revision by Chris Elphick
Most recent revision date: 2/19/08
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.
The original publication of this list in Great Basin Birds 4(1), 2001,
included a very informative discussion of the 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
.
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
, or sent through conventional mail to NBRC c/o GBBO, 1755 E. Plumb Lane,
Suite 256A, Reno, NV 89502.
Definitions for areas of exemption:
(1) Northwest (NW): Carson City, Churchill,
Douglas, Humboldt, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, and Washoe Counties;
(2) Northeast (NE): Elko, Eureka, Lander, and White Pine Counties;
(3) South (S): Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, and Nye Counties.
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Regional Exemptions |
| Black-bellied Whistling-duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
| Fulvous Whistling-duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| Ross's Goose | Chen rossii | Exempt in NW and S |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | Exempt in Ruby Valley in NE |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope | |
| American Black Duck | Abas rubripes | |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta nigra | |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | |
| Himalayan Snowcock | Tetraogallus himalayus | Exempt in Ruby Mountains in NE |
| Gray Partridge | Perdix perdix | Exempt in NW and NE |
| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | Exempt in NE |
| Dusky Grouse | Dendragapus obscurus | Exempt in NE and S |
| Sooty Grouse | Dendragapus fuliginosus | Exempt in NW and S |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse | Tympanuchus phasianellus | Exempt in NE |
| Gambel's Quail | Callipepla gambelii | Exempt in S |
| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Exempt in NW |
| 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 | |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | |
| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | |
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | |
| Common Black-hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | |
| Harris's Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | Exempt in Goshute Mountains in NE |
| Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus | |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | |
| Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | |
| Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | |
| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris | Exempt in S |
| 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 | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Exempt in NW and S |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Black Turnstone | Arenaria melanocephala | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Exempt in NW and S |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Exempt in NW and S |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Exempt in NW and S |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Exempt in NW and S |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Exempt in S |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Exempt in NW and S |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla | |
| Heermann's Gull | Larus heermanni | |
| Mew Gull | Larus canus | Exempt in NW |
| Thayer's Gull | Larus thayeri | |
| Yellow-footed Gull | Larus livens | |
| Western Gull | Larus occidentalis | |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | Exempt in NW and S |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Exempt in NW and S |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
| Red-legged Kittiwake | Rissa brevirostris | |
| Least Tern | Sterna antillarum | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Exempt in NW and S |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Black Skimmer | Rhynchops niger | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | Exempt in S |
| Inca Dove | Columbina inca | Exempt in S |
| Common Ground-dove | Columbina passerina | |
| Ruddy Ground-dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Exempt in S |
| Greater Roadrunner | Geococcyx californianus | Exempt in S |
| Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | |
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | |
| Elf Owl | Micrathene whitneyi | |
| Spotted Owl | Strix occidentalis | |
| Great Gray Owl | Strix nebulosa | |
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | Exempt in S |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Caprimulgus carolinensis | |
| Whip-poor-will | Caprimulgus vociferus | Exempt in Sheep Range in S |
| Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | |
| Broad-billed Hummingbird | Cynanthus latirostris | |
| Magnificent Hummingbird | Eugenes fulgens | |
| Anna's Hummingbird | Calypte anna | Exempt in NW and S |
| Costa's Hummingbird | Calypte costae | Exempt in NW and S |
| Allen's Hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin | |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | |
| Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus | |
| Gila Woodpecker | Melanerpes uropygialis | |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Picoides scalaris | Exempt in S |
| Nuttall's Woodpecker | Picoides nuttallii | |
| Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens | Exempt in NW and NE |
| White-headed Woodpecker | Picoides albolarvatus | Exempt in NW |
| American Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides dorsalis | Exempt in NE |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | Picoides arcticus | Exempt in NW |
| Gilded Flicker | Colaptes chrysoides | Exempt in S |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus | |
| Northern Beardless-tyrannulet | Camptostoma imberbe | |
| Greater Pewee | Contopus pertinax | |
| Eastern Wood-pewee | Contopus virens | |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | Exempt in S |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | Exempt in S |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | Exempt in S |
| Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteiventris | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Cassin's Kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans | Exempt in S |
| Thick-billed Kingbird | Tyrannus crassirostris | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | |
| Bell's Vireo | Vireo bellii | Exempt in S |
| Gray Vireo | Vireo vicinior | Exempt in S |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Viireo 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 | |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapilla | Exempt in NE |
| Verdin | Auriparus flaviceps | Exempt in S |
| Cactus Wren | Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus | Exempt in S |
| American Dipper | Cinculus mexicanus | Exempt in NW and NE |
| Black-tailed Gnatcatcher | Polioptila melanura | Exempt in S |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | Exempt in S |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | |
| Bendire's Thrasher | Toxostoma bedirei | Exempt in S |
| Curve-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma curvirostre | |
| Crissal Thrasher | Toxostoma crissale | Exempt in S |
| Le Conte's Thrasher | Toxostoma lecontei | Exempt in S |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
| Sprague's Pipit | Anthrus spragueii | |
| Phainopepla | Phainopepla nitens | Exempt in S |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora pinus | |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | |
| Tennessee Warbler | Vermivora peregrina | |
| Lucy's Warbler | Vermivora luciae | Exempt in S |
| Northern Parula | Parula americana | Exempt in S |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Dendroica pensylvanica | |
| Magnolia Warbler | Dendroica magnolia | |
| Cape May Warbler | Denroica tigrina | |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Dendroica caerulescens | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Dendroica virens | |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Dendroica fusca | |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Dendroica dominica | |
| Grace's Warbler | Dendroica graciae | Exempt in S |
| Pine Warbler | Dendroica pinus | |
| Prairie Warbler | Dendroica discolor | |
| Palm Warbler | Dendroica palmarum | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Dendroica castanea | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Dendroica striata | Exempt in S |
| Cerulean Warbler | Dendroica cerulea | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | Exempt in S |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | Exempt in S |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Prothonotaria citrea | Exempt in S |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapillus | Exempt in S |
| Northern Waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis | Exempt in S |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Seiurus motacilla | |
| Kentucky Warbler | Oporornis formosus | |
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | |
| Mourning Warbler | Oporornis philadelphia | |
| Hooded Warbler | Wilsonia citrina | Exempt in S |
| Canada Warbler | Wilsonia canadensis | |
| Red-faced Warbler | Cardellina rubrifrons | |
| Painted Redstart | Myioborus pictus | |
| Hepatic Tanager | Piranga flava | |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Exempt in S |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | |
| Abert's Towhee | Pipilo aberti | Exempt in S |
| Cassin's Sparrow | Aimophila cassinii | |
| Rufous-crowned Sparrow | Aimophila ruficeps | Exempt in S |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | |
| Black-chinned Sparrow | Spizella atrogularis | Exempt in S |
| Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | |
| Le Conte's Sparrow | Ammodramus leconteii | |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | Exempt in NW and S |
| Mccown's Longspur | Calcarius mccownii | |
| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | Exempt in NW and S |
| Smith's Longspur | Calcarius pictus | |
| Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | |
| Pyrrhuloxia | Cardinalis sinuatus | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Exempt in S |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | Exempt in NW and S |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Exempt in NW and S |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | |
| Tricolored Blackbird | Agelaius tricolor | Exempt in NW |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | |
| Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | |
| Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | Exempt in NW and S |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | |
| Scott's Oriole | Icterus parisorum | Exempt in NE and S |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| Black Rosy-finch | Leucosticte atratus | Exempt in NE and S |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | Exempt in NW |
| Purple Finch | Carpodacus purpureus | |
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | |
| Common Redpoll | Carduelis flammea | |
| Hoary Redpoll | Carduelis hornemanni | |
| Lawrence's Goldfinch | Carduelis lawrencei | |
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