Nevada Bird Records Committee Review List

Most recent revision date: 1/20/12

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
Black-bellied Whistling-duck	Dendrocygna autumnalis
Fulvous Whistling-duck	Dendrocygna bicolor
Brant	Branta bernicla
Trumpeter Swan	Cygnus buccinator	Exempt in Ruby Valley
American Black Duck	Abas rubripes
Mallard (Mexican)	Anas platyrhynchos diazi
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)	Anas crecca crecca
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	Tringa 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	Leucophaeus atricilla
Little Gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus
Heermann's Gull	Larus heermanni
Iceland Gull	Larus glaucoides
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	Sternula 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
Gila Woodpecker	Melanerpes uropygialis
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Sphyrapicus varius
Nuttall's Woodpecker	Picoides nuttallii
Pileated Woodpecker	Dryocopus pileatus	Exempt in Carson Range
Greater Pewee	Contopus pertinax
Eastern Wood-pewee	Contopus virens
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Empidonax flaviventris
Least Flycatcher	Empidonax minimus
Dusky-capped Flycatcher	Myiarchus tuberculifer
Great Crested Flycatcher	Myiarchus crinitus
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher	Myiodynastes luteiventris
Tropical Kingbird	Tyrannus melancholicus
Thick-billed Kingbird	Tyrannus crassirostris
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Tyrannus forficatus
Fork-tailed Flycatcher	Tyrannus savana
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
Winter Wren	Troglodytes hiemalis
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
White Wagtail	Motacilla alba
Olive-backed Pipit	Anthus hodgsoni
Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus
Sprague's Pipit	Anthrus spragueii
Smith's Longspur	Calcarius pictus
McCown's Longspur	Rhynchophanes mccownii
Snow Bunting	Plectrophenax nivalis
Worm-eating Warbler	Helmitheros vermivorum
Louisiana Waterthrush	Parkesia motacilla
Golden-winged Warbler	Vermivora chrysoptera
Blue-winged Warbler	Vermivora cyanoptera
Tennessee Warbler	Oreothlypis peregrina
Connecticut Warbler	Oporornis agilis
Mourning Warbler	Geothlypis philadelphia
Kentucky Warbler	Geothlypis formosus
Cape May Warbler	Setophaga tigrina
Cerulean Warbler	Setophaga cerulea
Bay-breasted Warbler	Setophaga castanea
Blackburnian Warbler	Setophaga fusca
Pine Warbler	Setophaga pinus
Yellow-throated Warbler	Setophaga dominica
Prairie Warbler	Setophaga discolor
Black-throated Green Warbler	Setophaga virens
Canada Warbler	Cardellina canadensis
Red-faced Warbler	Cardellina rubrifrons
Painted Redstart	Myioborus pictus
Cassin's Sparrow	Peucaea cassinii
Clay-colored Sparrow	Spizella pallida
Field Sparrow	Spizella pusilla
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