Fremont National Forest

Birds of the Fremont National Forest
This is a checklist of birds normally found within the boundary of the Fremont National Forest (including private inholdings such as Sycan Marsh and Thompson Reservoir). It was compiled by Prisilla Summers.

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STATUS:

  • C = Common
  • FC= Fairly Common
  • U = Uncommon
  • R = Rare
SEASONS:
  • SP= Spring
  • S = Summer
  • F = Fall
  • W = Winter
 Birding by Cheryl Ziebart


  SEASONS   SEASONS
  SP S F W     SP S F W
LOONS, GREBES
____ Common Loon U   U     ____ Pied-billed Grebe C C C  
____ Horned Grebe U   U     ____ Eared Grebe FC   FC  
____ Western Grebe C FC FC     ____ Clark's Grebe U   U  
PELICAN, CORMORANTS, HERONS, EGRET, IBIS
____ American White Pelican U U U     ____ Double-crested Cormorant C   C  
____ American Bittern U U U     ____ Least Bittern R R R  
____ Great Blue Heron FC FC FC     ____ Great Egret FC   FC  
____ Black-crwn Night Heron U U U     ____ White-faced Ibis U   U  
WATERFOWL
____ Tundra Swan U   R R   ____ White-fronted Goose U U    
____ Snow Goose U   U     ____ Canada Goose C C C R
____ Wood Duck U U U     ____ Green-winged Teal FC FC FC  
____ Mallard C C C     ____ Northern Pintail U   FC R
____ Blue-winged Teal U U       ____ Cinnamon Teal C C C  
____ Northern Shoveler U U FC     ____ Gadwall FC FC FC  
____ Eurasian Wigeon R   R     ____ American Wigeon R U FC  
____ Canvasback U U U     ____ Redhead U U U  
____ Ring-necked Duck FC U FC     ____ Lesser Scaup FC   FC  
____ Common Goldeneye U   U     ____ Bufflehead FC U FC  
____ Hooded Merganser U   U     ____ Common Merganser FC FC FC  
____ Ruddy Duck U U FC     ____        
RAPTORS
____ Turkey Vulture C C C     ____ Osprey U U R  
____ Bald Eagle U U U U   ____ Northern Harrier U FC FC U
____ Sharp-shinned Hawk U U U     ____ Cooper's Hawk U U U  
____ Northern Goshawk U U U U   ____ Swainson's Hawk R R R  
____ Red-tailed Hawk C C C FC   ____ Ferruginous Hawk R R R  
____ Rough-legged Hawk U   U FC   ____ Golden Eagle U U U U
____ American Kestrel FC FC FC     ____ Merlin R   R  
____ Prairie Falcon U U U U   ____ Peregrine Falcon R R R  
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS
____ Chuckar U U U     ____ Blue Grouse FC FC FC FC
____ Ruffed Grouse U U U U   ____ Sage Grouse R R R R
____ Wild Turkey U U U U   ____ Mountain Quail R R R R
____ California Quail U U U U   ____        
RAILS, COOTS, CRANES, GULLS, TERNS, DIPPER
____ Yellow Rail R R R     ____ Virginia Rail U U U  
____ Sora U U U     ____ American Coot FC FC FC  
____ Sandhill Crane C C C     ____ Bonaparte's Gull U   U  
____ Ring-billed Gull FC   FC     ____ California Gull U   U  
____ Caspian Tern U   U     ____ Foster's Tern FC FC    
____ Black Tern U U       ____ American Dipper U U U U
SHOREBIRDS
____ Semipalmated Plover U   U     ____ Killdeer FC FC FC  
____ Black-necked Stilt U   U     ____ American Avocet U   U  
____ Greater Yellowlegs FC   FC     ____ Lesser Yellowlegs U   U  
____ Solitary Sandpiper R   R     ____ Willet FC FC    
____ Spotted Sandpiper C C       ____ Upland Sandpiper R   R  
____ Long-billed Curlew U   U     ____ Marbled Godwit R R    
____ Western Sandpiper U   FC     ____ Least Sandpiper U   FC  
____ Baird's Sandpiper     U     ____ Pectoral Sandpiper     U  
____ Dunlin U   U     ____ Short-billed Dowitcher     R  
____ Long-billed Dowitcher U   U     ____ Common Snipe FC FC FC  
____ Wilson's Phalarope FC FC       ____ Red-necked Phalarope R   R  
OWLS
____ Barn Owl U U U U   ____ Flammulated Owl   U    
____ Western Screech-Owl U U U U   ____ Great Horned Owl FC FC FC FC
____ Northern Pygmy-Owl FC FC FC FC   ____ Great Grey Owl U U U U
____ Long-eared Owl U U U     ____ Short-eared Owl U U U  
____ Northern Saw-whet Owl U U U U   ____        
GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS, KINGFISHER, VIREOS
____ Common Nighthawk   FC       ____ Common Poorwill   U    
____ Vaux's Swift   FC       ____ White-throated Swift U U    
____ Belted Kingfisher FC FC FC R   ____ Solitary Vireo picture U U U  
____ Warbling Vireo picture FC FC FC     ____        
HUMMINGBIRDS
____ Black-chinned Hummingbird U U       ____ Calliope Hummingbird picture FC FC    
____ Ruffous Hummingbird U U       ____        
WOODPECKERS
____ Lewis' Woodpecker U U U     ____ Red-naped Sapsucker FC FC FC  
____ Red-breasted Sapsucker C C C     ____ Williamson's Sapsucker picture FC FC FC  
____ Downy Woodpecker FC FC FC U   ____ Hairy Woodpecker picture C C C C
____ White-headed Woodpecker U U U U   ____ Black-backed Woodpecker FC FC FC FC
____ Northern Flicker picture C C C C   ____ Pileated Woodpecker picture U U U U
FLYCATCHERS, LARK
____ Olive-sided Flycatcher U U       ____ Western Wood-Pewee FC FC    
____ Willow Flycatcher   R       ____ Hammond's Flycatcher   FC    
____ Dusky Flycatcher   C       ____ Gray Flycatcher   U    
____ Cordilleran Flycatcher picture   C       ____ Say's Phoebe U U U  
____ Western Kingbird U U       ____ Horned Lark FC FC FC  
SWALLOWS, DOVES
____ Purple Martin R R R     ____ Tree Swallow C C    
____ Violet-green Swallow C C       ____ No. Rough-winged Swallow FC FC    
____ Bank Swallow FC FC       ____ Cliff Swallow C C    
____ Barn Swallow C C       ____ Mourning Dove FC FC FC  
CORVIDS
____ Gray Jay FC FC FC FC   ____ Steller's Jay C C C C
____ Scrub Jay FC FC       ____ Pinyon Jay U U U U
____ Clark's Nutcracker FC FC FC FC   ____ Black-billed Magpie FC FC FC FC
____ American Crow U U U     ____ Common Raven FC FC FC FC
CHICKADEES, BUSHTIT, NUTHATCHES, CREEPER, WRENS
____ Mountain Chickadee picture C C C C   ____ Bushtit U U U U
____ Red-breasted Nuthatch C C C C   ____ White-breasted Nuthatch FC FC FC FC
____ Pygmy Nuthatch FC FC FC FC   ____ Brown Creeper FC FC FC FC
____ Rock Wren C C FC     ____ Canyon Wren U U U U
____ Bewick's Wren R R       ____ House Wren C C C  
____ Winter Wren U   U     ____ Marsh Wren U U U  
KINGLETS, GNATCATCHERS, THRUSHES, THRASHERS, PIPITS
____ Golden-crowned Kinglet picture U U U     ____ Rudy-crowned Kinglet C FC C  
____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher R R       ____ Western Bluebird U U U  
____ Mountain Bluebird C C C C   ____ Townsend's Solitaire FC FC FC FC
____ Hermit Thrush   FC FC     ____ American Robin picture C C C C
____ Varied Thrush R   U     ____ Sage Thrasher   U U  
____ American Pipit FC   FC     ____        
SHRIKES, STARLINGS, WOOD-WARBLERS
____ Northern Shrike U   U U   ____ Loggerhead Shrike U      
____ European Starling FC FC FC U   ____ Orange-crowned Warbler picture C C C  
____ Nashville Warbler picture FC FC FC     ____ Yellow Warbler picture U U U  
____ Yellow-rumped Warbler picture C C C     ____ Black-throated Gray Warbler R R R  
____ Townsend's Warbler R   R     ____ MacGillivray's Warbler FC FC FC  
____ Common Yellowthroat picture U U U     ____ Wilson's Warbler picture FC U U  
TANAGERS, GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS, FINCHES
____ Western Tanager picture U C U     ____ Black-headed Grosbeak FC FC FC  
____ Lazuli Bunting U U       ____ Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch R   R R
____ Purple Finch R   R     ____ Cassin's Finch picture C C C  
____ House Finch R   R     ____ Red Crossbill picture FC FC FC FC
____ Pine Siskin C C C U   ____ American Goldfinch picture U U U  
____ Evening Grosbeak U U U R   ____        
TOWHEES, SPARROWS
____ Green-tailed Towhee C C C     ____ Rufous-sided Towhee FC U FC  
____ American Tree Sparrow     R     ____ Chipping Sparrow C C C  
____ Brewer's Sparrow C C C     ____ Vesper Sparrow C C C  
____ Lark Sparrow R   R     ____ Savannah Sparrow C C C  
____ Fox Sparrow U U U     ____ Song Sparrow C C C  
____ Lincoln's Sparrow FC FC FC     ____ White-throated Sparrow R   R  
____ Golden-crowned Sparrow FC   FC     ____ White-crowned Sparrow picture C FC C  
____ Dark-eyed Junco C C C U   ____        
BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, WAXWINGS
____ Red-winged Blackbird FC FC FC     ____ Western Meadowlark C C C  
____ Yellow-headed Blackbird U U       ____ Brewer's Blackbird FC FC FC  
____ Brown-headed Cowbird FC FC FC     ____ Northern Oriole U U U  
____ Bohemian Waxwing       R   ____ Cedar Waxwing U U U  

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