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BIRD CHECKLIST Capitol Reef National Park contains nearly a quarter million acres within the slickrock country of southern Utah. The birdlife is diverse because of a variety of habitats such as pinyon-juniper, perennial streams, dry washes and rock cliffs. Lists and details of the birds seen by visitors are solicited, as this adds immeasurably to the value of the park's records. Common names conform with the A. 0. U. Checklist of North American Birds (Seventh Edition, 1998). The following is a key to abundance and occurrence: ABUNDANCE C - COMMON indicates that the species can usually be seen during the season indicated and in the appropriate habitat. U - UNCOMMON indicates that the species is seldom or infrequently seen. R -RARE indicates a very low possibility of encountering the species, although not out of normal range. I - IRREGULAR indicates that a species may not be seen some years. O – OCCASIONAL indicates a species seldom found in park and not reported annually. A - ACCIDENTAL indicates that a species is out of its normal range and is not expected again. STATUS P -PERMANENT RESIDENT: Species remains within the park throughout the year. S - SUMMER RESIDENT: Species remains within the park during the summer. W - WINTER RESIDENT: Species remains within the park during the winter. T - TRANSIENT: A species that migrates through the park in spring and/or fall. LOONS _____ Common RT* GREBES _____ Eared UT _____ Pied-billed UT PELICANS _____ American White RT HERONS _____ Black-crowned Night O _____ Great Blue US _____ Green-backed * RS EGRETS _____ Cattle O _____ Snowy UT IBISES _____ White-faced UT GEESE AND DUCKS _____ Canada Goose UT _____ Snow Goose RT _____ American Widgeon RT _____ Blue-winged Teal RT _____ Bufflehead UT _____ Cinnamon Teal UT _____ Common Goldeneye UT _____ Common Merganser US/UW _____ Gadwall RT _____ Green-winged Teal UT _____ Lesser Scaup UT _____ Mallard US/RW _____ Northern Pintail RT _____ Northern Shoveler UT _____ Redhead RT _____ Ring-necked Duck RT _____ Ruddy Duck RT _____ Wood Duck O HAWKS, FALCONS AND VULTURES _____ Turkey Vulture US _____ Osprey O _____ Bald Eagle RW _____ Golden Eagle UP _____ Northern Harrier UP _____ Cooper's Hawk US/RW _____ Northern Goshawk RP* _____ Sharp-shinned Hawk UP _____ Ferruginous Hawk RP _____ Red-tailed Hawk UP _____ Rough-legged Hawk RW _____ Swainson's Hawk RS _____ American Kestrel CP _____ Merlin O _____ Peregrine Falcon UP _____ Prairie Falcon UP GROUSE, PHEASANTS AND QUAIL _____ Blue Grouse UP* _____ Chukar CP _____ Gambel's Quail UP _____ Ring-necked Pheasant RP _____ Wild Turkey US COOTS AND RAILS _____ American Coot US/RW _____ Sora RT _____ Virginia Rail O PLOVERS AND SANDPIPERS _____ American Avocet O _____ Black-necked Stilt RT _____ Killdeer US/RW _____ Common Snipe RT _____ Greater Yellowlegs O _____ Lesser Yellowlegs O _____ Long-billed Curlew RT _____ Marbled Godwit O _____ Solitary Sandpiper O _____ Spotted Sandpiper US _____ Western Sandpiper O _____ Willet RT _____ Wilson's Phalarope RT GULLS _____ Franklin's O DOVES AND PIGEONS _____ Band-tailed Pigeon US _____ Mourning Dove CS/RW _____ Rock Dove RS _____ White-winged Dove O CUCKOO'S _____ Yellow-billed RT OWLS _____ Burrowing RS _____ Great Horned UP _____ Flammulated RS* _____ Northern Pygmy UP _____ Northern Saw-whet Owl I _____ Long-eared RP _____ Short-eared RP _____ Spotted RP _____ Western Screech UP GOATSUCKERS AND NIGHTHWAKS _____ Common Nighthawk US _____ Common Poorwill US SWIFTS _____ Vaux's O _____ White-throated CS HUMMINGBIRDS _____ Black-chinned CS _____ Broad-tailed CS _____ Calliope Hummingbird O _____ Rufous CT KINGFISHERS _____ Belted RP WOODPECKERS _____ Downy UP _____ Hairy US/CW _____ Ladder-backed O _____ Lewis' RT _____ Northern Flicker CP _____ Red-naped Sapsucker CP _____ Williamson's Sapsucker US* FLYCATCHERS _____ Ash-throated US _____ Black Phoebe RS _____ Cassin's RS _____ Cordilleran RS* _____ Eastern Kingbird O _____ Gray US _____ Hammond's RT _____ Olive-sided RS* _____ Say's Phoebe CS _____ Western Kingbird CS _____ Western Wood-Pewee CS _____ Willow RS LARKS _____ Horned CP SWALLOWS _____ Bank US _____ Barn UT _____ Cliff US _____ Northern Rough-winged CS _____ Tree UT _____ Violet-green CS JAYS, MAGPIES AND RAVENS _____ Clark's Nutcracker UP _____ Pinyon Jay CP _____ Scrub Jay CP _____ Steller's Jay UP* _____ Black-billed Magpie CP _____ Common Raven CP CHICKADEES _____ Black-capped UP* _____ Mountain UP* BUSHTITS AND TITMICE _____ Bushtit CP _____ Juniper Titmouse CP NUTHATCHES AND CREEPERS _____ Brown Creeper UP* _____ Red-breasted Nuthatch UP* _____ White-breasted Nuthatch UP WRENS _____ Bewick's US _____ Canyon CP _____ House RT _____ Marsh RT _____ Rock CS/RW _____ Winter RW DIPPERS _____ American UP GNATCATCHERS AND KINGLETS _____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher CS _____ Golden-crowned Kinglet RT _____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet CP BLUEBIRDS AND THRUSHES _____ Mountain Bluebird US*/UT _____ Western Bluebird US _____ American Robin CP _____ Hermit Thrush UT _____ Swainson's Thrush RT _____ Townsend's Solitaire RS*/UW _____ Veery O THRASHERS _____ Gray Catbird RS _____ Northern Mockingbird US _____ Brown RS _____ Sage US PIPITS _____ American UT WAXWINGS _____ Bohemian IW _____ Cedar IW SHRIKES _____ Loggerhead UP _____ Northern RW