Capitol Reef National Park - Bird Checklist (U.S. National Park Service)

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

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GEESE AND DUCKS
_____ Canada Goose	UT
_____ Snow Goose	RT
_____ American Widgeon	RT
_____ Blue-winged Teal	RT
_____ Bufflehead	UT
_____ Cinnamon Teal	UT
_____ Common Golden eye	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

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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

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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

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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 NIGHTHAWKS
_____ 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

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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

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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*

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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

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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

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THRASHERS
_____ Gray Catbird	RS
_____ Northern Mockingbird	US
_____ Brown	RS
_____ Sage	US

PIPITS
_____ American	UT

WAXWINGS
_____ Bohemian	IW
_____ Cedar	IW

SHRIKES
_____ Loggerhead