Birds of Salt Lake County

As a new resident to the Salt Lake City area, I have decided that one of the best ways to learn about the ecology of the region, is to explore it from riverbed to mountain peak. See below for the gallery of photos that I have taken and the list of ones I still need to photograph. All photos must be taken within the boundary of Salt Lake County, Utah.

Check out my eBird profile to see all my sightings: https://ebird.org/profile/MTMwODA0OA

Waterfowl

Bar-headed Goose
Snow Goose
Ross’s Goose
Snow x Ross’s Goose (hybrid)
Snow/Ross’s Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Snow x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter/Tundra Swan
Egyptian Goose
Muscovy Duck
Ringed Teal
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
Cinnamon Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Gadwall x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Mallard
Wood Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Northern Shoveler x Mallard (hybrid)
Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)
American Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid)
Mexican Duck
Mallard x Mexican Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/Mexican Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Northern Pintail
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Canvasback x Redhead (hybrid)
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead x Ring-necked Duck (hybrid)
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Common x Barrow’s Goldeneye (hybrid)
Common/Barrow’s Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)
goldeneye sp. x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl
Northern Bobwhite
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Dusky Grouse
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Japanese Quail
Chukar

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Eurasian/African Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove

Cuckoos

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Nightjars

Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill

Swifts

Black Swift
Vaux’s Swift
White-throated Swift

Hummingbirds

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Calliope x Broad-tailed Hummingbird (hybrid)

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Purple Gallinule

Cranes

Sandhill Crane

Shorebirds

Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Mountain Plover
Snowy Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird’s Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed/Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Sabine’s Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin’s Gull
Heermann’s Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
American Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull
American Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
American Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
American Herring/Glaucous-winged Gull
Iceland Gull
American Herring/Iceland Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster’s Tern
Common Tern
Forster’s/Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern

Flamingos

Chilean Flamingo

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
Western x Clark’s Grebe (hybrid)
Western/Clark’s Grebe

Loons

Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon

Cormorants and Anhingas

Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
American Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron

Pelicans (Complete)

American White Pelican

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper’s Hawk
American Goshawk
Cooper’s Hawk/American Goshawk
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Golden/Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk

Owls

American Barn Owl
Flammulated Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Burrowing Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl

Kingfishers (Complete)

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

Williamson’s Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied x Red-naped Sapsucker (hybrid)
Yellow-bellied/Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied x Red-breasted Sapsucker (hybrid)
Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker (hybrid)
Red-naped/Red-breasted Sapsucker
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Gilded Flicker
Northern/Gilded Flicker

Falcons and Caracaras

American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon

Cockatoos, Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Budgerigar
Sun Parakeet
Cockatiel

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Hammond’s/Dusky Flycatcher
Gray/Dusky Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird

Vireos

Yellow-throated Vireo
Cassin’s Vireo
Cassin’s/Blue-headed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin’s/Plumbeous Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Loggerhead/Northern Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Canada Jay
Pinyon Jay
Steller’s Jay
Blue Jay
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark’s Nutcracker
American Crow
Common Raven

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Black-capped x Mountain Chickadee (hybrid)
Black-capped/Mountain Chickadee
Juniper Titmouse

Larks

Horned Lark

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Tree/Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow

Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit

Bushtit

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet

Nuthatches

White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch

Treecreepers

Brown Creeper

Gnatcatchers (Complete)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Wrens

Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Northern House Wren
Pacific Wren
Winter Wren
Pacific/Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick’s Wren

Dippers (Complete)

American Dipper

Starlings and Mynas (Complete)

European Starling

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes

Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian/Cedar Waxwing

Estrildids

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Old World Sparrows (Complete)

House Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

American Pipit
Sprague’s Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Black Rosy-Finch
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
House Finch
Purple Finch
Cassin’s Finch
Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
European Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting

New World Sparrows

Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned/White-throated Sparrow
Sagebrush Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee

Yellow-breasted Chat

Yellow-breasted Chat

Blackbirds

Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock’s x Baltimore Oriole (hybrid)
Bullock’s/Baltimore Oriole
Scott’s Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Rusty/Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle

Wood-Warblers

Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia’s Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray’s Warbler
MacGillivray’s x Mourning Warbler (hybrid)
MacGillivray’s/Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm x Yellow-rumped Warbler (hybrid)
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Rose-breasted x Black-headed Grosbeak (hybrid)
Rose-breasted/Black-headed Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli x Indigo Bunting (hybrid)
Lazuli/Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting

This field checklist was generated using eBird (ebird.org) as of May, 2025.