National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Checklist of Birds Found in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Osprey
KEY
STATUS W= winter resident ( lower case = secondarily so) M =migrant (lower case = secondarily so) S = summer resident (lower case= secondarily so) Y= year around resident *= breeding confirmed (*)= breeding suspected C= casual Esc= escaped Exp= experimental population HABITAT R = riparian A = aquatic (lake, ponds and rivers) D = desertscrub (blackbrush, shadscale, sagebrush etc.) P = pinyon-juniper woodland T = talus and cliffs W = widespread H = human developed ABUNDANCE A = abundant, in large numbers C = common , always seen but not in large numbers FC = fairly common, very small numbers or not always seen U = uncommon, seldom seen but not a surprise S = sparse, always a surprise but not out of normal range X = accidental, stray not to be wholly expected again
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This checklist includes the species of birds presently known to have occurred in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area or nearby developed areas. The abundance and habitat symbols suggest when, where, and how readily a bird can usually be found. The surprising number of species on this list is due in part to the large size of the recreation area (over 1.2 million acres) and to the variety of habitat types. Desert scrublands, lush streamside vegetation, pinyon-juniper woodlands, and vast areas of steep, rocky terrain all occur here. And there is water - Lake Powell and its side canyons, the Colorado and San Juan Rivers, and numerous springs and seeps. Much of the recreation area has been largely unexplored by birders. Many of Lake Powell’s side canyons remain a mystery, as do the pinyon-juniper woodlands, sagebrush flats, and extensive grasslands of the Hans Flat area. For combined productivity and accessibility, however, Lees Ferry is Glen Canyon’s premier birding location. Here is the only readily accessible riparian (streamside) habitat along the Colorado River for over 150 miles in either direction. Lonely Dell Ranch, also at Lees Ferry, is famous for its spring and fall migrants. From late fall through winter, the boat launch area is the spot from which to observe waterfowl. And in spring and fall, the chances of spotting a California Condor at Navajo Bridge are very good. To report unusual sightings, or for further information, contact: Resource Management Division Glen Canyon National Recreation Area P.O. Box 1507 Page, AZ 86040
Status Habitat Winter Spring Summer FINCHES AND ALLIES BLACK ROSY-FINCH CASSIN’S FINCH HOUSE FINCH RED CROSSBILL PINE SISKIN LESSER GOLDFINCH AMERICAN GOLDFINCH EVENING GROSBEAK OLD WORLD SPARROWS HOUSE SPARROW Fall
W W Y* Y* W S* W W Y*
T P R,P,H P R,P R,H R P H
U C
S F S C
U S C S U C F S C
U S C S U C X S C C U C F S C
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Status Habitat Winter Spring Summer Fall BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW VESPER SPARROW LARK SPARROW BLACK-THROATED SPARROW SAGE SPARROW LARK BUNTING SAVANNAH SPARROW GRASSHOPPER SPARROW FOX SPARROW SONG SPARROW LINCOLN’S SPARROW SWAMP SPARROW WHITE-THROATED SPARROW HARRIS’S SPARROW WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW DARK-EYED JUNCO CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR GROSBEAKS AND ALLIES ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK BLUE GROSBEAK LAZULI BUNTING INDIGO BUNTING DICKCISSEL MEADOWLARKS, BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES BOBOLINK RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD WESTERN MEADOWLARK YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD BREWER’S BLACKBIRD COMMON GRACKLE GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD HOODED ORIOLE BALTIMORE ORIOLE BULLOCK’S ORIOLE SCOTT’S ORIOLE M Y* M M M,w S,M Y* M,s* S* C M,S* S* H R D R R R R,H W H R R,H P C F F S C S C F C C C C U C C F C F C C U C U S C F C C C C X C S* M S* S*,w W,y* M,w M C C W M,w M,W W W W,m C W M P D D,P D D D D R R R R R R,h H R,D R R,D,P H S U C A F S C
S F S S
C C A F S C S C C S S S A A
C U S S S A S A
C F S F S C X S C C S S A A S
S
M S* S* M,s* S M
R R R R R H
S C C C S S
S C C C S
S C C C S S
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Status Habitat Winter Spring Summer WAXWINGS CEDAR WAXWING SILKY FLYCATCHERS PHAINOPEPLA WOOD-WARBLERS TENNESSEE WARBLER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER NASHVILLE WARBLER VIRGINIA’S WARBLER LUCY’S WARBLER NORTHERN PARULA YELLOW WARBLER BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER TOWNSEND’S WARBLER HERMIT WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER BLACKPOLL WARBLER BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER AMERICAN REDSTART PROTHONOTARY WARBLER WORM-EATING WARBLER NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER COMMON YELLOWTHROAT WILSON’S WARBLER YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT TANAGERS SUMMER TANAGER SCARLET TANAGER
Fall
M,w S M M,w M M,s* S* M M,S* M M,W S*,m M M C C C C C C M M M,s* M S* S C
R R R R,P R,P R,P R R R H R,P P,r P P H H P R R R R R R R,P R R R X C
F U X F C C C
F
S
S U C C C
C U C X C S
C C S
U C
C U F S X X
S X X U U C C C S X
X S
F C C C S X
F C C F
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Status Habitat Winter Spring Summer
Fall
TOWHEES, SPARROWS, JUNCOES GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE SPOTTED TOWHEE RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW AMERICAN TREE SPARROW CHIPPING SPARROW CLAY-COLORED SPARROW BREWER’S SPARROW LOONS PACIFIC LOON COMMON LOON YELLOW-BILLED LOON GREBES PIED-BILLED GREBE HORNED GREBE RED-NECKED GREBE EARED GREBE WESTERN GREBE CLARK’S GREBE PELICANS AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN BROWN PELICAN CORMORANTS DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT BITTERNS AND HERONS GREAT BLUE HERON GREAT EGRET SNOWY EGRET LITTLE BLUE HERON CATTLE EGRET GREEN HERON BLACK-CROWNED NIGHTHERON IBISES WHITE-FACED IBIS ROSEATE SPOONBILL M,cw* W,s* Y* W M,s* M M,w W W W W W W W,m W,m* M M,c-w C W,m W,m,s* M M C M M,s M M M D P,R T,D R P,D R,D D A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A X X C F F C F F C F C C F S C S C S F
S S F S F F S C A
C S C S F S F F S C C U F S U C S C F U F C S
C C
S
U U C C U F S S F C
F F C A U F
S
U C
U F C S F F C
U F C S
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Status Habitat Winter Spring Summer
Fall
AMERICAN VULTURES TURKEY VULTURE CALIFORNIA CONDOR SWANS, GEESE, AND DUCKS GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE SNOW GOOSE ROSS’S GOOSE CANADA GOOSE TUNDRA SWAN TRUMPETER SWAN WOOD DUCK GADWALL EURASIAN WIGEON AMERICAN WIGEON MALLARD BLUE-WINGED TEAL CINNAMON TEAL NORTHERN SHOVELER NORTHERN PINTAIL GREEN-WINGED TEAL CANVASBACK REDHEAD RING-NECKED DUCK GREATER SCAUP LESSER SCAUP SURF SCOTER WHITE-WINGED SCOTER LONG-TAILED DUCK BUFFLEHEAD COMMON GOLDENEYE BARROW’S GOLDENEYE HOODED MERGANSER COMMON MERGANSER RED-BREASTED MERGANSER RUDDY DUCK
S,m* exp
W W
C S
C S
C S
S
W,M W,M W,M y*,M,W M M M W,M W W,M Y* M M M,w M,w M,W M,w M,w M,W W,m W,M M,w M W M,W W,m,s W M,w W,m,s* W,m M,w,s
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A AA A A
S S S C U X U C S A C S S C C C U C C F C S S S C A C U C F U
S S S C S C U
U C S A C F C C C C U C C F C S S S C A C U C F C
S F F C C C C F F S U F F S
S C A C C C C F C U C C ? C S S C C C U C F C
S S X F F
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Status Habitat Winter Spring EAGLES AND HAWKS OSPREY BALD EAGLE GOLDEN EAGLE NORTHERN HARRIER SHARP-SHINNED HAWK COOPER’S HAWK NORTHERN GOSHAWK RED-SHOULDERED HAWK SWAINSON’S HAWK RED-TAILED HAWK FERRUGINOUS HAWK ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
Summer
Fall
M,s,w* W,m Y* W,m,y* M,w,s* M,w,s* M C M Y* M M
A,w A W D P,R P,R P H D W D D
S C C C F F S
F F C C F F
U C S U F X
F C C C C F X S C S
C
S C S
C S
NUTHATCHES RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH W WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH Y* PYGMY NUTHATCH C CREEPERS BROWN CREEPER M WRENS ROCK WREN S*,w CANYON WREN Y* BEWICK’S WREN Y* HOUSE WREN M WINTER WREN W MARSH WREN M,m DIPPERS AMERICAN DIPPER M,y KINGLETS GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET M,W RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET M,W GNATCATCHERS BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER S*w BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER C BLUEBIRDS, ROBINS WESTERN BLUEBIRD M,w,s* MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD Y*,m,w TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE W
P P P P,R T T P,R R R R A P,R P,R P,R R P P P
C
S C
S C
S C X S
S C C C S S U S C S X C C U C C C C C C C C
C C C C S
U S C C
C C
S C
C C
C C U
C C U
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Status Habitat Winter Spring Summer HERMIT THRUSH AMERICAN ROBIN VARIED THRUSH MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS GRAY CATBIRD NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD SAGE THRASHER BROWN THRASHER CRISSAL THRASHER STARLINGS EUROPEAN STARLING PIPITS AMERICAN PIPIT WAXWINGS BOHEMIAN WAXWING M S*? M M W-c W,M,y* M,w W,m H D,P D R H H A R S F X C C S C C S C X C F S C F M M,s* M P,R P,R R S C U C S
Fall
U
C
S
S
C C
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER CASSIN’S KINGBIRD WESTERN KINGBIRD EASTERN KINGBIRD SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER SHRIKES LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE NORTHERN SHRIKE VIREOS WHITE-EYED VIREO BELL’S VIREO GRAY VIREO PLUMBEOUS VIREO CASSIN’S VIREO WARBLING VIREO RED-EYED VIREO JAYS, MAGPIES AND CROWS STELLER’S JAY BLUE JAY
S* S* M,s* M M Y* W C S S*? M,s* M M C M C
R,P P R R D D D,R R R P P,R P R R H,P H C U
C C F
C C F S X
S F F
C U
C
C U
S C C S C
X S C C C
F C X S X
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Status Habitat Winter Spring Summer WESTERN SCRUB-JAY PINYON JAY CLARK’S HUTCRACKER COMMON RAVEN AMEREICAN CROW BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE LARKS HORNED LARK SWALLOWS PURPLE MARTIN TREE SWALLOW VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW BANK SWALLOW CLIFF SWALLOW BARN SWALLOW TITMICE MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE JUNIPER TITMOUSE BUSHTITS BUSHTIT Y* Y* W Y* M C W,s* M M M,S* M M M,s* M W,s* Y* Y*,w P,r P P W H,P R D R W W W W W W P P P,R C C C C C A X A A A X C C C C C C C C C C C A S C C S A
Fall C C A
A
X
C C C C C C C C C
C C C C C C C C C
FALCONS AMERICAN KESTREL MERLIN PEREGRINE FALCON PRAIRIE FALCON PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEYS, QUAIL WILD TURKEY CHUKAR RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS VIRGINIA RAIL SORA COMMON MOORHEN AMERICAN COOT
S*,w W S*,w S,M
W D W W
F U U U
C U C U
C C U
C U C U
C Y*
R T,D,P
U
X U
U
U
M M M,s* Y*
A A A A
U
U U C S C
A
U S C
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Status Habitat Winter Spring Summer
Fall
CRANES SANDHILL CRANE PLOVERS BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER SNOWY PLOVER SEMIPALMATED PLOVER KILLDEER STILTS AND AVOCETS BLACK-NECKED STILT AMERICAN AVOCET SANDPIPERS AND PHALAROPES GREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER YELLOWLEGS SOLITARY SANDPIPER WILLET SPOTTED SANDPIPER LONG-BILLED CURLEW WHIMBREL MARBLED GODWIT SANDERLING SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
M M ? M M S*,w M M,s*
A A ? A A A A A S ? U C F C S U C U C
S
C
U C F C
M M M M M,s* M C M M M
A A A A A A A A A A
F C U F C U S C S S
F C C F C U S S S
F C C F C U S S S
OWLS BARN OWL WESTERN SCREECH OWL GREAT HORNED OWL NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL BURROWING OWL SPOTTED OWL LONG-EARED OWL NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
Y Y* Y* M,W? S* Y* Y* Y*
D,T P,R W P D P,T P,R P
S U C
S U C U S U U
S U U
S U C U U S U U
S U C U U S U U
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Status Habitat Winter Spring Summer GOATSUCKERS LESSER NIGHTHAWK COMMON NIGHTHAWK COMMON POORWILL SWIFTS WHITE-THROATED SWIFT VAUX’S SWIFT HUMMINGBIRDS MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD KINGFISHERS BELTED KINGFISHER WOODPECKERS LEWIS’S WOODPECKER ACORN WOODPECKER WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER DOWNY WOODPECKER HAIRY WOODPECKER NORTHERN FLICKER TYRANT FLYCATCHERS OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE WILLOW FLYCATCHER LEAST FLYCATCHER HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER GRAY FLYCATCHER DUSKY FLYCATCHER CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHER BLACK PHOEBE EASTERN PHOEBE
Fall
S*? S,m S*?
D,H P,D P
U F U
U F U
F U
S*? C C S* C M M,s* M M,w M M M W W,M M,w M,s* M,s* M M,s*? M,s* M M M,s* M,s* M S*,w M
T A H R,p R R P P A H H P R R H,R P,R P,R P,R P,R R H P,R P,R P,R R R H,R U S
C X
C
C
X C S F U C C F S F C C C C
X S U S F C S S C F F U C F X C C F F X C F F C F S F C
C S F C U C S F C C F F S
S
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Status Habitat Winter Spring Summer SAY’S PHOEBE VERMILION FLYCATCHER DUSKY FLYCATCHER CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHER BLACK PHOEBE EASTERN PHOEBE STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S SNIPE WILSON’S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE RED PHALAROPE GULLS AND TERNS PARASITIC JAEGER FRANKLIN’S GULL BONAPARTE’S GULL MEW GULL RING-BILLED GULL CALIFORNIA GULL HERRING GULL YELLOW-FOOTED GULL SABINE’S GULL CASPIAN TERN COMMON TERN FORSTER’S TERN BLACK TERN PIGEONS AND DOVES ROCK PIGEON BAND-TAILED PIGEON EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE WHITE-WINGED DOVE MOURNING DOVE INCA DOVE COMMON GROUND DOVE CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS AND ANIS YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO GREATER ROADRUNNER S Y R D U U S U S*,w M M,s* M S*,w M M M M M,w M M M C M M M M,W M M C M M M M M M C Y* M S*,w W C W R P,R R R H,R A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A H P H H W H R F S C S C F F S X C C C F C S C F F X U C F C
Fall C S C F S U S C C C F S S
S
F
C F X C C S C C S X S S F U C C U S C C S C S C C S C C U
F X C U S S S S F U C S C S C S X
U
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