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Bridgerland Audubon Checklist of Birds
Note: This Checklist of Birds of Cache Valley compiled and
maintained by Bridgerland Audubon Society, P.O. Box 3501, Logan, UT 84323-3501.
It may be freely copied and distributed with credit to Bridgerland Audubon Society.
Last publication date 1994, Logan, Utah.
c=common; occurs regularly in large numbers compared to other members of
its taxonomic group
u=uncommon; occurs regularly in small numbers
r=rare; occurs every year in very small numbers
o=occasional; does not occur every year
"-" =absent
| Common Name |
Genus |
Species |
Occurrence |
Breeding Cache Valley |
Common Habitat |
| Spring |
Summer |
Fall |
Winter |
| Pacific Loon |
Gavia |
pacifica |
- |
- |
- |
o |
no |
reservoirs |
| Common Loon |
Gavia |
immer |
u |
o |
u |
- |
no |
reservoirs |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus |
podiceps |
u |
u |
u |
r |
yes |
marshes |
| Horned Grebe |
Podiceps |
auritus |
r |
- |
r |
- |
no |
reservoirs |
| Eared Grebe |
Podiceps |
nigricollis |
c |
c |
c |
r |
yes |
reservoirs |
| Western Grebe |
Aechmophorus |
occidentalis |
c |
c |
c |
- |
yes |
reservoirs |
| Clark's Grebe |
Aechmophorus |
clarkii |
c |
c |
c |
- |
yes |
reservoirs |
| American White Pelican |
Pelcanus |
erythrorrhynchos |
c |
c |
u |
- |
no |
marshes |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax |
auritus |
u |
u |
u |
- |
yes |
marshes |
| American Bittern |
Botaurus |
lentiginosus |
r |
r |
r |
- |
yes |
marshes |
| Great Blue Heron |
Ardea |
herodias |
c |
c |
c |
u |
yes |
marshes |
| Great Egret |
Casmerodius |
albus |
r |
r |
r |
- |
no |
marshes |
| Snowy Egret |
Egretta |
thula |
c |
c |
c |
- |
yes |
pastures, marshes |
| Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus |
ibis |
u |
u |
u |
- |
no |
pastures |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron |
Nycticorax |
nyctiocorax |
c |
c |
u |
- |
yes |
marshes |
| White-faced Ibis |
Plegadis |
chihi |
c |
c |
u |
- |
yes |
pastures, marshes |
| Tundra Swan |
Cygnus |
columbianus |
r |
- |
r |
o |
no |
marshes |
| Trumpeter Swan |
Cygnus |
buccinator |
o |
- |
o |
- |
no |
marshes |
| Greater White-fronted Goose |
Anser |
albifrons |
o |
- |
o |
- |
no |
pastures |
| Snow Goose |
Chen |
carulesceus |
o |
- |
r |
- |
no |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Ross' Goose |
Chen |
rossi |
o |
- |
o |
- |
no |
marshes |
| Canada Goose |
Branta |
canadensis |
c |
c |
c |
u |
yes |
fields, marshes |
| Wood Duck |
Aix |
sponsa |
r |
r |
r |
u |
yes |
streams |
| Green-winged Teal |
Anas |
crecca |
c |
u |
c |
u |
yes |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Mallard |
Anas |
platyrhyncos |
c |
c |
c |
u |
yes |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Northern Pintail |
Anas |
acuta |
c |
c |
c |
r |
yes |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Blue-winged Teal |
Anas |
discors |
r |
r |
r |
- |
yes |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Cinnamon Teal |
Anas |
cyanoptera |
c |
c |
c |
o |
yes |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Northern Shoveler |
Anas |
clypeata |
c |
u |
c |
u |
yes |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Gadwall |
Anas |
strepera |
c |
c |
c |
u |
yes |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Eurasian Wideon |
Anas |
penelope |
o |
- |
- |
- |
no |
marshes, reservoirs |
| American Wigeon |
Anas |
americana |
c |
r |
c |
u |
no |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Canvasback |
Aythya |
valisineria |
r |
- |
r |
r |
no |
reservoirs |
| Redhead |
Aythya |
americana |
c |
c |
c |
r |
yes |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Ring-necked Duck |
Aythya |
collaris |
u |
- |
u |
u |
no |
reservoirs |
| Greater Scaup |
Aythya |
marila |
o |
- |
o |
o |
no |
reservoirs |
| Lesser Scaup |
Aythya |
affinis |
c |
o |
c |
u |
no |
reservoirs |
| Oldsquaw |
Clangula |
hyemalis |
- |
- |
o |
o |
no |
reservoirs |
| Surf Scoter |
Melanitta |
perspicillata |
- |
- |
o |
o |
no |
reservoirs |
| White-winged Scoter |
Melanitta |
fusca |
o |
- |
o |
o |
no |
reservoirs |
| Common Goldeneye |
Bucephala |
clangula |
u |
- |
u |
u |
no |
reservoirs |
| Barrow's Goldeneye |
Bucephala |
islandica |
r |
- |
r |
r |
no |
mountain reservoirs |
| Bufflehead |
Bucephala |
albeola |
u |
- |
u |
o |
no |
reservoirs |
| Hooded Merganser |
Lophodytes |
cucullatus |
- |
- |
- |
r |
no |
reservoirs |
| Common Merganser |
Mergus |
merganser |
u |
o |
u |
r |
no |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Red-breasted Merganser |
Mergus |
serrator |
u |
- |
u |
o |
no |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Ruddy Duck |
Oxyura |
dominica |
c |
c |
c |
r |
yes |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Turkey Vulture |
Gymnogyps |
californianus |
u |
u |
u |
- |
no |
mountains, valleys |
| Osprey |
Chondrohierax |
uncinatus |
r |
o |
r |
- |
no |
valley, rivers |
| Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus |
leucocephalus |
r |
- |
r |
u |
no |
anywhere |
| Bald Eagle (Imm.) |
Haliaeetus |
leucocephalus |
r |
- |
r |
u |
no |
anywhere |
| Northern Harrier |
Circus |
cyaneus |
c |
c |
c |
c |
yes |
marshes, fields |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Accipiter |
striatus |
u |
u |
u |
r |
yes |
anywhere |
| Cooper's Hawk |
Accipiter |
cooperii |
r |
r |
u |
r |
yes |
anywhere |
| Northern Goshawk |
Accipiter |
gentilis |
r |
r |
r |
r |
yes |
mountains |
| Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo |
platypterus |
o |
- |
r |
- |
no |
anywhere |
| Swainson's Hawk |
Buteo |
swainsoni |
c |
c |
u |
- |
yes |
valley |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo |
jamaicensis |
c |
c |
c |
c |
yes |
anywhere |
| Harlan's Hawk (196.5) |
Buteo |
jamaicensis |
o |
o |
o |
o |
no |
anywhere |
| Ferruginous Hawk |
Buteo |
regalis |
r |
- |
r |
o |
no |
anywhere |
| Rough-legged Hawk |
Buteo |
lagopus |
u |
- |
u |
c |
no |
valley |
| Golden Eagle |
Aquila |
chrysaetos |
u |
u |
u |
u |
yes |
anywhere |
| Golden Eagle (Imm.) |
Aquila |
chrysaetos |
u |
u |
u |
u |
no |
anywhere |
| American Kestrel |
Falco |
sparverius |
c |
c |
c |
u |
yes |
anywhere |
| Merlin |
Falco |
columbarius |
r |
- |
r |
r |
no |
valley |
| Peregrine Falcon |
Falco |
peregrinus |
o |
o |
o |
o |
no |
anywhere |
| Gyrfalcon |
Falco |
rusticolus |
- |
- |
o |
o |
no |
valley |
| Prairie Falcon |
Falco |
mexicanus |
r |
r |
r |
r |
no |
valley |
| Gray Partridge |
Perdix |
perdix |
u |
u |
u |
u |
yes |
foothills |
| Chukar |
Alectoris |
chukar |
u |
u |
u |
u |
yes |
foothills |
| Ring-necked Pheasant |
Phasianus |
colchicus |
c |
c |
c |
c |
yes |
valley, foothills |
| Blue Grouse |
Dendragapus |
obscurus |
u |
u |
u |
u |
yes |
mountains |
| Ruffed Grouse |
Bonasa |
umbellus |
u |
u |
u |
u |
yes |
mountains |
| Sage Grouse |
Centrocercus |
urophasianus |
r |
r |
r |
r |
yes |
sagebrush |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse |
Tympanuchus |
phasianellus |
r |
r |
r |
r |
yes |
sagebrush |
| Wild Turkey |
Meleagris |
gallopavo |
r |
r |
r |
r |
yes |
foothills |
| Virginia Rail |
Rallus |
limicola |
u |
u |
u |
o |
yes |
marshes |
| Sora |
Porzana |
carolina |
u |
u |
u |
o |
yes |
marshes |
| American Coot |
Fulica |
americana |
c |
c |
c |
r |
yes |
marshes, reservoirs |
| Sandhill Crane |
Grus |
canadensis |
c |
u |
c |
- |
yes |
fields |
| Black-bellied Plover |
Pluvialis |
squatarola |
r |
- |
r |
- |
no |
mudflats, fields |
| Lesser Golden Plover |
Pluvialis |
dominica |
o |
- |
o |
- |
no |
mudflats |
| Snowy Plover |
Charadrius |
alexandrinus |
o |
o |
o |
- |
yes |
mudflats |
| Semipalmated Plover |
Charadrius |
semipalmatus |
r |
- |
r |
- |
no |
mudflats |
| Killdeer |
Charadrius |
vociferus |
c |
c |
c |
u |
yes |
pastures, fields |
| Black-necked Stilt |
Himantopus |
mexicanus |
c |
c |
c |
- |
yes |
mudflats |
| American Avocet |
Recurvirostra |
americana |
c |
c |
c |
- |
yes |
mudflats |
| Greater Yellowlegs |
Tringa |
melanoleuca |
c |
- |
c |
o |
no |
marshes, mudflats |
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
Tringa |
flavipes |
c |
- |
c |
o |
no |
marshes, mudflats |
| Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa |
solitaria |
o |
- |
r |
- |
no |
mudflats |
| Willet |
Catoptrophorus |
semipalmatus |
c |
c |
c |
- |
yes |
fields |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis |
macularia |
u |
u |
u |
- |
yes |
mudflats |
| Long-billed Curlew |
Numenius |
americanus |
u |
r |
o |
- |
yes |
dry fields |
| Marbled Godwit |
Limosa |
fedoa |
r |
- |
r |
- |
no |
mudflats |
| Sanderling |
Calidris |
alba |
o |
- |
r |
- |
no |
mudflats |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
Calidris |
pusilla |
o |
- |
r |
- |
no |
mudflats |
| Western Sandpiper |
Calidris |
mauri |
c |
- |
c |
- |
no |
mudflats |
| Least Sandpiper |
Calidris |
minutilla |
u |
- |
u |
o |
no |
mudflats |
| Baird's Sandpiper |
Calidris |
bairdii |
c |
- |
c |
- |
no |
mudflats |
| Pectoral Sandpiper |
Calidris |
melanotos |
r |
- |
r |
- |
no |
wet fields |
| Dunlin |
Calidris |
alpina |
o |
- |
o |
- |
no |
mudflats |
| Stilt Sandpiper |
Calidris |
himantopus |
o |
- |
o |
- |
no |
mudflats |
| Short-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus |
griseus |
- |
- |
r |
- |
no |
mudflats |
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus |
scolopaceus |
c |
- |
c |
- |
no |
mudflats |
| Common Snipe |
Gallinago |
gallinago |
c |
c |
c |
r |
yes |
wet fields, streams |
| Wilson's Phalarope |
Phalaropus |
tricolor |
c |
c |
c |
- |
yes |
mudflats, reservoirs |
| Red-necked Phalarope |
Phalaropus |
lobatus |
r |
- |
u |
- |
no |
mudflats, reservoirs |
| Franklin's Gull |
Larus |
pipixcan |
c |
c |
c |
o |
yes |
valley |
| Bonaparte's Gull |
Larus |
philadelphia |
r |
- |
r |
- |
no |
valley |
| Ring-billed Gull |
Larus |
delwarensis |
c |
r |
c |
o |
no |
valley |
| California Gull |
Larus |
californicus |
c |
c |
c |
o |
no |
valley |
| Herring Gull |
Larus |
agentatus |
o |
- |
o |
o |
no |
valley |
| Thayer's Gull |
Larus |
thayeri |
- |
- |
o |
o |
no |
valley |
| Caspian Tern |
Sterna |
caspia |
r |
o |
r |
- |
no |
marshes |
| Forster's Tern |
Sterna |
forsteri |
u |
u |
u |
- |
yes |
marshes |
| Black Tern |
Chlidonias |
niger |
r |
o |
r |
- |
no |
marshes |
| Rock Dove |
Columba |
livia |
c |
c |
c |
c |
yes |
buildings |
| Mourning Dove |
Zenaida |
macroura |
c |
c |
c |
r |
yes |
anywhere |
| Common Barn Owl |
Tyto |
alba |
r |
r |
r |
r |
yes |
valley |
| Flammulated Owl |
Otus |
flammeolus |
c |
c |
- |
- |
yes |
mountains |
| Western Screech-Owl |
Otus |
kennicotti |
u |
u |
u |
u |
yes |
valley streams |
| Great Horned Owl |
Bubo |
virginianus |
c |
c |
c |
c |
yes |
anywhere |
| Northern Pygmy-Owl |
Glaucidium |
gnoma |
r |
r |
r |
r |
yes |
mountains |
| Burrowing Owl |
Athene |
cunicularia |
o |
o |
- |
- |
yes |
valley |
| Long-eared Owl |
Asio |
otus |
r |
r |
r |
r |
yes |
mountains, valley streams |
| Short-eared Owl |
Asio |
flammeus |
r |
r |
r |
r |
yes |
valley, pastures |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl |
Aegolius |
acadicus |
r |
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