Birds of Oasis Valley, Nye County, Nevada
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Habitats
GREBES                          
Pied-billed grebe   ---------   --------           -------   ------- O
Eared grebe                          
WADING BIRDS                          
Great blue heron   ----- --------       -------- ------- ------- -------   ------- O,M,R
Great egret       -------- -------- --------   ------- ------- -------     O,M
Snowy egret         -------- --------             O,M
Green heron         -------- --------     -------       O,M,R
Black-crowned night-heron       -------- --------   -------- ------- -------       O,M,R
White-faced ibis       ==== ==== ==== ==== ------- -------       M,G
American bittern*                   -------     O,M
GEESE, DUCKS, and SWANS                          
Wood duck         --------         -------   ------- O,R
Mallard* ==== ===== ==== ==== ==== -------- --------     ------- ==== ==== O,M
Gadwall ==== ---------                   ==== O
Ring-necked duck ==== ===== ==== ====           ------- ==== ==== O
American wigeon ------- -------- --------               ------- ------- O
Cinnamon teal   -------- ==== --------         ------- -------     O
Green-winged teal   --------               -------     O
Blue-winged teal             --------   -------       O
Bufflehead     --------                   O
Redhead                   -------   ------- O
Northern pintail   --------                     O
Northern shoveler     -------                   O
Ruddy duck   --------- -------- -------- --------               O
Common goldeneye ------- --------- --------                 ------- O
Canada goose       --------                 O,F
Ross's goose                       + M

Snow goose

                     -------   O,M
VULTURES and RAPTORS Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec  
Turkey vulture     -------- ==== -------- -------- -------- ------- ==== -------     F,R,G
Northern harrier* ==== ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== M,G,D,T,F
Sharp-shinned hawk ------- --------- -------- --------         ------- ------- ------- ------- R,H,F
Cooper's hawk ------- --------- -------- --------   --------   ------- ------- -------   ------- R,H,F
Red-tailed hawk* ==== ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== M,G,D,R,F
Red-shouldered hawk -------   -------- --------   -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- R,M,H
Swainson's hawk               -------         M,D,G
Ferruginous hawk     --------                   G,M
Rough-legged hawk                          
Golden eagle ------- --------- -------- --------         ------- -------   ------- F,D,M
Osprey         --------       -------       F,M
American kestrel* ------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- G,M,D,R,F
Merlin                 -------        
Prairie falcon -------   -------- -------- --------     ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- D,G,M,F
Peregrine falcon         -------- -------             M,G,F
GAME BIRDS                          
Gambels' quail* ==== ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== T,R,H,D
Chukar*       -------- --------   -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- D,T
RAILS and COOTS                          
American coot* ==== ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== O,M
Sora         --------               M
Virginia rail   -------- --- ------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- M
CRANES                          
Sandhill crane     -------- --------         ------- ------- -------   F
SHOREBIRDS                          
Killdeer   -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- -------   ------- M,G,O
Mountain plover                       + D
Spotted sandpiper       -------- --------   -------- ------- -------       O,M
Greater yellowlegs     -------- -------- --------       ------- -------     M,G
Lesser yellowlegs     -- --------         -------       M,G
Willet         --------               M,G
Long-billed curlew       --------       ------- -------       M,G
Short-billed dowitcher               -------         M,G
American avocet       -------- --------               M,O
Solitary sandpiper                          
Sanderling                 +       F
Least sandpiper     --------   --------               M,G
Wilson's phalarope         -------               O
Wilson's snipe ------- --------- -------- -------- --------     ------- ------- -------   ------- M
GULLS and TERNS Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec  
Ring-billed gull or California gull     --------   --------   --------           F
Bonaparte's gull         +               O
DOVES                          
Mourning dove*   --------- -------- ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==--- ------- ------- ------- T,D,G,R,H
White-winged dove         -------- -------- -------- ------- -------       T,R,H
Eurasian collared dove ------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- -------     H,R
Inca dove                 +       H,R
Rock dove   --------- ------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- -------   H,F
Band-tailed pigeon       +                 R-Torrance Ranch
CUCKOOS                          
Yellow-billed cuckoo       -------- --------               R
Greater roadrunner ------- -----         -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- D,T,H
OWLS                          
Barn owl       --------     -------- ------- ------- -------     H,R,D,F,M,G
Long-eared owl* ------- ===== ==== ==== ==== -------- --------   ------- ------- ------- ------- R,H,D,M,G,F
Great-horned owl* ==== ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== R,H,D,M,G,F
Northern saw-whet owl -------                       R
Burrowing owl                         D
Western screech owl           -------             R
GOATSUCKERS and SWIFTS                          
Common poorwill     --- ------- ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------     D,T
Lesser nighthawk*       ------- ==== ==== ==== ==== -------       D,M,G,F
Common nighthawk           ------- --------   -------       F,D,M,G
White-throated swift     -------- -------- -------- ------- --------   -------       F,M,G,D
Vaux's swift       ------- -------- -------     -------       F,M,G
Black swift               -------         F
HUMMINGBIRDS Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec  
Anna's hummingbird   ------- ====     -------   ------- ------- -------     H,R,M,D
Costa's hummingbird   --------- -------- -------- --------   --------   -------       H,R,M,D
Black-chinned hummingbird*   -   -------- ==== ------- -------- ------- ====       H,R,M,D
Broad-tailed hummingbird       ==== -------- -------   ------- ==---       H,R,M,D
Rufous hummingbird     ------- ====   -------- -------- ==== ==---       H,R,M,D
Calliope hummingbird       -------- --------       -------       H,R,M,D
KINGFISHERS                          
Belted kingfisher       -------- --------     ------- ------- -------     O,R,M,F
WOODPECKERS                          
Northern flicker (Red-shafted) ==== ===== ==== --------       ------- ------- ==== ==== ==== R,T,H
Gilded flicker                     +   R,M-Torrance Ranch
Ladder-backed woodpecker ------- --------- --------   -------- --------   ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- R,D
Lewis's woodpecker                   ------- -------   R,H
Downy woodpecker       -------           -------     R
Red-naped sapsucker     - -------         ------- -------     R
Red-breasted sapsucker                 ------- ------- -------   R
Yellow-bellied sapsucker                   ++     R
FLYCATCHERS Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec  
Western wood-pewee       -------- -------- ====   ==== ====       R,H,T
Olive-sided flycatcher         -------- -------     -------       R
"Western" flycatcher       ==== ==== -------- -------- ------- -------       R,T,H
--Pacific-slope flycatcher       -------- --------                
--Cordilleran flycatcher         --------     -------          
Willow flycatcher         ==== ====   ==== ====       R
Gray flycatcher       ==== ====     ==== ====       R,T
Dusky flycatcher       -------- --------       -------       R
Hammond's flycatcher       --------         -------       R,T
Least flycatcher           +     +++       R
Yellow-bellied flycatcher                   +     Torrance Ranch
Vermillion flycatcher*       -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- --       R
Say's phoebe* ------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- T,D,R
Black phoebe* ------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- R,M,H,T
Ash-throated flycatcher*       -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------       T,D,R,G
Brown-crested flycatcher         +   +           Torrance Ranch
Western kingbird*       ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== -------       G,D,M,R,H
Cassin's kingbird*       -------- ------- --------     -------       G,M,T
Scissor-tailed flycatcher         +               Torrance Ranch
SHRIKES                          
Loggerhead shrike ------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- G,M,D,R,T
VIREOS                          
Warbling vireo         ==== --------   ==== ====       R
"Solitary" vireo       ==== ==== -------             R
--Plumbeous vireo       -------- -------                
--Cassin's vireo       -------- ------- -------     -------        
Bell's vireo         -------- ------- -------- ------- -------       R
Gray vireo                          
Yellow-throated vireo         +               Torrance Ranch
Red-eyed vireo                 +       T,D
JAYS and CROWS                          
Western scrub jay   -------- ------- ------- --------     ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- R,T,H
Pinyon jay     -------         ------- -------       R,T
Black-billed magpie                          
Common raven* ==== ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== F,D,G,M,R,T,H
American crow       -------- --------         -------     G,M,F
Clark's nutcracker                 +        
LARKS Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec  
Horned lark ------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- D,G,M
SWALLOWS                          
Violet-green swallow     -------- ==== -------- -------- -------- ------- -------       F,M,G,R
Tree swallow   --------- -------- ====     -------- ------- -------       F,M,G
Northern rough-winged swallow     -------- -------- ==== -------- -------- ------- ==== ---     F,M,G,R,H
Cliff swallow       -------- --------   -------- ------- -------       F,M,G
Barn swallow     -------- -------- ----== -------     ==== ==---     F,M,G,H
CHICKADEES and Allies                          
Mountain chickadee                 +       R
Juniper titmouse                   +     R
Bushtit   -                 ------- ------- R
Verdin                          
NUTHATCHES                          
Red-breasted nuthatch     --------     --------   ------- ------- -------     R
White-breasted nuthatch               ------- -------       R
Brown creeper         +         +     R
WRENS                          
Bewick's wren ------- --------- --------   --------   -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- R,T,H
House wren*       -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------       R,T,H
Pacific wren                 ------- ------- -------   R
Marsh wren ==== ===== ==== --------       ------- ==== ==== ==== ==== M
Rock wren ------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- D
Cactus wren               -------         D,R
KINGLETS                          
Ruby-crowned kinglet ==== ===== ==== ==== --------       ------- ==== ==== ==== R,T,D,H
Golden-crowned kinglet             --------     ------- -------   R
GNATCATCHERS Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec  
Blue-gray gnatcatcher*     -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- -------   ------- R,T,D,H
BLUEBIRDS                          
Mountain bluebird ------- -------- -------- --------           ------- ------- ------- G,M,D
Townsend's solitaire         --------       ------- ------- -------   R
THRUSHES                          
American robin ------- --------- -------- -------- --------     ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- R,H,M
Varied thrush     -   --------       ------- ------- -------   R
Hermit thrush     - -------- --------       ------- ------- ------- ------- R,H,M
Swainson's thrush       -------- -------- ---             R,M,H
Wood thrush                 +       R
MOCKINGBIRDS                          
Northern mockingbird -------   -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- R,T,M,H
Gray catbird         +         +     R,H
THRASHERS                          
LeConte's thrasher*       -------- --------         -------     D,T,M
Sage thrasher                 -------       T
Brown thrasher             +   ++ +     R,T
STARLINGS                          
European starling ------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ==== ==== ------- R,H,F,M
PIPITS                          
American pipit ------- --------- --------           ------- ------- ------- ------- M,G,D,F
SILKY FLYCATCHERS                          
Phainopepla*         -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- -------     R
WAXWINGS                          
Cedar waxwing ------- ---------   -------- -------- --------   ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- R,H
WOOD-WARBLERS Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec  
Yellow warbler       ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ----     R,T
Wilson's warbler     -------- -------- ==== --------   ------- ==== -------     R,T
MacGillivray's warbler         -------- --------   ------- ------- -------     T,M,R
Orange-crowned warbler     -   --------     ----== ==== -------     R,T
Nashville warbler       -------- --------       -------        
Tennessee warbler         +       +       R
Yellow-rumped warbler   --------- -------- ==== --------       ==== ==== -------   R,T,G,M,D,H
--"Audubon" warbler       ==== --------       ------- -------      
--"Myrtle" warbler       -------- --------       ------- -------      
Lucy's warbler         ---- + +   +       R
Virginia's warbler         ++               R
Grace's warbler         -------               R
Common yellowthroat     ------- ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ====       M,T,R
Yellow-breasted chat         -------- -------- -------- ------- -------       R,M,T
Prothonotory warbler           +             R-Torrance Ranch
Chestnut-sided warbler         +               R
Black-throated gray warbler       --------       ------- ------- -----     R
Black-throated blue warbler                 +       R
Black-throated green warbler         +               R
Pine warbler         +               R
Worm-eating warbler         +               R
Black-and-white warbler       -------- -------- --------     -------       R
American redstart         + +     -------       R
Ovenbird         --------               R
Northen waterthrush         --------     ------- -------       M,O,R,H
Northern parula         +   +           R
Magnolia warbler         +               Torrance Ranch
Townsend's warbler       -------- --------       ------- -------     R,T
Hermit warbler               +         R, H
Kentucky warbler                          
Hooded warbler       + +               R-Torrance Ranch
Canada warbler         +       +       R
TANAGERS Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec  
Western tanager       -------- ==== -------- -------- ------- -------       R,H
Summer tanager         -------- --------       -------     R
Hepatic tanager         +               Torrance Ranch
GROSBEAKS                          
Black-headed grosbeak       ==== ====  

====

 ==== -------       R,H
Rose-breasted grosbeak       -------- --------               R,H
Blue grosbeak*       -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- --       R,M,H,T
BUNTINGS                          
Lazuli bunting       -------- -------- -------- -------- ==== ====       R,T,H
Indigo bunting         --------       -------       R
SPARROWS Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec  
Spotted towhee     -------- --------         -------       T,H,M,R
Green-tailed towhee       -------- --------       -------       M,T,H
Sage sparrow* ------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- D,T
Black-throated sparrow*     ==== ==== ==== ====

====

         ------- D,T
Brewer's sparrow       -------- --------     ==== ==== ---     T,D,G,M,R,H
Chipping sparrow     -------- -------- --------   -------- ------- ------- -------     T,H,R
Savannah sparrow* ------- --------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- G,M,H
Vesper sparrow       --------         ------- -------     G,M
Lark sparrow       -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- -------       T,D,H
White-crowned sparrow ==== ===== ==== ==== --------       ------- ==== ==== ==== H,T,R,M,D
White-throated sparrow         --------       ------- ------- -------   H,R,T
Golden-crowned sparrow         --------         ------- -------   H,T
Harris' sparrow                     +   H,T
Fox sparrow                 ------- ------- -------   T,R,H
Song sparrow ==== ===== -------- --------         ------- ==== ==== ==== M,R,H,T
Lincoln's sparrow     ==== ==== ====   -------- ------- ------- ====     R,M,T,H
Dark-eyed junco                          
--"Oregon" junco ==== ===== ==== --------           ==== ==== ==== R,T,H
--"Pink-sided" junco       --------             -------   R,T,H
--"Slate-colored" junco -------                 ------- ------- ------- R,T,H
Lark bunting                 +       Torrance Ranch
ICTERIDS                          
Western meadowlark*     -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- G,D
Brown-headed cowbird*       ==== ==== ==== -------- ------- -------       H,R,M,G
Bronzed cowbird         +               H
Red-winged blackbird* ==== ===== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== M,R,H
Yellow-headed blackbird*     -------- -------- -------- -------     -------       M,R
Brewer's blackbird* ------- --------- -------- -------- -------- ------- --------   -------   ------- ------- H,M,R,G,F
Great-tailed grackle   ---------   -------- -------- ------- -------- -------         H,R,F
Common grackle +       +               Torr.Ranch, Beatty
Bobolink                          
ORIOLES Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec  
Bullock's oriole*       ==== ==== ==== -------- -----= =--       R,H
Hooded oriole     -------- -------- --------               R,H
Scott's oriole           --------             R
Streak-backed oriole                          
FINCHES and Allies                          
House finch* ------- --------- ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ------- ------- R,H,T,D
Cassin's finch       --------         ------- ------- -------   R,H
Evening grosbeak         --------         -------     R,H
Red crossbill     --------   -------- -------- --------           R,H,F
Common redpoll         +               Torrance Ranch
GOLDFINCHES                          
Lesser goldfinch*     ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ====   R,T,M,H
American goldfinch ------- --------- ==== ==== ==== ==== ====     ==== ==== ==== R,T,M,H
Lawrence's goldfinch           +       +     H
Pine siskin ------- --------   -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ==== ====   R,H
OLD WORLD SPARROWS                          
House sparrow* ------- --------- ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== H

 

*Evidence of breeding: nesting, nest material being carried, fledglings.

------- Fairly common to rare.

==== Common to abundant.

+ Single sighting.

Habitats: D - desert, F - flying high over many habitats, G - grassland, H - houses and towns, M - marsh, O - open water, R - riparian, T - transitional shrublands.

Information based mostly on observations at Parker Ranch and other areas of Oasis Valley, by Laura Cunningham, 2002-2008. Additional sightings from the archives of the Nevada Bird List (http://list.audubon.org/archives/nvbirds.html) by Jim Moore, Kenn Voget, Greg Scyphers, Dennis Serdehely, Martin Meyers, Ted Floyd, Michael Patten, and others at Torrance Ranch Preserve (The Nature Conservancy) and areas in and around Beatty. Blank entries are from the Beatty Bird List pamphlet -- information gathering in progress.