List of birds of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area

This article is an incomplete list of the bird species found in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in central Idaho. This list is not an official list, but primarily consists of species that are likely to breed or winter in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and may exclude vagrants and migrants that may pass through during migration.

Greese, swans, and ducks

 * Canada goose
 * Wood duck
 * American wigeon
 * Gadwall
 * Mallard
 * Northern pintail
 * Blue-winged teal
 * Cinnamon teal
 * Northern shoveler
 * Green-winged teal
 * Canvasback
 * Redhead
 * Ring-necked duck
 * Lesser scaup
 * Common goldeneye
 * Bufflehead
 * Ruddy duck
 * Common merganser
 * Hooded merganser

Gallinaceous birds

 * Wild turkey
 * Greater sage grouse
 * Ruffed grouse
 * Spruce grouse
 * Dusky grouse
 * Ring-necked pheasant (not native)
 * Grey partridge
 * Chukar

Grebes

 * Pied-billed grebe
 * Eared grebe
 * Western grebe
 * Western grebe
 * Clark's grebe

Pelicans

 * American white pelican

Cormorants

 * Double-crested cormorant

Bitterns, herons, and allies

 * Great blue heron
 * Black-crowned night heron
 * American bittern

Cranes

 * Sandhill crane

New World vultures

 * Turkey vulture

Hawks, kites, eagles, and allies

 * Bald eagle
 * Golden eagle
 * Osprey
 * Sharp-shinned hawk
 * Cooper's hawk
 * Northern goshawk
 * Northern harrier
 * Rough-legged hawk
 * Red-tailed hawk
 * Swainson's hawk
 * Ferruginous hawk

Caracaras and falcons

 * Prairie falcon
 * Peregrine falcon
 * American kestrel
 * Merlin (bird)

Coots, gallinules, and rails

 * American coot
 * Virginia rail
 * Sora

Plovers

 * Killdeer

Sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies

 * Willet
 * Spotted sandpiper
 * Wilson's snipe

Gulls

 * Ring-billed gull

Pigeons and doves

 * Rock pigeon (not native)
 * Mourning dove

Owls

 * Long-eared owl
 * Great horned owl
 * Barred owl
 * Great grey owl
 * Snowy owl
 * Western screech owl
 * Flammulated owl
 * Northern saw-whet owl
 * Boreal owl
 * Mountain pygmy owl

Goatsuckers (nightjars)

 * Common nighthawk

Hummingbirds

 * Broad-tailed hummingbird
 * Rufous hummingbird
 * Calliope hummingbird

Swifts

 * White-throated swift

Kingfishers

 * Belted kingfisher

Woodpeckers and allies

 * Lewis's woodpecker
 * Northern flicker
 * Williamson's sapsucker
 * Red-naped sapsucker
 * Hairy woodpecker
 * Downy woodpecker
 * American three-toed woodpecker
 * Black-backed woodpecker
 * Pileated woodpecker

Tyrant flycatchers

 * Olive-sided flycatcher
 * Western wood pewee
 * Willow flycatcher
 * Cordilleran flycatcher
 * Hammond's flycatcher
 * American dusky flycatcher

Miscellaneous flycatchers

 * Say's phoebe
 * Western kingbird
 * Eastern kingbird

Shrikes

 * Northern shrike
 * Loggerhead shrike

Vireos

 * Warbling vireo

Jays, crows, and allies

 * Steller's jay
 * Clark's nutcracker
 * Canada jay
 * Common raven
 * Black-billed magpie
 * American crow

Swallows

 * Tree swallow
 * Bank swallow
 * Northern rough-winged swallow
 * Violet-green swallow
 * Cliff swallow
 * Barn swallow

Larks

 * Horned lark

Chickadees and titmice

 * Black-capped chickadee
 * Mountain chickadee

Nuthatches

 * White-breasted nuthatch
 * Red-breasted nuthatch

Creepers

 * Brown creeper

Wrens

 * House wren
 * Winter wren
 * Marsh wren
 * Canyon wren
 * Rock wren

Dippers

 * American dipper

Kinglets

 * Ruby-crowned kinglet
 * Golden-crowned kinglet

Thrushes

 * Western bluebird
 * Mountain bluebird
 * Townsend's solitaire
 * Veery
 * Swainson's thrush
 * Hermit thrush
 * American robin

Mockingbirds and thrashers

 * Sage thrasher
 * Gray catbird

Waxwings

 * Bohemian waxwing
 * Cedar waxwing

Starlings

 * European starling (not native)

Wood-warblers

 * Orange-crowned warbler
 * Yellow warbler
 * Yellow-rumped warbler
 * American redstart
 * MacGillivray's warbler
 * Common yellowthroat
 * Wilson's warbler
 * Yellow-breasted chat

Tanagers

 * Western tanager

Emberizids

 * Spotted towhee
 * Lark sparrow
 * American tree sparrow
 * Chipping sparrow
 * Brewer's sparrow
 * Savannah sparrow
 * Fox sparrow
 * Song sparrow
 * Lincoln's sparrow
 * Vesper sparrow
 * White-crowned sparrow
 * Dark-eyed junco
 * Lapland longspur
 * Snow bunting

Cardinals, buntings, and allies

 * Black headed grosbeak
 * Lazuli bunting

Blackbirds and orioles

 * Western meadowlark
 * Red-winged blackbird
 * Yellow-headed blackbird
 * Bobolink
 * Brewer's blackbird
 * Brown-headed cowbird
 * Bullock's oriole

Finches and allies

 * Black rosy finch
 * Gray-crowned rosy finch
 * Red crossbill
 * House finch
 * Cassin's finch
 * Pine grosbeak
 * Evening grosbeak
 * American goldfinch
 * Pine siskin

Old World sparrows

 * House sparrow (not native)