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The mountain bluebird is the state bird of Nevada. This list of birds of Nevada includes species documented in the U.S. state of Nevada and accepted by the Nevada Bird Records Committee (NBRC). As of March 2021, there are 491 species and two species pairs included in the official list. [1]
More than 480 species of birds have been recorded in Nevada, and of these, 300 either nest or occur with regularity in the state. [6] The majority of Nevada's breeding birds are landbirds, but a large percentage of the priority species are shorebirds and waterbirds, reflecting the importance of water bodies in the desert. 78 species of Nevadan ...
Bird Image Species Family Maximum height Details Rüppell's vulture: Gyps rueppellii: Accipitridae: 11,300 metres (37,100 feet). [1] [2] Vultures use their excellent eyesight to scan the landscape below from a relatively static aerial position. Instead of flying over a larger distance, they use elevation to expand their field of vision. [3]
A visit from a rare, fine-feathered tourist on the Las Vegas Strip interrupted a hotel-casino's prominent water show before wildlife biologists captured the yellow-billed loon and relocated it ...
Flocks of black birds have been spotted in backyards and parks over the past few weeks in the Triangle, causing many of us to do a double take when we leave our homes or pass a large, grassy field.
The common blackbird, unlike many black creatures, is not normally seen as a symbol of bad luck, [62] but R. S. Thomas wrote that there is "a suggestion of dark Places about it", [66] and it symbolised resignation in the 17th century tragic play The Duchess of Malfi; [67] an alternate connotation is vigilance, the bird's clear cry warning of ...
The Bellagio in Las Vegas shut down its iconic fountain show after a rare bird was spotted in the water. The Bellagio said in a post on X that it paused the water show after a yellow-billed loon ...