Former and Incidental Breeding Species

Former Resident or Incidental Breeding Birds – beyond the Breeding Bird Atlas (2009–2013)

Compiled by Jan Green, October 13, 2014

Species Status Last year bred
Chukar Former 20th C., Ely – extirpated 1977
White-faced Ibis Former 19th C., – extirpated 1895
Swallow-tailed Kite Former 19th C., – extirpated 1887
King Rail Former 20th C. 1976 + post Atlas
Whooping Crane Former 19th C., – extirpated 1886
Black-necked Stilt Occasional vagrant post Atlas
Snowy Plover Occasional vagrant 2006
Long-billed Curlew Former 19th C., – extirpated 1873
Little Gull Occasional vagrant 1986
Passenger Pigeon Extinct ~1895
Barn Owl Occasional vagrant 1991
Rock Wren Occasional vagrant 2004
Bewick’s Wren Former 20th C., – extirpated 1959
McCown’s Longspur Former 19th C., – extirpated 1897
Baird’s Sparrow Former 20th C., – extirpated 1937
Rusty Blackbird Former 20th C., – extirpated 1986