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Wildlife in Nevada

The birds, plants, and insects most often recorded in Nevada. A starting field list, drawn from iNaturalist research-grade observations, for what is likely living near you.

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Birds

Birds Commonly Recorded In Nevada

Most-recorded birds reported across the state.

  1. Mallard Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 2,937 records
  2. Great-Tailed Grackle Great-Tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 2,862 records
  3. Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2,386 records
  4. American Coot Fulica americana 2,383 records
  5. White-Crowned Sparrow White-Crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 2,059 records
  6. Red-Tailed Hawk Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 1,954 records
  7. Rock Pigeon Rock Pigeon Columba livia 1,599 records
  8. Northern Mockingbird Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 1,587 records
  9. Yellow-Rumped Warbler Yellow-Rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 1,584 records
  10. Cooper's Hawk Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii 1,581 records
  11. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 1,540 records
  12. American Robin American Robin Turdus migratorius 1,385 records
Plants

Plants Commonly Recorded In Nevada

Plants observers log most often statewide.

  1. Creosote Bush Creosote Bush Larrea tridentata 15,066 records
  2. Eastern Joshua Tree Eastern Joshua Tree Yucca jaegeriana 6,573 records
  3. Mojave Yucca Mojave Yucca Yucca schidigera 6,366 records
  4. California Barrel Cactus California Barrel Cactus Ferocactus cylindraceus 5,514 records
  5. Beavertail Pricklypear Beavertail Pricklypear Opuntia basilaris 5,318 records
  6. Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus Echinocereus engelmannii 5,299 records
  7. Silver Cholla Silver Cholla Cylindropuntia echinocarpa 4,716 records
  8. Cottontop Cactus Homalocephala polycephala 3,449 records
  9. Plains Pricklypear Plains Pricklypear Opuntia polyacantha 3,291 records
  10. Buckhorn Cholla Buckhorn Cholla Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa 3,174 records
  11. Singleleaf Pinyon Singleleaf Pinyon Pinus monophylla 2,110 records
  12. Apricot Globemallow Sphaeralcea ambigua 2,048 records
Insects

Insects Commonly Recorded In Nevada

The insects that turn up most in records.

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera 1,634 records
  2. White-Lined Sphinx Hyles lineata 1,575 records
  3. Painted Lady Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 1,034 records
  4. Monarch Monarch Danaus plexippus 928 records
  5. Large Creosote Gall Midge Asphondylia auripila 816 records
  6. Mormon Cricket Mormon Cricket Anabrus simplex 772 records
  7. Western Pygmy-Blue Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exilis 730 records
  8. Pallid-Winged Grasshopper Trimerotropis pallidipennis 715 records
  9. Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum 670 records
  10. Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata 656 records
  11. Blue Dasher Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis 619 records
  12. Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens 564 records

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