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Wildlife in Utah

The birds, plants, and insects most often recorded in Utah. 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 Utah

Most-recorded birds reported across the state.

  1. Mallard Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 7,289 records
  2. American Robin American Robin Turdus migratorius 4,403 records
  3. Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3,693 records
  4. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 3,224 records
  5. Common Raven Common Raven Corvus corax 2,913 records
  6. Red-Tailed Hawk Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 2,865 records
  7. Black-Billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 2,761 records
  8. American Coot Fulica americana 2,443 records
  9. House Sparrow House Sparrow Passer domesticus 2,308 records
  10. Red-Winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 2,194 records
  11. Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii 2,189 records
  12. Dark-Eyed Junco Dark-Eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 2,105 records
Plants

Plants Commonly Recorded In Utah

Plants observers log most often statewide.

  1. Kingcup Cactus Kingcup Cactus Echinocereus triglochidiatus 5,310 records
  2. Plains Pricklypear Plains Pricklypear Opuntia polyacantha 4,563 records
  3. Utah Juniper Utah Juniper Juniperus osteosperma 4,343 records
  4. Creeping Mahonia Creeping Mahonia Berberis repens 3,190 records
  5. Gambel Oak Gambel Oak Quercus gambelii 3,152 records
  6. Redstem Stork's-Bill Erodium cicutarium 2,989 records
  7. Box Elder Box Elder Acer negundo 2,942 records
  8. Showy Milkweed Showy Milkweed Asclepias speciosa 2,853 records
  9. Rubber Rabbitbrush Rubber Rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa 2,838 records
  10. Big Sagebrush Big Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata 2,808 records
  11. Quaking Aspen Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides 2,399 records
  12. Smallflower Fishhook Cactus Smallflower Fishhook Cactus Sclerocactus parviflorus 2,308 records
Insects

Insects Commonly Recorded In Utah

The insects that turn up most in records.

  1. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera 3,317 records
  2. Eastern Boxelder Bug Eastern Boxelder Bug Boisea trivittata 2,231 records
  3. Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata 1,999 records
  4. Hunt's Bumble Bee Hunt's Bumble Bee Bombus huntii 1,934 records
  5. White-Lined Sphinx Hyles lineata 1,816 records
  6. European Paper Wasp European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula 1,802 records
  7. Brown-Belted Bumble Bee Brown-Belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis 1,684 records
  8. European Firebug European Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus 1,658 records
  9. European Mantis European Mantis Mantis religiosa 1,597 records
  10. Painted Lady Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 1,525 records
  11. Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis 1,370 records
  12. Monarch Monarch Danaus plexippus 1,328 records

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