More than 193 bird species nest, feed, migrate, visit, winter or summer in Sagebrush Sea uplands, wetlands, woodlands and riparian zones.
				Sage Grouse. The sage grouse mating ritual is fascinating to observe and often described as among the most stirring and colorful natural history pageants in the West. In early spring, at dawn and often at dusk, males congregate on "leks" (ancestral strutting grounds to which birds return year after year) in areas of scattered sagebrush. Leks vary in size from one to forty acres and may be up to fifty miles from wintering areas. To attract a hen, cocks strut, fan their tail feathers and swell their breasts to reveal bright yellow air sacs. Their wing movements, inflating and deflating air sacs make an acoustic "swish-swish-coo-oopoink!" Cocks may strut throughout the night when the moon is bright.
			Greater sage grouse - Terry Steele
			American avocet American bittern American coot American crow American dipper American goldfinch American kestrel American robin American white pelican American wigeon Ash-throated flycatcher Bald eagle Bank swallow Barn swallow Belted kingfisher Black swift Black tern Black-billed magpie Black-chinned hummingbird Black-chinned sparrow Black-crowned night-heron Black-headed grosbeak Black-necked stilt Black-shouldered kite Black-throated sparrow Blue grosbeak Blue grouse Blue-gray gnatcatcher Blue-winged teal Bohemian waxwing Brewer's blackbird Brewer's sparrow Broad-tailed hummingbird Brown creeper Brown pelican Brown-headed cowbird Bullock's oriole Burrowing owl Bushtit California gull California quail Calliope hummingbird Canada goose Canvasback Canyon wren Caspian tern Cassin's finch Cattle egret Cedar waxwing Chipping sparrow Cinnamon teal Clark's nutcracker Cliff swallow Common loon Common moorhen Common nighthawk Common poorwill Common raven Common snipe Cooper's hawk Dark-eyed junco Double-crested cormorant Downy woodpecker Dusky flycatcher Eared grebe Eastern kingbird European starling Evening grosbeak Ferruginous hawk Fox sparrow Gadwall Golden eagle Grasshopper sparrow Gray flycatcher Gray vireo Great blue heron Great egret Great horned owl Greater sage grouse ‡ Green-backed heron Green-tailed towhee Green-winged teal Gunnison sage grouse Hairy woodpecker Hermit thrush Horned Lark House finch House wren Killdeer Lark sparrow Lazuli bunting Least bittern Lesser goldfinch Lesser scaup Lewis woodpecker Lincoln's sparrow Loggerhead shrike	Long-billed curlew Long-eared owl Mallard Marsh wren McGillivray's warbler Mountain bluebird Mountain chickadee Mountain quail Mourning dove Nashville warbler Northern flicker Northern harrier Northern oriole Northern pintail Northern pygmy owl Northern rough-winged swallow Northern shoveler Orange-crowned warbler Osprey Peregrine falcon Pied-billed grebe Pine grosbeak Pine siskin Pinyon jay Plain titmouse Prairie falcon Red crossbill Red-breasted nuthatch Redhead Red-tailed hawk Red-winged blackbird Ring-billed gull Rock dove Rock wren Rose-breasted grosbeak Rosy finch Rough-legged hawk Ruby-crowned kinglet Ruddy duck Rufous hummingbird Rufous-sided towhee Sage sparrow Sage thrasher Sandhill crane Savannah sparrow Say's phoebe Scott's oriole Scrub jay Sharp-shinned hawk Sharp-tailed grouse Short-eared owl Snowy egret Song sparrow Sora Spotted sandpiper Steller's jay Summer tanager Swainson's hawk Swainson's thrush Three-toed woodpecker Townsend's solitaire Tree swallow Tricolored blackbird Trumpeter swan Tundra swan Turkey vulture Veery Vesper sparrow Violet-green swallow Virginia rail Virginia's warbler Water pipit Western bluebird Western flycatcher Western grebe Western kingbird Western meadowlark Western screech-owl Western snowy plover † Western tanager Western wood-pewee Western yellow-billed cuckoo ‡ White-crowned sparrow White-faced ibis White-headed woodpecker White-throated swift Willet Willow flycatcher Wilson's phalarope Wilson's warbler Wood duck Yellow warbler Yellow-bellied sapsucker Yellow-billed cuckoo Yellow-breasted chat Yellow-headed blackbird
			† Species, subspecies, or subpopulation listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
			‡ Species, subspecies, or subpopulation is a candidate for the federal threatened and endangered species list.