Birds of Nebraska: Newspaper Accounts, 1854-1923


Birds of Nebraska Species List


Common NameScientific NameFamily Articles
MallardAnas platyrhynchosAnatidae60
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoScolopacidae52
Canada GooseBranta canadensisAnatidae47
Greater Prairie-ChickenTympanuchus cupidoPhasianidae45
Blue-winged TealAnas discorsAnatidae43
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusOdontophoridae43
American WigeonAnas americanaAnatidae36
American RobinTurdus migratoriusTurdidae33
RedheadAythya americanaAnatidae32
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesScolopacidae32
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeataAnatidae30
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataCorvidae28
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusCharadriidae26
Northern PintailAnas acutaAnatidae25
CanvasbackAythya valisineriaAnatidae25
Snow GooseChen caerulescensAnatidae25
Sandhill CraneGrus canadensisGruidae25
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusIcteridae24
Green-winged TealAnas creccaAnatidae24
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosCorvidae24
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusPicidae23
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisAnatidae22
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsAnatidae21
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusParidae21
Wood DuckAix sponsaAnatidae20
GadwallAnas streperaAnatidae20
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaScolopacidae19
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmusEmberizidae19
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisTurdidae19
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraColumbidae19
American GoldfinchCarduelis tristisFringillidae18
Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescensPicidae18
BuffleheadBucephala albeolaAnatidae17
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisAnatidae17
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisCardinalidae16
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaCharadriidae16
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufumMimidae15
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisMimidae14
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisSittidae14
American CootFulica americanaRallidae13
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaIcteridae13
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisEmberizidae13
Sharp-tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellusPhasianidae13
Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asioStrigidae12
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaEmberizidae12
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanusScolopacidae12
Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosusPicidae12
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaIcteridae12
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeTyrannidae12
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaIcteridae12
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusArdeidae11
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisAccipitridae11
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisAlaudidae11
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaTurdidae11
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterIcteridae11
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusCardinalidae11
SoraPorzana carolinaRallidae11
House WrenTroglodytes aedonTroglodytidae11
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariaScolopacidae10
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasArdeidae10
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusStrigidae10
Belted KingfisherCeryle alcyonAlcedinidae10
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPicidae10
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaThraupidae10
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaRecurvirostridae10
American Tree SparrowSpizella arboreaEmberizidae10
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaIcteridae10
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusTyrannidae10
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceusVireonidae10
Common NighthawkChordeiles minorCaprimulgidae9
Whooping CraneGrus americanaGruidae9
Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusIcteridae9
Common MerganserMergus merganserAnatidae9
Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealisScolopacidae9
Field SparrowSpizella pusillaEmberizidae9
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusIcteridae9
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorParidae8
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumBombycillidae8
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacaStrigidae8
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaAnatidae8
Pine SiskinCarduelis pinusFringillidae8
Brown CreeperCerthia americanaCerthiidae8
Yellow WarblerDendroica petechiaParulidae8
Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratoriusColumbidae8
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasParulidae8
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusAnatidae8
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaParulidae8
OspreyPandion haliaetusAccipitridae8
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorScolopacidae8
DickcisselSpiza americanaCardinalidae8
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaScolopacidae8
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaApodidae7
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virensTyrannidae7
Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronataParulidae7
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusIcteridae7
American KestrelFalco sparveriusFalconidae7
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticoraxArdeidae7
House SparrowPasser domesticusPasseridae7
Purple MartinProgne subisHirundinidae7
Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendulaRegulidae7
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisSittidae7
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaEmberizidae7
Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumEmberizidae6
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiScolopacidae6
Turkey VultureCathartes auraCathartidae6
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusCuculidae6
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusAccipitridae6
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusLaniidae6
Franklin's GullLarus pipixcanLaridae6
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraFringillidae6
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaCardinalidae6
Clapper RailRallus longirostrisRallidae6
American WoodcockScolopax minorScolopacidae6
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisEmberizidae6
Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaEmberizidae6
Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiAccipitridae5
American Black DuckAnas rubripesAnatidae5
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosAccipitridae5
Long-eared OwlAsio otusStrigidae5
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaStrigidae5
Green HeronButorides striatusArdeidae5
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaScolopacidae5
Common RedpollCarduelis flammeaFringillidae5
Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureusFringillidae5
Northern HarrierCircus cyaneusAccipitridae5
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusCuculidae5
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiTyrannidae5
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaHirundinidae5
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensParulidae5
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisLaridae5
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaScolopacidae5
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusPicidae5
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoPhasianidae5
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusTyrannidae5
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosPelecanidae5
Virginia RailRallus limicolaRallidae5
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaRegulidae5
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysEmberizidae5
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisTrochilidae4
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusBombycillidae4
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusPhasianidae4
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusAccipitridae4
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoniAccipitridae4
VeeryCatharus fuscescensTurdidae4
Black TernChlidonias nigerLaridae4
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusEmberizidae4
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisTroglodytidae4
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorAnatidae4
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusIcteridae4
Common LoonGavia immerGaviidae4
Herring GullLarus argentatusLaridae4
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendiTurdidae4
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaEmberizidae4
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsPodicipedidae4
Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaHirundinidae4
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaParulidae4
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusPicidae4
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaEmberizidae4
Least TernSterna antillarumLaridae4
Forster's TernSterna forsteriLaridae4
Common TernSterna hirundoLaridae4
Barred OwlStrix variaStrigidae4
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorHirundinidae4
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisTyrannidae4
Tennessee WarblerVermivora peregrinaParulidae4
Bell's VireoVireo belliiVireonidae4
Cinnamon TealAnas cyanopteraAnatidae3
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresScolopacidae3
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusStrigidae3
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusAccipitridae3
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusAccipitridae3
SanderlingCalidris albaScolopacidae3
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosScolopacidae3
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaScolopacidae3
Whip-poor-willCaprimulgus vociferusCaprimulgidae3
WilletCatoptrophorus semipalmatusScolopacidae3
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusCharadriidae3
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisAnatidae3
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinusFringillidae3
Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striataParulidae3
MerlinFalco columbariusFalconidae3
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanusFalconidae3
Least BitternIxobrychus exilisArdeidae3
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusScolopacidae3
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaScolopacidae3
White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucopteraFringillidae3
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosMimidae3
Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosusParulidae3
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisEmberizidae3
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritusPhalacrocoracidae3
Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleatorFringillidae3
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaCharadriidae3
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusEmberizidae3
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaScolopacidae3
Barn OwlTyto albaTytonidae3
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsVireonidae3
Warbling VireoVireo gilvusVireonidae3
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilisAccipitridae2
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusAccipitridae2
Baird's SparrowAmmodramus bairdiiEmberizidae2
Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteiiEmberizidae2
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisAnatidae2
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalisAccipitridae2
Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorysEmberizidae2
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusEmberizidae2
McCown's LongspurCalcarius mccowniiEmberizidae2
Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatusEmberizidae2
DunlinCalidris alpinaScolopacidae2
Red KnotCalidris canutusScolopacidae2
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisScolopacidae2
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusScolopacidae2
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusTurdidae2
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusTurdidae2
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusCharadriidae2
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusArdeidae2
Cerulean WarblerDendroica ceruleaParulidae2
Little Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaArdeidae2
Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatusAccipitridae2
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusTyrannidae2
Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensTyrannidae2
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusFalconidae2
Laughing GullLarus atricillaLaridae2
White-winged ScoterMelanitta fuscaAnatidae2
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorAnatidae2
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaHirundinidae2
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusScolopacidae2
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsoniaCorvidae2
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisEmberizidae2
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollisPodicipedidae2
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaSylviidae2
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaParulidae2
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaTyrannidae2
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaParulidae2
Winter WrenTroglodytes troglodytesTroglodytidae2
Buff-breasted SandpiperTryngites subruficollisScolopacidae2
Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celataParulidae2
Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinusParulidae2
White-eyed VireoVireo griseusVireonidae2
Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusillaParulidae2
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalisPodicipedidae1
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusStrigidae1
White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalisApodinae1
AnhingaAnhinga anhingaAnhingidae1
American PipitAnthus rubescensMotacillidae1
Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueiiMotacillidae1
Great EgretArdea albaArdeidae1
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriScolopacidae1
House FinchCarpodacus mexicanusFringilliade1
Mountain PloverCharadrius montanusCharadriidae1
Rock PigeonColumba liviaColumbidae1
Western Wood-peweeContopus sordidulusTyrannidae1
Carolina ParakeetConuropsis carolinensisPsittacidae1
Common RavenCorvus coraxCorvidae1
Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensisRallidae1
Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanicaParulidae1
Pine WarblerDendroica pinusParulidae1
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusPicidae1
Snowy EgretEgretta thulaArdeidae1
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusIcteridae1
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropusRallidae1
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataGaviidae1
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusRecurvirostridae1
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicusAnatidae1
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensisAccipitridae1
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusTurdidae1
Northern ShrikeLanius excubitorLaniidae1
Bonaparte's GullLarus philadelphiaLaridae1
Black RailLaterallus jamaicensisRallidae1
Gray-crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotisFringillidae1
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusScolopacidae1
Black ScoterMelanitta nigraAnatidea1
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataAnatidae1
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaEmberizidae1
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiEmberizidae1
Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violaceaArdeidae1
Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphiaParulidae1
Northern ParulaParula americanaParulidae1
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisPelecanidae1
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusPhasianidae1
Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylusPicidae1
Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurusEmberizidae1
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihiThreskiornithidae1
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusThreskiornithidae1
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPodicipedidae1
King RailRallus elegansRallidae1
Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacillaParulidae1
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisHirundinidae1
Caspian TernSterna caspiaLaridae1
Great Gray OwlStrix nebulosaStrigidae1
Northern Hawk OwlSurnia ululaStrigidae1
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusTroglodytidae1
Black-capped VireoVireo atricapillaVireonidae1
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusVireonidae1


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