Birds of Nebraska: Newspaper Accounts, 1854-1923


Birds of Nebraska Species List


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


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