Birds of Nebraska: Newspaper Accounts, 1854-1923


Birds of Nebraska Species List


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


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