Birds of Nebraska: Newspaper Accounts, 1854-1923


Birds of Nebraska Species List


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


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