Nebraska Checklist
Species data
Abundance Presence
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
High Plains 0.3
Eared Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
High Plains 0.3
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
High Plains 0.2
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
High Plains 1.5
Double-crest. Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
High Plains Border 0.06
High Plains 2.3
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
High Plains 0.4
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Dissected Till Plains 0.3
High Plains Border 0.3
High Plains 0.8
Great Plains Roughlands 0.6
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
High Plains 0.00
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
High Plains Border 0.2
High Plains 0.07
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Dissected Till Plains 0.1
High Plains Border 0.05
Black-crn. Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
High Plains Border 0.01
High Plains 0.2
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
High Plains 0.05
Trumpeter Swan
Cygnus buccinator
High Plains 0.07
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Dissected Till Plains 0.1
High Plains Border 0.3
High Plains 3.5
Great Plains Roughlands 0.08
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Dissected Till Plains 0.4
High Plains Border 0.7
High Plains 0.09
Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca
High Plains Border 0.04
High Plains 0.2
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Dissected Till Plains 0.6
High Plains Border 2.0
High Plains 8.1
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
High Plains Border 0.1
High Plains 1.4
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
High Plains Border 0.4
High Plains 3.6
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
High Plains Border 0.02
High Plains 0.9
Gadwall
Anas strepera
High Plains 0.5
American Wigeon
Anas americana
High Plains 0.04
Canvasback
Aythya valisineria
High Plains 0.02
Redhead
Aythya americana
High Plains 0.4
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
High Plains 0.01
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
High Plains 0.03
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
High Plains 0.6
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Dissected Till Plains 1.0
High Plains Border 0.3
High Plains 0.1
Great Plains Roughlands 0.08
Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Dissected Till Plains 0.05
High Plains Border 0.1
High Plains 0.3
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
High Plains Border 0.00
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
Dissected Till Plains 0.06
High Plains Border 0.2
High Plains 0.9
Great Plains Roughlands 0.08
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Dissected Till Plains 1.4
High Plains Border 1.4
High Plains 0.5
Great Plains Roughlands 1.4
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo regalis
High Plains Border 0.00
High Plains 0.2
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
High Plains 0.04
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Dissected Till Plains 1.2
High Plains Border 0.9
High Plains 1.0
Great Plains Roughlands 2.0
Prairie Falcon
Falco mexicanus
High Plains 0.03
Gray Partridge
Perdix perdix
Dissected Till Plains 0.08
High Plains Border 0.00
Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
Dissected Till Plains 29.2
High Plains Border 33.8
High Plains 20.3
Great Plains Roughlands 4.2
Greater Prairie Chicken
Tympanuchus cupido
Dissected Till Plains 0.01
High Plains Border 0.2
High Plains 2.6
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Tympanuchus phasianellus
High Plains 0.4
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
High Plains Border 0.9
High Plains 0.2
Great Plains Roughlands 1.4
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Dissected Till Plains 19.8
High Plains Border 11.9
High Plains 1.7
Great Plains Roughlands 0.08
Virginia Rail
Rallus limicola
High Plains 0.00
Sora
Porzana carolina
High Plains 0.1
American Coot
Fulica americana
High Plains Border 0.00
High Plains 2.1
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Dissected Till Plains 8.5
High Plains Border 8.6
High Plains 10.9
Great Plains Roughlands 2.0
Mountain Plover
Charadrius montanus
High Plains 0.06
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
High Plains 1.8
Willet
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
High Plains 0.4
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularia
High Plains Border 0.09
High Plains 0.06
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Dissected Till Plains 4.0
High Plains Border 6.9
High Plains 11.7
Great Plains Roughlands 0.5
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
High Plains Border 0.04
High Plains 3.7
Great Plains Roughlands 0.3
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Dissected Till Plains 0.01
High Plains Border 0.00
High Plains 0.5
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
High Plains 1.7
Franklin's Gull
Larus pipixcan
High Plains 0.02
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
High Plains Border 0.01
High Plains 0.1
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
High Plains 0.3
Least Tern
Sterna antillarum
High Plains Border 0.01
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Dissected Till Plains 0.01
High Plains 0.5
Rock Dove
Columba livia
Dissected Till Plains 6.7
High Plains Border 2.8
High Plains 0.8
Great Plains Roughlands 0.3
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Dissected Till Plains 64.8
High Plains Border 89.8
High Plains 58.7
Great Plains Roughlands 49.1
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Dissected Till Plains 0.4
High Plains Border 0.2
High Plains 0.08
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Dissected Till Plains 2.6
High Plains Border 0.6
High Plains 0.1
Great Plains Roughlands 0.9
Eastern Screech-owl
Otus asio
High Plains Border 0.01
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Dissected Till Plains 0.8
High Plains Border 0.3
High Plains 0.3
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Burrowing Owl
Speotyto cunicularia
Dissected Till Plains 0.01
High Plains Border 0.1
High Plains 0.6
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Dissected Till Plains 0.05
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
High Plains Border 0.01
High Plains 0.06
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Dissected Till Plains 0.4
High Plains Border 2.3
High Plains 2.7
Great Plains Roughlands 1.6
Common Poorwill
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Great Plains Roughlands 0.4
Chuck-will's-widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Dissected Till Plains 0.01
Whip-poor-will
Caprimulgus vociferus
Dissected Till Plains 0.05
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Dissected Till Plains 9.9
High Plains Border 2.8
High Plains 0.5
Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
High Plains Border 0.08
High Plains 0.1
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Dissected Till Plains 11.1
High Plains Border 7.2
High Plains 1.5
Great Plains Roughlands 1.9
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Dissected Till Plains 1.2
High Plains Border 0.2
High Plains 0.02
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Dissected Till Plains 1.0
High Plains Border 0.5
High Plains 0.05
Great Plains Roughlands 0.3
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
High Plains Border 0.1
High Plains 0.06
Great Plains Roughlands 0.5
Red-shafted Flicker
Colaptes cafer
High Plains Border 0.04
High Plains 0.1
Great Plains Roughlands 2.2
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Dissected Till Plains 5.5
High Plains Border 7.6
High Plains 1.5
Western Wood-pewee
Contopus sordidulus
High Plains 0.05
Great Plains Roughlands 6.2
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Dissected Till Plains 0.6
High Plains Border 0.03
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii
Dissected Till Plains 0.08
High Plains Border 0.2
High Plains 0.01
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Great Plains Roughlands 0.08
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Dissected Till Plains 0.3
High Plains Border 0.3
High Plains 0.01
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Say's Phoebe
Sayornis saya
High Plains Border 0.1
High Plains 0.2
Great Plains Roughlands 0.3
Grt. Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Dissected Till Plains 0.7
High Plains Border 0.5
High Plains 0.09
Great Plains Roughlands 0.7
Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalis
Dissected Till Plains 2.3
High Plains Border 8.4
High Plains 8.2
Great Plains Roughlands 7.5
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Dissected Till Plains 15.8
High Plains Border 21.9
High Plains 6.9
Great Plains Roughlands 9.2
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Dissected Till Plains 1.9
High Plains Border 6.0
High Plains 40.5
Great Plains Roughlands 0.5
Purple Martin
Progne subis
Dissected Till Plains 1.6
High Plains Border 0.1
High Plains 0.07
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
High Plains Border 0.01
High Plains 0.2
Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina
Great Plains Roughlands 1.3
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Dissected Till Plains 2.7
High Plains Border 2.9
High Plains 1.2
Great Plains Roughlands 0.5
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
Dissected Till Plains 0.8
High Plains Border 2.0
High Plains 0.5
Cliff Swallow
Hirundo pyrrhonota
Dissected Till Plains 20.7
High Plains Border 6.7
High Plains 25.1
Great Plains Roughlands 3.2
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Dissected Till Plains 37.6
High Plains Border 25.1
High Plains 11.4
Great Plains Roughlands 5.3
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Dissected Till Plains 11.6
High Plains Border 6.8
High Plains 0.9
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Great Plains Roughlands 2.7
Black-billed Magpie
Pica pica
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
High Plains Border 0.8
High Plains 0.8
Great Plains Roughlands 4.0
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Dissected Till Plains 13.2
High Plains Border 11.3
High Plains 5.6
Great Plains Roughlands 12.7
Black-capped Chickadee
Parus atricapillus
Dissected Till Plains 2.9
High Plains Border 2.2
High Plains 0.2
Great Plains Roughlands 3.3
Tufted Titmouse
Parus bicolor
Dissected Till Plains 0.3
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
High Plains 0.01
Great Plains Roughlands 0.9
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Dissected Till Plains 0.8
High Plains Border 0.3
High Plains 0.01
Great Plains Roughlands 0.9
Pygmy Nuthatch
Sitta pygmaea
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
High Plains 0.07
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Dissected Till Plains 0.06
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Dissected Till Plains 16.1
High Plains Border 13.6
High Plains 1.5
Great Plains Roughlands 14.8
Sedge Wren
Cistothorus platensis
Dissected Till Plains 0.1
Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
Dissected Till Plains 0.07
High Plains 1.6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Dissected Till Plains 0.02
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Dissected Till Plains 1.6
High Plains Border 0.9
High Plains 0.1
Great Plains Roughlands 0.08
Mountain Bluebird
Sialia currucoides
Great Plains Roughlands 4.8
Townsend's Solitaire
Myadestes townsendi
Great Plains Roughlands 0.08
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Dissected Till Plains 0.05
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Dissected Till Plains 46.8
High Plains Border 26.9
High Plains 10.2
Great Plains Roughlands 20.9
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Dissected Till Plains 2.6
High Plains Border 1.0
High Plains 0.03
Great Plains Roughlands 0.4
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Dissected Till Plains 0.6
High Plains Border 0.1
High Plains 0.1
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Dissected Till Plains 14.2
High Plains Border 11.8
High Plains 1.4
Great Plains Roughlands 1.7
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Dissected Till Plains 0.4
High Plains Border 0.2
High Plains 0.2
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Dissected Till Plains 0.9
High Plains Border 0.9
High Plains 2.1
Great Plains Roughlands 0.08
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Dissected Till Plains 34.3
High Plains Border 16.5
High Plains 4.9
Great Plains Roughlands 2.5
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Dissected Till Plains 0.01
Bell's Vireo
Vireo bellii
Dissected Till Plains 0.7
High Plains Border 0.8
High Plains 0.05
Solitary Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Dissected Till Plains 0.07
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
Dissected Till Plains 2.6
High Plains Border 2.0
High Plains 0.5
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Dissected Till Plains 0.1
High Plains Border 0.08
High Plains 0.06
Great Plains Roughlands 5.8
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Dissected Till Plains 0.01
Yellow Warbler
Dendroica petechia
Dissected Till Plains 0.7
High Plains Border 2.5
High Plains 0.6
Great Plains Roughlands 4.5
Audubon's Warbler
Dendroica auduboni
Great Plains Roughlands 0.3
Black-&-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
High Plains 0.01
Great Plains Roughlands 2.6
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Great Plains Roughlands 0.9
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillus
Dissected Till Plains 0.08
High Plains Border 0.01
High Plains 0.07
Great Plains Roughlands 3.7
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Dissected Till Plains 10.4
High Plains Border 5.0
High Plains 2.9
Great Plains Roughlands 0.7
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
High Plains Border 0.04
High Plains 0.01
Great Plains Roughlands 3.5
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Dissected Till Plains 0.04
High Plains 0.01
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Great Plains Roughlands 0.4
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Dissected Till Plains 8.6
High Plains Border 1.7
High Plains 0.04
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Dissected Till Plains 2.1
High Plains Border 0.3
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
High Plains Border 0.2
High Plains 0.09
Great Plains Roughlands 1.1
Blue Grosbeak
Guiraca caerulea
Dissected Till Plains 1.8
High Plains Border 1.1
High Plains 0.9
Great Plains Roughlands 0.4
Lazuli Bunting
Passerina amoena
High Plains 0.01
Great Plains Roughlands 1.1
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Dissected Till Plains 3.6
High Plains Border 0.7
High Plains 0.03
Great Plains Roughlands 2.9
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Dissected Till Plains 71.1
High Plains Border 31.6
High Plains 4.3
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Dissected Till Plains 0.4
High Plains Border 0.06
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
High Plains Border 0.6
High Plains 0.04
Great Plains Roughlands 7.4
Cassin's Sparrow
Aimophila cassinii
High Plains 0.01
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Dissected Till Plains 3.0
High Plains Border 0.9
High Plains 0.4
Great Plains Roughlands 5.7
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Dissected Till Plains 7.8
High Plains Border 3.7
High Plains 0.6
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
Dissected Till Plains 1.5
High Plains Border 0.1
High Plains 0.4
Great Plains Roughlands 0.2
Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus
Dissected Till Plains 1.1
High Plains Border 2.6
High Plains 10.6
Great Plains Roughlands 15.9
Lark Bunting
Calamospiza melanocorys
Dissected Till Plains 0.02
High Plains Border 3.0
High Plains 38.0
Great Plains Roughlands 1.1
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
Dissected Till Plains 7.9
High Plains Border 11.2
High Plains 28.9
Great Plains Roughlands 2.6
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Dissected Till Plains 0.9
High Plains Border 0.2
High Plains 0.02
Great Plains Roughlands 0.08
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgiana
Dissected Till Plains 0.7
High Plains 0.01
White-winged Junco
Great Plains Roughlands 0.08
Mccown's Longspur
Calcarius mccownii
High Plains 0.1
Chestnut-col. Longspur
Calcarius ornatus
High Plains 0.8
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Dissected Till Plains 1.6
High Plains Border 1.5
High Plains 3.1
Great Plains Roughlands 0.08
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Dissected Till Plains 75.5
High Plains Border 66.4
High Plains 75.8
Great Plains Roughlands 6.8
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
Dissected Till Plains 4.1
High Plains Border 3.3
High Plains 2.7
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Dissected Till Plains 58.8
High Plains Border 108.7
High Plains 190.7
Great Plains Roughlands 180.9
Yellow-head. Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Dissected Till Plains 0.06
High Plains Border 0.09
High Plains 7.0
Brewer's Blackbird
Euphagus cyanocephalus
High Plains 0.6
Great Plains Roughlands 3.2
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
High Plains Border 0.01
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Dissected Till Plains 61.7
High Plains Border 60.0
High Plains 26.4
Great Plains Roughlands 5.8
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Dissected Till Plains 36.5
High Plains Border 38.9
High Plains 18.0
Great Plains Roughlands 8.5
Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius
Dissected Till Plains 2.0
High Plains Border 2.2
High Plains 2.3
Great Plains Roughlands 0.4
Bullock's Oriole
Icterus bullockii
High Plains 0.2
Great Plains Roughlands 0.6
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Dissected Till Plains 12.1
High Plains Border 9.2
High Plains 1.2
Great Plains Roughlands 0.4
House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus
Dissected Till Plains 1.0
High Plains Border 0.2
High Plains 0.8
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
High Plains 0.03
Great Plains Roughlands 9.1
Pine Siskin
Carduelis pinus
Great Plains Roughlands 2.2
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Dissected Till Plains 7.9
High Plains Border 6.7
High Plains 1.3
Great Plains Roughlands 7.7
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Dissected Till Plains 114.0
High Plains Border 55.0
High Plains 19.3
Great Plains Roughlands 7.9