SPECIES ACCOUNTS – Alphabetical Order (Taxonomic Order)

Asterisk (*) indicates status treated differently by the Nebraska Ornithologists Union’s Records Committee, see https://noubirds.org/Birds/StateList.aspx;  Bracketed species (e.g., [Pyrrhuloxia]) have no accepted Nebraska records.

A

[Abert’s Towhee] (Melozone aberti)
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
[African Collared-Dove] (Streptopelia roseogrisea)] 
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
American Coot (Fulica americana)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus)
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius )
[American Oystercatcher] (Haematopus palliatus)
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis)
American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)
Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
Atlantic Canary] (Serinus canaria)
[Audubon’s Oriole] (Icterus graduacauta)
Audubon’s Warbler (Setophaga auduboni auduboni)

B

Baird’s Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
Baird’s Sparrow (Centronyx bairdii)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
[Bar-headed Goose] (Anser indicus)
[Barnacle Goose] (Branta leucopsis)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Barred Owl (Strix varia)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)
Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii)
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
[Black-backed Woodpecker] (Picoides arcticus)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
*[Black-capped Vireo] (Vireo atricapilla)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
[Black-crested Titmouse] (Baeolophus atricristatus)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)
Black Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte atrata)
Black Scoter (Melanitta Americana)
Black Skimmer (Rhynchops niger)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
[Blue Bunting] (Cyanocompsa parellina)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
*Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)
Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Brant (Branta bernicla)
Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
Brewer’s Sparrow (Spizella breweri)
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
[Brown-capped Rosy-Finch] (Leucosticte australis)
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
[Budgerigar] (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Bullock’s Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
[Bushtit] (Certhia americana)

C

Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
California Gull (Larus californicus)
[California Quail] (Callipepla californica)
Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)
Canada Goose (Branta Canadensis)
Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
Canada Warbler (Cardelina canadensis)
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus)
*[Canyon Towhee] (Melozone fusca)
Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)
[Carolina Chickadee] (Poecile carolinensis)
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Cassin’s Finch (Haemorhous cassinii)
Cassin’s Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Peucaea cassinii)
Cassin’s Vireo (Vireo cassinii)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
Chihuahuan Raven (Corvus cryptoleucus)
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Chuck-will’s-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis)
[Chukar] (Alectoris chukar)
Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) 
Clark’s Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Common Crane (Grus grus) 
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) 
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) 
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis)
Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (Empidonax occidentalis) – now referred to as Western Flycatcher
Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
[Couch’s Kingbird] (Tyrannus couchii)
Crested Caracara (Caracara  plancus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)

D

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonaxoberholseri)

E

Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
[Egyptian Goose] (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
[Elegant-crested Tinamou] (Eudromia elegans)
Emperor Goose (Anser canagicus)
Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montana)
Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca Penelope)
[European Goldfinch] (Carduelis carduelis)
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustesvespertinus)

F

Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
Flammulated Owl (Psiloscops flammeolus)
[Fork-tailed Flycatcher] (Tyrannus savana)
Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)

G

Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
Grace’s Warbler (Setophaga graciae)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Gray Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii)
[Graylag Goose] (Anser anser)
Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 
Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
[Greater Roadrunner] (Geococcyx californianus)] 
Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) 
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
[Green Jay] (Cyanocorax yncas)
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

H

Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)
Hammond’s Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Harris’s Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)
Henslow’s Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava)
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
Hermit Warbler (Setophaga occidentalis)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Hoary Redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)
Hooded Crane (Grus monacha)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)

I

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
[Indian Peafowl] (Pavo cristatus)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
[Ivory Gull] (Pagophila eburnea)
[Ivory-billed Woodpecker] (Campephilus principalis)

J

[Japanese Quail] (Coturnix japonica)

K

Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
King Rail (Rallus elegans)

L

Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
LeConte’s Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
[Lesser Prairie-Chicken] (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesiamotacilla)

M

MacGillivray’s Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei)
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
[Mandarin Duck] (Aix galericulata)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
*[Mexican Duck] (Anas diaza)
[Mexican Whip-poor-will] (Antrostomus arizonae)
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
[Monk Parakeet] (Myiopsitta monachus)
Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli)
Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia)
[Muscovy Duck] (Cairina moschata)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Myrtle Warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata)

N

[Nanday Parakeet] (Aratinga nenday)
Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
Nelson’s Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni)
Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) – now referred to as American Goshawk
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
Northern Hawk-Owl (Surnia ulula)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
[Northern Red Bishop] (Euplectes franciscanus)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis)
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
[Northern Wheatear] (Oenanthe oenanthe)

O

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Ovenbird (Seiurusaurocapilla)

P

Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens)
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)
*Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Plumbeous Vireo (Vireo plumbeus)
Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Purple Finch (Haemorhouspurpureus)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus)
Purple Martin (Progne subis)
Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
[Pyrrhuloxia] (Cardinalis sinuatus)

Q

R

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
[Red-crested Cardinal] (Paroaria coronata)
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Redhead (Aythya Americana) 
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis)
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
[Ringed Turtle-Dove] (Streptopelia “risoria”)
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
Ross’s Goose (Anser rossii)
Ross’s Gull (Rhodostethia rosea)
[Rosy-faced (Peach-faced) Lovebird] (Agapornis roseicollis)
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
[Ruddy Shelduck] (Tadorna ferruginea)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Rusty Blackbird (Euphaguscarolinus)

S

Sabine’s Gull (Xema sabini)
Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Scott’s Oriole (Icterus parisorum)
Sedge Wren (Cistothorus stellaris)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
[Slaty-backed Gull] (Larus schistisagus)
Smith’s Longspur (Calcarius pictus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Sora (Porzana carolina)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
Sprague’s Pipit (Anthus spragueii)
Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
Swainson’s Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii)
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
[Swan Goose] (Anser cygnoides)

T

Taiga Bean-Goose (Anser fabalis)
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
Thick-billed Longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii)
Townsend’s Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)
Townsend’s Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

U

Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)

V

Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
Virginia’s Warbler (Leiothlypisvirginiae)

W

Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)  
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
[Western Gull] (Larus occidentalis)
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
[White-tailed Tropicbird] (Phaethon lepturus)
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)
[Whooper Swan] (Cygnus cygnus)
Whooping Crane (Grus americana)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
Williamson’s Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
Wilson’s Warbler (Cardelina pusilla)
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)
[Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay] (Aphelocoma woodhouseii)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitherosvermivorum)

X

Y

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
[Yellow-green Vireo] (Vireo flavoviridis)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
_____Myrtle Warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata)
_____Audubon’s Warbler (Setophaga auduboni auduboni)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophagadominica)

Z

Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus)

*Indicates status treated differently by the Nebraska Ornithologists Union’s Records Committee, see https://noubirds.org/Birds/StateList.aspx

Bracketed species (e.g., [Pyrrhuloxia]) have no accepted Nebraska records.

Updated 17 Oct 2022