Browse Species

Groove-billed Ani in Cherry Co 10 Oct 2023 by Kayla Sconyers

GROOVE-BILLED ANI

EARED GREBE

GRAY PARTRIDGE

NORTHERN BOBWHITE

COMMON MERGANSER

Black Scoters at Gavin's Point Dam, Cedar Co 14 Oct 2018. Photo by Mark A. Brogie

BLACK SCOTER

CACKLING GOOSE

ROSS’S GOOSE

CANYON TOWHEE

Baird’s Sparrow north of Harrison, Sioux Co 16 May 2010 by Phil Swanson

BAIRD’S SPARROW

Nelson's Sparrow in Lancaster Co 6 Oct 2021 by Stephen Brenner

NELSON’S SPARROW

SAGEBRUSH SPARROW

Gyrfalcon in Cherry Co 25 Nov 2021 by Carlos Grandes

GYRFALCON

AMERICAN TREE SPARROW

Common Crane with Sandhill Cranes near Grand Island, Hall Co, 29 Jan 2012 by Phil Swanson

COMMON CRANE

Lark Bunting in Dundy Co Jun 2018 by Joel G. Jorgensen

LARK BUNTING

Black-throated Sparrow in Creighton, Knox Co 8 Dec 2015 by Phil Swanson

BLACK-THROATED SPARROW

GRASSHOPPER SPARROW

Snow Bunting at Pawnee Lake, Lancaster Co by Joel G. Jorgensen

SNOW BUNTING

Thick-billed Longspur south of Harrison, Sioux Co 15 May 2010 by Phil Swanson

THICK-BILLED LONGSPUR

HOARY REDPOLL

Common Redpoll at Papillion, Sarpy Co 15 Mar 2013 by Phil Swanson

COMMON REDPOLL

House Finch at Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy Co 21 Mar 2009 by Phil Swanson

HOUSE FINCH

Anhinga at Swan Creek WMA, Saline Co 18 May 2017 by William Flack

ANHINGA

Brambling at Bellevue, Sarpy Co 8 Jan 2017 by Phil Swanson

BRAMBLING

Sprague’s Pipit at Spring Creek Prairie, Lancaster Co 20 Oct 2007 by Phil Swanson

SPRAGUE’S PIPIT

Eurasian Tree Sparrow at Lake Enola, Madison County 3 Feb 2007 by Mark A. Brogie

EURASIAN TREE SPARROW

House Sparrow at Chalco Hill Recreation Area, Sarpy Co 8 May 2011 by Phil Swanson

HOUSE SPARROW

Varied Thrush in Lincoln, Lancaster Co 26 Mar 2021 by Joel G. Jorgensen

VARIED THRUSH

American Robin at Papillion, Sarpy Co 8 Apr 2007 by Phil Swanson

AMERICAN ROBIN

Gray-cheeked Thrush at Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy Co 9 May 2009 by Phil Swanson

GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH

Veery at Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy Co 13 May 2010 by Phil Swanson

VEERY

Peregrine Falcon at the Nebraska Capitol 19 Apr 2009 by Joel G. Jorgensen

PEREGRINE FALCON

WESTERN BLUEBIRD

CURVE-BILLED THRASHER

CANYON WREN

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy Co 30 Apr 2008 by Phil Swanson

BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER

Brown-headed Nuthatch at Holmes Lake, Lancaster Co 13 Nov 2010 by Phil Swanson

BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH

PHAINOPEPLA

MOTTLED DUCK

Paul Dunbar of an apparent male Mallard x Mexican Duck (hybrid) at Harvard WPA, Clay Co 20 Jul 2013; its identification was confirmed by Steven Mlodinow

Mallard x Mexican Duck (hybrid)

Cave Swallow legally captured and banded in Garden Co 31 May 1991 by Charles Brown (see Brown and Brown 1992)

CAVE SWALLOW

Barn Swallow at Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy Co 15 May 2011 by Phil Swanson

BARN SWALLOW

Tree Swallow at Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy Co 24 Apr 2005 by Phil Swanson

TREE SWALLOW

BOREAL CHICKADEE

Steller’s Jay at Sowbelly Canyon, Sioux Co 9 Dec 1989 by Mark A. Brogie

STELLER’S JAY

CHIHUAHUAN RAVEN

FISH CROW

AMERICAN CROW

BLUE JAY

CANADA JAY

Cassin's Vireo in Scotts Bluff Co 2 Sep 2022 by Stephen Brenner

CASSIN’S VIREO

White-eyed Vireo at Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy Co 2 May 2009 by Phil Swanson

WHITE-EYED VIREO

Vermilion Flycatcher at Buffalo County Lake, Buffalo Co 11 Apr 2018 by William Flack

VERMILION FLYCATCHER

Eastern Phoebe in Greeley Co March 2013 by Joel G. Jorgensen

EASTERN PHOEBE

Black Phoebe at Morrill Sandpits, Scotts Bluff Co 26 Apr 2020 by Kathy DeLara

BLACK PHOEBE

DUSKY FLYCATCHER

Hammond’s Flycatcher at Sowbelly Canyon, Sioux Co on 4 Sep 2016 by Michael Willison

HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER

FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK

Broad-tailed x Ruby-throated Hummingbird (hybrid) in Dawes Co 8 May 2014 by Juanita Whittecar

Broad-tailed x Ruby-throated Hummingbird (hybrid)

Broad-tailed Hummingbird at Lincoln, Lancaster Co 15 Aug 2016 by Joel G. Jorgensen

BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD

Acadian Flycatcher at Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy Co 28 May 2017 by Phil Swanson

ACADIAN FLYCATCHER

Eastern Wood-Pewee at Papillion, Sarpy Co 21 May 2018 by Phil Swanson

EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE

Eastern Kingbird in York Co 7 May 2015 by Joel G. Jorgensen

EASTERN KINGBIRD

Western Kingbird at Omaha, Douglas Co 6 Jul 2010 by Phil Swanson

WESTERN KINGBIRD

GREAT KISKADEE

CAROLINA PARAKEET

PRAIRIE FALCON

American Kestrel at Chadron State Park 29 Aug 2014 courtesy of NEBRASKALAND/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

AMERICAN KESTREL

Photograph (top) of a Crested Caracara held in captivity at Fontenelle Forest’s Raptor Recovery near Elmwood, Cass County during fall 2012 after it was captured in Nance Co 14 Jul 2012

CRESTED CARACARA

GREAT GRAY OWL

American Three-toed Woodpecker in East Ash Canyon, Dawes Co 24 Oct 2014 by Joel G. Jorgensen

AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER

Magnificent Frigatebird in Madison Co 28 Aug 2007 by Bruce Trindle

MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD

Red-naped Sapsucker at Plum Valley Wildlife Management Area, Brown Co, 15 Sep 2018 by Rachel Hall

RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER

Williamson’s Sapsucker at North Platte, Lincoln Co 13 Nov 2017 by Boni Edwards

WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER

Acorn Woodpecker in Hayes Co 15 Jun 2013 by Byron and Deb Alberts

ACORN WOODPECKER

Lewis’s Woodpecker at Schramm Park SRA, Sarpy Co 20 Dec 2019 by Joel G. Jorgensen

LEWIS’S WOODPECKER

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BOREAL OWL

NORTHERN HAWK-OWL

Snowy Owl in Burt Co 25 Dec 2010 by Joel G. Jorgensen

SNOWY OWL

GREAT HORNED OWL

Barn Owl in a nest box at Crescent Lake NWR, Garden Co 28 May 2012 by Phil Swanson

BARN OWL

Rough-legged Hawk in Harlan Co 21 Dec 2015 by Joel G. Jorgensen

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK

Zone-tailed Hawk at Lake Ogallala, Keith Co, 25 Apr 2007 by Sarah Knutie

ZONE-TAILED HAWK

Harris’s Hawk near Niobrara State Park, Knox Co 5 Nov 2017 by William Flack

HARRIS’S HAWK

AMERICAN GOSHAWK

NORTHERN HARRIER

Golden Eagle in Sioux Co 30 May 2017 by Joel G. Jorgensen

GOLDEN EAGLE

White-tailed Kite in Lincoln Co 29 Jun 2009 by Paul Dunbar

WHITE-TAILED KITE

ROSEATE SPOONBILL

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

Reddish Egret in Hall Co 24 Jun 2018 by Joel G. Jorgensen

REDDISH EGRET

Tricolored Heron in Clay Co 30 Aug 2003 by Joel G. Jorgensen

TRICOLORED HERON

Little Blue Heron at Heron Haven, Douglas Co, 15 May 2018 by Phil Swanson

LITTLE BLUE HERON

Snowy Egret at North Lake Basin WMA, Seward Co 10 Aug 2007 by Joel G. Jorgensen

SNOWY EGRET

GREAT EGRET

Least Bittern at La Platte Bottoms, Sarpy Co 6 Aug 2010 by Phil Swanson

LEAST BITTERN

American White Pelican at Branched Oak Lake, Lancaster Co 5 Apr 2018

AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN

Brown Booby at Harlan County Reservoir, Harlan Co 31 May 2017 by Joel G. Jorgensen

BROWN BOOBY

Wood Stork in Saunders Co 3 Aug 2006 by Joel G. Jorgensen

WOOD STORK

Yellow-billed Loon at Branched Oak Lake, Lancaster Co, on 8 Dec 2019 by Steve Kruse

YELLOW-BILLED LOON

Royal Tern at Lake North/Babcock, Platte Co 9 Sep 2007 by Joel G Jorgensen

ROYAL TERN

Arctic Tern at Marsh Duck WMA, York Co 31 May 2015 by Joel G. Jorgensen

ARCTIC TERN

Juvenile Common Tern at Branched Oak Lake, Lancaster Co 15 Sep 2013 by Michael Willison

COMMON TERN

Least Tern in Saunders Co July 2013 by Joel G. Jorgensen

LEAST TERN

Glaucous Gull at Lake Ogallala, Keith Co 26 Mar 2017 by Joel G. Jorgensen

GLAUCOUS GULL

Glaucous-winged Gull at Lake Ogallala, Keith Co 16 Feb 2013 by Carlos Grande

GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL

Ring-billed Gull at Branched Oak Lake, Lancaster Co 11 Mar 2007 by Joel G. Jorgensen

RING-BILLED GULL

WESTERN GULL

Mew Gull at Harlan County Lake, Harlan Co 14 Dec 2017 by Joel G. Jorgensen

SHORT-BILLED GULL

Ross’s Gull at Gavins Point Dam, Cedar Co 1 Dec 2010 by Cory Gregory

ROSS’S GULL

Black-headed Gull at Branched Oak Lake, Lancaster Co 14 Nov 2015 by Michael Willison

BLACK-HEADED GULL

ANCIENT MURRELET

Long-tailed Jaeger at Capitol Beach Lake, Lancaster Co 6 Sep 2016 by Michael Willison

LONG-TAILED JAEGER

Pomarine Jaeger chasing a Ring-billed Gull at Pawnee Lake, Lancaster Co 16 Nov 1997 by John Sullivan

POMARINE JAEGER

RED PHALAROPE

WILSON’S PHALAROPE

WILLET

White-rumped Sandpiper at Hultine WPA, Clay Co 19 May 20017 by Joel G. Jorgensen

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER

Pectoral Sandpiper at Hultine WPA 19 May 2007 by Joel G. Jorgensen

PECTORAL SANDPIPER

Curlew Sandpiper at Funk WPA, Phelps Co 21 Jul 1997 by Joel G Jorgensen

CURLEW SANDPIPER

SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER

Ruff at Sacramento-Wilcox WMA, Phelps Co, 19 Apr 1994 by Joel G. Jorgensen

RUFF

Red Knot at Sinninger WPA, York Co 13 Aug 1995 by Joel G. Jorgensen

RED KNOT

HUDSONIAN GODWIT

LONG-BILLED CURLEW

ESKIMO CURLEW

Whimbrel at Enders Reservoir, Chase Co 2 May 2015 by Joel G. Jorgensen

HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL

Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)

PIPING PLOVER

EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL

CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW

BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO

White-winged Dove at North Platte, Lincoln Co 29 Mar 2018 by Joel G. Jorgensen

WHITE-WINGED DOVE

Photograph (top) of a Ring-necked Pheasant in Lincoln Co, 6 Feb 2017, courtesy of NEBRASKALAND/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

RING-NECKED PHEASANT

CINNAMON TEAL

[Curve-billed x Brown Thrasher (hybrid)]

Red Crossbill x Pine Siskin (hybrid)

Western x Eastern Wood-Pewee (hybrid)

Townsend’s x Black-throated Green Warbler (hybrid) at Wildcat Hills Nature Center, Scotts Bluff Co 31 Aug 2018 by Mark A. Brogie

Townsend’s x Black-throated Green Warbler (hybrid)

[Western Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (hybrid)]

Neotropic x Double-crested Cormorant_(hybrid)

Double-crested x Neotropic Cormorant (hybrid)

Sandhill x Common Crane (hybrid)

Eurasian Collared-Dove x Mourning Dove (hybrid)

Common x Barrow’s Goldeneye (hybrid)

Ring-necked Duck x Lesser Scaup at Gavin’s Point Dam in Knox Co 1 Jan 2021 by Caleb Strand

Ring-necked Duck x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)

Cinnamon Teal x Northern Shoveler

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)

SNOWY PLOVER

Common Gallinule at Niobrara Confluence WMA 11 Aug 2019 by Paul Roisen

COMMON GALLINULE

SHARP-TAILED GROUSE

Wild Turkeys 14 Oct 2012 by Joel G. Jorgensen

WILD TURKEY

Yellow-billed Cuckoo by Phil Swanson

YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO

SURF SCOTER

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GREATER SAGE-GROUSE

RUFFED GROUSE

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER

Harlequin Duck at Summit Lake State Recreation Area, Burt Co, on 2 Jan 2018 by Phil Swanson

HARLEQUIN DUCK

COMMON EIDER

KING EIDER

Tufted Duck at Lake Ogallala, Keith Co 14 Jan 2004 by Marshall Iliff

TUFTED DUCK

American Black Duck with female Mallard at Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy Co, 20 Nov 2013 by Phil Swanson

AMERICAN BLACK DUCK

Eurasian Wigeon at Spikerush WMA, York Co 5 Apr 2008 by Joel G. Jorgensen

EURASIAN WIGEON

Garganey (left) with Blue-winged Teal at Wild Rose Ranch, Hall Co 4 Apr 1998 by Joel G. Jorgensen

GARGANEY

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE

Photograph (top) of a Taiga Bean-Goose at De Soto National Wildlife Refuge, Washington Co, 5 Jan 1985 by Phil Swanson

TAIGA BEAN-GOOSE

Herring x Great Black-backed Gull

Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)

Eastern x Western Meadowlark (hybrid)

Eastern x Mountain Bluebird (hybrid)

Broad-billed Hummingbird at Wilderness Park, Lancaster Co 15 May 2021 by Caleb Strand

BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD

Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Fillmore Co 5 May 2017 by Joel G. Jorgensen

BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER

Calliope Hummingbird at the University of Nebraska State Farm at North Platte, Lincoln Co 26 Sep 2017 by Boni Edwards

CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD

Band-tailed Pigeon at Ceresco, Saunders Co 23 Feb 2008 by Joel Jorgensen

BAND-TAILED PIGEON

Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (hybrid) with Buffleheads in Dodge Co 19 Apr 2020 by Charlotte Croshaw

Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (hybrid)

Ring-necked x Tufted Duck (hybrid) in northeastern Cherry Co 10 Jul 2019 by Paul Timm

Ring-necked x Tufted Duck (hybrid)

Tufted Duck x Lesser Scaup at Gavin’s Point Dam in Knox Co 13 Apr 2021 by Caleb Strand

Tufted Duck x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)

AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER

Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)

BLACK RAIL

PASSENGER PIGEON

Spotted x Eastern Towhee (hybrid) in Scotts Bluff Co 1 Jun 2019 by Steven Mlodinow

Spotted x Eastern Towhee (hybrid)

COMMON GROUND DOVE

Hooded Crane with a Sandhill Crane in Hall Co 7 Apr 2011 by Paul Dunbar

HOODED CRANE

putative Summer x Scarlet Tanager by Michael Willison 18 May 2020

Summer x Scarlet Tanager (hybrid)

Yellow-bellied x Red-naped Sapsucker (hybrid) at Roscoe, Keith Co 9 Dec 2020 by Steve Mlodinow

Yellow-bellied x Red-naped Sapsucker (hybrid)

Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) at Lake Ogallala, Keith Co 9 Dec 2020 by Steve Mlodinow

Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

Purple Gallinule at Hastings, Adams Co, 13 Sep 2019 by Eric Javins

PURPLE GALLINULE

CLAPPER RAIL

Costa’s Hummingbird at Lake McConaughy, Keith Co 7 Sep 2013 by Kathy DeLara

COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD

Inca Dove at Bellevue, Sarpy Co 18 Mar 2006 by Paul Roisen

INCA DOVE

[MEXICAN WHIP-POOR-WILL]

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