Nebraska Birds 
during Focus On Nature Tours 
in the Spring for Cranes, Grouse 
& Other Birds & Nature 


1992 thru 2011

(during the months of March & April)


List compiled by Armas Hill 

There have been 7 FONT birding & nature tours in Nebraska.


PHOTO AT UPPER RIGHT: the GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN 
(photographed during a FONT tour)

Codes:

apr - during tours in April
mar - during tours in March


(USe):     endemic to the United States 
(USqe):   quasi (or nearly) endemic to the United States
(USneb): near-endemic breeder in the United States
(NAi):      species introduced into North America

(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
     (t1): critical   (t2): endangered   (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally

(ph);  species with a photo in the FONT web-site 

Links:

Upcoming FONT Tours in North America

Cumulative lists of Birds & Other Wildlife during previous FONT tours in Colorado & nearby states, including Nebraska  (with photos)

A Complete List of North American Birds, north of Mexico, in 3 parts:
List #1: Grouse to Shorebirds
List #2: Jaegers to Flycatchers
List #3: Shrikes to Buntings

A List of Mammals follows the Bird-List.

Directory of Photos in this Website

Bird-List:

1. Northern Bobwhite ______  mar
   Colinus v. virginianus
   
   
2. Wild Turkey  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
   Meleagris gallopavo
   
   
3. Greater Prairie-Chicken (USe) (ph)  ______  mar,apr  
   Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus
   
   
4. Sharp-tailed Grouse ______  mar,apr
   Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus
   
   
5. Common (or Ring-necked) Pheasant (NAi) ______  mar,apr
   Phasianus colchicus
   
   
6. Trumpeter Swan  (ph)  ______  apr
   Cygnus buccinator  (monotypic)
   
   
7. Tundra Swan  ______  mar
   Cygnus c. columbianus 
   
   
8. Greater White-fronted Goose ______  mar
   Anser albifrons frontalis
   
   
9. Snow Goose  (ph)  ______  mar
   Chen (formerly Anser) c. caerulescens  (known as "Lesser Snow Goose")
   
    
10. Ross' Goose ______  mar
    Chen (formerly Anser) rossi  (monotypic)
    
    
11. Canada Goose  ______  mar,apr
    Branta canadensis 
    
    
12. Wood Duck  (ph)  ______  mar
    Aix sponsa  (monotypic)
    
    
13. Green-winged Teal  (ph)  ______  mar,apr  (now considered a species distinct from the Eurasian Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca)
    Anas carolinensis  (monotypic)
    
    
14. Mallard  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Anas p. platyrhynchos
    
    
15. Northern Pintail  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Anas acuta  (monotypic)
    
    
16. Blue-winged Teal  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Anas discors  (monotypic)
    
    
17. Cinnamon Teal ______  mar
    Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium
    
    
18. Northern Shoveler ______  mar,apr
    Anas clypeata  (monotypic)
    
    
19. Gadwall  (ph) ______  mar,apr
    Anas s. strepera
    
    
20. American Wigeon  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Anas americana  (monotypic)
    
    
21. Eurasian Wigeon  (ph)  ______  mar
    Anas penelope
    
    
22. Canvasback ______  mar,apr
    Aythya valisineria  (monotypic)
    
    
23. Redhead  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Aythya americana  (monotypic)
    
    
24. Ring-necked Duck  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Aythya collaris  (monotypic)
    
    
25. Lesser Scaup  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Aythya affinis  (monotypic)
    
    
26. Greater Scaup  ______  mar
    Aythya marila neaarctica
    
    
27. Common Goldeneye ______  mar
    Bucephala clangula americana
    
    
28. Bufflehead  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Bucephala albeola  (monotypic)
    
    
29. Common Merganser  (ph)  ______  mar
    Mergus merganser americanus
    
    
30. Red-breasted Merganser  (ph)  ______  mar
    Mergus serrator  (monotypic)
    
    
31. Hooded Merganser  (ph)  ______  mar
    Lophodytes cucullatus  (monotypic and the single member of its genus)
    
    
32. Ruddy Duck  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Oxyura jamaicensis rubida
    
    
33. Common Loon ______  mar
    Gavia immer  (monotypic)
    
    
34. Pied-billed Grebe ______  mar,apr
    Podilymbus p. podiceps
    
    
35. Eared Grebe  (ph)  ______  mar  (also called Black-necked Grebe)
    Podiceps nigricollis californicus
    
    
36. Horned Grebe  ______  mar
    Podiceps auritus cornutus
    
    
37. Clark's Grebe ______  apr
    Aechmophorus clarkii transitionalis
    
    
38. Great Blue Heron ______  mar,apr
    Ardea herodias fannini
    
    
39. American White Pelican  (ph)  ______  mar,apr  
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos  (monotypic)
    
    
40. Double-crested Cormorant ______  mar,apr
    Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus
    
    
41. Turkey Vulture  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Cathartes aura meridionalis  (has been C. a. aura)
    
    
42. Bald Eagle  (ph)  ______  mar,apr   
    Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
    
    
43. Northern Harrier  (ph)  ______  mar  (has been considered conspecific with the Hen Harrier of Eurasia, Circus cyaneus)
    Circus hudsonius   
    
    
44. Sharp-shinned Hawk  (ph)  ______  mar
    Accipiter striatus velox
    
    
45. Cooper's Hawk  (ph)  ______  apr  
    Accipiter cooperi  (monotypic)
    
    
46. Northern Goshawk ______  mar
    Accipiter gentilis atricapillus
    
    
47. Swainson's Hawk  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Buteo swainsoni  (monotypic)
    
    
48. Red-tailed Hawk  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Buteo jamaicensis calurus
    
    
49. Ferruginous Hawk (nt) (ph)  ______  mar  
    Buteo regalis  (monotypic)
    
    
50. Rough-legged Hawk  (ph)  ______  mar
    Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis
    
    
51. American Kestrel  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Falco s. sparverius
    
    
52. Merlin  (ph)  ______  mar
    Falco columbarius richardsoni
    
    
53. Prairie Falcon  (ph)  ______  mar
    Falco mexicanus  (monotypic)
    
    
54. American Coot ______  mar,apr
    Fulica a. americana
    
    
55. Sandhill Crane  (ph)  ______  mar
    Grus canadensis tabida
    
    
56. Whooping Crane (t2)  ______  mar
    Grus americana
    
    
57. Killdeer ______  mar,apr
    Charadrius v. vociferus
    
    
58. American Avocet  (ph) ______  apr
    Recurvirostra americana  (monotypic)
    
    
59. Greater Yellowlegs ______  mar,apr
    Tringa melanoleuca  (monotypic)
    
    
60. Lesser Yellowlegs  (ph)  ______ mar
    Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)
    
    
61. Long-billed Curlew (nt) (ph)  ______  apr
    Numenius a. americanus  (another subspecies can occur in migration)
    
    
62. Least Sandpiper ______  mar
    Calidris minutilla  (monotypic)
    
    
63. Baird's Sandpiper ______  mar
    Calidris bairdii  (monotypic)
    
    
64. Pectoral Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  mar
    Calidris melanotos  (monotypic)
    
    
65. Long-billed Dowitcher ______  mar
    Limnodromus scolopaceus  (monotypic)
    
    
66. Wilson's Snipe  (ph)  ______  mar  (has been considered part of the Common Snipe of the Palearctic, Gallinago gallinago) 
    Gallinago delicata  (monotypic)
    
    
67. Franklin's Gull  (ph)  ______  mar
    Larus pipixcan  (monotypic)
    
    
68. Bonaparte's Gull  (ph)  ______  mar
    Larus philadelphia  (monotypic)
    
    
69. "American" Herring Gull ______  mar
    Larus (argentatus) smithsonianus
    
    
70. Forster's Tern  (ph)  ______  apr
    Sterna forsteri  (monotypic)
    
    
71. Feral (or Rock) Pigeon (NAi) ______  mar,apr
    Columba livia
    
    
72. Mourning Dove ______  mar.apr
    Zenaida macroura marginella
    
    
73. Eurasian Collared Dove (NAi) ______  apr
    Streptopelia decaocto
    
    
74. Great Horned Owl  (ph)  ______  mar  
    Bubo v. virginianus
    
    
75. Long-eared Owl  ______ mar
    Asio otus wilsonianus
    
    
76. Burrowing Owl  (ph)  ______  apr
    Athene cunicularia hypugaea
    
    
77. Belted Kingfisher  (ph)  ______  mar
    Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
    
    
78. Red-headed Woodpecker ______  mar
    Melanerpes erythrocephalus  (monotypic)
    
    
79. Red-bellied Woodpecker (COr) (ph)  ______  mar
    Melanerpes carolinus  (monotypic)
    
    
80. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  (ph)  ______  mar  
    Sphyrapicus   (monotypic)
    
    
81. Downy Woodpecker  (ph)  ______  mar
    Picoides pubescens leucurus
    
    
82. Hairy Woodpecker  (ph)  ______  mar
    Picoides villosus septentrionalis
    
    
83. "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker ______  mar,apr
    Colaptes auratus   
    
    
84. Eastern Phoebe ______  mar
    Sayornis phoebe  (monotypic)
    
    
85. Northern Shrike  (ph)  ______  mar
    Lanius excubitor borealis
    
    
86. Loggerhead Shrike  (ph)  ______  mar
    Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides
    
    
87. Blue Jay  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Cyanocitta cristata cyanotephra
    
    
88. Black-billed Magpie ______  mar (was conspecific with the Eurasian Magpie, Pica pica)
    Pica hudsonia  (monotypic)
    
    
89. American Crow ______  mar,apr
    Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis
    
    
90. Northern Raven  (ph)  ______  apr
    Corvus corax principalis
    
    
91. Cedar Waxwing  ______  mar
    Bombycilla cedrorum 
    
    
92. Horned Lark  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Eremophila alpestris lamprochroma  (other subspecies may occur)
    
    
93. Purple Martin  (ph)  ______  mar
    Progne s. subis
    
    
94. Tree Swallow  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
    Tachycineta bicolor  (monotypic)
    
    
95. Violet-green Swallow ______  co
    Tachycineta thalassina lepida
    
    
96. Northern Rough-winged Swallow  (ph)  ______  mar
    Stelgidopteryx s. serripennis
    
    
97. Bank Swallow ______  co  (in Old World called Sand Martin)
    Riparia r. riparia
    
    
98. Barn Swallow  (ph)  ______  apr
    Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
    
    
99. Tufted Titmouse ______  mar
    Baeolophus (formerly Parus) iii
    
    
100. Black-capped Chickadee  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
     Poecile (formerly Parus) atricapilla septentrionalis
     
     
101. Red-breasted Nuthatch  (ph)  ______  mar
     Sitta canadensis  (monotypic)
     
     
102. White-breasted Nuthatch  (ph)  ______  mar
     Sitta carolinensis nelsoni
     
     
103. Brown Creeper  ______  mar  (an alternate name would be American Treecreeper)
     Certhia americana montana
     
     
104. Bewick's Wren ______  mar
     Thryomanes bewickii eremophilus
     
     
105. Ruby-crowned Kinglet  (ph)  ______  mar
     Regulus calendula grinnelli
     
     
106. Golden-crowned Kinglet  (ph)  ______  mar
     Regulus satrapa apache
     
     
107. Eastern Bluebird  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
     Sialia s. sialis
     
     
108. Hermit Thrush  (ph)  ______  mar
     Catharus guttatus auduboni
     
     
109. Varied Thrush  (ph)  ______  mar
     Ixoreus naevius meruloides  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
110. American Robin ______  mar,apr
     Turdus migratorius propinquus
     
     
111. European Starling (i) ______  mar,apr
     Sturnus v. vulgaris
     
     
112. American Pipit ______  mar  (an alternate name is Buff-bellied Pipit)
     Anthus r. rubescens  
     
     
113. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler  ______  mar
     Dendroica c. coronata 
     
     
114. Northern Cardinal (COr) (ph)  ______  mar
     Cardinalis c. canicaudus
     
     
115. Spotted Towhee  (ph) ______  mar
     Pipilo maculatus montanus
     
     
116. American Tree Sparrow  (ph)  ______  mar
     Spizella a. arborea
     
     
117. Chipping Sparrow  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
     Spizella p. passerina
     
     
118. Field Sparrow  ______  mar
     Spizella p. pusilla
     
     
119. Vesper Sparrow ______  mar,apr
     Pooecetes gramineus confinis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
120. Savannah Sparrow  (ph)  ______  mar
     Passerculus sandwichensis  (2 subspecies in west-central US: P.s.nevadensis & P. s. athinus)  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
121. "Slate-colored" Fox Sparrow ______  mar
     Passerella iliaca schistacea
     
     
122. Song Sparrow  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
     Melospiza melodia montana  (another subspecies:  M. m. juddi)
     
     
123. White-crowned Sparrow  (ph)  ______  mar
     Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha
     
     
124. Harris' Sparrow  (ph)  ______  mar
     Zonotrichia querula  (monotypic)
     
     
125. "Slate-colored" Dark-eyed Junco  (ph)  ______  mar
     Junco h. hyemalis
     
     
126. Lapland Longspur   ______  mar  
     Calcarius lapponicus  (monotypic)
     
     
127. Western Meadowlark ______  mar,apr
     Sturnella neglecta  (monotypic)
     
     
128. Eastern Meadowlark  ______  mar
     Sturnella m. magna 
     
     
129. Red-winged Blackbird  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
     Agelaius phoeniceus fortis
     
     
130. Yellow-headed Blackbird  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
     Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
131. Brewer's Blackbird ______  mar,apr
     Euphagus cyanocephalus  (monotypic)
     
     
132. Rusty Blackbird  (ph)  ______  mar
     Euphagus c. carolinus
     
     
133. Great-tailed Grackle  (ph)  ______  mar
     Quiscalus mexicanus nelsoni
     
     
134. Common Grackle ______  mar,apr
     Quiscalus quiscula stonei
     
     
135. Brown-headed Cowbird  (ph)  ______  mar
     Molothrus ater artemisiae
     
     
136. Purple Finch  (ph)  ______  mar  
     Carpodacus p. purpureus  (monotypic)
     
     
137. House Finch  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
     Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis
     
     
138. Pine Siskin  (ph)  ______  mar
     Carduelis p. pinus
     
     
139. American Goldfinch  (ph)  ______  mar,apr
     Carduelis tristis pallida
     
     
140. House Sparrow (i) ______  mar,apr
     Passer domesticus
     
     

Mammals found during FONT Spring Tours 
in Nebraska 

Codes:

(ph):  species with a photo in the FONT web-site

1. Red Fox  (ph)  ______ 
   Vulpes vulpes fulva  (the North American animal is considered conspecific with the Red Fox of the Old World Vulpes v. vulpes)  
   
   
2. Coyote  (ph)  ______ 
   Canis latrans
   
   
3. Striped Skunk  ______ 
   Mephitis mephitis
   
   
4. Northern Raccoon  (ph)  ______ 
   Procyon lotor
   
   
5. Black-tailed Prairie Dog ______  
   Cynomys ludovicianus 
   
   
6. Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel  ______
   Spermophilus tridecemlineatus  
   
   
7. Eastern Fox Squirrel  ______ 
   Sciurus niger
   
   
8. Eastern Gray Squirrel  ______  
   Sciurus carolinensis  
   
   
9. Muskrat  (ph)  ______ 
   Ondatra zibethicus
   
   
10. Eastern Cottontail  (ph)  ______ 
    Sylvilagus floridanus
    
    
11. Pronghorn  (ph)  ______ 
    Antilocapra americana  (the single member of its genus & family)
    
    
12. Mule Deer  (ph)  ______ 
    Odocoileus hemionus
    
    
13. White-tailed Deer  (ph)  ______ 
    Odocoileus virginianus