Common Birds in Nebraska
Our list for Nebraska has 78 common birds recorded regularly there: 22 residents, 24 summer visitors, 21 winter visitors and 11 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nebraska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 78, most common first
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made