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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Nebraska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 78, most common first
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisPassage migrantCommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
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