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
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
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