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
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
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