Uncommon Birds in Nebraska
Our list for Nebraska has 85 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 27 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors, 31 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 85, most common first
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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