This is a list of the known species of birds that occur with the sandhills of northern Nebraska and the edge of south-central Nebraska.
It has been several years since the taxonomy has been updated, but this has been rectified by spending multiple hours to address the efforts required to compile an authoritative list, with many subtle but substantive changes made (derived from: Gill, F. and D. Donsker (Eds). 2018. IOC World Bird List (v 8.1). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.8.1. www.worldbirdnames.org). Multiple experts have evaluated the relationship of one bird species to others and issued scholarly papers that were evaluated by this list presented in a formal manner and following a detailed peer review.
This list for the greater sandhill region is the most up-to-date taxonomy available. It is also the most indicative list of species for the state of Nebraska as derived from an international and modern perspective. For example, gray has been updated to the proper attribution of grey. Genus attributions have been changed to add to a conformity of representation, including some revisions to Spatula from Anas. The Downy Woodpecker and Hairy Woodpecker no longer have a similar genus designation. The genus attribution has changed for the two species of waterthrush.
There are 408 official species indicated. This tally is based upon a database of multi-multiple thousands of observations that are specific records of occurrence for one-or-another particular geographic location, and which are known to occur within a specific county. There have been 309 species observed within Cherry County, based upon nearly 62,000 records associated with observations between 1888 and 2018, for example. The design of the database includes "meta-data" that allows records to be extracted for regional localities, including queries limited to sandhill sites, or for the Niobrara Valley, as examples.
Additional records for the early history of the region are also available, though not indicated here as they are in a separate database.
The numeric value shown indicates the number of records associated with the particular species as of mid-March 2018, and which is a value in constant flux as additional bird observations are made or considered.
| Proper Name | Scientific Name | Number of Available Records* |
| Family Anatidae | ||
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | 5 |
| Brant Goose | Branta bernicla | 3 |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | 4625 |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | 57 |
| Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | 29 |
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | 203 |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | 83 |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | 1 |
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | 1048 |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | 35 |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | 1385 |
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | 220 |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | 5389 |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | 4656 |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | 5073 |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | 1 |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | 2187 |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | 8328 |
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | 15 |
| Mexican Duck? | Anas diazi | 1 |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | 3772 |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas carolinensis | 2693 |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | 2385 |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | 4051 |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | 1394 |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | 11 |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | 2990 |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | 1 |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | 22 |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta fusca | 19 |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | 7 |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | 32 |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | 2323 |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | 530 |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | 11 |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | 171 |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | 668 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | 53 |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | 3780 |
| Family Odontophoridae | ||
| Scaled Quail | Callipepla squamata | 1 |
| Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus | 139 |
| Family Phasianidae | ||
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | 436 |
| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | 1 |
| Sage Grouse | Centrocercus urophasianus | 2 |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse | Tympanuchus phasianellus | 497 |
| Greater Prairie-Chicken | Tympanuchus cupido | 396 |
| Chukar Partridge | Alectoris chukar | 13 |
| Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | 20 |
| Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | 781 |
| Family Gaviidae | ||
| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | 1 |
| Common Loon; this attribution has been a return to a former proper name, rather than the use of great northern loon | Gavia immer | 38 |
| Family Podicipedidae | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | 2356 |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | 5 |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | 175 |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | 2041 |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | 1393 |
| Clark's Grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii | 28 |
| Family Threskiornithidae | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | 2 |
| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | 292 |
| Family Ardeidae | ||
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | 1005 |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | 41 |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1222 |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | 4 |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | 63 |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | 92 |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | 2267 |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | 65 |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | 2 |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | 14 |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | 72 |
| Family Pelecanidae | ||
| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | 1680 |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | 2 |
| Family Phalacrocoracidae | ||
| Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | 2 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | 2361 |
| Family Cathartidae | ||
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | 489 |
| Family Pandionidae | ||
| Western Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | 106 |
| Family Accipitridae | ||
| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | 1 |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | 282 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | 170 |
| Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | 136 |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | 30 |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | 788 |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | 491 |
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | 7 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | 3 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | 39 |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | 435 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | 789 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | Buteo regalis | 218 |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | 249 |
| Family Rallidae | ||
| Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | 1 |
| Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | 4 |
| King Rail | Rallus elegans | 9 |
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | 298 |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | 219 |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | 7 |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | 4995 |
| Family Gruidae | ||
| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758). "Move canadensis clade of Grus cranes to genus Antigone (Krajewski et al. 2010, NACC 2016-C-4)." | 275 |
| Whooping Crane | Grus americana | 70 |
| Family Recurvirostridae | ||
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | 88 |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | 1166 |
| Family Charadriidae | ||
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | 16 |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | 72 |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | 118 |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | 3501 |
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | 59 |
| Snowy Plover | Charadrius nivosus | 14 |
| Mountain Plover | Charadrius montanus | 3 |
| Family Scolopacidae | ||
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | 1884 |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | 14 |
| Eskimo Curlew; likely extinct but not indicated as such by the IOC checklist | Numenius borealis | 2 |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | 1153 |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | 13 |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | 122 |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | 10 |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | 5 |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | 278 |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | 60 |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | 16 |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | 389 |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | 273 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | 57 |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | 10 |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | 133 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | 226 |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | 89 |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | 396 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | 70 |
| American Woodcock | Scolopax minor | 3 |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | 579 |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | 1672 |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | 132 |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | 7 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | 379 |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | 98 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | 736 |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | 1200 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | 513 |
| Family Laridae | ||
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | 2 |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | 8 |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | 53 |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | 1 |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | 299 |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | 931 |
| California Gull | Larus californicus | 41 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | 4 |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | 16 |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides; includes Larus glaucoides thayeri as an indication that the Thayer's Gull, notably seen at Lake McConaughy, is now scientifically recognized as a subspecies | 7 |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | 119 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | 7 |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | 14 |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | 39 |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | 93 |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | 1038 |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | 1574 |
| Family Stercoraiidae | ||
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Cedar Point Biological Station checklist |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | 2 |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Cedar Point Biological Station checklist |
| Family Columbidae | ||
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | 162 |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | 402 |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | 2246 |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | 2 |
| Family Cuculidae | ||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | 157 |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | 61 |
| Family Tytonidae | ||
| American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata | 42 |
| Family Strigidae | ||
| Flammulated Owl | Psiloscops flammeolus | 1 |
| Eastern Screech Owl | Megascops asio | 95 |
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | 22 |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | 512 |
| Barred Owl | Strix varia | 3 |
| Great Grey Owl | Strix nebulosa | 1 |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | 145 |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | 14 |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | 42 |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | 84 |
| Family Caprimulgidae | ||
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | 720 |
| Common Poorwill | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | 45 |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | 2 |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus | 30 |
| Family Apodidae | ||
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | 261 |
| White-throated Swift | Aeronautes saxatalis | Cedar Point Biological Station checklist |
| Family Trochilidae | ||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | 17 |
| Broad-tailed Hummingbird | Selasphorus platycercus | 3 |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | 2 |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope | 1 |
| Family Alcedinidae | ||
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | 423 |
| Family Picidae | ||
| Lewis's Woodpecker | Melanerpes lewis | 6 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | 424 |
| Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus | 2 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | 117 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | 23 |
| Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens | 596 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Leuconotopicus villosus | 298 |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | 1392 |
| Family Falconidae | ||
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | 647 |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | 65 |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | 12 |
| Prairie Falcon | Falco mexicanus | 186 |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | 76 |
| Family Tyrannidae | ||
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | 199 |
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | 84 |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | 23 |
| Western Wood Pewee | Contopus sordidulus | 99 |
| Eastern Wood Pewee; for both wood pewees, a significant change has been getting rid of the hyphen in the proper name. | Contopus virens | 102 |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | 2 |
| Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | 1 |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | 118 |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | 19 |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | 86 |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | 1 |
| Cordilleran Flycatcher | Empidonax occidentalis | 5 |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus obscurus | 2 |
| Cassin's Kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans | 8 |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | 769 |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | 11 |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | 1311 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | 218 |
| Family Laniidae | ||
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | 402 |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | 105 |
| Family Vireonidae | ||
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | 2 |
| Bell's Vireo | Vireo bellii | 190 |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | 12 |
| Plumbeous Vireo | Vireo plumbeus | 1 |
| Cassin's Vireo | Vireo cassinii | 2 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | 18 |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | 244 |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | 4 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | 234 |
| Family Corvidae | ||
| Grey Jay | Perisoreus canadensis | 5 |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | 677 |
| Steller's Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri | 6 |
| Pinyon Jay | Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus | 27 |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia | 178 |
| Clark's Nutcracker | Nucifraga columbiana | 6 |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | 1303 |
| Northern Raven | Corvus corax | 7 |
| Family Bombycillidae | ||
| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | 26 |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | 355 |
| Family Paridae | ||
| Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | 2 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | 748 |
| Family Alaudidae | ||
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | 1059 |
| Family Hirundinidae | ||
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | 136 |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | 758 |
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | 9 |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | 72 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | 257 |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | 1203 |
| American Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | 295 |
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | 2 |
| Family Regulidae | ||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | 65 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | 82 |
| Family Troglodytidae | ||
| Rock Wren | Salpinctes obsoletus | 36 |
| Canyon Wren | Catherpes mexicanus | 4 |
| Sedge Wren | Cistothorus stellaris | 25 |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | 839 |
| Bewick's Wren | Thryomanes bewickii | 4 |
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | 6 |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes hiemalis | 31 |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | 703 |
| Family Polioptilidae | ||
| Blue-grey Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | 9 |
| Family Sittidae | ||
| Pygmy Nuthatch | Sitta pygmaea | 3 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | 327 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | 551 |
| Family Certhiidae | ||
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | 67 |
| Family Mimidae | ||
| Grey Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | 272 |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | 51 |
| Sage Thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus | 9 |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | 599 |
| Curve-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma curvirostre | 8 |
| Family Sturnidae | ||
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | 842 |
| Family Turdidae | ||
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | 5 |
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | 525 |
| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | 67 |
| Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | 197 |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | 21 |
| Grey-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | 26 |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | 148 |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | 37 |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | 38 |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | 1594 |
| Family Cinclidae | ||
| American Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus | 2 |
| Family Passeridae | ||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | 496 |
| Family Motacillidae | ||
| Buff-bellied Pipit | Anthus rubescens |
83 |
| Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii | 11 |
| Family Fringillidae | ||
| Evening Grosbeak | Hesperiphona vespertinus | 41 |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | 3 |
| Grey-crowned Rosy Finch | Leucosticte tephrocotis | 2 |
| Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus | 21 |
| Cassin's Finch | Haemorhous cassinii | 2 |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | 346 |
| Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | 27 |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | 90 |
| Two-barred Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | 4 |
| American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | 1187 |
| Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | 1 |
| Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | 134 |
| Family Parulidae | ||
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | 202 |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | 4 |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | 1 |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | 29 |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | 2 |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera | 6 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | 101 |
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | 44 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | 135 |
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | 18 |
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | 7 |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei | 20 |
| Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | 9 |
| Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa | 4 |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | 950 |
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | 8 |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | 190 |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | 2 |
| Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | 1 |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | 14 |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | 19 |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | 8 |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | 8 |
| American Yellow Warbler | Setophaga aestiva | 635 |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | 11 |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | 55 |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | 6 |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | 9 |
| Myrtle Warbler | Setophaga coronata | 2 |
| Audubon's Warbler | Setophaga auduboni | 254 |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | 2 |
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | 5 |
| Grace's Warbler | Setophaga graciae | 1 |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | 11 |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | 12 |
| Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | 3 |
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | 87 |
| Family Icteridae | ||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | 207 |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | 1304 |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | 584 |
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | 2342 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | 792 |
| Bullock's Oriole | Icterus bullockii | 20 |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | 306 |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | 658 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | 2804 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | 1150 |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | 21 |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | 84 |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | 1085 |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | 47 |
| Family Passerellidae | ||
| Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys | 226 |
| Red Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | 9 |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | 268 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | 152 |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | 177 |
| Harris's Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | 152 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | 239 |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | 97 |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | 4 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | 507 |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | 185 |
| Nelson's Sparrow | Ammodramus nelsoni | 1 |
| Saltmarsh Sparrow | Ammodramus caudacutus | 1 |
| LeConte's Sparrow | Ammodramus leconteii | 8 |
| Baird's Sparrow | Ammodramus bairdii | 3 |
| Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii | 4 |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | 924 |
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizelloides arborea | 378 |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | 546 |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | 384 |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | 153 |
| Brewer's Sparrow | Spizella breweri | 5 |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | 157 |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | 1003 |
| Black-throated Sparrow | Amphispiza bilineata | 1 |
| Cassin's Sparrow | Peucaea cassinii | 7 |
| Green-tailed Towhee | Pipilo chlorurus | 2 |
| Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | 311 |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | 159 |
| Family Calcariidae | ||
| McCown's Longspur | Rhynchophanes mccownii | 9 |
| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | 61 |
| Smith's Longspur | Calcarius pictus | 2 |
| Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus | 63 |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | 29 |
| Family Cardinalidae | ||
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | 6 |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | 50 |
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | 25 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | 69 |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | 144 |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | 365 |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | 482 |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | 222 |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | 160 |
| Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena | 60 |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | 2 |
| * Additional records (2165) are available as derived from static bird checklists. | ||
In addition to recognized species, the taxonomy list includes other features. Notably, this included a listing for the ten following hybrids known to occur in the region, and for which there are 36 records available: Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal; Mallard x Gadwall; Mallard x Northern Pintail; Greater Prairie-Chicken x Sharp-tailed Grouse; Western Wood Pewee x Eastern Wood Pewee; Willow Flycatcher x Alder Flycatcher; Bullock's Oriole x Baltimore Oriole; Spotted Towhee x Eastern Towhee; Rose-breasted Grosbeak x Black-headed Grosbeak; and, Indigo Bunting x Lazuli Bunting.