North Platte National Wildlife Refuge Bird Checklist |
Legend:
a = Abundant - Common species that is numerous
c = Common - Certain to be seen or heard in
suitable habitat
u = Uncommon - Present, but not certain to be seen
r = Rare - seen only a few times during a season annually
o = Occasional - Seen at intervals of 2 to 5 years
x = Accidental - seen once or more since refuge establishment
* = Species that nests in the District
Darker background = Neotropical migrant
|
S=Spring
(Mar - May)
s=Summer
(Jun - Aug)
F=Fall
(Sep - Nov)
W=Winter
(Dec - Feb)
|
Herons |
Waterfowl |
Hawks |
Rails |
Shorebirds |
Gulls |
Owls |
Woodpeckers.
Flycatchers |
Swallows |
Wrens |
Thrushes |
Warblers |
Sparrows |
Finches |
Bottom
|
| Common Name |
S |
s |
F |
W |
| Loons |
Legend |
| Pacific Loon |
|
|
x |
|
| Common Loon |
u |
r |
u |
x |
| Grebes |
Legend |
| Pied-billed Grebe # |
u |
u |
u |
|
| Horned Grebe |
r |
|
r |
|
| Red-necked Grebe |
x |
|
|
|
| Eared Grebe |
c |
u |
c |
x |
| Western Grebe |
c |
u |
c |
o |
| Clark's Grebe |
|
x |
|
|
| Pelicans |
Legend |
| American White Pelican |
u |
o |
u |
x |
| Cormorants |
Legend |
| Double-crested Cormorant * |
u |
c |
u |
|
| Herons and
Bitterns |
Legend |
| American Bittern |
r |
|
|
|
| Great Blue Heron * |
u |
u |
u |
r |
| Great Egret |
x |
|
|
|
| Cattle Egret |
x |
|
|
|
| Green Heron |
|
|
x |
|
| Black-crowned Night Heron * |
r |
r |
o |
|
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
|
x |
|
|
| Ibises |
Legend |
| White-faced Ibis |
x |
|
|
|
| Vultures |
Legend |
| Turkey Vulture |
r |
r |
r |
|
| Swans, Geese,
and Ducks |
Legend |
| Trumpeter Swan |
|
|
x |
|
| Tundra Swan |
|
|
o |
|
| Greater White-fronted Goose |
|
|
o |
|
| Snow Goose |
u |
|
r |
|
| Ross's Goose |
o |
|
o |
|
| Canada Goose * |
c |
u |
a |
a |
| Wood Duck * |
u |
u |
u |
|
| Gadwall |
c |
o |
u |
o |
| American Wigeon * |
c |
r |
u |
o |
| Mallard * |
a |
u |
a |
a |
| Blue-winged Teal * |
c |
r |
c |
|
| Cinnamon Teal |
o |
|
|
|
| Northern Shoveler |
c |
r |
u |
r |
| Northern Pintail |
c |
r |
u |
o |
| Green-winged Teal |
c |
|
c |
r |
| Canvasback |
c |
|
u |
r |
| Redhead |
a |
o |
c |
r |
| Ring-necked Duck |
c |
|
u |
|
| Lesser Scaup |
a |
o |
u |
|
| Surf Scoter |
|
x |
|
|
| White-winged Scoter |
|
x |
|
|
| Long-tail Duck |
|
|
x |
|
| Bufflehead |
u |
|
c |
o |
| Common Goldeneye |
u |
|
c |
u |
| Barrow's Goldeneye |
o |
|
o |
o |
| Hooded Merganser |
r |
|
r |
o |
| Common Merganser |
a |
u |
a |
u |
| Red-breasted Merganser |
r |
|
r |
o |
| Ruddy Duck |
c |
o |
u |
|
| Hawks and
Eagles |
Legend |
| Osprey |
o |
|
o |
|
| Bald Eagle * |
u |
r |
u |
c |
| Northern Harrier |
o |
o |
u |
r |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
r |
|
o |
o |
| Cooper's Hawk |
|
|
r |
|
| Northern Goshawk |
x |
|
|
|
| Red-shouldered Hawk |
x |
|
|
|
| Broad-winged Hawk (NT) |
o |
|
|
|
| Harris's Hawk |
|
|
x |
|
| Swainson's Hawk (NT) |
o |
r |
o |
|
| Red-tailed Hawk * |
u |
u |
u |
u |
| Rough-legged Hawk |
r |
|
u |
u |
| Ferruginous Hawk |
|
o |
r |
|
| Golden Eagle |
|
r |
o |
|
| Falcons |
Legend |
| American Kestrel * |
c |
c |
c |
u |
| Merlin (NT) |
|
o |
o |
|
| Peregrine Falcon (NT) |
|
o |
|
|
| Prairie Falcon |
|
r |
|
|
| Upland Game Birds |
Legend |
| Ring-necked Pheasant # |
u |
u |
u |
u |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse # |
o |
o |
o |
o |
| Wild Turkey |
u |
u |
u |
u |
| Northern Bobwhite |
o |
o |
o |
o |
| Rails and Coots |
Legend |
| Virginia Rail |
o |
|
o |
|
| Sora |
o |
o |
|
|
| American Coot * |
c |
u |
c |
o |
| Cranes |
Legend |
| Sandhill Crane |
r |
|
r |
|
| Shorebirds |
Legend |
| Black-bellied Plover |
o |
|
o |
|
| Semipalmated Plover |
o |
o |
o |
|
| Killdeer # |
c |
u |
c |
r |
| Black-necked Stilt |
x |
|
x |
|
| American Avocet |
r |
r |
r |
|
| Greater Yellowlegs |
r |
r |
r |
|
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
u |
o |
u |
|
| Solitary Sandpiper |
r |
o |
o |
|
| Willet |
r |
|
o |
|
| Spotted Sandpiper |
u |
r |
u |
|
| Upland Sandpiper (NT) |
|
x |
|
|
| Long-billed Curlew (NT) |
o |
|
|
|
| Marbled Godwit |
r |
o |
o |
|
| Ruddy Turnstone |
|
x |
|
|
| Sanderling |
o |
r |
u |
|
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
r |
r |
r |
|
| Western Sandpiper |
o |
|
o |
|
| Least Sandpiper |
o |
u |
u |
|
| White-rumped Sandpiper |
r |
|
|
|
| Baird's Sandpiper |
o |
u |
c |
|
| Pectoral Sandpiper |
|
u |
|
|
| Dunlin |
|
|
x |
|
| Stilt Sandpiper |
r |
r |
r |
|
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
|
x |
|
|
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
u |
|
u |
|
| Common Snipe |
r |
o |
r |
u |
| Wilson's Phalarope |
u |
r |
|
|
| Red-necked Phalarope |
o |
|
o |
|
| Gulls and Terns |
Legend |
| Franklin's Gull |
u |
r |
c |
|
| Bonaparte's Gull |
u |
|
r |
r |
| Ring-billed Gull |
a |
u |
a |
u |
| California Gull |
x |
|
|
|
| Herring Gull |
u |
|
u |
o |
| Glaucous Gull |
x |
|
|
|
| Black-legged Kittiwake |
|
x |
|
|
| Sabine's Gull |
|
x |
|
|
| Caspian Tern |
x |
|
|
|
| Common Tern |
o |
o |
o |
|
| Forster's Tern |
u |
o |
r |
|
| Black Tern * |
r |
o |
o |
|
| Doves |
Legend |
| Rock Dove |
r |
r |
r |
r |
| Mourning Dove * |
c |
a |
c |
o |
| Cuckoos and Roadrunners |
Legend |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo (NT) |
|
|
r |
|
| Owls |
Legend |
| Barn Owl |
x |
|
|
|
| Eastern Screech Owl * |
u |
u |
u |
u |
| Great Horned Owl # |
u |
u |
u |
u |
| Nighthawks and Nightjars |
Legend |
| Common Nighthawk # (NT) |
r |
r |
|
|
| Common Poorwill |
o |
|
|
|
| Kingfishers |
Legend |
| Belted Kingfisher # |
u |
u |
u |
u |
| Woodpeckers |
Legend |
| Red-Headed Woodpecker # |
r |
u |
u |
|
| Red-naped Sapsucker |
|
o |
|
|
| Downy Woodpecker * |
u |
u |
u |
u |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
r |
o |
o |
r |
| Northern Flicker * |
c |
c |
c |
u |
| Flycatchers |
Legend |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher |
|
o |
|
|
| Western Wood Pewee # (NT) |
r |
u |
o |
|
| Willow Flycatcher |
o |
|
|
|
| Least Flycatcher (NT) |
r |
|
|
|
| Cordilleran Flycatcher (NT) |
x |
|
|
|
| Say's Phoebe |
r |
o |
o |
|
| Great Crested Flycatcher |
x |
|
|
|
| Cassin's Kingbird |
|
o |
|
|
| Western Kingbird * (NT) |
c |
c |
a |
|
| Eastern Kingbird # (NT) |
c |
u |
c |
|
Shrikes |
Legend |
| Loggerhead Shrike # |
r |
r |
|
|
| Northern Shrike |
r |
|
r |
r |
Vireos |
Legend |
| Warbling Vireo * (NT) |
u |
u |
u |
|
| Red-eyed Vireo # (NT) |
o |
r |
o |
|
Jays, Magpies and Crows |
Legend |
| Blue Jay * |
u |
u |
u |
u |
| Pinyon Jay |
|
x |
|
|
| Black-billed Magpie * |
c |
c |
c |
c |
| American Crow * |
o |
o |
o |
|
| Larks |
Legend |
| Horned Lark * |
c |
u |
c |
c |
| Swallows |
Legend |
| Tree Swallow * |
u |
u |
o |
|
| Violet-green Swallow (NT) |
o |
|
|
|
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow # (NT) |
u |
u |
|
|
| Bank Swallow (NT) |
o |
o |
o |
|
| Cliff Swallow * (NT) |
c |
a |
|
|
| Barn Swallow * (NT) |
c |
c |
c |
|
| Chickadees and Titmice |
Legend |
| Black-capped Chickadee * |
c |
c |
c |
c |
| Mountain Chickadee |
|
|
x |
x |
| Nuthatches |
Legend |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
|
o |
|
| White-breasted Nuthatch # |
c |
c |
u |
|
| Creepers |
Legend |
| Brown Creeper |
|
o |
|
|
| Wrens |
Legend |
| Rock Wren |
|
o |
|
|
| House Wren * (NT) |
c |
c |
u |
|
| Marsh Wren |
o |
|
o |
|
| Kinglets,
Bluebirds, and Thrushes |
Legend |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
x |
|
|
|
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
o |
|
u |
|
| Eastern Bluebird |
o |
|
|
|
| Mountain Bluebird |
o |
|
o |
|
| Townsend's Solitaire |
o |
|
o |
o |
| Veery |
x |
|
|
|
| Swainson's Thrush (NT) |
r |
|
|
|
| Hermit Thrush |
|
o |
|
|
| American Robin * |
a |
c |
a |
a |
| Varied Thrush |
|
|
x |
|
| Mimics |
Legend |
| Gray Catbird |
x |
|
|
|
| Sage Thrasher |
|
x |
|
|
| Brown Thrasher * |
u |
u |
r |
|
| Starlings |
Legend |
| European Starling # |
c |
c |
c |
c |
| Pipits |
Legend |
| American Pipit |
u |
|
u |
|
| Waxwings |
Legend |
| Cedar Waxwing |
o |
o |
|
o |
| Warblers |
Legend |
| Tennessee Warbler |
x |
|
|
|
| Orange-crowned Warbler (NT) |
u |
|
u |
|
| Yellow Warbler * (NT) |
u |
u |
|
|
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
c |
|
c |
|
| Townsend's Warbler |
|
x |
|
|
| Blackpoll Warbler |
o |
|
o |
|
| American Redstart (NT) |
o |
|
|
|
| Ovenbird |
|
x |
|
|
| Common Yellowthroat # (NT) |
u |
u |
|
|
| Wilson's Warbler (NT) |
o |
o |
r |
|
| Yellow-breasted Chat (NT) |
o |
|
|
|
| Tanagers |
Legend |
| Western Tanager (NT) |
o |
|
o |
|
| Sparrows, Buntings, and Grosbeaks |
Legend |
| Spotted Towhee |
o |
o |
o |
|
| American Tree Sparrow |
c |
|
c |
u |
| Chipping Sparrow (NT) |
u |
r |
u |
|
| Clay-colored Sparrow (NT) |
r |
|
r |
|
| Field Sparrow |
o |
|
o |
|
| Vesper Sparrow |
r |
r |
r |
|
| Lark Sparrow * (NT) |
u |
c |
u |
|
| Lark Bunting # |
r |
r |
r |
|
| Savannah Sparrow |
r |
|
r |
|
| Baird's Sparrow |
|
|
x |
|
| Grasshopper Sparrow * (NT) |
|
r |
|
|
| Song Sparrow * |
o |
|
o |
o |
| Lincoln's Sparrow (NT) |
o |
|
r |
|
| Swamp Sparrow |
|
|
|
x |
| White-throated Sparrow |
o |
|
o |
|
| Harris' Sparrow |
|
o |
|
|
| White-crowned Sparrow |
u |
|
u |
|
| Dark-eyed Junco |
u |
|
u |
u |
| McCown's Longspur |
|
o |
|
|
| Lapland Longspur |
|
o |
o |
|
| Chestnut-collared Longspur |
|
|
|
o |
| Black-headed Grosbeak (NT) |
o |
|
|
|
| Blue Grosbeak |
|
o |
|
|
| Blackbirds and Orioles |
Legend |
| Bobolink (NT) |
|
o |
|
|
| Red-winged Blackbird * |
u |
u |
u |
|
| Western Meadowlark * |
a |
a |
a |
o |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird * (NT) |
r |
u |
o |
|
| Brewer's Blackbird |
|
o |
|
|
| Common Grackle * |
a |
a |
a |
|
| Brown-headed Cowbird * |
u |
u |
|
|
| Orchard Oriole * (NT) |
u |
u |
u |
|
| Baltimore Oriole |
r |
r |
|
|
| Bullock's Oriole * (NT) |
u |
u |
|
|
| Finches |
Legend |
| Gray-crowned Rosy Finch |
|
|
|
x |
| House Finch |
o |
o |
o |
o |
| Red Crossbill |
|
x |
|
|
| Pine Siskin |
o |
|
o |
r |
| American Goldfinch # |
u |
u |
u |
r |
| Old World Sparrows |
Legend |
| House Sparrow * |
u |
u |
u |
u |
