Breeding Birds of the Platte River Valley

Species Accounts

Family Podicipedidae: Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps); Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Family Phalacrocoracidae: Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Family Ardeidae: American Bittern (Botaurus Lengtiginosus); Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias); Green-backed Heron (Butorides striatus); Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Family Anatidae: Canada Goose (Branta canadensis); Wood Duck (Aix sponsa); Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca); Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos); Northern Pintail (Anas acuta); Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors); Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata); Gadwall (Anas strepera); American Wigeon (Anas americana); Redhead (Aythya americana)
Family Cathartidae: Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Family Accititridae: Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus); Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni); Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis); Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis); Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos); American Kestrel (Falco sparverius); Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
Family Phasianidae: Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus); Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido); Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus); Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo); Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Family Rallidae: Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola); Sora (Porzana carolina); Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus); American Coot (Fulica americana)
Family Charadriidae: Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus); Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Family Recurvirostridae: American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Family Scolopacidae: Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia); Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda); Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus); Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago); American Woodcock (Scolopax minor); Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor); Least Tern (Sterna antillarum); Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Family Columbidae: Rock Dove (Columba livia); Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Family Cuculidae: Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus); Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
Family Tytonidae: Common Barn-Owl (Tyto alba)
Family Strigidae: Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio); Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus); Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia); Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Family Caprimulgidae: Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
Family Apodidae: Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
Family Alcedinidae: Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
Family Picidae: Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus); Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus); Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens); Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus); Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Family Tyrannidae: Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus); Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens); Willow Flycatcher (Epidonax traillii); Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe); Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya); Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus); Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans); Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis); Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus); Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Family Alaudidae: Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Family Hirundinidae: Purple Martin (Progne subis); Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor); Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis); Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia); Cliff Swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota); Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Family Corvidae: Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata); Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica); American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos); Chihuahuan Raven (Corvus cryptoleucus)
Family Paridae: Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus)
Family Sittidae: White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
Family Troglodytidae: Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus); Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii); House Wren (Troglodytes aedon); Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis); Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
Family Muscicapidae: Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis); Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina); American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Family Mimidae: Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis); Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottis); Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
Family Bombycillidae: Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Family Laniidae: Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
Family Sturnidae: European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Family Vireonidae: Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii); Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus); Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Family Emberizidae: Yellow Warbler (Dendoica petechia); American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla); Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas); Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens); Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea); Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis); Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus); Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus); Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea); Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena); Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea); Dickcissel (Spiza americana); Rufous-sided Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus); Cassin's Sparrow (Aimophila cassinii); Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina); Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri); Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla); Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus); Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus); Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys); Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis); Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum); Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia); Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana); Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorous); Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus); Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna); Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta); Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus); Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus); Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus); Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula); Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater); Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius); Northern Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Family Fringillidae: House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus); Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus); American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
Family Passeridae: House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

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