Platte River Ecosystem Resources and Management, with Emphasis on the Big Bend Reach in Nebraska
Appendices
Appendix B. List of bird species known to have been observed in the Platte River system of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. Data are from Kingery (1988), Johnsgard (1980, 1986), and Faanes and Lingle (unpublished). Nomenclature and phylogenetic order follows AOU (1983) and its supplements. Known nesting species are indicated with (n).
| Family Name - Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Gaviidae | |
| Red-throated loon | Gavia stellata |
| Pacific loon | Gavia pacifica |
| Common loon | Gavia immer |
| Yellow-billed loon | Gavia adamsii |
| Podicipedidae | |
| Pied-billed grebe (n) | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Horned grebe | Podiceps auritus |
| Red-necked grebe | Podiceps grisegna |
| Eared grebe (n) | Podiceps nigricollis |
| Western grebe (n) | Aechmophorus occidentalis |
| Clark's grebe (n) | Aechmophorus clarki |
| Pelecanidae | |
| American white pelican (n) | Pelecanus erythrorhynchus |
| Brown pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
| Phalacrocoracidae | |
| Double-crested cormorant (n) | Phalacrocorax auritus |
| Neotropic cormornat | Phalacrocorax olivaceus |
| Ahningidae | |
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
| Ardeidae | |
| American bittern (n) | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| Least bittern (n) | Ixobrychus exilis |
| Great blue heron (n) | Ardea herodias |
| Great egret (n) | Casmerodius albus |
| Snowy egret (n) | Egretta thula |
| Little blue heron | Egretta caerulea |
| Tricolored heron | Egretta tricolor |
| Cattle egret (n) | Bubulcus ibis |
| Green-backed heron (n) | Butorides striatus |
| Black-crowned night-heron (n) | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Yellow-crowned night-heron (n) | Nyctanassa violacea |
| Ciconiidae | |
| Wood stork | Mycteria americana |
| Threskiornithidae | |
| White-faced ibis (n) | Plegadis chihi |
| Roseate spoonbill | Ajaja ajaja |
| Anatidae | |
| Tundra swan | Cygnus columbianus |
| Trumpeter swan | Cygnus buccinator |
| Greater white-fronted goose | Anser albifrons |
| Snow goose | Chen caerulescens |
| Ross' goose | Chen rossii |
| Brant | Branta bernicla |
| Canada goose (n) | Branta canadensis |
| Wood duck (n) | Aix sponsa |
| Green-winged teal (n) | Anas crecca |
| American black duck | Anas rubripes |
| Mallard (n) | Anas platyrhynchos |
| Northern pintail (n) | Anas acuta |
| Blue-winged teal (n) | Anas discors |
| Cinnamon teal (n) | Anas cyanoptera |
| Northern shoveler (n) | Anas clypeata |
| Gadwall (n) | Anas strepera |
| Eurasian wigeon | Anas penolope |
| American wigeon (n) | Anas americana |
| Canvasback (n) | Aythya valisineria |
| Redhead (n) | Aythya americana |
| Ring-necked duck | Aythya collaris |
| Greater scaup | Aythya marila |
| Lesser scaup (n) | Aythya affinis |
| Harlequin duck | Histrionicus histrionicus |
| Common eider | Somateria mollissima |
| Oldsquaw | Clangula hyemalis |
| Black scoter | Melanitta nigra |
| Surf scoter | Melanitta perspicillata |
| White-winged scoter | Melanitta fusca |
| Common goldeneye | Bucephala clangula |
| Barrow's goldeneye | Bucephala islandica |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola |
| Hooded merganser (n) | Lophodytes cucullatus |
| Common merganser | Mergus merganser |
| Red-breasted merganser | Mergus serrator |
| Ruddy duck (n) | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| Cathartidae | |
| Turkey vulture (n) | Cathartes aura |
| Black vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| Accipitridae | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Black-shouldered kite | Elanus caerulens |
| Mississippi kite | Ictina mississippiensis |
| Bald eagle (n) | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| Northern harrier (n) | Circus cyaneus |
| Sharp-shinned hawk (n) | Accipiter striatus |
| Cooper's hawk (n) | Accipiter cooperii |
| Northern goshawk (n) | Accipiter gentilis |
| Red-shouldered hawk | Buteo lineatus |
| Broad-winged hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| Swainson's hawk (n) | Buteo swainsoni |
| Red-tailed hawk (n) | Buteo jamaicensis |
| Ferruginous hawk (n) | Buteo regalis |
| Rough-legged hawk | Buteo lagopus |
| Golden eagle (n) | Aquila chrysaetos |
| American kestrel (n) | Falco sparverius |
| Merlin (n) | Falco columbarius |
| Peregrine falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus |
| Prairie falcon | Falco mexicanus |
| Phasianidae | |
| Gray partridge (n) | Perdix perdix |
| Chukar (n) | Alectoris chukar |
| Ring-necked pheasant (n) | Phasianus colchicus |
| Blue grouse (n) | Dendragapus obscurus |
| White-tailed ptarmigan (n) | Lagopus leucurus |
| Sage grouse (n) | Centrocercus urophasianus |
| Greater prairie-chicken (n) | Tympanuchus cupido |
| Sharp-tailed grouse (n) | Tympanuchus phasianellus |
| Wild turkey (n) | Meleagris gallopavo |
| Northern bobwhite (n) | Colinus virginianus |
| Scaled quail | Callipepla squamata |
| Rallidae | |
| Yellow rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis |
| Black rail | Laterallus jamaicensis |
| King rail | Rallus elegans |
| Virginia rail (n) | Rallus limicola |
| Sora (n) | Porzana carolina |
| Common moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| American coot (n) | Fulica americana |
| Gruiidae | |
| Sandhill crane | Grus canadensis |
| Common crane | Grus grus |
| Whooping crane | Grus americana |
| Charadriidae | |
| Black-bellied plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Lesser Golden-plover | Pluvialis dominica |
| Snowy plover | Charadrius alexandrinus |
| Semipalmated plover | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| Piping plover (n) | Charadrius melodus |
| Killdeer (n) | Charadrius vociferus |
| Mountain plover (n) | Charadrius montanus |
| Recurvirostridae | |
| Black-necked stilt (n) | Himantopus mexicanus |
| American avocet (n) | Recurvirostra americana |
| Scolopacidae | |
| Greater yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
| Lesser yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| Solitary sandpiper | Tringa solitaria |
| Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
| Spotted sandpiper | Actitis macularia |
| Upland sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda |
| Eskimo curlew | Numenius borealis |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Long-billed curlew (n) | Numenius americanus |
| Hudsonian godwit | Limosa haemastica |
| Marbled godwit | Limosa fedoa |
| Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Red knot | Calidris canutus |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Semipalmated sandpiper | Calidris pusilla |
| Western sandpiper | Calidris mauri |
| Least sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
| White-rumped sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis |
| Baird's sandpiper | Calidris bairdii |
| Pectoral sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Stilt sandpiper | Calidris himantopus |
| Buff-breasted sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
| Short-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus |
| Long-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| Common snipe (n) | Gallinago gallinago |
| American woodcock (n) | Scolopax minor |
| Wilson's phalarope (n) | Phalaropus tricolor |
| Red-necked phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| Red phalarope | Phalaropus fulicaria |
| Laridae | |
| Pomarine jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
| Parasitic jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| Long-tailed jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus |
| Laughing gull | Larus atricilla |
| Franklin's gull | Larus pipixcan |
| Little gull | Larus minutus |
| Bonaparte's gull | Larus philadelphia |
| Mew gull | Larus canus |
| Ring-billed gull (n) | Larus delawarensis |
| California gull (n) | Larus californicus |
| Herring gull | Larus argentatus |
| Thayer's gull | Larus thayeri |
| Glaucous gull | Larus hyperboreus |
| Black-legged kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla |
| Ross' gull | Rhodosthethia rosea |
| Sabine's gull | Xema sabini |
| Caspian tern (n) | Sterna caspia |
| Common tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Forster's tern (n) | Sterna forsteri |
| Least tern (n) | Sterna antillarum |
| Black tern (n) | Childonias niger |
| Columbidae | |
| Rock dove (n) | Columba livia |
| Band-tailed pigeon (n) | Columba fasciata |
| White-winged dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| Mourning dove (n) | Zenaida macroura |
| Inca dove | Columbina inca |
| Cuculidae | |
| Black-billed cuckoo (n) | Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
| Yellow-billed cuckoo (n) | Coccyzus americanus |
| Tytonidae | |
| Barn owl (n) | Tyto alba |
| Strigidae | |
| Flammulated owl | Otus flammeolus |
| Eastern screech-owl (n) | Otus asio |
| Great horned owl (n) | Bubo virginianus |
| Snowy owl | Nyctea scandiaca |
| Northern pygmy-owl | Glaucidium gnoma |
| Burrowing owl (n) | Athene cunicularia |
| Spotted owl | Strix occidentalis |
| Barred owl | Strix varia |
| Great gray owl | Strix nebulosa |
| Long-eared owl (n) | Asio otus |
| Short-eared owl (n) | Asio flammeus |
| Northern saw-whet owl | Aegolius acadicus |
| Caprimulgidae | |
| Common nighthawk (n) | Chordeiles minor |
| Poorwill (n) | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii |
| Apodidae | |
| Black swift | Cypseloides niger |
| Chimney swift (n) | Chaetura pelagica |
| White-throated swift | Aeronautes saxatalis |
| Trochilidae | |
| Ruby-throated hummingbird (n) | Archilochus colubris |
| Black-chinned hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri |
| Calliope hummingbird | Stellula calliope |
| Broad-tailed hummingbird (n) | Selasphorus platycercus |
| Rufous hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus |
| Alcedinidae | |
| Belted kingfisher (n) | Ceryle alcyon |
| Picidae | |
| Lewis' woodpecker (n) | Melanerpes lewis |
| Red-headed woodpecker (n) | Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
| Red-bellied woodpecker (n) | Melanerpes carolinus |
| Yellow-bellied sapsucker (n) | Sphyrapicus varius |
| Red-naped sapsucker (n) | Sphyrapicus nuchalis |
| Williamson's sapsucker (n) | Sphyrapicus thyroides |
| Downy woodpecker (n) | Picoides pubescens |
| Hairy woodpecker (n) | Picoides villosus |
| Three-toed woodpecker (n) | Picoides tridactylus |
| Northern flicker (n) | Colaptes auratus |
| Tyrannidae | |
| Olive-sided flycatcher (n) | Contopus borealis |
| Western wood-pewee (n) | Contopus sordidulus |
| Eastern wood-pewee (n) | Contopus virens |
| Yellow-bellied flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris |
| Alder flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum |
| Willow flycatcher (n) | Empidonax traillii |
| Least flycatcher | Empidonax minimus |
| Hammond's flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii |
| Dusky flycatcher (n) | Empidonax oberholseri |
| Cordilleran flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis |
| Eastern phoebe (n) | Sayornis phoebe |
| Says' phoebe (n) | Sayornis sayi |
| Vermillion flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus |
| Ash-throated flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens |
| Great crested flycatcher (n) | Myiarchus crinitus |
| Cassin's kingbird (n) | Tyrannus vociferans |
| Western kingbird (n) | Tyrannus verticalis |
| Eastern kingbird (n) | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| Scissor-tailed flycatcher (n) | Tyrannus forficatus |
| Alaudidae | |
| Horned lark (n) | Eremophila alpestris |
| Hirundinidae | |
| Purple martin (n) | Progne subis |
| Tree swallow (n) | Tachycineta bicolor |
| Violet-green swallow (n) | Tachycineta thalassina |
| Northern rough-winged swallow (n) | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| Bank swallow (n) | Riparia riparia |
| Cliff swallow (n) | Hirundo pyrrhonota |
| Barn swallow (n) | Hirundo rustica |
| Corvidae | |
| Gray jay | Perisoreus canadensis |
| Steller's jay (n) | Cyanocitta stelleri |
| Blue jay (n) | Cyanocitta cristata |
| Scrub jay | Aphelocoma coerulescens |
| Pinyon jay (n) | Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus |
| Clark's nutcracker (n) | Nucifraga columbiana |
| Black-billed magpie (n) | Pica pica |
| American crow (n) | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| Chihuahuan raven (n) | Corvus cryptoleucus |
| Common raven | Corvus corax |
| Paridae | |
| Black-capped chickadee (n) | Parus atricapillus |
| Mountain chickadee (n) | Parus gambeli |
| Plain titmouse | Parus inornatus |
| Tufted titmouse | Parus bicolor |
| Aegithalidae | |
| Bushtit | Psaltiparus minimus |
| Sittidae | |
| Red-breasted nuthatch (n) | Sitta canadensis |
| White-breasted nuthatch (n) | Sitta carolinensis |
| Pygmy nuthatch (n) | Sitta pygmaea |
| Certhidae | |
| Brown creeper | Certhia americana |
| Troglodytidae | |
| Rock wren (n) | Salpinctes obsoletus |
| Canyon wren (n) | Catherpes mexicanus |
| Carolina wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus |
| Bewick's wren (n) | Thryomanes bewickii |
| House wren (n) | Troglodytes aedon |
| Winter wren | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| Sedge wren (n) | Cistothorus platensis |
| Marsh wren (n) | Cistothorus palustris |
| Cinclidae | |
| American dipper (n) | Cinclus mexicanus |
| Muscicapidae | |
| Golden-crowned kinglet (n) | Regulus satrapa |
| Ruby-crowned kinglet | Regulus calendula |
| Blue-gray gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea |
| Eastern bluebird (n) | Sialia sialis |
| Western bluebird (n) | Sialia mexicana |
| Mountain bluebird (n) | Sialia currucoides |
| Townsend's solitaire (n) | Myadestes townsendi |
| Veery (n) | Catharus fuscescens |
| Gray-cheeked thrush | Catharus minimus |
| Swainson's thrush (n) | Catharus ustulatus |
| Hermit thrush (n) | Catharus guttatus |
| Wood thrush (n) | Hylocichla mustelina |
| American robin (n) | Turdus migratorius |
| Varied thrush | Ixoreus naevius |
| Mimidae | |
| Gray catbird (n) | Dumetella carolinensis |
| Northern mockingbird (n) | Mimus polyglottos |
| Sage thrasher (n) | Oreoscoptes montanus |
| Brown thrasher (n) | Toxostoma rufum |
| Curve-billed thrasher | Toxostoma curvirostre |
| Motacillidae | |
| American pipit (n) | Anthus spinoletta |
| Sprague's pipit | Anthus spragueii |
| Bombycillidae | |
| Bohemian waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus |
| Cedar waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum |
| Ptilogonatidae | |
| Phainopepla | Phainopepla nitens |
| Laniidae | |
| Northern shrike | Lanius excubitor |
| Loggerhead shrike (n) | Lanius ludovicianus |
| Sturnidae | |
| European starling (n) | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Vireonidae | |
| White-eyed vireo | Vireo griseus |
| Bell's vireo (n) | Vireo bellii |
| Solitary vireo (n) | Vireo solitarius |
| Yellow-throated vireo (n) | Vireo flavifrons |
| Warbling vireo (n) | Vireo gilvus |
| Philadelphia vireo | Vireo philadelphicus |
| Red-eyed vireo (n) | Vireo olivaceus |
| Emberizidae | |
| Subfamily Parulinae | |
| Blue-winged warbler | Vermivora pinus |
| Golden-winged warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| Tennessee warbler | Vermivora peregrina |
| Orange-crowned warbler | Vermivora celata |
| Nashville warbler | Vermivora ruficapilla |
| Virginia's warbler (n) | Vermivora virginiae |
| Northern parula | Parula americana |
| Yellow warbler (n) | Dendroica petechia |
| Chestnut-sided warbler | Dendroica pensylvanica |
| Magnolia warbler | Dendroica magnolia |
| Cape may warbler | Dendroica tigrina |
| Black-throated blue warbler | Dendroica caerulescens |
| Yellow-rumped warbler (n) | Dendroica coronata |
| Black-throated gray warbler | Dendroica nigrescens |
| Townsend's warbler | Dendroica townsendi |
| Black-throated green warbler | Dendroica virens |
| Blackburnian warbler | Dendroica fusca |
| Yellow-throated warbler | Dendroica dominica |
| Pine warbler | Dendroica pinus |
| Prairie warbler | Dendroica discolor |
| Palm warbler | Dendroica palmarum |
| Bay-breasted warbler | Dendroica castanea |
| Blackpoll warbler | Dendroica striata |
| Cerulean warbler | Dendroica cerulea |
| Black-and-white warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| American redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| Prothonotary warbler | Protonotaria citrea |
| Worm-eating warbler | Helmitheros vermivorus |
| Swainson's warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapillus |
| Northern waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis |
| Louisiana waterthrush | Seiurus motacilla |
| Kentucky warbler | Oporornis formosus |
| Connecticut warbler | Oporornis agilis |
| Mourning warbler | Oporornis philadelphia |
| MacGillivray's warbler | Oporornis tolmiei |
| Common yellowthroat (n) | Geothlypis trichas |
| Hooded warbler | Wilsonia citrina |
| Wilson's warbler | Wilsonia pusilla |
| Canada warbler | Wilsonia canadensis |
| Yellow-breasted chat (n) | Icteria virens |
| Subfamily Thraupinae | |
| Hepatic tanager | Piranga flava |
| Summer tanager | Piranga rubra |
| Scarlet tanager (n) | Piranga olivacea |
| Western tanager (n) | Piranga ludoviciana |
| Subfamily Cardinalinae | |
| Northern cardinal (n) | Cardinalis cardinalis |
| Rose-breasted grosbeak (n) | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| Black-headed grosbeak (n) | Pheucticus melanocephalus |
| Blue grosbeak (n) | Guiraca caerulea |
| Lazuli bunting (n) | Passerina amoena |
| Indigo bunting (n) | Passerina cyanea |
| Painted bunting | Passerina ciris |
| Dickcissel (n) | Spiza americana |
| Subfamily Emberizinae | |
| Green-tailed towhee (n) | Pipilo chlorurus |
| Rufous-sided towhee (n) | Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
| Brown towhee | Pipilo fuscus |
| Cassin's sparrow (n) | Aimophila cassinii |
| American tree sparrow | Spizella arborea |
| Chipping sparrow (n) | Spizella passerina |
| Clay-colored sparrow | Spizella pallida |
| Brewer's sparrow (n) | Spizella breweri |
| Field sparrow (n) | Spizella pusilla |
| Vesper sparrow (n) | Pooecetes gramineus |
| Lark sparrow (n) | Chondestes grammacus |
| Black-throated sparrow | Amphispiza bilineata |
| Sage sparrow | Amphispiza belli |
| Lark bunting (n) | Calamospiza melanocorys |
| Savannah sparrow (n) | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| Baird's sparrow | Ammodramus bairdii |
| Grasshopper sparrow (n) | Ammodramus savannarum |
| Henslow's sparrow | Ammodramus henslowi |
| Le Conte's sparrow | Ammospiza leconteii |
| Fox sparrow | Passerella iliaca |
| Song sparrow (n) | Melospiza melodia |
| Lincoln's sparrow (n) | Melospiza lincolnii |
| Swamp sparrow | Melospiza georgiana |
| White-throated sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis |
| Golden-crowned sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla |
| White-crowned sparrow (n) | Zonotrichia leucophyrs |
| Harris' sparrow | Zonotrichia querula |
| Dark-eyed junco (n) | Junco hyemalis |
| McCown's longspur (n) | Calcarius mccownii |
| Lapland longspur | Calcarius lapponicus |
| Chestnut-collared longspur (n) | Calcarius ornatus |
| Snow bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis |
| Subfamily Icterinae | |
| Bobolink (n) | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| Red-winged blackbird (n) | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Eastern meadowlark (n) | Sturnella magna |
| Western meadowlark (n) | Sturnella neglecta |
| Yellow-headed blackbird (n) | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
| Rusty blackbird | Euphagus carolinus |
| Brewer's blackbird (n) | Euphagus cyanocephalus |
| Great-tailed grackle (n) | Quiscalus mexicanus |
| Common grackle (n) | Quiscalus quiscula |
| Brown-headed cowbird (n) | Molothrus ater |
| Orchard oriole (n) | Icterus spurius |
| Northern oriole (n) | Icterus galbula |
| Scott's oriole | Icterus parisorum |
| Fringillidae | |
| Rosy finch (n) | Leucosticte arcota |
| Pine grosbeak (n) | Pinicola enucleator |
| Purple finch | Carpodacus purpureus |
| Cassin's finch (n) | Carpodacus cassinii |
| House finch (n) | Carpodacus mexicanus |
| Red crossbill (n) | Loxia curvirostra |
| White-winged crossbill | Loxia leucoptera |
| Common redpoll | Carduelis flammea |
| Pine siskin (n) | Carduelis pinus |
| Lesser goldfinch (n) | Carduelis psaltria |
| American goldfinch (n) | Carduelis tristis |
| Evening grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus |
| Passeridae | |
| House sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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