Appendix B
Bird Species of Conservation Concern in Nebraskaa
Species |
Statusb |
Occurrence in Central Plattec |
Habitatd |
Bald eagle |
1 |
B,W |
Partial |
Whooping crane |
1 |
M |
Open |
Piping plover |
1 |
B |
Open |
Mountain plover |
1 |
— |
— |
Eskimo curlew |
1 |
M |
Open |
Least tern |
1 |
B |
Open |
Trumpeter swan |
2 |
M,W |
Open |
Ferruginous hawk |
2 |
M |
Partial |
Greater prairie-chicken |
2 |
B,W |
Open |
Sandhill crane |
2 |
M |
Open |
Willet |
2 |
M |
Open |
Long-billed curlew |
2 |
— |
— |
Buff-breasted sandpiper |
2 |
— |
— |
Wilson’s phalarope |
2 |
B,M |
Open |
Yellow-billed cuckoo |
2 |
B |
Partial |
Burrowing owl |
2 |
B |
Open |
Whip-poor-will |
2 |
— |
— |
Red-headed woodpecker |
2 |
B |
Partial |
Loggerhead shrike |
2 |
B |
Open |
Species |
Statusb |
Occurrence in Central Plattec |
Habitatd |
Bell’s vireo |
2 |
B |
Open |
Cerulean warbler |
2 |
— |
— |
Lark bunting |
2 |
— |
— |
Henslow’s sparrow |
2 |
B |
Open |
Harris’s sparrow |
2 |
W |
Open |
McCown’s longspur |
2 |
— |
— |
Chestnut-collared longspur |
2 |
— |
— |
Dickcissel |
2 |
B |
Open |
Bobolink |
2 |
B |
Open |
Northern harrier |
3 |
B,M,W |
Open |
Swainson’s hawk |
3 |
B |
Open |
Sharp-tailed grouse |
3 |
— |
— |
Northern |
|
|
|
bobwhite |
3 |
B,W |
Partial |
Virginia rail |
3 |
B |
Open |
American avocet |
3 |
— |
— |
American bittern |
3 |
B |
Open |
Upland sandpiper |
3 |
B |
Open |
American woodcock |
3 |
B |
Closed |
Black tern |
3 |
M |
Open |
Black-billed cuckoo |
3 |
B |
Closed |
Barn owl |
3 |
— |
— |
Short-eared owl |
3 |
W |
Open |
Chuck-will’s widow |
3 |
— |
— |
Chimney swift |
3 |
B |
Partial |
Great crested flycatcher |
3 |
B |
Closed |
Cassin’s kingbird |
3 |
— |
— |
Long-eared owl |
3 |
B |
Closed |
Sedge wren |
3 |
B |
Open |
Ovenbird |
3 |
B |
Closed |
Yellow-breasted chat |
3 |
— |
— |
Lark sparrow |
3 |
B |
Open |
Grasshopper sparrow |
3 |
B |
Open |
Eastern meadowlark |
3 |
B |
Open |
Orchard oriole |
3 |
B |
Partial |
Baltimore oriole |
3 |
B |
Closed |
Bullock’s oriole |
3 |
— |
— |
Clark’s grebe |
4 |
— |
— |
Species |
Statusb |
Occurrence in Central Plattec |
Habitatd |
Mississippi kite |
4 |
M |
Partial |
White-throated swift |
4 |
— |
— |
Lewis’s woodpecker |
4 |
— |
— |
Pileated woodpecker |
4 |
— |
— |
Acadian flycatcher |
4 |
— |
— |
Cordilleran flycatcher |
4 |
— |
— |
Scissor-tailed flycatcher |
4 |
— |
— |
Yellow-throated vireo |
4 |
— |
— |
Pygmy nuthatch |
4 |
— |
— |
Mountain bluebird |
4 |
— |
— |
Townsend’s solitaire |
4 |
— |
— |
Yellow-throated warbler |
4 |
— |
— |
Prothonotary warbler |
4 |
— |
— |
Louisiana waterthrush |
4 |
— |
— |
Kentucky warbler |
4 |
— |
— |
Brewer’s sparrow |
4 |
— |
— |
aInformation from Science Advisory Workgroup and Nebraska Partnership for All Bird Conservation, except as noted. b1 = threatened or endangered; 2 = high concern (PIF score, ≥ 24); 3 = moderate concern (PIF score, 20-23); 4 = concern or edge of range. cInformation from J. Dinan, NGPC. B = breeding; M = migrant; W = wintering. dOpen habitat is characterized by absence of trees. Partial habitat is characterized by widely scattered trees where canopies do not often touch and shrubs may be present but are not impenetrable. In closed habitat, tree canopies frequently touch, and understory vegetation can be very thick. |