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The tallgrass prairie once extended from eastern Nebraska to Indiana and from Texas to southern Canada. Today, about 2% of the tallgrass prairie remains in Nebraska, mostly as remnants less than 80 acres in size, yet a full complement of grassland birds can be found in portions of the Eastern Tallgrass Prairie region, including Greater Prairie-Chicken, Upland Sandpiper, Loggerhead Shrike, Grasshopper Sparrow, and Henslow's Sparrow.
The Missouri and lower Platte Rivers provide important habitat for migratory waterfowl and shorebirds, and breeding habitat for endangered Piping Plover and Least Tern. Woodlands along these rivers support priority forest birds including Acadian Flycatcher, Wood Thrush, and Cerulean Warbler; no other Nebraska Bird Conservation Region identifies forest bird species as a conservation priority. Back to BCR map.
Eastern Tallgrass Prairie Species (22)
| Breeding | Nonbreeding |
| Ring-necked Pheasant |
Mallard |
| Greater Prairie-Chicken |
Horned Grebe |
| Northern Bobwhite |
Solitary Sandpiper |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
Whimbrel |
| American Bittern |
Hudsonian Godwit |
| Least Bittern |
Marbled Godwit |
| Piping Plover |
Red Knot |
| Upland Sandpiper |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
| Least Tern |
Short-billed Dowitcher |
| Black-billed Cuckoo |
Black Tern |
| Short-eared Owl |
Smith’s Longspur |
| Whip-poor-will |
Rusty Blackbird |
| Red-headed Woodpecker |
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| Northern Flicker |
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| Acadian Flycatcher |
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| Loggerhead Shrike |
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| Bell’s Vireo |
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| Wood Thrush |
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| Cerulean Warbler |
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| Prothonotary Warbler |
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| Kentucky Warbler |
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| Field Sparrow |
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| Grasshopper Sparrow |
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| Henslow’s Sparrow |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 December 2009 10:21 |
Eastern Tallgrass Prairie
