Nebraska Bird Partnership

References on the Birds of Nebraska

Bray, T. E , B. K. Padelford and W. R. Silcock.  1986.  The Birds of Nebraska: a critically evaluated list.  Bellevue:  Published by the authors. 109 pp.

Ducey, J. E.  1988.  Nebraska Birds: Breeding Status and Distribution.  Omaha:  Simmons-Boardman Books.

Ducey, J. E 2000. Birds of the Untamed West. The History of Birdlife in Nebraska 1750-1875. Making History Press,  Omaha.

Faanes, Craig A. and Gary R. Lingle1995. Breeding birds of the Platte River Valley of Nebraska. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.

Farrar, J. (ed.) 1985. Birds of Nebraska. Nebraskaland  (special issue)  63(1). 146 pp.

Farrar, J. (ed.)  2004. Birding Nebraska. Nebraskaland  (special issue)  82(1). 179 pp.

Johnsgard, Paul A. 2001. The Nature of Nebraska: Ecology and Biodiversity. Univ. of Nebraska Press. Lincoln. (Includes a checklist of Nebraska species).

Johnsgard, Paul A. “A Nebraska Bird-finding Guide.” 2009.  http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biosciornithology/51

Johnsgard, Paul A. Birds of the Great Plains: The Breeding Species and Their Distribution.” 1979, with a 2009 Supplement.   http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bioscibirdsgreatplains/1/

Johnsgard, Paul A. "The Birds of Nebraska. 2007 ed. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biosciornithology/38

Johnsgard, Paul A., &  Jackie Canterbury.  "A Century of Breeding Birds in Nebraska." 2000, http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biosciornithology/15

Johnsgard, Paul A. "The Age of Birds in Nebraska." 2000, http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biosciornithology/14

Mollhoff, Wayne J. 2001.The Nebraska Breeding Bird Atlas 1984-1989. Technical Series No. 20, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Lincoln, NE.

Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee.  2004.  The official list of the birds of Nebraska. Nebraska Bird Review  72: 108-126.

Sharpe, Roger S., Silcock, W. Ross and Jorgensen, Joel G. 2001. Birds of Nebraska, Their Distribution and Temporal Occurrence. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE.

Many of  Dr. Paul Johnsgard's many publications on Nebraska birds are available electronically through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Digital Commons.

The Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union website lists many additional publications on Nebraska birds. The NOU also publishes the Nebraska Bird Review, a quarterly magazine of ornithology of the Nebraska region.