| Scotts Bluff County Check List | |||
| (S) summer (W) winter (M )migration | |||
| (C ) common-certain to be seen in suitable habitat | |||
| (U) uncommon-present but not certain to be seen | |||
| (O) ocassional-seen only a few times over a 2 year period | |||
| (R )rare-seen less often than within a 2 year period | |||
| Occurrence | Abundance | ||
| GEESE | |||
| Greater White Fronted | M | U | |
| Snow Goose | M | U | |
| Ross's Goose | M | O | |
| Cackling Goose | W | C | |
| Canada Goose | P | C | |
| SWAN | |||
| Trumpeter Swan | W M | R | |
| DUCKS | |||
| Wood Duck | S | C | |
| Gadwall | W M | C | |
| American Wigeon | W M | C | |
| Mallard | P | C | |
| Blue-winged Teal | S | C | |
| Cinnamon Teal | S | U | |
| Northern Shoveler | M | C | |
| Northern Pintail | M | C | |
| Green-winged Teal | W M | C | |
| Canvasback | M | U | |
| Redhead | M | C | |
| Ring-necked Duck | W M | C | |
| Greater Scaup | M | CU | |
| Lesser Scaup | M | C | |
| Long-tailed Duck | W | R | |
| Bufflehead | M | C | |
| Common Goldeneye | W | C | |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | W | R | |
| Hooded Merganser | W | U | |
| Common Merganser | M | C | |
| Ruddy Duck | M | U | |
| PHEASANT/GROUSE/QUAIL | |||
| Ring-necked Pheasant | P | C | |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse | P | R | |
| Wild Turkey | P | C | |
| Northern Bobwhite | P | U | |
| LOON | |||
| Common Loon | M | R | |
| GREBE | |||
| Pied-billed Grebe | S | C | |
| Eared Grebe | M | U | |
| Western Grebe | M | U | |
| Clark's Grebe | M | O | |
| PELICAN | |||
| American White Pelican | M | C | |
| CORMORANT | |||
| Double-crested Cormorant | S | C | |
| WADING BIRDS | |||
| Great Blue Heron | P | C | |
| Great Egret | M | O | |
| Snowy Egret | M | O | |
| Cattle Egret | M | R | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | M | R | |
| White-faced Ibis | M | U | |
| VULTURE | |||
| Turkey Vulture | S | C | |
| RAPTORS | |||
| Osprey | M | U | |
| Bald Eagle | P | U | |
| Northern Harrier | P | U | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | W | U | |
| Cooper's Hawk | P | U | |
| Swainson's Hawk | S | C | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | P | C | |
| Ferruginous Hawk | P | U | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | W | U | |
| Golden Eagle | P | U | |
| FALCONS | |||
| American Kestrel | P | C | |
| Merlin | W | U | |
| Prairie Falcon | P | U | |
| RAIL/COOT/CRANE | |||
| Virginia Rail | S | ||