Histrionicus histrionicus Status: Rare casual winter visitor east and central. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2499, about 1901 Platte River a little west of Grand Island (Swenk, Notes Before 1925). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Winter: There are six accepted records. 6 Nov 1992 Calamus Reservoir, Garfield Co, photograph of a mounted sub-adult […]
COMMON EIDER
Somateria mollissima V-NIGRUM Status: Accidental in fall. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12341, about 29 Nov-2 Dec 1967 Maloney Canal, Lincoln Co (Tate 1969). Taxonomy: Currently six subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022), four of which are native to North America: Pacific Common Eider S. m. v-nigrum, Atlantic Common Eider S. m. dresseri, Northern Common Eider […]
KING EIDER
Somateria spectabilis Status: Accidental in fall. Documentation: Photograph: 10-24 Nov 1985 DeSoto NWR, Washington Co (Mollhoff 1989, Kent 1987, Cortelyou 1986). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Record: There is one record of two birds that remained at DeSoto NWR 10-24 Nov 1985 (Kent 1987); identification of the birds as King Eiders […]