Tyto alba pratincola Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant west and central, rare east. Uncommon regular breeder west and southwest, rare elsewhere. Rare casual winter visitor south and east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM 7719, 30 Apr 1903 Elm Creek, Buffalo Co. Taxonomy: Worldwide taxonomy is in flux; at least 29 subspecies have been recognized by […]
GREAT GRAY OWL
Strix nebulosa Status: Rare casual winter visitor. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2537, collected winter 1912 Columbus, Platte Co Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, one each in Eurasia and North America; nebulosa occurs in North America (Gill et al 2022). Record: There are two records. winter 1912, Columbus, Platte Co (cited above) 1 Jan 1978 Dixon, Dixon […]
RED-TAILED HAWK
Buteo jamaicensis Fourteen subspecies are recognized by Clements et al (2016) and 12 by Gill et al (2022). Of the 12 subspecies recognized by Gill et al (2022), six occur only south of the United States. The others are: alascensis of southeast Alaska and southwest Canada, harlani of central Alaska and northwest Canada, calurus of […]
[FLAMMULATED OWL]
Psiloscops flammeolus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: This species has been re-assigned from Otus to monotypic genus Psiloscops (Gill et al 2022, Wink et al 2009). Comments: There are three reports, two of which seem quite likely to be of this species, of which northern populations are migratory (Linkhart and McCallum 2020). Calls believed to […]
COOPER’S HAWK
Accipiter cooperii Status: Fairly common, locally common, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Fairly common regular breeder and winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12499, 17 May 1909 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2023). Changes Since 2000: There has been a noticeable increase in breeding season reports, especially in urban settings, […]
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
Buteo platypterus PLATYPTERUS Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east and central, rare west. Rare regular breeder southeast, rare casual central. Fairly common regular fall migrant east and central, rare west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7669, 29 Apr 1917 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Six subspecies are recognized, five in the Caribbean and one, platypterus, in North and South […]