Empidonax wrightii Status: Rare casual spring and fall migrant west. Documentation: Description: 17 May 1999 Oliver Reservoir, Kimball Co (Dinsmore et al 2000, Jorgensen 2001). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). AviList (2025) uses the name American Grey Flycatcher to avoid confusion with other “grey/gray flycatchers”. Spring: There are four accepted records: 4 May […]
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
Myiarchus cinerascens cinerascens Status: Rare casual summer visitor west. Accidental breeder Kimball Co. Documentation: Photograph: 9 Jul 2007 Kimball Co (Mollhoff et al 2008, Brogie 2008). Taxonomy: A recent decision by AOS (Chesser et al 2018) rearranged the order of subfamilies within the Tyrannidae, placing Tyranninae (Nebraska-occurring genera Myiarchus, Pitangus, Tyrannus) ahead of Fluvicolinae (Nebraska-occurring […]
VERMILION FLYCATCHER
Pyrocephalus RUBINUS Status: Rare casual spring and fall visitor central and east. Documentation: Photograph: 16 May 1995 Lancaster Co (Brogie 1996). Taxonomy: Ten subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), two north of Mexico, flammeus of the southwestern US into Baja and northwestern Mexico, and mexicanus of southwestern Texas south into Mexico. Gill et al (2024) split […]
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER
Empidonax virescens Status: Increasing. Locally uncommon regular spring migrant southeast, rare casual elsewhere. Locally uncommon regular breeder southeast, accidental northeast. Rare casual fall migrant east, accidental central. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10562, 30 May 1910 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: May 5, 5, 5 <<<>>> summer Earlier dates are 1-6 May […]
HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER
Empidonax hammondii Status: Rare casual spring migrant west, accidental east. Uncommon regular fall migrant west and west-central, rare casual east-central. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10557, 17 Sep 1911 Dawes Co (Zimmer 1945, Rosche 1982). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: There are 12 records, including a single eastern record, a specimen UNSM ZM 10559, […]
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SAY’S PHOEBE
Sayornis saya saya Status: Common regular spring migrant west, fairly common central, uncommon northeast, rare southeast. Fairly common regular breeder west and southern west central, uncommon southern east central, rare casual east. Common regular fall migrant west, uncommon central, rare casual east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6369, 20 May 1900 Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are […]