Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides, L. l. migrans Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Fairly common regular breeder central and west, uncommon east. Rare regular winter visitor southeast, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6750, 5 Jun 1901 Warbonnet Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: There are seven or eight subspecies recognized, three of which are […]
[BLACK-CAPPED VIREO]
Vireo atricapillus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: The only report accompanied by tangible evidence is that of a specimen HMM 2866, collected by Wallace and Brooking near Meadow in Sarpy Co 19 May 1921 and now on display at the Hastings Municipal Museum (Bray et al […]
PLUMBEOUS VIREO
Vireo plumbeus PLUMBEUS Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant west, accidental central. Uncommon regular breeder Pine Ridge. Uncommon regular fall migrant west, rare casual west central, accidental east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6773, 21 May 1900 Sioux Co. Taxonomy: The former “Solitary” Vireo was split into three species by Banks et al (1997) based on studies by Murray […]
CASSIN’S VIREO
Vireo cassinii cassinii Status: Uncommon regular fall migrant west, rare casual west-central. Rare casual spring migrant west, accidental east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11878, 8 Sep 1911 northwest of Crawford, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized by Gill et al (2022): cassinii of southwest Canada through the western USA to northern Baja California, and lucasanus […]