Corvus ossifragus Status: Accidental summer visitor. Documentation: Description: 29 May 2009 Platte River mile 1.2 (Jorgensen et al 2009, Brogie 2009). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Changes Since 2000: This species was added to the Official List of the Birds of Nebraska in 2009 (Brogie 2009), as it continues to expand […]
CAVE SWALLOW
Petrochelidon fulva pallida Status: Rare casual summer visitor west-central. Documentation: Photograph: 31 May 1991 Ash Hollow, Garden Co (Brown and Brown 1992, Brogie 1998). Taxonomy: Six subspecies are often recognized (Gill et al 2022), although Strickler and West (2020) merged cavicola with fulva. Three subspecies occur in the Caribbean and Mexico, the remaining two in […]
COMMON RAVEN
Corvus corax Status: Rare casual resident and winter visitor west, west central, and north. Documentation: Video, photos: 1-4 Jan 2021 Harrison, Sioux Co (DeLara, eBird.org). Taxonomy: There are 11 subspecies recognized, three in North America; North American subspecies are principalis from northern Alaska to Newfoundland south to southwest British Columbia and Maine, in mountains to […]
[CAROLINA CHICKADEE]
Poecile carolinensis Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: The genus Poecile, previously a sub-genus within Parus, was raised to generic status by Banks et al (1997) based on genetic studies by Gill et al (2005) and Slikas et al (1996). There are four subspecies recognized, nearest to Nebraska atricapilloides of southern Kansas to central Texas (Gill […]