Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris Status: Common regular resident statewide, uncommon Sandhills. Common breeder (non-resident) statewide. Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular winter visitor south and east, uncommon north and west. Documentation: UNSM ZM6755, 7 Jun 1932 Saline Co. Taxonomy: There are 12-13 subspecies recognized, all but one in Eurasia (Pyle 1997, Gill et […]
PHAINOPEPLA
Phainopepla nitens Status: Accidental in winter. Documentation: Photograph: 1 Jan 1983 Alliance, Box Butte Co (Thomas 1983). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (Chu and Walsberg 2020, Gill et al 2022): lepida, breeding from California east to west Texas and south to southern Baja California, and nitens, breeding in southwest Texas south into Mexico. The subspecies […]
EURASIAN TREE SPARROW
Passer montanus montanus Status: Accidental in winter. Documentation: Photograph: 3 Feb 2007 Madison Co (Brogie 2008). Taxonomy: Nine subspecies are recognized throughout Eurasia (Gill et al 2022). The introduced North American population is derived from some 20 birds released in St. Louis, Missouri in 1870; these birds were thought to be from Baden-Wurttenberg, Germany and […]
[NORTHERN RED BISHOP]
Euplectes franciscanus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, both in east-central Africa (Gill et al 2022). Comments: A male on the University of Nebraska – Omaha campus, Douglas Co 29 Sep 2016 was unexpected; photo above. There are no known established populations closer than Texas, southern California, and New York (eBird.org, accessed […]