Myadestes townsendi townsendi Status: Rare casual breeder northwest. Common regular winter resident and spring and fall migrant west, uncommon central, rare east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6699, 19 Feb 1896 Harrison, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022), one in Mexico; the other, townsendi, breeds and winters throughout the North America range. […]
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
Corthylio calendula calendula Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Rare regular winter visitor south and southeast, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6713, 13 Apr 1901 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: New World Ruby-crowned Kinglet as genus Corthylio was split from unchanged Old World genus Regulus, which retains Golden-crowned Kinglet, based […]
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
Catharus minimus aliciae Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east, rare east-central, rare casual west-central and west. Rare casual fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11018, 11 May 1910 South Bend, Cass Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022): aliciae, breeding from Alaska to northern Alberta and Labrador, and minimus, breeding in Newfoundland […]
VEERY
Catharus fuscescens fuscescens, C. f. levyi, C. f. salicicolus Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east and west, rare casual central. Rare fall migrant east and west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11022 (fuscescens? levyi?), 25 May 1909 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Six subspecies have been recognized (Pyle 1997) based on a revision by Phillips (1991); more recently […]
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD
Sialia currucoides Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west and west-central, rare east-central, rare casual east. Fairly common regular breeder west. Uncommon regular winter visitor west and central, rare casual east. Documentation: UNSM ZM6695, 24 May 1900 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). See The Eastern x […]
HERMIT THRUSH
Catharus guttatus faxoni, C. g. auduboni, C. g. guttatus, C. g. faxoni/euborius/munroi, C. g. oromelus/guttatus Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east and south, rare west, rare casual north. Uncommon regular fall migrant east and west, rare central. Rare winter visitor southeast and Platte River Valley, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: faxoni: UNSM ZM6670, 9 Apr […]