Troglodytes hiemalis hiemalis Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant east, rare central, rare casual west. Rare regular winter visitor east and south, rare casual elsewhere. Accidental in summer. Documentation: UNSM ZM6573, 2 Dec 1901 Dunbar, Otoe Co. Taxonomy: Recent genetic studies (Drovetski et al 2004, Toews and Irwin 2008) have resulted in splitting of […]
CEDAR WAXWING
Bombycilla cedrorum Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Fairly common regular breeder east and central, uncommon west. Common regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: UNSM ZM12051, 8 Mar 1890 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies were recognized by Phillips (1986), eastern cedrorum, breeding west to Missouri, and western larifuga, breeding east to Kansas. However current […]
AMERICAN PIPIT
Anthus rubescens Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6724, 19 Oct 1899 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Some recent international naming authorities (Gill et al 2022) use the name Buff-bellied Pipit for this species, which occurs in Siberia as well as North America. There are four subspecies generally recognized (Hendricks and Verbeek […]
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus pallidiceps Status: Rare casual winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12046, 7 Dec 1889 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: There are three subspecies recognized, garrulus of Eurasia, centralasiae of central and eastern Siberia, and pallidiceps of western Canada and northern and western USA (Witmer 2020; Pyle 1997). Nebraska birds are pallidiceps. Changes Since 2000: The […]
BLACK ROSY-FINCH
Leocosticte atrata Status: Rare casual winter visitor Panhandle. Documentation: Photograph: 15 Jan 2001 Wind Springs Ranch, Sioux Co (Hughson; Brogie 2009). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Hybridization with Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch and Nebraska records of this hybrid are discussed here. Winter: There are five records: 12 Nov 2000-9 Mar 2001 up to […]
[BROWN-CAPPED ROSY-FINCH]
Leucosticte australis Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: A bird found on the Tristate CBC 15 Dec 1984 near Nebraska City was tentatively identified as a female of this species (Cortelyou 1985). It could not be relocated, and it was concluded that it may have been an […]