Troglodytes hiemalis hiemalis Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant east, rare east central, rare casual west central and west. Uncommon regular winter visitor south and east, rare casual north and west. Accidental in summer. Documentation: UNSM ZM6573, 2 Dec 1901 Dunbar, Otoe Co. Taxonomy: Recent genetic studies (Drovetski et al 2004, Toews and Irwin […]
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: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025, Witmer et al 2020). Spring: Cedar Waxwings are observed commonly in winter and because of this, […]
AMERICAN PIPIT
Anthus rubescens Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare casual winter visitor central. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6724, 19 Oct 1899 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), rubescens, breeding from the Aleutian Islands eastward through northern Canada and western Greenland, and southward along the Cascades and Rocky Mountains to Oregon and […]
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus pallidiceps Status: Rare casual winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12046, 7 Dec 1889 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), garrulus of Eurasia, and pallidiceps of western Canada and northern and western USA. Witmer (2024) considered centralasiae of central and eastern Siberia poorly distinguishable from garrulus and included it within […]
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 (AviList 2025). Hybridization with Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch occurs; Nebraska records of this hybrid are discussed here. Winter: There are five records: 12 Nov 2000-9 Mar 2001 up to six Sioux […]
[BROWN-CAPPED ROSY-FINCH]
Leucosticte australis Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). 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 aberrantly plumaged […]