Dumetella carolinensis carolinensis Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Common regular breeder east and east central, uncommon west central and west. Rare casual winter visitor south and southeast. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11666, 18 May 1907 Omaha, Douglas Co. Taxonomy: There are two subspecies recognized: carolinensis, breeding from southeast Manitoba […]
EUROPEAN STARLING
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 […]
SAGE THRASHER
Oreoscoptes montanus Status: Rare casual spring migrant and summer visitor west, accidental central. Rare casual breeder west. Uncommon regular fall migrant west, rare casual west central. Accidental in winter. Documentation: UNSM ZM6640, 13 Jul 1901 Antelope Creek, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Spring: The spring migration route for this […]