Piranga ludoviciana Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant west and west-central, rare casual east-central and east. Fairly common regular breeder Pine Ridge. Accidental in winter. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7051, 26 May 1900 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). See discussion regarding hybridization with Scarlet Tanager here. Spring: May 7, […]
DICKCISSEL
Spiza americana Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, locally common west. Common, locally abundant, regular breeder east and east-central, uncommon west-central and west. Rare casual winter visitor south and east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12132, 22 May 1895 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Apr 28, 28, 28 […]
NORTHERN CARDINAL
Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis Status: Common regular resident south and east, uncommon north, locally rare west. Rare regular spring, fall, and winter visitor outside breeding range.Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7063, Dec 1884 Unadilla, Otoe Co. An earlier specimen, Nebraska’s first record for the species, is USNM 4854, Richardson Co 23 Apr 1856. Taxonomy: Nineteen subspecies are recognized […]
SCARLET TANAGER
Piranga olivacea Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east, rare east-central, rare casual west-central and west. Uncommon regular breeder east, rare north. Uncommon regular fall migrant east and east-central, rare casual west-central and west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11098, 20 Jun 1907 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Short (1961) and Ford (1959) raised […]
WILSON’S WARBLER
Cardellina pusilla pusilla, C. p. pileolata Status: Fairly common regular spring migrant east and west, uncommon central. Common fall migrant west, uncommon east and central. Accidental in summer. Spring: Fall: Documentation: Specimens: pusilla, UNSM ZM10790, 4 Sep 1909 Roca, Lancaster Co; pileolata, UNSM ZM6916, 13 Sep 1919, Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are […]
BLACKPOLL WARBLER
Setophaga striata Status: Fairly common regular spring migrant east and central, uncommon west. Rare casual fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6873, 15 May 1901 Beatrice, Gage Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Apr 26, 27, 28 <<<>>> May 30, 30, 31 Earlier dates are 20 Apr 2018 Cass Co, and 22-23 […]