Sitta canadensis Status: Common regular resident north-central and west, rare casual elsewhere. Rare casual summer visitor statewide away from known breeding areas. Uncommon irregular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6563, 20 Feb 1896 Harrison, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Changes Since 2000: There are numerous Jun-Jul reports in […]
BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH
Sitta pusilla pusilla Status: Accidental in winter. Documentation: Video, voice recording: 13 Nov 2010, Lincoln, Lancaster Co (Brogie 2011). Taxonomy: Pyle (1997) recognized two weak subspecies, pusilla over most of the range, and caniceps in Florida, but recent authors (Gill et al 2022, Slater et al 2021) consider the species monotypic. Winter: There is one […]
CAROLINA WREN
Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus Status: Common regular resident southeast, rare casual elsewhere. Rare regular summer and winter visitor north and west of resident range. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11643, 27 Dec 1911 Rulo, Richardson Co. Taxonomy: Recent authors recognize 10 subspecies; of five that occur entirely north of Mexico, ludovicianus is found over most of the eastern US […]
TUFTED TITMOUSE
Baeolophus bicolor Status: Fairly common regular resident southeast. Rare casual fall, winter and spring visitor elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6547, 30 Nov 1900 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: This species and Black-crested Titmouse (B. atricristatus) were split as full species by Banks et al (2002). No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). See Comments for notes […]
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH
Sitta carolinensis carolinensis, S. c. nelsoni Status: Common regular resident east, central, and northwest. Uncommon regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimens: carolinensis: UNSM ZM11608, 23 Mar 1895 Lancaster Co; nelsoni: UNSM ZM6557, 14 Jun 1901 Warbonnet Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Gill et al (2022) recognized seven subspecies, three of which occur in Mexico; the others […]
PURPLE MARTIN
Progne subis Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east, uncommon central, rare casual west. Common regular breeder east, locally common east central, rare west central. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10234, 30 May 1895 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: There are three subspecies recognized (Gill et al 2022): arboricola of coastal British Columbia to southern California and New […]