Chordeiles minor minor, C. m. sennetti Status: Common regular spring migrant statewide. Common regular breeder statewide. Abundant regular fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: minor, UNSM ZM 10632 Child’s Point, Sarpy Co 22 May 1911; sennetti, UNSM ZM6253 Indian Creek, Sioux Co 5 Jul 1901. Taxonomy: Nine subspecies are recognized, seven in North America (AviList 2025). […]
AMERICAN COOT
Fulica americana americana Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common, locally abundant, regular breeder northcentral, fairly common elsewhere. Uncommon regular local winter visitor North Platte River Valley, south and east, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12607, 4 Aug 1911 near Henry, Scotts Bluff Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, columbiana of Colombia […]
SORA
Porzana carolina Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Fairly common, locally common, regular breeder statewide, rare south of Platte River Valleys. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6106, 17 Sep 1902 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Apr 4, 5, 5 <<<>>> summer Earlier dates are 22 Mar 2019 Hall Co, […]
WILD TURKEY
Meleagris gallopavo subsp. Status: Common, locally abundant, regular resident statewide. Documentation: Specimen: WSC 550, Holt Co 25 Oct 1980. Taxonomy: Six subspecies are currently recognized (AviList 2025), two in Mexico and four in North America: silvestris Eastern Turkey, osceola Florida Turkey, intermedia Rio Grande Turkey of the central plains from Kansas south, and merriami Merriam’s […]
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE
Tympanuchus phasianellus jamesi Status: Locally common regular resident north and west, rare casual elsewhere. Uncommon casual winter visitor south and east of breeding range. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12561, 23 Feb 1896 Harrison, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Seven subspecies are recognized, including extinct hueyi (AviList 2025); Connelly et al (2024) divided these into northern and southern groups. The […]
[LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN]
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Status: Hypothetical. Status unresolved. The tangible history of this species in Nebraska is based on specimens from near Danbury in extreme southern Red Willow Co shot by hunters and provided to HMM by an H. Frates (Swenk MS, in Sharpe 1968). Sharpe (1968) examined some of the specimens and concluded they were undoubtedly […]