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. Taxonomy: Sixteen subspecies are recognized, 12 in Mexico and Central America, and these in the US (Pyle 1997): superbus, resident in […]

Euphagus cyanocephalus Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west and central, uncommon east. Fairly common regular breeder west. Rare regular winter visitor from the North Platte and Platte River valleys south and Missouri River Valley. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7025, 20 Jun 1901 Indian Creek, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Jaramillo and Burke […]

Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus, A. p. fortis, A. p. arctolegus Status:  Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common, locally abundant breeder statewide. Uncommon regular winter visitor south and east, rare elsewhere. Documentation:  Specimens: phoeniceus, UNSM ZM6993, 11 May 1914 Lincoln, Lancaster Co; fortis, UNSM ZM 6987, 1 Jul 1916 Scotts Bluff Co; arctolegus, UNSM ZM6999, […]

Molothrus ater Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder statewide. Rare regular winter visitor southeast, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11867, 10 Oct 1889, Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Three subspecies were recognized by AOU (1957), but more recent authors (Pyle 1997, Jaramillo and Burke 1999, Lowther 2020, Gill and Donsker […]

Passerella iliaca zaboria, P. i. iliaca Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant east, uncommon east-central, rare casual west-central and west. Uncommon regular winter visitor southeast, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimens: iliaca?, UNSM ZM17887, 21 Oct 2000 Lincoln, Lancaster Co; zaboria? UNSM ZM18334, 7 Nov 2005 Dodge Co (see Taxonomy). Taxonomy: Some 15-24 subspecies […]

Spizella passerina passerina, S. p. arizonae, S. p. boreophila Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder statewide, uncommon extreme southwest and western Sandhills. Rare casual winter visitor southeast. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7426, 27 Apr 1901 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: There are seven subspecies, four in Mexico and three in the USA […]