Ardea herodias wardi Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Locally common regular breeder west and central, uncommon east. Locally uncommon regular winter visitor Platte and North Platte river valleys, rare elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10615, 24 Jun 1912 Halsey, Thomas Co. Taxonomy: Currently five subspecies are recognized (Vennesland and Butler 2020; Gill et […]
LITTLE BLUE HERON
Egretta caerulea Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east and east central, rare west central, rare casual west. Uncommon regular fall migrant east and east central, rare casual west central, accidental west. Uncommon regular summer visitor east and east central, rare casual west central and west. Accidental breeder Lancaster Co. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM14585, Jun 1898 […]
GREAT EGRET
Ardea alba egretta Status: Fairly common regular spring migrant east and central, rare west. Fairly common, locally common, regular summer visitor east and central, rare west. Rare casual breeder. Common regular fall migrant east and central, rare west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7653, 4 Aug 1930 Saunders Co. Taxonomy: Currently four subspecies are recognized (Gill et […]
FISH CROW
Corvus ossifragus Status: Accidental summer visitor. Documentation: Description: 29 May 2009 Platte River mile 1.2 (Jorgensen et al 2009, Brogie 2009). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Changes Since 2000: This species was added to the Official List of the Birds of Nebraska in 2009 (Brogie 2009), as it continues to expand […]
Alphabetical Listing
SPECIES ACCOUNTS – Alphabetical Order (Taxonomic Order) A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | […]
Species Accounts
SPECIES ACCOUNTS – Taxonomic Order Asterisk (*) indicates status treated differently by the Nebraska Ornithologists Union’s Records Committee, see https://noubirds.org/Birds/StateList.aspx; Bracketed species (e.g., [Pyrrhuloxia]) have no accepted Nebraska records. TINAMOUS (Order Tinamiformes, Family Tinamidae) [Elegant-crested Tinamou] (Eudromia elegans) WATERFOWL (Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae) Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) [Bar-headed Goose] (Anser indicus) […]