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 […]
Hybrids
WATERFOWL (Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae) Snow x Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser caerulescens x albifrons) Snow x Ross’s Goose (Anser caerulescens x rossii) Snow x Cackling Goose (Anser caerulescens x Branta hutchinsii) Snow x Canada Goose (Anser caerulescens x Branta canadensis) Ross’s Goose x Cackling Goose (Anser rossii x Branta hutchinsii) Ross’s x Canada Goose (Anser […]
SNOWY EGRET
Egretta thula thula Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Uncommon regular summer visitor statewide. Accidental breeder Crescent Lake NWR, Garden Co. Documentation: Photograph: Jun 1965 Crescent Lake NWR (Roger Sharpe, personal communication) Taxonomy: Two subspecies are currently recognized (Gill et al 2022), brewsteri of the Rocky Mountains westward and thula of the rest […]
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) […]
Species Accounts – Taxonomic Listing
SPECIES ACCOUNTS – Taxonomic Order (Alphabetical Order) 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) Emperor Goose (Anser canagicus) Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens) Ross’s Goose (Anser rossii) [Swan Goose] (Anser cygnoides) Taiga Bean-Goose (Anser fabalis) Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) Greater White-fronted […]