Setophaga coronata Five subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), three north of Mexico: hooveri of Alaska and northwestern Canada, wintering to western US and Central America, coronata of south-central and southeastern Canada to northeastern US, wintering through southern US to Central America and Caribbean, and auduboni of southwestern Canada and western US, wintering to western Honduras. […]
Gadwall x American Wigeon
Mareca strepera x americana Status: Accidental in spring. Records: The only record is of one at Scottsbluff WTP, Scotts Bluff Co 14 Mar 2022 (Mlodinow, eBird.org). The observer’s notes are: Long silver tertials and lack of long tail point to GADW rather than NOPI as non-AMWI parent. Also, note small white area in front of […]
Redhead x Greater Scaup
Aythya americana x marila Status: Accidental in fall. Taxonomy: Redhead is known to have hybridized with several North American Aythya in the wild, Canvasback, Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, and Ring-necked Duck (Woodin and Michot 2020). Record: One was identified as this hybrid and photographed at Lake Ogallala, Keith Co 18 Nov 2024 (Mlodinow, eBird.org). The […]
Gadwall x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Mareca strepera x Anas acuta Status: Rare casual spring visitor statewide Records: The only record is of one at Mormon Canal, Knox Co 29 Mar 2024 (Tommy Childers, Joni Rauert; eBird.org). Comments: Including the Nebraska record, there are only four Great Plains records, the others one in western Minnesota and two in eastern Colorado, along […]
Cinnamon x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)
Spatula cyanoptera x ANAS CRECCA Status: Casual in spring. Records: There are two records: 7 May 2017 Father Hupp WMA, Thayer Co (Jorgensen photos, ebird.org) 16-18 Mar 2024 Wagon Train SRA, Lancaster Co (Straus et al, photos, eBird.org) Comments: This is a rare hybrid; the two Nebraska records are the only ones on the Great […]
[Fork-tailed Flycatcher]
Tyrannus savana Status: No accepted records Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized, breeding from southern Mexico to South America (AviList 2025). The southernmost two subspecies in South America are northward migrants in fall; most North American records are from Sep-Nov and are mostly overshoot migrants of subspecies savana with fewer reports of monachus (Jahn and Tuero […]