Cygnus cygnus Status: No accepted records Documentation: Photograph: 19 Dec 2023 Two Rivers SRA, Douglas Co (Elizabeth Winter, eBird.org) Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Records: There are two: 19 Dec 2023 Douglas Co (cited above) 6 Mar 2022 Yutan, Douglas Co (Linette Bolin Nelson fide Thane Dinsdale). Comments: This species is […]
Gray-crowned x Black Rosy-Finch (hybrid)
Leucosticte tephrocotis X LEUCOSTICTE atrata Status: Accidental. Documentation: Photographs: 9 Jan 2024 Toadstool Road, Sioux Co (Mlodinow, eBird Checklist – 9 Jan 2024). Taxonomy: For some time, the three Nearctic forms (Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch L. tephrocotis, Black Rosy-Finch L. atrata, and Brown-capped Rosy-Finch L. australis) were treated as subspecies of Asian Rosy-Finch L. arctoa, but were […]
Ring-necked Duck x scaup sp. (hybrid)
Aythya collaris x AYTHYA AFFINIS/MARILA. Status: Accidental in fall. Record: There is one record of this hybrid combination, a single at Gering WTP, Scotts Bluff Co 31 Oct 2023 (Mlodinow, eBird.org). Comments: There are numerous records across North America of this hybrid combination (eBird. org, accessed Jan 2024), which is reportable to eBird for scaup […]
Ring-necked Duck x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)
Aythya collaris x AYTHYA affinis Status: Rare casual winter visitor statewide. Records: There are seven records, the first in 2021, most in spring, presumably a reflection of increasing interest in hybrid waterfowl by observers. 31 Oct 2022 Scottsbluff WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 1 Jan 2021 Cedar Co (Strand, eBird.org) 10 Mar 2022 Lake […]
Redhead x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)
Aythya americana x AYTHYA affinis Status: Accidental in spring. Taxonomy: Redhead is known to have hybridized with each of the other four North American Aythya in the wild, Canvasback, Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, and Ring-necked Duck (Woodin and Michot 2020). Record: A drake was photographed in the Gavin’s Point Dam area, Cedar Co 21 Mar […]
Red Crossbill x Pine Siskin (hybrid)
Loxia curvirostra x Spinus pinus Status: Accidental in fall. Taxonomy: Note that since publication of Tallman and Zusi (1984), the sub-genus Spinus, formerly included in genus Carduelis, was elevated to species status (Chesser et al 2009). Record: The only Nebraska record, and second known of this hybrid combination was of one in Omaha, Douglas Co 25 Nov […]