Archilochus colubris x Selasphorus platycercus Status: Accidental in summer Record: 6 May-late Aug 2014, Dawes Co (Whittecar, eBird.org). Comments: A male hummingbird present 6 May-late Aug 2014 at the Juanita Whittecar yard a few miles southeast of Chadron in Dawes Co was photographed 8 May by a motion-triggered camera; it was suggested by Ross Silcock […]
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)
Spatula discors x cyanoptera Status: Rare regular spring visitor statewide Spring: Apr 7, 9, 9 <<<>>> May 5, 9, 9 Earlier dates are 11 Mar 2016 Washington Co, 27 Mar 2009 Lincoln Co, 27 Mar 2012 Sarpy Co, 30 Mar 2022 Deuel Co, and 4 Apr 2013 Johnson Co. Later dates are 1 Jun 2021 […]
Barnacle Goose x Cackling Goose (hybrid)
Branta leucopsis x BRANTA hutchinsii Status: Accidental in winter Record: A mounted specimen (photograph above) was shot from a flock of about 40 “Hutch” Canada Geese (now known as Cackling Goose, Branta hutchinsii) 2 Nov 1968 in Otoe Co (Cortelyou 1969). Comments: The specimen cited above was thought to be a Barnacle Goose rather than […]
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Anas platyrhynchos x acuta Status: Rare casual winter visitor and spring migrant. Records: There are 10 records: 25 Nov 2024 Scottsbluff WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 6 Dec 2021 Santee, Knox Co, shot by hunter (fide Mark Brogie, personal communication) 14 Dec 2020 Scotts Bluff Co (DeLara, eBird.org) 28 Dec 2013 Lincoln Co (Jorgensen, […]
[Swan/Graylag Goose (domestic type)] x Canada Goose (hybrid)
(Anser cygnoides/anser ANSER) x Branta canadensis Status: Rare casual resident Records: There are eight records; two of which from Pier Park, Hall Co that, based on photographs, may be of the same individual despite the seven-year gap between them, and six from Oliver Reservoir, Kimball Co in 2021-2023 that also may be of the same […]
[Black-capped Chickadee x Mountain Chickadee (hybrid)]
Poecile atricapillus x gambeli Status: No accepted records (but see Comments). Comments: Although Mountain and Black-capped Chickadee apparently hybridize “extensively in Rio Grande valley of central New Mexico” where neither species is common, hybridization is only occasional in the large area of overlap of the ranges of the two species where each species is common […]