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 nine records: 6 Dec 2021 Santee, Knox Co, shot by hunter (fide Mark Brogie, pers. comm.) 14 Dec 2020 Scotts Bluff Co (DeLara, eBird.org) 28 Dec 2013 Lincoln Co (Jorgensen, video, below), 29 Dec 2023 Gering WTP, Scotts Bluff Co […]
[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 […]
Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Anser albifrons x Branta canadensis Status: Rare casual statewide winter visitor. Taxonomy: Canada Goose and Greater White-fronted Goose have both hybridized with numerous species in genera Anser and Branta (Mowbray et al 2020). Record: There are three records. One photographed at Carter Lake, Douglas Co 12 Jan 2014 (Manning, eBird.org) was described as follows: “It […]
Northern Shoveler x Gadwall (hybrid)
Spatula clypeata x Mareca strepera Status: Rare casual spring migrant central Records: There are three records: 20 Mar 2015 Harlan Co Reservoir, Harlan Co (Skaggs, eBird.org) 9 May 2020 York Co (Willison, eBird.org) 9 May 2020 York Co (Peterson, eBird.org). Likely same bird as preceding; eBird locations are about three miles apart. Comments: Northern Shoveler […]