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: Mar 27, 27, 28 <<<>>> May 5, 9, 9 An earlier date is 11 Mar 2016 Washington Co. Later dates are 1 Jun 2021 York Co, and 9-13 Jun 2022 Cochran Lake, Scotts Bluff Co. Comments: There are at least 40 records of this […]
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 ANAS acuta Status: Rare casual winter visitor and spring migrant. Records: There are 11 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) 14 Dec 2025 Scottsbluff, Scotts […]
[Swan/Graylag Goose (domestic types) x Canada Goose (hybrid)]
[Anser cygnoides/anser ANSER x Branta canadensis] Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: This account includes Canada Goose hybrids with intergrades of Swan, Graylag, and various intergrades of Swan and Graylag Geese. According to Bird Hybrids: domestic Greylag Goose x Canada Goose, this hybrid is quite variable, as are domestic Graylag Geese in North America. Records: There […]
[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 […]