Tyrannus verticalis x forficatus Status: No accepted records. Comments: Western Kingbird and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher are known to hybridize, generally where range expansion of either or both brings them into contact (Worm et al 2019). These authors found evidence for gene flow between these species, but although genetic analyses of their sample (N= 84) did not […]
Western x Eastern Wood-Pewee (hybrid)
Contopus sordidulus x C. virens Status: Rare regular breeder northcentral. Summer: Hybridization between Eastern and Western wood-pewees has been rarely documented due to minimal range overlap and extreme similarity of plumages and measurements (Rising and Schueler 1980). In Nebraska, the ranges of the two species overlap in the central/eastern Niobrara River Valley (Ducey 1989) and […]
Downy x Hairy Woodpecker (hybrid)
Dryobates pubescens x villosus Status: Accidental in spring Record: The single record is of a female at Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff Co 6 and 21 Apr 2020 (Leukering, Mlodinow; https://ebird.org/checklist/S66720497 https://ebird.org/checklist/S67603341 Comments: The Nebraska record is of one at Riverside Park, Scotts Bluff Co 6 Apr 2020, later photographed 21 Apr. There are seven records of […]
Yellow-bellied x Red-naped Sapsucker (hybrid)
Sphyrapicus varius x nuchalis Status: Accidental in winter Record: The only record is of a juvenile at Roscoe, Keith Co 9 Dec 2020 (Mlodinow, eBird.org). Comments: The single record is of a juvenile-plumaged bird with back plumage resembling Red-naped Sapsucker, but without red feathering on its nape. At this date, Red-naped Sapsucker would possess such […]
Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)
Plegadis falcinellus x chihi Status: Rare regular spring and summer visitor statewide. Records: At least 44 presumed hybrids had been reported in Nebraska through summer 2022 since the first was photographed in Fillmore Co 21-22 May 2004 (Silcock 2004). There have been five further records 2023-2024. Almost all records are in Apr and May, with […]
Double-crested x Neotropic Cormorant (hybrid)
Phalacrocorax auritus x brasilianus Status: Accidental in summer Record: The only record is of one photographed at Crescent Lake NWR, Cherry Co 2 Sep 2020 (Mlodinow, eBird.org). Comments: There are 11 records for North America, excluding multiple records at Wakodohatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach Co, Florida, all but one since 2017 (eBird.org, accessed Jul 2023). The […]