Antigone canadensis x Grus grus Status: Accidental in spring Record: There is one record, of two apparent hybrid young accompanying paired adult Sandhill and Common Cranes 10 Mar-6 Apr 2000 in the Prosser area, Adams Co (Mark Urwiller, personal communication; Iliff, Mlodinow, Vanderpoel, Brogie, eBird.org). Comments: The Nebraska family group seen in spring 2000 was […]
Greater White-fronted x Cackling Goose (hybrid)
Anser albifrons x Branta hutchinsii Status: Rare casual winter visitor. Taxonomy: Greater White-fronted Goose has hybridized with numerous goose species in genera Chen, Anser, and Branta (Ely et al 2020). Records: There are eight records: 10 Nov 2023 Lake Minatare, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 13 Dec 2021 Scottsbluff WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Manning, Roisen; […]
Common x Barrow’s Goldeneye (hybrid)
Bucephala clangula x islandica Status: Accidental in winter Records: There are two records: 11 Mar 2023 Scottsbluff WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, Ely; eBird.org) 13 Dec 2020 Gavin’s Point Dam, Knox Co (Strand, eBird.org) Comments: This is a commonly reported hybrid in the eastern and western US as might be expected given the locations of […]
Ross’s x Cackling Goose (hybrid)
Anser rossii x Branta hutchinsii Status: Rare casual winter visitor statewide. Records: There are 15 records: 31 Oct 2023 Gering WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 8 Nov 2021 Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 16 Nov 2020 Dundy Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 20 and 29 Nov 2021 (2) Lake Minatare, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 30 […]
Snow x Cackling Goose (hybrid)
Anser caerulescens x Branta hutchinsii Status: Rare regular winter visitor west and west central; rare casual elsewhere. Records: There are about 45 records, 31 Oct-28 Mar, most in the Panhandle and east to Keith and Lincoln Cos (eBird.org, accessed Jan 2024). Most are associated with Cackling Geese. Reports in the east central and east are fewer: […]
Snow x Ross’s Goose (hybrid)
Anser caerulescens x ANSER rossii Status: Rare regular spring and fall migrant. Taxonomy: Hybridization occurs between Snow Goose and Ross’s Goose, estimated at 4.7% of a sample of around 12,000 Ross’s and Snow Geese in the Central Flyway examined between 1961 and 1968 (Trauger et al 1971, Baldassare 2014). This percentage will likely increase as […]