This article originally appeared in the August 2018 edition of The Burrowing Owl, the newsletter of the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union. By Ross Silcock As Seasonal Reports Compiler for Nebraska Bird Review and an eBird Reviewer for three regions in Nebraska, I might have a unique perspective on trends in reports of Nebraska bird sightings. Although […]
AOS Checklist revisions incorporated into BONO
The American Ornithological Society’s Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of North and Middle American Birds published its 2018 checklist supplement in late June. In recent years, the release of the checklist supplement has generated taxonomic shake-ups and even the addition and loss of species. For example, last year we lost Thayer’s Gull as that taxon […]
All species accounts now published!
The date of 29 June 2018 was a momentous day for the Birds of Nebraska – Online as we published our final species account. The 512th species account happened to be Rose-breasted Grosbeak, which is near the end of the taxonomic order. We published our first species (Elegant-crested Tinamou) account back on 24 March, but […]
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
Pheucticus ludovicianus Status: Common regular spring migrant east, fairly common east central, uncommon west central, rare west. Common regular breeder east, rare east central. Common regular fall migrant east and east central, rare casual west central and west. Rare casual winter visitor east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12080, 31 May 1895 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies […]
INDIGO BUNTING
Passerina cyanea Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder east and east-central, uncommon west-central, rare west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7099, 15 Aug 1899 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). This species hybridizes with Lazuli Bunting; see the Lazuli x Indigo Bunting (hybrid) species account. Changes Since 2000: […]
BLUE GROSBEAK
Passerina caerulea interfusa Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7091, 8 Aug 1900 Beatrice, Gage Co Taxonomy: Six subspecies are generally recognized (Pyle 1997, Lowther and Ingold 2020), seven if Mexican subspecies deltarhyncha and eurhyncha are not merged (Gill et al 2022). The three subspecies occurring north […]