Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common breeder north-central and west, locally fairly common east and south. Rare casual winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6964, 18 May 1901 Nebraska City, Otoe Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Spring: Feb 15, 16, 17 <<<>>> summer […]
HERMIT WARBLER
Setophaga occidentalis Status: Rare casual spring migrant. Documentation: Photo: 15 May 2002 male 5.5 miles north of Creighton, Knox Co (Brogie 2002, 2003). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). This species and Townsend’s Warbler hybridize commonly in the Cascade Mountains of Washington and Oregon (Morrison and Hardy 1983). Although not reported for […]
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER
Setophaga nigrescens halseii Status: Rare casual spring migrant west, accidental east. Rare casual fall migrant west and central. Documentation: Photograph: 16 May 2008 Crescent Lake NWR, Garden Co (Brogie 2009). Taxonomy: Although two subspecies have been recognized (Pyle 1997), they are poorly differentiated and current authors treat the species as monotypic (Guzy and Lowther 2020, […]
GRACE’S WARBLER
Setophaga graciae graciae Status: Rare casual spring and fall visitor. Documentation: Photograph: 4 May 2008 Crescent Lake NWR, Garden Co (Brogie 2009). Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized, three of which occur from Mexico south to Nicaragua, and one in the US: graciae, breeding from southwestern US and northwest Mexico south to northern Sinaloa (Gill et […]
[RED-CRESTED CARDINAL]
Paroaria coronata Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: One reported at a feeder in Lincoln, Lancaster Co Sep 1972 through 30 Apr 1973 was determined to be an escapee from the Lincoln Zoo (Bennett 1973). This South American species is established in Hawaii (AOU 1983); its native […]
PAINTED BUNTING
Passerina ciris Status: Rare casual statewide spring visitor. Accidental in fall. Documentation: Specimen: UNK, 26 Apr 1960 Kearney, Buffalo Co (Brown 1960, Wetmore 1961). Taxonomy: There have been two subspecies generally recognized (for example Gill et al (2022), but the difficulty of diagnosing them has led to some current authors considering the species monotypic (Pyle […]