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 […]
[BLUE BUNTING]
Cyanocompsa parellina Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: There are four subspecies recognized, none of regular occurrence north of Mexico (Gill et al 2022). Comments: The single report, of one in Otoe Co 22 Jan 2015 was not accepted by NOURC as “lacking substantive evidence for a first state record” (Brogie 2016). Almost all records of […]
[PYRRHULOXIA]
Cardinalis sinuatus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are recognized, two north of Mexico (Tweit and Thompson 2020, Gill et al 2022): fulvescens, resident in southern Arizona, and sinuatus, resident from southern New Mexico to southeast Texas. Comments: A bird fitting the description of this species was seen feeding young at Genoa, Nance Co […]
HEPATIC TANAGER
Piranga flava Status: Accidental in winter. Documentation: Videotape: 6 Jan 1999 West Point, Cuming Co (Jorgensen 2001, 2003). Taxonomy: There are 15 subspecies recognized (Pyle 1997, Eddleman 2020), usually divided into three groups, each raised to species status by some authors (Gill et al 2022); in this treatment, two new species occur south of the […]
SWAINSON’S WARBLER
Limnothlypis swainsonii Status: Accidental in spring. Documentation: 15 May 2018 Wilderness Park, Lancaster Co; recordings: Stearns (2018), Leger (2018); photograph: Carlini (2018). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Record: The single accepted record is of one at Wilderness Park, Lancaster Co 15 May 2018 (cited above; Brogie 2019). This bird was located […]