Hirundo rustica x Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Records: There are three records: 26 May 2022 Oliver Reservoir, Kimball Co (Mlodinow, eBird Checklist – 26 May 2022). 12 Jun 2014 Keith Co (Brown and Page 2015) 10 Aug 2021 Scottsbluff WTP, […]
Red-tailed x Rough-legged Hawk (hybrid)
Buteo jamaicensis x BUTEO lagopus Status: Rare casual winter visitor. Records: Presumably the same bird has been photographed during three winters in the area of Prairie Queen RA, Sarpy Co. Records are 2 Mar 2023 (Elizabeth Winter, https://ebird.org/checklist/S130021469), 14 Dec 2023 Sarpy Co (photos, S. Krout), 3-10 Mar 2024, and 8 Nov 2024. Comments: There […]
American Wigeon x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Mareca americana x Anas acuta Status: Rare casual winter visitor. Records: There are three records: 17 Nov 2023 Gering WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 16 Jan 2022 Scotts Bluff Co (Hunter Baillie, personal communication; photo) 30 Mar 2023 Lake […]
[INDIAN PEAFOWL]
PAVO CRISTATUS Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: Free roaming, escaped, or released birds are occasionally observed in Nebraska, although there are, however, three flocks that have survived for several years in the state. An intriguing explanation for the presence (Eileen Rooney fide Mary Clausen) of two of […]
Herring x Great Black-backed Gull
LARUS SMITHSONIANUS X Marinus Status: Accidental in fall. Record: The single record is of one at Lake McConaughy, Keith Co 14 Nov 2022 (Mlodinow, eBird.org). It was the size of Great Black-backed but its incoming mantle color was paler than expected for that species (Mlodinow, eBird.org). Comments: The Keith Co record appears to be a first for […]
Herring Gull x Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus SMITHSONIANUS x LARUS fuscus Status: Rare casual in winter Records: The only Nebraska record is of one at Lake McConaughy, Keith Co 27 Dec 2022 (Mlodinow, eBird.org). There are numerous records of this hybrid in eastern North America, with a few westward, including four along the Colorado Front Range Oct-Jan (eBird.org, accessed Mar 2023). Comments: […]