Serinus canaria Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Clement (2020) refers to this species as Island Canary. Comments: Cage birds are derived from birds native to the Canary Islands, Azores, and Madeira and usually lack back streaking due to selection by aficionados. A population is established in Hawaii (Clement 2020). […]
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE
Myadestes townsendi townsendi Status: Rare casual breeder northwest. Common regular winter resident and spring and fall migrant west, uncommon central, rare east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6699, 19 Feb 1896 Harrison, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025) one in Mexico and the other, townsendi, breeding and wintering throughout the North America range. Nebraska […]
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
Corthylio calendula calendula Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Rare regular winter visitor south and southeast, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6713, 13 Apr 1901 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Ruby-crowned Kinglet taxon calendula of the New World was split as genus Corthylio from remaining New and Old World species […]
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
Catharus minimus aliciae Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east, rare east-central, rare casual west-central and west. Rare casual fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11018, 11 May 1910 South Bend, Cass Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025): aliciae, breeding from Alaska to northern Alberta and Labrador, and minimus, breeding in Newfoundland and northeast […]
VEERY
Catharus fuscescens levyi/salicicolus, C. F. Fuscescens? Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east and west, rare central. Rare regular fall migrant east and west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11022 (salicicolus/levyi?), 25 May 1909 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), subpallidus, breeding from northern Washington east of the Cascades south to northeastern Oregon and […]
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD
Sialia currucoides Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west and west-central, rare east-central, rare casual east. Fairly common regular breeder west. Uncommon regular winter visitor west and central, rare casual east. Documentation: UNSM ZM6695, 24 May 1900 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). See The Eastern x Mountain Bluebird […]