Cistothorus palustris plesius, C. p. iliacus Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder north and west (western song type). Uncommon regular breeder northeast, rare southeast (May-Jun; eastern song type). Uncommon regular breeder east and east-central (Jul-Aug; eastern song type, late summer breeders). Rare regular winter visitor North Platte and Platte […]
NORTHERN HOUSE WREN
Troglodytes aedon parkmanii Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder statewide. Accidental in winter. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6577, 24 May 1900 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: There are some 31 subspecies recognized in five groups, all but three occurring in Mexico and southward to South America; those north of Mexico are parkmanii of […]
WESTERN BLUEBIRD
Sialia mexicana Status: Accidental in spring. (Note- this record is yet to be reviewed by NOURC) Documentation: photograph: 7 Apr 2023 along County Road 5, Kimball Co at 41.005 -104.011 (Burke, Pheneger; eBird.org). Taxonomy: Six subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022), three in Mexico and these north of Mexico: occidentalis, breeding from southern British […]
VARIED THRUSH
Ixoreus naevius MERULOIDES (GODFREII?) Status: Rare regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6661, 18 Dec 1935 North Platte, Lincoln Co. Taxonomy: Four weakly differentiated subspecies are recognized, based mainly on female plumages (Phillips 1991). These are (Gill et al 2022): naevius of southeastern Alaska south coastally to northern California and wintering from British Columbia […]
[NORTHERN WHEATEAR]
Oenanthe oenanthe Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are generally recognized, two of which breed in North America: oenanthe breeding in northwest North America and wintering in tropical Africa, and leocorhoa breeding in northeast North America and also wintering in tropical Africa (Dunn et al 2022). Comments: There are two published reports (Bray et […]
ROCK WREN
Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west and west-central, rare east-central, rare casual east. Common regular breeder west and southwest, rare casual elsewhere. Rare casual winter visitor west central. Documentation: UNSM ZM6601, 12 Jun 1901 Warbonnet Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: As many as 11 subspecies are recognized although only two occur […]