Silcock & Jorgensen

Certhia americana americana; C. a. montana Status: Locally rare regular resident east and northwest, rare casual north-central. Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant and winter visitor statewide. Documentation: americana: specimen UNSM ZM6569, 25 Mar 1896 Lancaster Co; montanus: specimen UNSM ZM6570, 17 Feb 1896 Sioux Co. Taxonomy: There are 12-15 subspecies recognized, all but three […]

Regulus satrapa satrapa Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Uncommon regular winter visitor south and east, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: satrapa: UNSM ZM6718, 13 Apr 1901 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Six subspecies have been recognized, four north of Mexico (Swanson et al 2020): olivaceus, breeding from coastal southeast Alaska to southwest […]

Cinclus mexicanus unicolor Status: Rare casual fall visitor statewide. Accidental in spring west central. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 693 (pair), Jun 1903 Wauneta, Chase Co. Taxonomy: Four or five subspecies are generally recognized (Pyle 1997), one, unicolor, breeding throughout the North American range north of Mexico (Gill et al 2022). According to Kingery and Willson (2020), […]

Sitta pygmaea melanotis Status: Common regular resident west, fairly common Thomas Co. Rare regular local summer visitor Cherry Co. Common regular winter visitor northwest, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11875, 16 Jun 1966 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: There are six subspecies (Gill et al 2022), three in Mexico and two restricted to California; […]

Tachycineta bicolor Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Fairly common regular breeder statewide except southwest and southern Panhandle, where uncommon. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6452, 2 Jul 1902 Carns, Keya Paha Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are currently recognized (Gill et al 2022). Spring: Mar 9, 10, 11 <<<>>> summer An […]

Stelgidopteryx serripennis Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6454, 7 Jun 1901 Gage Co. Taxonomy: There are six subspecies recognized by most authorities (Gill et al 2022), four restricted to Mexico and Central America, and two in the USA: serripennis of southeastern Alaska and southern Canada south to […]