Troglodytes pacificus Status: Rare casual fall visitor west. Taxonomy: This species was split (Chesser et al 2010) from Winter Wren (T. hiemalis) based on Drovetski et al (2004) and Toews and Irwin (2008). Gill et al (2022) list 14 subspecies, 10 of which occur only in Alaska; the remaining four (Toews and Irwin 2020) are […]
[BLACK-CRESTED TITMOUSE]
Baeolophus atricristatus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: This species and Tufted Titmouse (B. bicolor) were recently split as full species; they differ genetically although there is a stable and narrow hybrid zone in east-central Texas (Banks et al 2002). Three subspecies are recognized from central Texas south to northern Mexico (Gill et al 2022). Comments: Details […]
[AMERICAN BUSHTIT]
Psaltriparus minimus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: There are nine subspecies, four south of the USA, and five breeding in the USA (Pyle 1997). Four subspecies breeding from British Columbia to southern California comprise the Brown-crowned Group, and there are two monotypic groups: Gray-crowned or Interior, consisting of plumbeus, which is resident from east-central Oregon […]
BEWICK’S WREN
Thryomanes bewickii Status: Extirpated breeder southeast. Rare casual spring, summer, and fall visitor statewide. Documentation: Photograph: 3 Apr 1993 Wild Rose Ranch, Hall Co (B.J. Rose fide Padelford and Padelford 1993). Taxonomy: Kennedy and White (2020) revised the ranges of the 15 subspecies (two are extinct), including these four that might occur or have occurred […]
FISH CROW
Corvus ossifragus Status: Accidental summer visitor. Documentation: Description: 29 May 2009 Platte River mile 1.2 (Jorgensen et al 2009, Brogie 2009). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Changes Since 2000: This species was added to the Official List of the Birds of Nebraska in 2009 (Brogie 2009), as it continues to expand […]
CAVE SWALLOW
Petrochelidon fulva pallida Status: Rare casual summer visitor west-central. Documentation: Photograph: 31 May 1991 Ash Hollow, Garden Co (Brown and Brown 1992, Brogie 1998). Taxonomy: Six subspecies are often recognized (Gill et al 2022), although Strickler and West (2020) merged cavicola with fulva. Three subspecies occur in the Caribbean and Mexico, the remaining two in […]