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 […]
COMMON RAVEN
Corvus corax Status: Rare casual resident and winter visitor west, west central, and north. Documentation: Video, photos: 1-4 Jan 2021 Harrison, Sioux Co (DeLara, eBird.org). Taxonomy: There are 11 subspecies recognized, three in North America; North American subspecies are principalis from northern Alaska to Newfoundland south to southwest British Columbia and Maine, in mountains to […]
[CAROLINA CHICKADEE]
Poecile carolinensis Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: The genus Poecile, previously a sub-genus within Parus, was raised to generic status by Banks et al (1997) based on genetic studies by Gill et al (2005) and Slikas et al (1996). There are four subspecies recognized, nearest to Nebraska atricapilloides of southern Kansas to central Texas (Gill […]
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE
Pica hudsonia Status: Uncommon regular resident west, locally uncommon southwest, rare elsewhere. Rare casual winter visitor west and south away from breeding locations. Current range Former Range (prior to 2001, Mollhoff 2001) Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10305, 14 Jul 1910 Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). North American birds, formerly known […]
BLUE JAY
Cyanocitta cristata bromia, C. c. cyanotephra Status: Common regular resident and spring and fall migrant east and central, fairly common west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12259, 30 Dec 1908 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized by Gill et al (2022), although Pyle (1997) merged one of these, semplei, with cristata. The four are (Pyle 1997): […]