Aphelocoma woodhouseii Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Former Western Scrub-Jay A. californica with 14 subspecies was split into two species (Chesser et al 2016, Curry et al 2020, Gill et al 2022): California Scrub-Jay (A. californica) of the western USA west of the Rocky Mountains from Washington to Baja California, retaining seven subspecies, and Woodhouse’s […]
CLARK’S NUTCRACKER
Nucifraga columbiana Status: Uncommon casual irruptive winter visitor statewide. Rare casual breeder and summer visitor northwest. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10406, 29 Nov 1910 Crawford, Dawes Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Summer: This species is not known to breed regularly in Nebraska; the three records of breeding have occurred following significant […]
PINYON JAY
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus cyanocephalus Status: Rare local regular resident Panhandle. Uncommon regular winter visitor west, rare casual central, accidental east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7644, 13 Dec 1895 Fort Robinson, Dawes Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized by Gill et al (2022), although Pyle (1997) accepted three weakly-differentiated subspecies: cassini from Oregon to Idaho and south to […]
RED-EYED VIREO
Vireo olivaceus olivaceus Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Common regular breeder east, locally common elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6782, 22 May 1900 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: The allocation of nine Central and South American subspecies (Chesser et al 2018) to a newly erected species Chivi Vireo (V. […]
WARBLING VIREO
Vireo gilvus gilvus, V. g. brewsteri Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder east and east-central, uncommon west-central and west. Documentation: Specimens: UNSM ZM6788, 23 May 1900 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co (brewsteri) (Bruner, handwritten annotation in his copy of Bruner 1896 in possession of WRS); UNSM ZM6789, 26 Apr 1901 Lancaster […]
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
Vireo philadelphicus Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant east, rare central, rare casual west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10533, 16 May 1917 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Spring: May 1, 2, 3 <<<>>> May 29, 29, 30 Earlier dates are 22 Apr 2024 Ponca SP, Dixon Co, and 25 […]