Vireo atricapillus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: The only report accompanied by tangible evidence is that of a specimen HMM 2866, collected by Wallace and Brooking near Meadow in Sarpy Co 19 May 1921 and now on display at the Hastings Municipal Museum (Bray et al […]
PLUMBEOUS VIREO
Vireo plumbeus PLUMBEUS Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant west, accidental central. Uncommon regular breeder Pine Ridge. Uncommon regular fall migrant west, rare casual west central, accidental east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6773, 21 May 1900 Sioux Co. Taxonomy: The former “Solitary” Vireo was split into three species by Banks et al (1997) based on studies by Murray […]
CASSIN’S VIREO
Vireo cassinii cassinii Status: Uncommon regular fall migrant west, rare casual west-central. Rare casual spring migrant west, accidental east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11878, 8 Sep 1911 northwest of Crawford, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized by Gill et al (2022): cassinii of southwest Canada through the western USA to northern Baja California, and lucasanus […]
BELL’S VIREO
Vireo bellii bellii Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Common regular breeder central, fairly common east, rare west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10541, 12 Aug 1907 (two birds) Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: There are four subspecies recognized, including pusillus, which has been proposed as a separate species, V. pusillus […]
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Lanius borealis BOREALIS Status: Fairly common regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6747, Mar 1900 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Chesser et al (2017) recognized separate species in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, L. excubitor Great Gray Shrike of Eurasia, and L. borealis Northern Shrike of North America with five subspecies, only one of which, borealis, […]
LEAST FLYCATCHER
Empidonax minimus Status: Common regular spring migrant statewide. Common regular fall migrant east and central, fairly common west. Rare casual breeder north and west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6391, 9 May 1903 Havelock, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Spring: Apr 25, 26, 26 <<<>>> Jun 4, 4, 5 Later dates […]