Tyrannus forficatus Status: Increasing. Rare regular breeder and spring visitor south of Platte River Valley, rare casual elsewhere. Rare casual summer and fall visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: KU 34091, 9 Jul 1957 Thomas Co. Taxonomy: A recent revision by Chesser et al (2018) changed the order of subfamilies within the Tyrannidae, placing Tyranninae (Nebraska-occurring genera […]
COUCH’S KINGBIRD
Tyrannus couchii Status: Accidental in fall. Documentation: Photograph: 28 Nov 2024 (Christine and Robert Nelson, eBird Checklist – 28 Nov 2024 – North Platte, Nebraska; recording: 17 Dec 2024 (Stephen Brenner, eBird.org; Brogie 2025). Taxonomy: Recently, Chesser et al (2018) rearranged the order of subfamilies within the Tyrannidae, placing Tyranninae (Nebraska-occurring genera Myiarchus, Pitangus, Tyrannus) ahead […]
[GREEN JAY]
Cyanocorax yncas Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Twelve subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), only one, glaucescens, occurring north of Mexico, in south Texas. Comments: The only report is a mention by Ducey (1989), who considered the report questionable, of its occurrence in the Panhandle along the Niobrara River in the period 1921-1960; no other details […]
[YELLOW-GREEN VIREO]
Vireo flavoviridis Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), three in Mexico and Central America, and one, flavoviridis, breeding in south Texas and vagrant to the southern US from California to Florida (Brewer et al 2024). Comments: A bird identified as a Yellow-green Vireo was reportedly collected at Long Pine, Brown […]
(AMERICAN) DUSKY FLYCATCHER
Empidonax oberholseri Status: Rare regular spring migrant west, rare casual west central. Uncommon regular fall migrant west and central. Documentation: Photographs, measurements: 31 Aug 2000 Oliver Reservoir, Kimball Co (Dinsmore 2000; Dinsmore and Silcock 2001). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). AviList (2025) uses the name American Dusky Flycatcher to distinguish this species “from […]
WESTERN FLYCATCHER
Empidonax difficilis Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant west. Rare regular fall migrant west. Uncommon regular breeder northwest. Documentation: Recording: 9 Jul 1991 Sowbelly Canyon, Sioux Co (Grenon 1991). Taxonomy: Five subspecies are recognized (Lowther et al 2023, AviList 2025): difficilis of the western U.S. and Canada, insulicola of the Channel Islands, cineritius of Baja California, […]