Melanerpes erythrocephalus Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, fairly common west. Common regular breeder east and central, uncommon west. Uncommon regular winter visitor extreme southeast, rare elsewhere east and east central, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6290, 5 Jun 1981 Gage Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: […]
WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER
Sphyrapicus thyroideus Status: Rare casual spring and fall visitor east and central. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM15986, 13 May 1988 Omaha, Douglas Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), thyroideus of the Pacific Coast region and nataliae of the Rocky Mountains. Spring: There are five reports, three documented: 24 Mar 1939, male at Hastings, Adams […]
SHORT-EARED OWL
Asio flammeus flammeus Status: Rare regular resident north and west. Uncommon regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7740, 4 Dec 1902 Kirkwood, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: There are 11 subspecies currently recognized, only one, flammeus, occurring in North America, the other 10 subspecies are distributed worldwide except for Australia; several are island endemics (AviList 2025). […]
LONG-EARED OWL
Asio otus wilsonianus, A. o. tuftsi Status: Fairly common regular winter visitor statewide. Uncommon regular resident north, rare south. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12786, 9 May 1892 Waverly, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized, one each in Eurasia and Africa, and two in North America, tuftsi from western Canada to northern Mexico, and wilsonianus from south-central […]
LEWIS’S WOODPECKER
Melanerpes lewis Status: Rare casual spring migrant west and west central. Rare casual fall migrant west and central. Rare regular local breeder west. Accidental winter visitor. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6299, 30 May 1900 Warbonnet Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Away from known breeding locations, there are few records, most […]
PILEATED WOODPECKER
Dryocopus pileatus abieticola Status: Uncommon regular breeder east. Rare casual winter and spring visitor away from east. Documentation: Photograph: 24 Jan 1991 Bellevue, Sarpy Co (Grenon 1991). Taxonomy: There are two subspecies recognized (AviList 2025), pileatus, resident south and east of south-central Texas, southeast Kansas, southern Illinois, and Maryland, and abieticola north and northwest of […]