Silcock & Jorgensen

Bubo scandiacus Status: Rare, occasionally common, regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM 7729, 6 Mar 1918 Harvard, Clay Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are currently recognized (Gill et al 2022). The merging of Nyctea into Bubo was discussed by Banks et al (2003); some authors retain the monotypic genus Nyctea for this species (Weick 2006, […]

Bubo virginianus virginianus, B. v. subarcticus, B. v. lagophonus, B. v. pallescens Status: Common regular resident statewide. Rare regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: virginianus, UNSM ZM12752, 4 Nov 1902 Lancaster Co; subarcticus, UNSM ZM-16270 12 Mar 1990 Cuming Co. Taxonomy: Variously 12-15 subspecies are recognized, 4-5 of these from Mexico south through South America […]

Megascops asio maxwelliae Status: Common regular resident east and central, uncommon west. Documentation: Specimen, UNSM 12746, Beatrice, 22 Mar 1894. Taxonomy: The use of Megascops instead of Otus for New World species of Otus (except for O. flammeolus, Flammulated Owl, now placed in genus Psiloscops) was discussed by Banks et al (2003). The taxonomy of […]

Surnia ulula caparoch Status: Accidental in winter. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 1231, Sheridan Co, 8 Dec 1912. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are recognized, two in Eurasia and one, caparoch, in North America (Pyle 1997). Record: There is one record. 8 Dec 1912, Sheridan Co (cited above). The single documented record, the specimen cited above, is a male […]

Aquila chrysaetos canadensis Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant west and central. Uncommon regular resident west. Uncommon regular winter visitor west, central, and northeast, rare southeast. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12988, 8 Nov 1912 Comstock, Custer Co. Taxonomy: There are six subspecies recognized, five in Eurasia and one, canadensis, in North America and far northeast […]

Buteo regalis Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant west and central, rare casual east. Uncommon regular breeder west, rare west central. Uncommon regular winter visitor central and west, rare casual east. Breeding and migration Winter Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7687, Stapleton, Logan Co 24 Jan 1935. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). […]