Aegolius funereus richardsoni Status: Accidental in fall. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2710, 5 Oct 1916 Inland, Clay Co. Taxonomy: Of seven recognized subspecies, all but one occur in Eurasia; the lone North American subspecies is richardsoni (Gill et al 2022). The Nebraska record is presumed richardsoni. Record: There is one record. 5 Oct 1916 Inland, Clay […]
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant and winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7688, 19 Nov 1920 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: There are four subspecies generally recognized, lagopus in northern Eurasia, menzbieri of northeast Asia, kamtschatkensis of the Kamchatka Peninsula, and sanctijohannis of North America (Gill et al 2022). Nebraska birds […]
AMERICAN BARN OWL
Tyto FURCATA PRATINCOLA Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant west and central, rare east. Uncommon regular breeder west and southwest, rare elsewhere. Rare casual winter visitor south and east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM 7719, 30 Apr 1903 Elm Creek, Buffalo Co. Taxonomy: Worldwide taxonomy is in flux; at least 29 subspecies have been recognized by […]
GREAT GRAY OWL
Strix nebulosa Status: Rare casual winter visitor. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2537, collected winter 1912 Columbus, Platte Co Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, one each in Eurasia and North America; nebulosa occurs in North America (Gill et al 2022). Record: There are two records. winter 1912, Columbus, Platte Co (cited above) 1 Jan 1978 Dixon, Dixon […]
RED-TAILED HAWK
Buteo jamaicensis Fourteen subspecies are recognized by Clements et al (2016) and 12 by Gill et al (2022). Of the 12 subspecies recognized by Gill et al (2022), six occur only south of the United States. The others are: alascensis of southeast Alaska and southwest Canada, harlani of central Alaska and northwest Canada, calurus of […]
[FLAMMULATED OWL]
Psiloscops flammeolus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: This species has been re-assigned from Otus to monotypic genus Psiloscops (Gill et al 2022, Wink et al 2009). Comments: There are three reports, two of which seem quite likely to be of this species, of which northern populations are migratory (Linkhart and McCallum 2020). Calls believed to […]