Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi Status: Rare casual spring, fall, and winter visitor west and east. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2895, 28 Oct 1922 Elkhorn, Douglas Co. Taxonomy: There are two subspecies, harrisi of southwest United States south to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and unicinctus of Colombia and Venezuela south to northern Argentina and Chile (Gill et al […]
WHITE-TAILED KITE
Elanus leucurus Status: Rare casual summer visitor south and west. Documentation: Photograph: 31 Aug-8 Oct 1983 Mormon Island Crane Meadows, Hall Co (Lingle and Lingle 1983). Taxonomy: There are two subspecies, majusculus of the southern and western United States south to Panama, and leucurus further south, to Argentina (Gill et al 2022). Nebraska birds are […]
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
Elanoides forficatus Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Formerly regular breeder but extirpated around 1910. Documentation: Specimen: Fullerton, Nance Co, 1880, Illinois State Museum #ISM-602715; located by Wayne Mollhoff (personal communication). Taxonomy: There are two subspecies, forficatus of the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico, and yetapa, from Mexico to northern Argentina (Gill et al 2022). […]
GLOSSY IBIS
Plegadis falcinellus Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant statewide. Rare casual breeder Rainwater Basin. Rare casual summer visitor west and southeast. Rare casual fall migrant east and central. Documentation: Photograph: 15 Apr 2005 Harvard WPA, Clay Co (Brogie 2006). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). This species hybridizes extensively with White-faced Ibis. For […]
WHITE-FACED IBIS
Plegadis chihi Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west and central, uncommon east. Uncommon regular breeder north and west, rare southeast. Rare summer visitor east, east central, and south. Documentation: Specimen: Olson #43 at UNK, 12 Jun 1916 Island Lake, Crescent Lake NWR, Garden Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). […]
AMERICAN GOSHAWK
ASTUR atricapillus Status: Rare regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare casual summer visitor northwest. Rare regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12491, Nov 1896 near Maxwell, Lincoln Co. Taxonomy: Due to paraphyly in the genus Accipiter as revealed by genetic studies (Catanach et al 2024), the genus Astur has been resurrected for several […]