Silcock & Jorgensen

Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Locally common regular breeder Sandhills, locally uncommon Rainwater Basin, rare casual elsewhere. Rare casual summer visitor statewide away from breeding range. Documentation: Specimen: WSC 275, 22 May 1977 Cherry Co. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022), nycticorax in Eurasia and […]

Egretta thula thula Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Uncommon regular summer visitor statewide. Accidental breeder Crescent Lake NWR, Garden Co. Documentation: Photograph: Jun 1965 Crescent Lake NWR (Roger Sharpe, personal communication) Taxonomy: Two subspecies are currently recognized (Gill et al 2022), brewsteri of the Rocky Mountains westward and thula of the rest […]

Egretta tricolor ruficollis Status: Rare casual summer visitor central. Accidental in spring. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 21718, 14 Oct 1918 Kearney Co (Black 1933, 1941; Bray et al 1986). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are generally recognized (Gill et al 2022): ruficollis (including occidentalis) in southern North America, south to northwestern South America and Trinidad, and tricolor in […]

Eudocimus albus albus Status: Rare casual summer visitor central. Documentation: Photograph: 5 Jul 1999 Kissinger Basin WPA, Clay Co. Taxonomy: There are two subspecies, albus of the southeast United States and Caribbean, and newly named ramobustorum of northern South America; the latter was erected for South America populations formerly considered conspecific with E. ruber, Scarlet […]

Platalea ajaja Status: Rare casual summer visitor south-central and southeast. Documentation: Description: 16 Sep 1884, Lincoln, Lancaster Co (Swenk 1932, Bray et al 1986). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Formerly placed in the monotypic genus Ajaia, the latter now merged with Platalea (Banks et al 2002). Summer: There are four accepted […]

Egretta caerulea Status: Rare regular spring and fall migrant and summer visitor east and east central, rare casual west central and west. Accidental breeder Lancaster Co. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM14585, Jun 1898 Lincoln, Lancaster Co (see Snowy Egret). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Spring: Apr 21, 21, 21 <<<>>> summer Earlier […]