Nannopterum brasilianum mexicanum Status: Increasing. Rare regular statewide summer visitor. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM14226, 2 Oct 1982 Sutherland Reservoir (Wright 1983). Taxonomy: Chesser et al (2021) split New World Double-crested, Neotropic, and Flightless cormorants from Phalacrocorax to the resurrected genus Nannopterum, which required a specific epithet change from brasilianus to brasilianum and subspecies change from […]
REDDISH EGRET
Egretta rufescens rufescens Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Documentation: Photograph: 27 Sep-15 Oct 2000 Lake McConaughy, Keith Co (Dinsmore 2001, Jorgensen 2002, Brogie 2009). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), dickeyi of southern California and Baja California, and rufescens of southern North America, West Indies, and Mexico. Pyle (2025) synonymized dickeyi with rufescens based […]
BROWN PELICAN
Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis, P. O. californicus Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Accidental in winter. Documentation: carolinensis: photograph 27 Jun-3 Jul 2002 Gavin’s Point Dam, Cedar Co (Brogie 2003); californicus: photograph 26 Dec 2014-15 Mar 2015 Sutherland Reservoir, Lincoln Co (Brogie 2015, Brogie 2016). Taxonomy: Five subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), two in South America, one in […]
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Pelecanus erythrorhynchus Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare casual breeder Sandhills. Uncommon, locally common, regular summer visitor central and west, uncommon elsewhere. Locally rare regular winter visitor south, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12393, 31 May 1959 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Feb 9, 10, […]
BROWN BOOBY
Sula leucogaster LEUCOGASTER Status: Rare casual summer visitor central and east. Documentation: Photograph: 30 Jun 2014 Sarpy Co (Brogie 2015). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025): leucogaster of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, and plotus of the Indian Ocean and central and western Pacific. Two former subspecies, brewsteri of islands off Southern California […]
WOOD STORK
Mycteria americana Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Documentation: Photograph: 4 Jun 2014 Washington Co (Brogie 2015). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Summer: There are three accepted records: 4 Jun 2014 Boyer Chute NWR, Washington Co (cited above) 15 Jun and 2-3 Aug 2006 Saunders and Cass Cos (Silcock 2006) 29 Jun 1925 Sarpy […]