Tringa flavipes Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12652, 12 Apr 1898 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Spring: Mar 10, 11, 12 <<<>>> Jun 5, 5, 6 Earlier dates are 2-14 Mar 2012 Seward Co, 4 Mar 2024 Lancaster Co, and 7 Mar (Jorgensen 2012). Later dates above […]
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Calidris subruficollis Status: Fairly common, locally common, regular spring migrant Rainwater Basin, uncommon eastward, rare westward. Uncommon fall migrant east and central, rare west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6199, 12 Sep 1904 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. This species was formerly placed in the genus Tryngites, but recent genetic studies place it in […]
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
Actitis macularius Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Uncommon regular breeder statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12643, 28 May 1910 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Spring: Apr 10, 10, 12 <<<>>> summer An earlier date is 19 Mar 2024 Burchard WMA, Pawnee Co. Migrants arrive mostly during the latter half of […]
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Limnodromus scolopaceus Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring migrant central and west, fairly common east. Common regular fall migrant statewide. Rare casual statewide summer visitor. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6176, 10 May 1890 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Spring: Mar 9, 10, 10 (Jorgensen 2012) <<<>>> May 31, 31, Jun 1 A later date […]
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
Limnodromus griseus HENDERSONI, L. g. griseus Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant east and central, rare west. Documentation: Specimen: USNM 088176, 9 May 1878 Omaha, Douglas Co. Taxonomy: There are three subspecies, caurinus of southern Alaska and southern Yukon (northwest Canada), hendersoni of eastern British Columbia to Quebec, and griseus of Quebec and Newfoundland […]
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
Calidris melanotos Status: Common regular spring migrant east and central, rare west. Common regular fall migrant east and central, fairly common west. Rare casual summer visitor. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12658, 22 Apr 1890 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Spring: Mar 12, 14, 14 <<<>>> Jun 14, 15, 15 An earlier date is 9 […]