Tringa melanoleuca Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare casual winter visitor Platte Valley. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12650, 23 Apr 1910 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Feb 26, 27, 27 <<<>>> Jun 6, 6, 7 An early migrant, this species arrives in mid Mar and peak numbers […]
AMERICAN WOODCOCK
Scolopax minor Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant east, rare central, rare casual west. Uncommon regular breeder east, rare central. Uncommon post-breeding summer resident northeast and north, rare elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6132, 19 Apr 1900 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Feb 25, 26, 26 <<<>>> summer Earlier dates are 12 Feb […]
WILSON’S SNIPE
Gallinago delicata Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Uncommon regular breeder north and west, rare casual elsewhere. Uncommon regular local winter visitor North Platte and Central Platte river valleys southward, rare elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12634, 3 Nov 1910 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: This species was formerly treated as conspecific with Eurasian Common […]
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
Tringa flavipes Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare casual summer visitor. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12652, 12 Apr 1898 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Mar 10, 11, 12 <<<>>> Jun 8, 9, 9 Earlier dates are 2-14 Mar 2012 Seward Co, 4 Mar 2024 Lancaster Co, 6 Mar […]
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 (AviList 2025). This species was formerly placed in the genus Tryngites, but recent genetic studies place […]
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 (AviList 2025). Spring: Apr 9, 10, 10 <<<>>> summer An earlier date is 19 Mar 2024 Burchard WMA, Pawnee Co. Migrants arrive mostly during the latter […]