Numenius borealis Status: Extinct. Formerly abundant regular spring migrant central. Formerly rare regular fall migrant central. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2469, Apr 1880 Hamilton Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Records: Eskimo Curlew is probably extinct; there are no accepted records for North America since 1962 (O’Brien et al 2006), although Gill et al (2020) listed […]
PIPING PLOVER
Charadrius melodus circumcinctus Status: Locally fairly common breeder central and east, rare casual west. Uncommon spring and fall migrant away from breeding sites. State and federally listed as Threatened. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6102, 17 Jun 1902 Keya Paha Co. Taxonomy: Miller et al (2009) showed that Atlantic Coast birds (melodus) were genetically distinct from a […]
MOUNTAIN PLOVER
ANARHYNCHUS montanus Status: Fairly common regular breeder southwestern Panhandle. Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant southwestern Panhandle, rare casual elsewhere. State listed as Threatened. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 3053, 7 Apr 1917 Whitman, Grant Co. Taxonomy: Genetic studies resulted in a transfer of this species from genus Charadrius to genus Anarhynchus (Chesser et al 2024). […]
AMERICAN AVOCET
Recurvirostra americana Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west and central, fairly common east. Uncommon, locally common, regular breeder west and north-central, rare casual elsewhere. Rare casual summer visitor away from breeding locations. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6614, 17 Jun 1902 Clear Lake, Cherry Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Spring: Mar 29, 31, 31 […]
KILLDEER
Charadrius vociferus Status: Common regular breeder statewide. Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Locally rare regular winter visitor west, rare casual east and south. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6117, 30 Mar 1901 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: There are three subspecies, vociferus of North America south to northwest Mexico, ternominatus of the Bahamas and Greater Antilles, […]
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
Charadrius semipalmatus Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Rare casual summer visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6155, 5 Oct 1901 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Spring: Apr 11, 11, 11 <<<>>> Jun 4, 4, 5 Earlier dates are 28 Mar 2019 Kearney Co, and 9-10 […]