Archilochus alexandri Status: Rare regular summer visitor west; rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Photograph: 7-8 May 2012 Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff Co (DeLara and Smith 2013). See Comments. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Hybridization with Ruby-throated Hummingbird was studied in Oklahoma, where ranges of the two species overlap (Judd et al 2011). The following is an excerpt: […]
ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD
Calypte anna Status: Rare casual spring, summer, and fall visitor statewide. Documentation: Photograph: 19 Nov 2016 Omaha, Douglas Co (Brogie 2017). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Records: There are eight records: 28 May 2020 adult female Dawes Co (Whittecar, photos; Brogie 2023) 21 Jun 2019 immature male Scotts Bluff Co (Smith, photos; Brogie 2020) 13 […]
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD
Selasphorus calliope Status: Rare casual spring migrant west. Uncommon regular fall migrant west, rare casual central and east. Documentation: Specimen: display mount at Wildcat Hills Nature Center, Scotts Bluff Co, 23 Jun 1994 Sioux Co (Gubanyi 1996; Silcock and Rosche 1994). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. Calliope Hummingbird was formerly included in genus Stellula, which […]
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
Selasphorus rufus Status: Uncommon regular fall migrant west and central, rare regular east. Accidental in spring. Documentation: Specimen: UNO B218, late Aug 1971 Scotts Bluff Co (Bray et al 1986). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized. See Comments below regarding Allen’s Hummingbird (S. sasin), as yet unrecorded in Nebraska. Spring: The only documented record is of […]
RUFFED GROUSE
Bonasa umbellus MEDIANA Status: Extirpated. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 1984 (pair), 1916 Dodge Co (Swenk, Notes Before 1925). Taxonomy: Pyle (2008) listed 10 subspecies, although variation and color phases make accurate separation difficult; some authors suggest as many as 15 subspecies (Rusch et al 2020). Avibase lists 14 subspecies (https://avibase.ca/6D2B5CDA) and Gill et al (2022) thirteen. […]
COMMON POORWILL
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii nuttallii Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west and west central, uncommon east central, rare casual east. Common regular breeder west, uncommon central, rare casual east.Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6247, 24 May 1900 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Of the six subspecies recognized (Gill and Donsker 2017), only one occurs as far north […]