Bucephala clangula x Lophodytes cucullatus Status: Rare casual spring and fall migrant and winter visitor. Winter: The observer of the 1997 and 1999 Cunningham Lake birds suggested they were the same individual. Given the paucity of Great Plains records of this hybrid, several records cited below, especially those at Lake Ogallala, may be of the […]
Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (hybrid)
Bucephala albeola x clangula Status: Rare casual spring and fall migrant statewide Records: There are three records: 31 Mar-1 Apr Gavin’s Point Dam area, Knox Co (Strand, E. Brogie, eBird.org) 19 Apr 2020 Dodge Co (Croshaw, eBird.org) 18 Aug 2020 Garden Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org). Comments: This hybrid is often reported in North America; eBird has […]
Eurasian Collared-Dove x Mourning Dove (hybrid)
Streptopelia decaocto x Zenaida macroura Status: Accidental in summer Record: Two birds at Bushnell, Kimball Co 2 Jul 2009 were the size of Mourning Doves, but were pale and lacked a nape mark (Mike Resch; Silcock 2009). Comments: Putative hybrids between this species and Mourning Dove have been reported in North America, but seem to […]
Sharp-tailed Grouse x Greater Prairie-Chicken (hybrid)
Tympanuchus phasianellus x cupido Status: Rare resident central. Resident: Hybrids with Greater Prairie-Chicken (T. cupido) are well-known (Mathisen and Mathisen 1959). Nebraska hybrid specimens UNSM ZM13554 and ZM13555 were collected 12 Feb 1959 in Loup Co and ZM13553 was collected Dec 1965 in Cherry Co. Hybrids have also been reported from Garden, Cherry, McPherson, Thomas, […]
Canvasback x Redhead (hybrid)
Aythya valisineria x americana Status: Accidental in spring Record: The only record is of an adult male at Glenn Cunningham Lake, Douglas Co 11-19 Mar 1997 (Jorgensen 1997). Comments: There are about 40 records scattered across North America, with a concentration in the Great Lakes region (eBird.org, accessed Mar 2024). There is one record for […]
Ring-necked x Tufted Duck (hybrid)
Aythya collaris x fuligula Status: Accidental in summer Record: A drake was photographed in Cherry Co 10 Jul 2019 (Paul Timm, eBird.org). This male Aythya at NNF McKelvie, Cherry Co caused extensive discussion as to its identity. A case was made for it being a Tufted Duck, potentially Nebraska’s second, but the possibility of it […]