Ectopistes migratorius Status: Extinct. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2914, 1880s near Cook, Johnson Co (Brooking 1942). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AOU 1957). Records: The Nebraska specimen cited above is on display at the Hastings Municipal Museum. The specimen was recovered “from an old case of birds found in a barn in Johnson County, Nebraska. It […]
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Streptopelia decaocto Status: Common, locally abundant, regular resident statewide. Documentation: Specimens: ZM-18428 (female) and 18429 (male), 29 Nov 2005 “found dead one day after blizzard” in Bassett, Rock Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized within Eurasian S. decaocto (AviList 2025) since its split from Burmese Collared-Dove S. xanthocycla and elevation to species status (Romagosa 2020). […]
[RINGED TURTLE-DOVE]
Streptopelia “risoria” Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: The specific epithet risoria is not considered valid; according to AOU (1998), this “widely domesticated and locally introduced form is now deemed to be derived from the African S. roseogrisea [African Collared-Dove] rather than S. decaocto [Eurasian Collared-Dove]” (DeBenedictis 1994, Romagosa and McEneaney 1999). Recently the ABA Checklist […]
[AFRICAN COLLARED-DOVE]
Streptopelia roseogrisea Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: There are two subspecies recognized in the native African range, roseogrisea and arabica (AviList 2025). This species is presumed to be the wild ancestor of Ringed Turtle-Dove (see that species) and resembles it closely (see Comments). Comments: This species was formerly considered established in the United States, but […]
BAND-TAILED PIGEON
Patagioenas fasciata Status: Rare casual spring and fall visitor. Documentation: Photograph: 15 May 2000 Gering, Scotts Bluff Co (Jorgensen 2002). Taxonomy: New world pigeons previously included in Columba have been allocated to the genus Patagioenas (Banks et al 2003). There are six subspecies recognized (AviList 2025), two north of Mexico: fasciata, breeding near the Pacific […]
ROCK PIGEON
Columba livia Status: Common regular resident statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM 13458, 26 May 1977 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: In the strict sense, Columba livia refers to the Rock Dove of Eurasia east to central Asia and Africa; North American Rock Pigeons are an amalgamation of several wild subspecies from the native range in central Asia […]