Aythya americana Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder north central and northwest, rare Rainwater Basin, rare casual elsewhere. Uncommon casual summer visitor away from breeding range. Uncommon regular winter visitor west, south, east, rare casual north. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7678, 27 Mar 1932 McCook, Red Willow Co. Taxonomy: […]
CANVASBACK
Aythya valisineria Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare, locally uncommon, regular breeder western Sandhills. Rare casual summer visitor statewide. Uncommon regular winter visitor North Platte and Platte river valleys south, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12458, 3 Apr 1932 Red Willow Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et […]
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
Anas cRECCA CAROLINENSIS Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare regular breeder northcentral, rare casual elsewhere. Uncommon summer visitor Rainwater Basin; rare casual elsewhere. Uncommon regular winter visitor west, south, east, rare north. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12432, 14 Apr 1909 Cass Co. Taxonomy: This subspecies and Eurasian A. c. crecca are […]
NORTHERN PINTAIL
Anas acuta Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Uncommon, locally common, regular breeder statewide. Locally uncommon regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12426, 4 Apr 1909, Grafton, Fillmore Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Northern Pintail hybridizes with Mallard; for Nebraska records see Mallard x Northern […]
[MEXICAN DUCK]
Anas diazi Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). See related taxonomic discussions under Mallard and Mottled Duck. Whether Mexican Duck is a valid species has been a matter of debate, although it was recently elevated to species status by AOS (Chesser et al 2020) based primarily on genomic studies […]
MOTTLED DUCK
Anas fulvigula maculosa Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Documentation: Photograph: 5 Oct 1958 Loup River, Howard Co (Lemburg 1980, Bray et al 1986). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022); fulvigula of Florida and maculosa of the Gulf Coast from Alabama to northeastern Mexico. See discussion under Mallard (Taxonomy) for relationships between members […]