Anas rubripes Status: Rare casual fall and spring migrant and winter visitor east. Rare casual summer visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNK un-numbered, 20 Oct 1912 Kearney, Buffalo Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). As discussed under Mallard (https://birds.outdoornebraska.gov/mallard), hybridization of American Black Duck with Mallard was limited if not non-existent prior […]
MALLARD
Anas platyrhynchos PLATYRHYNCHOS Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder statewide. Common, locally abundant, regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7674, 11 Apr 1916 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are currently recognized, worldwide nominate platyrhynchos, and conboschas, confined to Greenland (Gill et al 2022). Nebraska birds are presumed platyrhynchos. The […]
AMERICAN WIGEON
Mareca americana Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare regular breeder northcentral and northwest, rare casual elsewhere. Uncommon regular summer visitor northcentral and northwest, rare casual elsewhere. Rare local regular winter visitor Platte and North Platte River Valley counties southward and Missouri River Valley north to Knox Co, rare casual elsewhere. […]
EURASIAN WIGEON
Mareca penelope Status: Rare casual spring and fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 1782, 26 Sep 1914 Inland, Clay Co (Swenk, Notes Before 1925). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). This species was recently moved from genus Anas to genus Mareca, based on genetic studies (Chesser et al 2017). Eurasian Wigeon hybridizes […]
CINNAMON TEAL
Spatula cyanoptera septentrionalium Status: Fairly common regular spring migrant west and central, uncommon east. Locally uncommon regular breeder west, rare casual elsewhere. Rare regular summer visitor east. Rare regular fall migrant west, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7673, 4 Apr 1909 Fillmore Co. Taxonomy: This species was recently moved to genus Spatula from Anas, […]
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
Spatula discors Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Uncommon, locally common, regular breeder statewide. Rare casual winter visitor. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12441, 14 Apr 1909 Cass Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). This species was recently moved to genus Spatula from Anas, based on genetic studies (Chesser et al […]