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 (AviList 2025). Nebraska birds are presumed platyrhynchos. The history of […]
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, locally uncommon, regular winter visitor Platte and North Platte River Valley counties southward and Missouri River Valley north to Knox Co, rare casual […]
EURASIAN WIGEON
Mareca penelope Status: Rare casual spring and fall migrant statewide, rare casual winter visitor west and west central. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 1782, 26 Sep 1914 Inland, Clay Co (Swenk, Notes Before 1925). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). This species was recently moved from genus Anas to genus Mareca, based on genetic studies (Chesser […]
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 (AviList 2025). This species was recently moved to genus Spatula from Anas, based on genetic studies (Chesser et al 2017). Hybrids […]
GARGANEY
Spatula querquedula Status: Rare casual spring migrant central. Documentation: Photograph: 4 Apr 1998 Wild Rose Ranch, Hall Co (Brogie 1999). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: There are three records, two possibly of the same individual. 28 Mar 1997 alternate male 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) south of Kearney, Kearney Co (Brogie 1998) 29 […]