Branta canadensis interior, B. c. parvipes, B. c. maxima, and B. c. moffitti Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular resident statewide. Locally abundant regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: parvipes: specimen FMNH 400971, 30 miles south of Wood Lake, Cherry Co; maxima: specimen UNSM ZM16581,11 Mar 1989 Buffalo Co (culmen 58.9). See […]
[BARNACLE GOOSE]
Anser leucopsis Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). A mounted specimen shot from a flock of about 40 “Hutch” Canada Geese (now known as Cackling Goose, Branta hutchinsii) 2 Nov 1968 in Otoe Co (Cortelyou 1969) was assumed for many years to be an escaped Barnacle Goose, but reexamination of […]
[BAR-HEADED GOOSE]
Anser indicus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies recognized (AviList 2025). Comments: A pair was seen with Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) Feb 1985 in Keith Co, presumed escapees (Cortelyou 1985), and one was in Cedar Co 12-24 Feb 2003. These birds were certainly escapees or released; there is no pattern of vagrancy of this […]
GADWALL
Mareca strepera STREPERA Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder north-central Nebraska and northern Panhandle, uncommon south-central, rare casual elsewhere. Uncommon regular winter visitor Platte, North Platte, South Platte, and lower Missouri River valley counties southward and Cedar and Knox Cos in the northeast, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: […]
[GRAYLAG GOOSE]
Anser anser Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized in its native Eurasian range (AviList 2025). The vast majority of Graylag Goose reports for North America are designated “Graylag Goose (Domestic type)” by eBird (eBird.org). These geese have been developed through selective breeding in Europe, northern Africa and western Asia from wild Graylag […]
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
Anser brachyrhynchus Status: Accidental in winter. Documentation: Photograph: 30 Jan 2006 Harvard WPA, Clay Co (Brogie 2007, 2025). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Sometimes treated as a subspecies of Taiga Bean-Goose (Anser fabalis) but is strongly differentiated genetically (AviList 2025). Record: One was found and photographed by Paul Dunbar in a flock of […]