Piranga rubra rubra Status: Fairly common regular spring migrant southeast, rare northeast, rare casual elsewhere. Locally fairly common regular breeder southeast. Rare casual summer visitor statewide away from southeast. Uncommon regular fall migrant east, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 1858, 10 May 1917 Fairbury, Jefferson Co. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are generally recognized (Pyle 1997, […]
TENNESSEE WARBLER
Leiothlypis peregrina Status: Common regular spring migrant east, uncommon central, rare west. Uncommon regular fall migrant east and central, rare regular west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6808, 25 May 1901 Child’s Point, Sarpy Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are currently recognized (Gill et al 2022). Spring: Apr 25, 26, 26 <<<>>> Jun 3, 3, 3 Later dates […]
NASHVILLE WARBLER
Leiothlypis ruficapilla ruficapilla Status: Common regular spring migrant east, fairly common east central, rare casual west central and west. Common fall migrant east and central, rare west. Documentation: Specimen: ruficapilla, UNSM ZM6804, 4 May 1904 Falls City, Richardson Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (Pyle 1997, Gill et al 2022): ridgwayi, breeding from southern British […]
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
Parkesia motacilla Status: Rare spring migrant east, rare casual central. Uncommon, locally common, regular breeder east and north central. Rare fall migrant east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6887, 18 May 1901 Child’s Point, Sarpy Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Three song types described by Silcock et al (2021) were shown to […]
PALM WARBLER
Setophaga palmarum palmarum Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east and central, rare west. Rare regular fall migrant east and east-central, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: palmarum: UNSM ZM12018, 8 May 1917 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Two well-defined subspecies occur (Gill et al 2022, Wilson 2020): palmarum, breeding from Mackenzie east through northern Saskatchewan and northern Manitoba […]
CANADA WARBLER
Cardellina canadensis Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant east, rare casual central and west. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 1793, 17 May 1916 Spring Ranch, Clay Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Spring: May 10, 10, 11 <<<>>> May 29, 29, 30 Earlier dates are 3 May 2012 Sarpy Co, 6 May […]