Setophaga striata Status: Fairly common regular spring migrant east and central, uncommon west. Rare regular fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6873, 15 May 1901 Beatrice, Gage Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Apr 20, 21, 21 <<<>>> May 30, 30, 31 Later dates are 3 Jun 2025 Dakota Co, 5 Jun […]
YELLOW WARBLER
Setophaga aestiva, S. A. amnicola/RUBIGINOSA (includes parkesi) Status: Common regular breeder and spring and fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimens: aestiva, UNSM ZM11952, 21 May 1895 Lancaster Co; rubiginosa (includes parkesi)/amnicola, UNSM ZM6823, 15 May 1901, Child’s Point, Sarpy Co (see Fig 1, below). Taxonomy: AviList (2015) recognized, as seperate groups, the temperate breeding group, American […]
SUMMER TANAGER
Piranga rubra rubra Status: Fairly common regular spring migrant southeast, rare northeast and east central, 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: Two subspecies are recognized […]
TENNESSEE WARBLER
Leiothlypis peregrina Status: Common regular spring migrant east, uncommon central, rare west. Uncommon regular fall migrant east and central, rare west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6808, 25 May 1901 Child’s Point, Sarpy Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are currently recognized (AviList 2025). Spring: Apr 25, 26, 26 <<<>>> Jun 5, 6, 6 Earlier dates are 17-23 Apr […]
NASHVILLE WARBLER
Leiothlypis ruficapilla ruficapilla Status: Common regular spring migrant east, fairly common east central, rare casual west central and west. Common regular fall migrant east and central, rare west. Documentation: Specimen: ruficapilla, UNSM ZM6804, 4 May 1904 Falls City, Richardson Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025): ridgwayi, breeding from southern British Columbia to northwest […]
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 (AviList 2025). Three song types described by Silcock et al (2021) were shown to occur throughout […]