Passerina ciris Status: Rare casual statewide spring visitor. Accidental in fall. Documentation: Specimen: UNK, 26 Apr 1960 Kearney, Buffalo Co (Brown 1960, Wetmore 1961). Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), ciris, breeding in the southeastern USA, wintering in the West Indies, and pallidior, breeding in the south-central USA to Mexico, wintering south to Panama. […]
[BLUE BUNTING]
Cyanocompsa parellina Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized, none of regular occurrence north of Mexico (AviList 2025). Comments: The single report, of one in Otoe Co 22 Jan 2015 was not accepted by NOURC as “lacking substantive evidence for a first state record” (Brogie 2016). Almost all records of this species are […]
[PYRRHULOXIA]
Cardinalis sinuatus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are recognized, two north of Mexico: fulvescens, resident in southern Arizona, and sinuatus, resident from southern New Mexico to southeast Texas (AviList 2025). Comments: A bird fitting the description of this species was seen feeding young at Genoa, Nance Co 24 Aug 2000; an apparent female, […]
HEPATIC TANAGER
Piranga flava Status: Accidental in winter. Documentation: Videotape: 6 Jan 1999 West Point, Cuming Co (Jorgensen 2001, 2003). Taxonomy: Fifteen subspecies are recognized (Eddleman 2020, AviList 2025), usually divided into three groups, one northern consisting of five subspecies, two of which occur in the US: hepatica, breeding from northwest and central Arizona and southwest New […]
SWAINSON’S WARBLER
Limnothlypis swainsonii Status: Accidental in spring. Documentation: 15 May 2018 Wilderness Park, Lancaster Co; recordings: Stearns (2018), Leger (2018); photograph: Carlini (2018). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Record: The single accepted record is of one at Wilderness Park, Lancaster Co 15 May 2018 (cited above; Brogie 2019). This bird was located early in […]
BREWER’S BLACKBIRD
Euphagus cyanocephalus Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west and central, uncommon east. Fairly common regular breeder west. Uncommon regular winter visitor from the North Platte and Platte River valleys south and Missouri River Valley, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7025, 20 Jun 1901 Indian Creek, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized […]