Buteo jamaicensis x BUTEO lagopus Status: Rare casual winter visitor. Records: There are two records: 2 March 2023 Sarpy Co (Elizabeth Winter, https://ebird.org/checklist/S130021469) 14 December 2023 Sarpy Co (photos, S. Krout) Comments: There are about 15 records scattered across North America (eBird.org, accessed Jan 2024). […]
American Wigeon x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Mareca americana x Anas acuta Status: Rare casual winter visitor. Records: There are three records: 17 Nov 2023 Gering WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org) 16 Jan 2022 Scotts Bluff Co (Hunter Baillie, personal communication; photo) 30 Mar 2023 Lake […]
[INDIAN PEAFOWL]
PAVO CRISTATUS Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: Free roaming, escaped, or released birds are occasionally observed in Nebraska, although there are, however, three flocks that have survived for several years in the state. An intriguing explanation for the presence (Eileen Rooney fide Mary Clausen) of two of […]
BONO updates two new species accounts for Nebraska- Western Gull and Western Bluebird
BONO has updated status to “accepted” for two species, Western Gull and Western Bluebird, based on recent new records. Note- NOURC is yet to examine these records. Both species had been reported previously in Nebraska but without accepted documentation. A Western Gull found in Scotts Bluff Co 7 Apr 2023 by Steven Mlodinow was photographed […]
Herring x Great Black-backed Gull
LARUS SMITHSONIANUS X Marinus Status: Accidental in fall. Record: The single record is of one at Lake McConaughy, Keith Co 14 Nov 2022 (Mlodinow, eBird.org). It was the size of Great Black-backed but its incoming mantle color was paler than expected for that species (Mlodinow, eBird.org). Comments: The Keith Co record appears to be a first for […]
Herring Gull x Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus SMITHSONIANUS x LARUS fuscus Status: Rare casual in winter Records: The only Nebraska record is of one at Lake McConaughy, Keith Co 27 Dec 2022 (Mlodinow, eBird.org). There are numerous records of this hybrid in eastern North America, with a few westward, including four along the Colorado Front Range Oct-Jan (eBird.org, accessed Mar 2023). Comments: […]