Sturnella neglecta neglecta Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Abundant breeder west, central, and northeast, common southeast. Fairly common regular winter visitor south and east, uncommon elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11049, 30 Oct 1890 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025): confluenta, breeding from coastal southwest British Columbia to southwest […]
ORCHARD ORIOLE
Icterus spurius spurius Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM8770, 14 Jun 1898 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), spurius, breeding throughout eastern US north to Canada and south to central Mexico, and fuertesi, breeding in eastern Mexico. Nebraska birds are spurius. Spring: Apr […]
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Icteria virens virens, I. v. auricollis Status: Uncommon, locally common, regular breeder and spring and fall migrant west and central, rare east. Documentation: Specimens: auricollis, UNSM ZM6909, 3 Jun 1901 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co; virens, UNSM ZM10757, 15 May 1909 Roca, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Recent genetic studies resulted in assignment of this species to its […]
EASTERN MEADOWLARK
Sturnella magna magna Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Common regular breeder southeast, locally common western Sandhills, uncommon elsewhere except rare casual southwest. Rare casual winter visitor southeast. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6952, 2 Mar 1901 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Fourteen subspecies are recognized, three of which occur north of […]
SCOTT’S ORIOLE
Icterus parisorum Status: Rare casual summer visitor central. Documentation: Description: 20-24 Jun 1975 Hall Co (Stoppkotte 1975; Brogie 1998). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Summer: There are eight reports, two, both adult males, acceptably documented: 20-24 Jun 1975 Hall Co (cited above) 29 Jun 2004 Buffalo Co (Brogie 2005). The six additional unaccepted […]
[AUDUBON’S ORIOLE]
Icterus graduacauta Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), one occurring in the US: audubonii, resident from south Texas into Mexico. Comments: A description furnished by the observer to the NOURC of one in McPherson Co 7 Jun 1985 was not sufficient to confirm the identification as Audubon’s Oriole; this is […]