Pooecetes gramineus gramineus, P. g. confinis Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Fairly common regular breeder north and east, uncommon elsewhere. Rare casual winter visitor.Documentation: Specimens: gramineus, UNSM ZM7340, 12 Apr 1890 Lincoln, Lancaster Co; confinis, UNSM ZM7336, 30 May 1901 Warbonnet Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: Three subspecies are recognized (Jones […]
SAVANNAH SPARROW
Passerculus sandwichensis nevadensis, P. s. savanna, P. s. LABRADORIUS. Status: Common, locally abundant, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Locally uncommon regular breeder north and west. Rare casual winter visitor south and east. Documentation: Specimens: nevadensis, UNSM ZM7285, 10 Oct 1885 Lincoln, Lancaster Co; savanna, UNSM ZM7279, 19 Oct 1901; oblitus, UNSM ZM10432, 9 Apr […]
HENSLOW’S SPARROW
Centronyx henslowii Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant southeast, rare northeast and central. Locally uncommon regular breeder southeast. Documentation: Specimen: USNM 8968, Loup Fork of Platte 10 Jun 1857 (Hyde 1939). Taxonomy: This species and Baird’s Sparrow were moved to a new genus, Centronyx, from Ammodramus, based on genetic studies that indicated former Ammodramus […]
NELSON’S SPARROW
Ammospiza nelsoni nelsoni Status: Rare regular spring migrant east, rare casual central. Uncommon regular fall migrant east, rare casual central, accidental west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7335, 8 Oct 1904 Lincoln, Lancaster Co (Wolcott 1905). Taxonomy: This species and LeConte’s Sparrow were moved from genus Ammodramus to genus Ammospiza based on genetic studies that indicated former […]
SONG SPARROW
Melospiza melodia melodia/euphonia/juddi, M. m. montana Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east and east-central, fairly common west-central, uncommon west. Common regular breeder east and east-central, uncommon west-central, rare casual west. Uncommon regular winter visitor south and east and North Platte River Valley, rare elsewhere.Documentation: Specimens: montana: UNSM ZM10614, 7 Dec 1910 Crawford, Dawes […]
SWAMP SPARROW
Melospiza georgiana georgiana, M. g. ericrypta Status: Common regular spring migrant east and central, rare west. Common regular fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Uncommon regular breeder north, rare elsewhere. Rare regular winter visitor southeast, Platte River Valley in central, and Republican River Valley, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7526, 15 Dec 1889, […]