Corthylio calendula calendula Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant east and central, uncommon west. Rare regular winter visitor south and southeast, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6713, 13 Apr 1901 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: New World Ruby-crowned Kinglet as genus Corthylio was split from unchanged Old World genus Regulus, which retains Golden-crowned Kinglet, based […]
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
Catharus minimus aliciae Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east, rare east-central, rare casual west-central and west. Rare casual fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11018, 11 May 1910 South Bend, Cass Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022): aliciae, breeding from Alaska to northern Alberta and Labrador, and minimus, breeding in Newfoundland […]
VEERY
Catharus fuscescens fuscescens, C. f. levyi, C. f. salicicolus Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east and west, rare casual central. Rare regular fall migrant east and west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11022 (fuscescens? levyi?), 25 May 1909 Lincoln, Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Six subspecies have been recognized (Pyle 1997) based on a revision by Phillips (1991); more […]
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD
Sialia currucoides Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant west and west-central, rare east-central, rare casual east. Fairly common regular breeder west. Uncommon regular winter visitor west and central, rare casual east. Documentation: UNSM ZM6695, 24 May 1900 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). See The Eastern x […]
HERMIT THRUSH
Catharus guttatus faxoni, C. g. auduboni, C. g. guttatus, C. g. faxoni/euborius/munroi, C. g. oromelus/guttatus Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east and south, rare west, rare casual north. Uncommon regular fall migrant east and west, rare central. Rare winter visitor southeast and Platte River Valley, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: faxoni: UNSM ZM6670, 9 Apr […]
WINTER WREN
Troglodytes hiemalis hiemalis Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant east, rare east central, rare casual west central and west. Rare regular winter visitor east and south, rare casual elsewhere. Accidental in summer. Documentation: UNSM ZM6573, 2 Dec 1901 Dunbar, Otoe Co. Taxonomy: Recent genetic studies (Drovetski et al 2004, Toews and Irwin 2008) have […]