Toxostoma rufum LONGICAUDA, T. R. RUFUM Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder statewide. Rare casual winter visitor south and southeast. Documentation: Specimen: rufum, UNSM ZM6643, 17 Sep 1921 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), rufum of the eastern US west to western Minnesota, western Iowa, and western Missouri, and […]
CURVE-BILLED THRASHER
Toxostoma curvirostre curvirostre, T.c. palmeri Status: Rare casual erratic resident. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6646, 2 May 1936 North Platte, Lincoln Co (identified by H. C. Oberholser). Taxonomy: Seven subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025) in two phenotypically recognizable groups (Rojas-Soto 2003, Rojas-Soto et al 2007). Western Group has four subspecies, one of which, palmeri, sometimes referred […]
AMERICAN ROBIN
Turdus migratorius MIGRATORIUS, T. M. PRopinquus Status: Abundant regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder statewide. Common but erratic regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: migratorius, UNSM ZM6653, 18 May 1914 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Seven subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), five north of Mexico: nigrideus of eastern Canada, migratorius of Alaska (except southeast), […]
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
Polioptila caerulea caerulea, P. c. obscura Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant east and west, uncommon central. Common regular breeder east, fairly common north-central, south, and west. Documentation: Specimen: caerulea, UNSM 11734, 1 May 1888 Peru, Nemaha Co. Taxonomy: Eight subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), three breeding north of Mexico: obscura, of California […]
MARSH WREN
Cistothorus palustris plesius, C. p. iliacus Status: Fairly common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder north and west (western song type). Uncommon regular breeder northeast, rare southeast (May-Jun; eastern song type). Uncommon regular breeder east and east-central (Jul-Aug; eastern song type, late summer breeders). Rare regular winter visitor North Platte and Platte […]
NORTHERN HOUSE WREN
Troglodytes aedon parkmanii Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder statewide. Accidental in winter. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6577, 24 May 1900 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: The former T. aedon complex of 32 subspecies was split based on genetic, vocal, morphological, and ecological data into seven species (AviList 2025, Chesser et al 2024); […]