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Thryomanes bewickii Status: Extirpated breeder southeast. Rare casual spring, summer, and fall visitor statewide. Documentation: Photograph: 3 Apr 1993 Wild Rose Ranch, Hall Co (B.J. Rose fide Padelford and Padelford 1993). Taxonomy: Fifteen subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), including these in the central and eastern US: pulichi, largely resident across most of Kansas, Oklahoma, and, […]

Corvus ossifragus Status: Accidental summer visitor. Documentation: Description: 29 May 2009 Platte River mile 1.2 (Jorgensen et al 2009, Brogie 2009). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Changes Since 2000: This species was added to the Official List of the Birds of Nebraska in 2009 (Brogie 2009), as it continues to expand its summer […]

Petrochelidon fulva pallida Status: Rare casual summer visitor west-central. Documentation: Photograph: 31 May 1991 Ash Hollow, Garden Co (Brown and Brown 1992, Brogie 1998). Taxonomy: Six subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), three in the Caribbean, one in Mexico, one, pallida, from south-central USA to north-central Mexico, and one, cavicola of Cuba, breeding in Florida since […]

Corvus corax Status: Rare casual resident and winter visitor west, west central, and north. Documentation: Video, photos: 1-4 Jan 2021 Harrison, Sioux Co (DeLara; Brogie 2022). Taxonomy: Eleven subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), three in North America: principalis from northern Alaska to Newfoundland south to southwest British Columbia and Maine, in mountains to Pennsylvania and […]