Pica hudsonia Status: Uncommon regular resident west, locally uncommon southwest, rare elsewhere. Rare casual winter visitor west and south away from breeding locations. Current range Former Range (prior to 2001, Mollhoff 2001) Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10305, 14 Jul 1910 Sioux Co. Taxonomy: North American birds, formerly known as Pica pica hudsonia, were recently afforded specific […]
BLUE JAY
Cyanocitta cristata bromia, C. c. cyanotephra Status: Common regular resident and spring and fall migrant east and central, fairly common west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12259, 30 Dec 1908 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Four subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), bromia from central Alberta and northeast Nebraska to Newfoundland and south-central Virginia, cristata resident from southern Illinois to southeast […]
CHIHUAHUAN RAVEN
Corvus cryptoleucus Status: Extirpated; formerly breeder southwest and south-central. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12283, 23 Jun 1951 “Nebraska” (no specific location given). Taxonomy: No subspecies are currently recognized (AviList 2025). See “Comments” for discussion of identification of Chihuahuan and Common Ravens. Records: The occurrence of this species in Nebraska is enigmatic. Reports during the twentieth century […]
STELLER’S JAY
Cyanocitta stelleri Annectens, C. S. MACROLOPHA Status: Uncommon casual irruptive winter visitor statewide. Documentation: annectens: specimen UNSM ZM7630, Oct 1916 Mitchell, Scotts Bluff Co. macrolopha: photograph: 30 Nov 2022 Carter Canyon, Scotts Bluff Co. Taxonomy: Thirteen subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025); those whose ranges suggest possible occurrence in Nebraska are annectens of interior British Columbia to northeastern […]
[WOODHOUSE’S SCRUB-JAY]
Aphelocoma woodhouseii Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Former Western Scrub-Jay A. californica with 14 subspecies was split into two species: California Scrub-Jay (A. californica) and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (A. woodhouseii) (Chesser et al 2016). Seven subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025, Curry et al 2020), three north of Mexico: nevadae from southeast Oregon to Arizona and New Mexico, […]
CLARK’S NUTCRACKER
Nucifraga columbiana Status: Uncommon casual irruptive winter visitor statewide. Rare casual breeder and summer visitor northwest. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM10406, 29 Nov 1910 Crawford, Dawes Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Summer: This species is not known to breed regularly in Nebraska; the three records of breeding have occurred following significant irruptions when […]