Strix varia Status: . Fairly common regular resident east, rare east central, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7741, 28 Nov 1937 Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Four weakly-defined subspecies have been recognized (Pyle 1997, Mazur and James 2020, Clements et al 2016), in Texas (helveola), the southern US […]
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
Aegolius acadicus acadicus Status: Rare regular breeder west, rare casual north central. Rare casual summer visitor away from northwest. Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant and winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: SUI 28762, Wood River, Hall Co 14 Oct 1884. Taxonomy: There are two subspecies recognized, brooksi of the Queen Charlotte Islands of western Canada, […]
[BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER]
Picoides arcticus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: No subspecies are currently recognized (AviList 2025). Comments: Despite several Nebraska reports, none are acceptably documented; none of the collected specimens cited below are known to be extant. There is only one report since 1970, a bird at Smith Lake WMA, Sheridan Co 25 Jun 2011, but the brevity […]
RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER
Sphyrapicus nuchalis Status: Rare casual spring migrant west, accidental east. Rare regular fall migrant west, rare casual eslewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6310, 13 Sep 1919 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co (Mickel and Dawson 1920). Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). This species was treated as a subspecies of Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (AOU 1957) until recently; it […]
ACORN WOODPECKER
Melanerpes formicivorus Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Documentation: Photograph: 19 May 1996 Chambers, Holt Co (Brogie 1997). Taxonomy: Seven subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), five from Mexico through South America, and two in North America north of Mexico: bairdi of Oregon south to northern Baja California and formicivorus of southwestern US to southeast Mexico. The […]
BURROWING OWL
Athene cunicularia hypugAea Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant and breeder west and west central, uncommon and local east central, rare casual east. Rare casual winter visitor central and west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM11338, 24 Mar 1895 Beatrice, Gage Co. Taxonomy: !8 subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), two occurring in continental North America: floridana […]