Tyto FURCATA PRATINCOLA Status: Increasing. Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant west and central, rare east. Uncommon regular breeder west and southwest, rare elsewhere. Rare casual winter visitor south and east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM 7719, 30 Apr 1903 Elm Creek, Buffalo Co. Taxonomy: Nine subspecies are recognized by AviList (2025), only one, pratincola, occurring north […]
GREAT GRAY OWL
Strix nebulosa Status: Rare casual winter visitor. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2537, collected winter 1912 Columbus, Platte Co Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized, one each in Eurasia and North America; nebulosa occurs in North America (AviList 2025). The Nebraska records are presumed nebulosa. Record: There are two records. winter 1912, Columbus, Platte Co (cited above) 1 […]
RED-TAILED HAWK
Buteo jamaicensis Thirteen subspecies are recognized by AviList (2025), seven of which occur south of the United States. The others are: alascensis of southeast Alaska and southwest Canada, harlani of central Alaska and northwest Canada, calurus of western North America, borealis of eastern North America, fuertesi of the southwest United States and northern Mexico, and […]
[FLAMMULATED OWL]
Psiloscops flammeolus Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: This species has been re-assigned from Otus to monotypic genus Psiloscops based on genetic, vocal, and morphological considerations (Wink et al 2009, Chesser et al 2013). No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Comments: There are three reports, two of which seem quite likely to be of this species, […]
COOPER’S HAWK
ASTUR cooperii Status: Increasing. Fairly common, locally common, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Fairly common regular breeder and winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12499, 17 May 1909 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Due to paraphyly in the genus Accipiter as revealed by genetic studies (Catanach et al 2024), four genera were split, including Astur, which comprises […]
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
Buteo platypterus PLATYPTERUS Status: Increasing. Uncommon regular spring migrant east and central, rare west. Rare regular breeder southeast, rare casual central. Fairly common regular fall migrant east and central, rare west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7669, 29 Apr 1917 Lancaster Co. Taxonomy: Six subspecies are recognized, five in the Caribbean and one, platypterus, in North America, […]