Buteo lineatus lineatus Status: Increasing. Rare regular resident southeast, rare casual elsewhere. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12519, 15 Jan 1941 Fontenelle Forest, Sarpy Co. Taxonomy: Five subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025): alleni of south-central Texas to North Carolina and northern Florida, extimus of south Florida and the Florida Keys, texanus from south Texas to southeast Mexico, […]
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
Accipiter striatus velox Status: Uncommon, locally common, regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Rare casual breeder north. Uncommon regular winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12494, 23 Aug 1908 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: AviList (2025) recognizes 10 subspecies throughout the Americas, two of these in North America, perobscurus of Queen Charlotte Is, British Columbia, […]
BLACK VULTURE
Coragyps atratus Status: Rare casual summer visitor. Documentation: Specimen: HMM 2649, 14 Jul 1916 Hildreth, Franklin Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Summer: There are three accepted records, 100+ years between the first and the most recent: 26 Apr 2022 Merganser Lake, Lancaster Co (Brogie 2023) 14 Jul 1916 Hildreth, Franklin Co (cited […]
SWAINSON’S HAWK
Buteo swainsoni Status: Common regular spring migrant statewide, except uncommon southeast. Fairly common regular breeder west and central, rare casual northeast. Rare regular summer visitor northeast, rare casual southeast. Common, locally abundant, fall migrant statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM12521, 17 Jun 1901 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co. Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025). Swainson’s Hawk […]
BALD EAGLE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Status: Increasing. Common, locally abundant, regular winter visitor statewide. Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Uncommon regular resident statewide, except southwest and southern Panhandle. Uncommon regular summer visitor statewide. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7697, 31 Oct 1921 Hall Co. Taxonomy: Two subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025); populations in the northern United States, Alaska, […]
LEAST BITTERN
Botaurus exilis EXILIS Status: Uncommon regular spring migrant east and east central, rare elsewhere. Uncommon regular breeder north, west, and east. Rare regular fall migrant east. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM7658, 18 May 1901 Nebraska City, Otoe Co. Taxonomy: Chesser et al (2024) merged genus Ixobrychus with Botaurus based on genetic data showing the two genera […]